May it be full of laughter, joy, loved ones, pleasurable food and drink and that all the trials and pain you’ve endured be softened by years end…

Stay on the couch, bundle up with loved ones, two legged and four footed and turn on your favorite holiday movies -

1. A Christmas Story – “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!”

2. The Grinch – Animated or Live (if you have little ones, stick with the animated, the live version with Jim Carrey is a LITTLE scary. Some critics panned the live version, but I don’t agree. I think it’s pretty good.

3. A Muppet Christmas Carol – Oh, it’s just classic Jim Henson with Kermie, Piggy, Fozzy, Rizzo, Gonzo, et. al. Michael Caine makes a great Scrooge – both before and after his inner transformation from cold hearted, iron hearted butthead to generous loving human being.

 I’m sure you have your own favorites, please share them with me. I understand that we can’t all stay home in inclement weather, so if you MUST go out, let’s get some things in check here. I’ve included a top 10 list of important items to have on hand or have ready in case of travel in inclement weather. (continue reading…)

Hello All -

I received confirmation this last week that the person Will and I hoped would accept the offer to be in the Quarry Arts building along side Gentle Tiger Acupuncture and WillPowerFlower  Massage and Energy Therapy HAS accepted. The references have come back with glowing praise! I am excited. I am also not going to reveal anything about this new person until either next week or the week after. I’ll have to play it by ear and see how it turns out… Stay Tuned!

p.s. The pic of Grover and a young President Barack Obama (just kidding about the Obama part, it’s not him) is because they’re both cute and I couldn’t very well put a pic of the new practitioner.

Oh a newsletter, a newsletter! I am very remiss and upset about not getting a newsletter out to the faithful Gentle Tiger Acupuncture Newsletter readers. My deepest apologies. Life is moving very quickly and I am working hard. I DO need to pick up this ball and run with it. I believe that I will shorten the content matter in each newsletter until I can streamline the process, which is still what takes me so long. No worries, the quality of the content will not suffer one iota. I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night if that happened….update – since the beginning of this post I am very close to being done with the newsletter for November/December. So watch out!

My main man Will Power (a.k.a. William F. Hayes) is STILL offering his buy one massage get one free (that’s 2 – 6o minute massages for the price of 1) If you haven’t take advantage of this offer, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING ON?! LOL! I don’t know how long he’ll be offering this deal. I keep forgetting to ask…so get on it! How many people would not like a massage as a gift? I’m sure there are a few, but we’re not talking about them. We’re talking about the millions of people (I’m not making that up – MILLIONS do get massage on a yearly basis)…okay here’s the facts on that piece of info…

Approximately 47 million American adults received a massage in the last year (the “last year” mentioned here being 2004) – an increase of two million more people than in the previous year. Source: AMTA (American Massage Therapy Association) 2005 Consumer Survey…

okay, millions of people DO get massage, soooo here’s the opportunity for you to get one for you and someone else (saaaaayyyyy for Christmas?), for a GREAT deal! You could also just keep the second one for yourself and even combine it into a 2 hour massage. Call Will – Willpowerflower Massage and Energy Therapy 608-238-1622

A little note here for you – Dandy Blend is now in the office. Dandy Blend? What’s that? I’ll give you the scoop on that in the upcoming newsletter. Keep your eyes peeled.

One more thing, please notice the link at the bottom of the home page to www.balancepersonaltraining.com. My friend Eric Foxman is the owner of Balance Personal Training and his website has a nice blend of healthy recipes, videos, tips and other information that are useful. Eric believes that safety, fun, and results are what personal training with him is all about. And right now he has a butternut squash dip recipe that looks phenomenal!

And lastly, here is my much coveted recipe for FANTASTIC Chai! My friend Leesa Walters, passed it on to me many moons ago and I’ve given a few people this recipe, but I’m ready to unleash it on the world and you! It’s also starting to get cold on a regular basis and this is a great warm up drink with health benefits. My only reservations with the actual recipe will be cleared up RIGHT HERE – I do not recommend soy, rice or almond milk. I do recommend cow milk, preferably raw, but if you can’t get it (call me if interested) make sure your organic milk is ONLY pasteurized and NOT homogenized. I will speak more about raw milk in the upcoming newsletter. woo hoo! Enjoy! 

1 quart cow, soy, almond milk

1 cinnamon stick

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon dry ginger

3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom

1 teaspoon black peppercorns

2 tablespoons to 1/2 cup sweetener (brown rice syrup, sucanat or honey)

Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan and add peppermint tea in a tea ball. Remove from heat

and steep 20 minutes. Remove tea ball or tea bags. Add milk, spices and sweetener (unless you are

using honey, in which case wait until the chai is finished to stir it in). Heat and steep on low heat for

an additional 30 minutes.

Comments: Kapha is best off using soy milk and the minimum of sweetener, preferably honey.

serves 6

prep time: 50 minutes

 Thank you avid Gentle Tiger visitors and your comments/feedback are truly welcome. – Miguel

For the record, I don’t usually blog about what I need, but the OLD adage, “ask and ye shall receive” keeps going through my head, so here it goes. Will Hayes (massage therapist and astrologer extraordinaire) and I have discussed it and we would like a 3rd person practicing with us in suite 250 of the Quarry Arts Building. Now this can’t be ANY person, this person has to be special. There has to be that synergy that makes itself known within the first 30-60 seconds of meeting with this person. We feel like that’s the only way it’ll work. Will and I are looking for a trinity. That word “trinity” invokes higher consciousness, sacredness, an understanding of things unseen, of subtle energies. And that’s what we need, so below is the scoop in greater detail!

Today is your day! A beautiful space in the Quarry Arts Building would like another practitioner.

Hello,

My name is Miguel F Cardenas and I own Gentle Tiger Acupuncture (www.gentletigeracupuncture.com) and share a three treatment room suite with William F Hayes, owner of Willpower Flower Massage and Energy Therapy. We are located on the West Side of Madison and looking for a 3^rd practitioner to share this amazing healing space with us.  We are both there on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. The space is open for sure the other 2 days (Tuesday and Thursday. If you want less than 2 days, discontinue reading. We’re not offering any less commitment than 2 days as week) and possibly one more day, which would total 3 days (I would like to talk more about that with you if you feel you need 3 days). Here are the details that we feel pertinent to this opportunity:

1. The energies of Will’s practice and my practice overlap. Yours will too, so it’s important to understand how we are already and that you fit and that we are right for you.  The following will give you a little intro to how things flow.

-           We interact with each other,  talk about our medicine, our experiences with practice and our training and sometimes how they overlap with each other, etc. 

-          Both Will and I feel that you need to fit with the groove and feel of the office, not just with your modality, but your personality. It’s a comfortable atmosphere based on mutual respect, friendship and the highest level of professionalism.

-          There will be a once a month meeting where we come together and regenerate each other’s practices with marketing tips, thoughts, ideas and creativity that amplify everyone’s practice.

-          We’re looking for a third person to increase the already strong bond that Will and I have to create community based on mind, body and spirit connected health and wellness.

Now for the business details

1. There are many bennies to practicing in the Quarry Arts Bldg. Here are just a few (some are building related, the others are suite related).

-          Laundry machines: washer and dryer onsite (not in the suite, but down the hall).

-          Your own key to the suite.

-          An address/mailbox for receiving your business mail located by the suite door.

-          I will mention you in my Gentle Tiger newsletter and website as a new practitioner in the space.

-          Will and I would like to plan an open house once you’ve established yourself in the space (that may take a month or 2) . That opens up a whole world of client getting opportunities, community building and networking possibilities. I also want some good food at this shindig, so that’s good, too.

-          I’ll do my best to open up some space in the storage closet for your stuff. It shouldn’t be too difficult; it takes me a bit to figure out where to put my stuff and what if anything I can just throw away. No worries, we’ll make it work.  

-          Underground FREE parking for you and your clients.

-          There are big garbage cans for bagged garbage, loose garbage and recycle in the parking garage for your sanitation needs. – We have to remove our own garbage from our suite, but the Quarry Arts bldg staff puts the garbage and recycling bins to the curb.

-          Elevator and stairwell access.                                                    

-          Listing on the Quarry Arts website and door of the suite*

-          Contact with many other wonderful practitioners of the healing arts.

-          Posting your info and business cards by the elevator (not just in the suite)

-          There is a shower area, kitchenette and sauna available to all tenants.

*There is a charge for your name and practice name on the door to the suite, because these details are taken care of by the owners of the building. It will be applied professionally and will conform to the style of the rest of the listings on the suite doors throughout the building – trust me, it looks good. Listing on the website and for your name/practice name to be on the door is contingent on the signing of a 1-year sublease. We want to know that you’ll be around for a while.

What else? What else?

Ummmm, yes – there is a monthly rent charge, duh. For 2 days (access to 1 treatment room +waiting room for clients/patients) = 270.00 and for 3 days (access to one treatment room + waiting room for clients/patients) = 333.00

So, if you have any further questions and are super interested, please call 608-204-0100.

Hello true believers! I am sure that it’s obvious to at least a few of you, that October’s Gentle Tiger Acupuncture e-newsletter has not arrived in your inbox, please be assured that it’s on its way. I am just putting some finishing touches and it will be to you soon. thank you for your patience. – Miguel

The Gentle Tiger Acupuncture Events Page has been updated, but before you get to it, go below and read about Will Power Flower Massage and Energy Therapy. It’s great stuff.

I have had the pleasure of being in the professional company of William Flaherty Hayes, the new massage therapist in Suite 250 (in the Quarry Arts Bldg in Madison WI where I practice too, for those of you who don’t know) for the past 1.5 months (almost 2) and it’s been a good time. Will just moved down here from Hokah  MN (Hokah is a small town of about 500 in the Root River Valley) within the last 3-4 months and has settled in Oregon WI with his lovely partner Jenny. He not only gives a wonderful uplifting massage and reads an insightful astrological chart (Eastern, Western and Mayan) he also digs playing disc golf, basketball and playing the didgeredoo. I will stop gabbing at ya’ and let you read his own introduction…

Eastern Bodywork: Traditional Thai Massage:  Is a wonderful stretch filled massage with easeful compression and gentle rocking. Your joints and muscles will be singing, “yeahhh more space for movement and relaxation!”
Sensory Re-patterning:  A passive joint movement therapy. Exploring the range of motion of our bodies and tapping into muscle memory of being rocked like a baby. Re-patterning helps our repetitive motions shift to evolved movements of opening for infinite possibilities.
Power Massage:  Is an integrative therapy of circulatory, deep tissue, and acupressure delightful experience. This is for those of you who want to relax, relieve and release muscular tension. It’s also GREAT for blood circulation and immunity strengthening and an increase in overall comfort. If this sounds appealing to you, look no further, you have arrived.
Usui Reiki: Universal life force healing (bio-electromagnetic energy; scientific) energy serving your most appropriate vibration. Whether the pain is physical, emotional, mental or energetic imprint this therapy goes exactly to that source in the moment.
Mayan Astrology Readings: I give personal and relationship based reviews and discussion of this unique vibrational spiritual time tool. Accessing inherit connection with the earth and the universe’s bigger picture for you. With Mayan Card reading and chart explanation.
 
I encourage you to let go of mental control within and listen to the inner guidance of your heart. So that you can do that at a more affordable price, right now I am excited to offer a special deal – You can purchase 2 sessions for the price of 1-one hour session.  Yes, that’s right; it’s just about the deal of the century!  It makes a great anniversary gift, thank you gift, prize for your office drawing, or just keep both sessions for you, that’s wonderful too!  
 
 Thank You for being you!
In Lak’ech! (in Mayan this means “I am another yourself”)
Love on, Live on, Flower on!
Will Hayes- At the Quarry Arts Building 715 Hill St. Suite# 250
Phone# 608-238-1622    email – willpowerflower@gmail.com   

Hello true believers – the September newsletter from Gentle Tiger Acupuncture is coming out soon, so keep your eyes on the horizon for it! This month I talk more specifically about acupuncture and some F.A.Q. that will put your mind at ease and give you deeper insight about the actual process of acupuncture. And I’m still working on the coupon, but it’ll be there. Until then, keep on breathing! – Miguel

Healing Party – Come to pamper and take care of yourself. You might even learn a little something new about you. 

It’s a complete day of healing at The Chakra House the last Sunday of every month! Come mingle and receive mini sessions and consultations from a variety of energywork practitioners and the cost is $FREE.

When: August 30, 2009 11a.m – 1:30 p.m. (on a continuous rotation of every last Sunday of the month, too)

Where: The Chakra House, 330 W. Lakeside St., Madison

Cost: FREE

check out our events page for more scoop on the chakra house this Saturday June 28th where we’ll be having a free drop-in healing party.