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DANCE THROUGH LIFE - (poem created by The Meadow Dance Children Fairy Camp on the contemplation of the natural realm and all things great and small. Ages 5 - 7)
I dance through life to see rainbows glistening after a summer’s storm
I dance through life with such length a leap of faith would suffice!
I dance through life with the song of the birds
I dance through life to see the dewdrops on the flowers leaves
I dance through life to see the flowers bloom
I dance through life as the rays of light sparkle though the leaves rustling on the branch
To see waterfalls
To hear the bluebells ring
To see the flowers open from the seedling to the bloom
As the clouds float through the sky, To see the ferns sway and buzzle of the bees.
I dance to strike as a lightning bolt to waltz as thunder after the zigzag light.
I dance through life skipping merrily with the faerie's.
INTEGRAL & HOLISTIC HEALTH
- Holistic Nursing by Barbara Montgomery Dossey, Lynn Keegan. Jones and Bartlett Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7637-5429-7
- Dr. Barbara Dossey is one of my favorite nurses of all time! She is a tireless champion for nursing who reminds us of the ongoing relevance of Florence Nightingale's vision for what nursing is and can be. Dr. Dossey is a premier integral-holistic health nursing pioneer and role model, who first introduced me to the concepts and science of holistic health and psychoneuroimmunology (PNI). PNI is the study of the effect of holistic modalities on mind-body health. PNI scientifically explains why we feel better after a therapeutic massage, Reiki, guided imagery, relaxation or really any holistic health-caring-healing experience. Dr. Dossey's work on the Theory of Integral Nursing (TIN) provides a beautifully unified, articulate description of the complexities of nursing and its contribution to health and wellness. For more information on Dr. Dossey and her work please see: http://www.dosseydossey.com
- Watson Caring Science Institute is a web repository for up to date information on Dr. Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring. My education, research and practice in holistic-integral nursing are guided by this theoretical framework. For more information on Dr. Watson and her theory please see: http://www.watsoncaringscience.org
- Nurse Manifest is a study that was done by Dr. Peggy Chinn and colleagues to learn what nurses view as the facilitators and barriers to their practice. Dr. Chinn developed the Peace & Power process for sharing power, valuing diversity and empowering action and voice to create a more socially just and egalitarian work place and world. To find more information on Dr. Chinn and the Nurse Manifest project, please see: http://nursemanifestblog.wordpress.com/
- The American Holistic Nurses Association is my home away from home. It is a place where I meet with like minded nurses who value the contribution of holistic modalities to improving health and wellness for ourselves and those we care for and with. For more information on holistic nursing and the modalities we use please see:http://www.ahna.org
- The National Institute of Health's (NIH), National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is a site where you can find information on integral-holistic modalities and the current medical research. For more information please see:http://nccam.nih.gov/
- The Nurse Practitioner Association of New York State (NYS) works with healthcare policy makers to remove barriers to Nurse Practitioner (NP) practice in NYS. Please support the very important bill called the NP Modernization Act by contacting your local and state legislators to vote yes for this bill in 2012! This will allow NP's to practice fully under the scope of their practice and remove the current barrier to free trade called the mandatory collaborative practice agreement, which is an outdated requirement. 18 other states have already removed this barrier! For more information on NP's in NYS please see: http://www.thenpa.org
DANCE
- LIfe into Art; Isadora Duncan and Her World Edited by Doree Duncan,Carol Pratyl, and Cynthia Splatt W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-03507-7
SOMATIC & ENERGETIC
- Taking root to Fly ; Articles on Functional Anatomy by Irene Dowd designed and produced by G&H SOHO Inc. ISBN 0-9645805-0-0
- The Book of Chakra Healing by Liz Simpson published by Gaia Books Limited, London ISBN 0-8069-2097-1
- Why People Don't Heal and How they Can by Carolyn Myss, Ph.D. Published by Three Rivers Press a division of Crown Publishers Inc. ISBN 0-609-80224-0
- Your Hands can Heal by Ric A. Weinman Published by Arkana books ISBN 0-14-019-361-8
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE
- The Art of Changing; Exploring the Alexander Technique and its Relationship to the Human Energy Body by Glen Park Ashgrove Publishing London and Bath ISBN 1-85398-130-3
- Body Awareness in Action by Frank Pierce Jones Published by Schocken Books Inc. ISBN 0-8052-0628-0
- Back Trouble by Deborah Caplan P.T. Published by Triad Publishing Company Inc. ISBN 0-937404-26-8
- Skill and Poise by Raymond A. Dart published by STAT Books ISBN 0-9519304-5-1
GENERAL COLLECTION
- The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers published by MJF Books ISBN 13-978-1-60671-008-1
- The Essential Rumi Translations by Coleman Barks with John Moyne Published byCastle Books ISBN 0-7858-0871-x