10 Basic Tips for Anyone Seeking Optimal Health

1. Eat Right for Your Blood Type.  Balance the proteins and "good" carbs.  Consider a good green drink daily.
2. Take a Probiotic Twice A Day on an empty stomach to keep the good bacteria count high in your colon.
3. Take a Multi-Vitamin/Mineral Twice a Day with food, along with a good amino acid fomula.
4. Drink 6 to 8 Glasses of Pure Water Daily.  Drink most of this water between meals. (half hour before or 2 hours later)
5. Take a High-Quality Protein Drink or Bar Once or Twice Daily if you are not getting enough protein.
6. Ensure Good Bowel Elimination. (Use herbs if needed to ensure at least 2 bowel movements daily)
7. Exercise 30 minutes at least 3 to 4 times a week.  Do something you like.
8. Take a digestive enzyme with each meal .
9. Incorporate stress relieving habits and/or supplements into your daily schedule.
10. Start and end your day in gratitude for all your blessings.  It helps keep your body in a higher vibrational frequency.  Forgive others as quickly as possible.

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Significant Sleep Quality Improvement- restores deepest REM sleep.

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Mood Lifting- boosts mental clarity, reduces mental fatigue and seasonal affective disorder.

Increased Energy- effectively recharging your body like a battery, feeling younger, revitalized.

Boosts Immune System- increases human growth hormone levels, vitality, enthusiasm.

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Anti-Aging Light Facial with Each Session-reduces wrinkles, fine lines, reverses aging process.

Come experience a unique session.  When you come in for your iinnLight therapy session, you are giving yourself the high-quality, personal nurturing that you deserve.  You've chosen to take a break from years of stress, and reverse the aging process itself.

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Allow Me to Guide You on Your Own Journey To Vibrant Health

Vibrant Health requires more than a positive attidude toward the mechanics of the physical body.  It requires a right emotional, sexual, mental, spiritual, energetic and total human relationship to the total condition in which we are appearing.  This is the holistic view toward health.

The pathway is not about illness. It is about health and well-being. Its about survival in an unkind environment of long hours, family stress, poor eating habits and faulty digestion, overload of toxins, and a feeling of being overwhelmed.

Our goal should be to restore harmony and well-being to your body.  It is my hope that I teach you to walk the walk as well as talk the talk.....and that then you will open your arms to others and lead them to vibrant health too.

Healthy Chocolate!!!!  Guilt-Free chocolate!!!   Hooray!!!

Everybody seems to know these days that dark chocolate is good for you.  It is all over the news...on CNN and US News and on Oprah.... and there are literally hundreds of valid studies from some of the most prestigious institutions talking about all the great things dark chocolate does for your body.  The problem is that the stuff we can get in the stores is bad for us.  It is fermented, roasted, and alkalized, which strips most of the anti-oxidants and then it is loaded with caffeine and fat and bad sugars.

I am an absolute chocolate lover and I have found a chocolate that is guilt-free and really good for us!  I am talking about cold-pressed, unrefined, caffeine-free chocolate that tastes delicious, helps us feel great and lose weight naturally.

Chocolate (cocoa powder) was used by The Mayan Indians to treat many, many illnesses. They called their chocolate drink "Xocolato" and was considered a sacred medicinal drink that they used to treat over 150 illnesses.   Cocoa Powder is sky high in anti-oxidants.  It is a natural anti-inflammatory.  It can stabilize blood sugar....raise seratonin levels.....curb the appetite, help us sleep better....and on and on and on!!

I am having 3 servings a day  and have no more cravings for sweets between meals or as desserts.  I have such a content satisfied feeling.  These 3 chocolate servngs are the antioxidant equivalent of 12 servings of fruits and vegetables.   My appetite is curbed so I can't eat the same size servings that I used to eat.  This has contributed to more weight loss for me without any suffering whatsoever.  It doesn't get any better!!!

I have patients whose cholesterol has dropped significantly.....  Others who say their depression has lifted.....Others who say they have more energy than they have had in a long time.  I have children as patients with ADD that are significantly improved.  One of my college age patients has lost 30 pounds.  The only change these patients made was adding Xocai to their diet.   Another patient has seen huge improvement in the frequency and duration of his migraine headaches.

Check out my website on this healthy, guilt-free chocolate if you would like to try this wonderful, tasty treat....or if you would like to join the team I am putting together of people that want to build a chocolate business by helping people feel better and get healthier  while they enjoy their chocolate!!  www.chocolatetoloseweight.com

Chocolate hugs to you, Dr Pat Felici

Dr Felici- Total Wellness
813 N Main St Suite 108
McAllen, TX 78501
ph#956-776-0100 Ext 308

My holistic health practice is dedicated to the healing that we all seek.....and the healing that we all can be!  Holistic healing is about working as one...balancing the emotional, physical and spiritual bodies within the person.  Holistic means both "whole and holy".  My practice is not an alternative to traditional medicine.   It is complementary to mainstream medicine.  I work along with the physicians to help my patients learn about how their body works and learn how to love themselves and take care of themselves.  I offer Nutritional Evaluations and programs, Advanced Light Therapy, Anti-stress Treatment, Insomnia Treatment, Anti-Aging Facial, Ionic Foot Detox, and Spiritual Healings.

STRESS Management

1.  Put your life in perspective.  Try not to sweat "the small stuff".  Be grateful for every tiny blessing in your life.  Begin your day thinking about what you have to be grateful for.

2.  Make downtime a daily practice, even if just 15 to 30 minutes.  Use the time to pray, journal, read or relax and reflect on the day.

3.  Get enough rest.  Go to bed 15 to 30 minutes earlier at night than usual.  Try to be in bed by 10:30PM.

4.  Keep track of stress signals.  How does your body try to tell you when it is time for a Stressbuster?


Achieving Emotional Balance Can Be Different For Each Blood Type:
Blood Type O benefits tremendously from brisk regular exercise that taxes the cardiovascular and muscular skeletal system.  The act of physical exercise releases a swarm of neurotransmitter activity that acts as a tonic for the entire system.  A Type O who regularly exercises has a better emotional response.
Practice anger management techniques.
Plan your weeks and days to minimize monotony.
Break up your day with physical activity.
Set up small rewards you can give yourself when you accomplish tasks.
Stop smoking and avoid stimulants.

Blood Type A's have a harder time recovering from stress because of high cortisol levels.  They do best with a regular program of exercise that provides focus and calming effects.  Good examples are yoga, martial arts, and meditation.    They can participate in more intense physical exercise when you are healthy and in good condition, but be aware that these forms of exercise do not act as safety valves for your stress.  TypeA's can do  well is aerobics and weight lifting, but they have to be very careful not to over do it.  You are overdoing it if you are very tired 2 hours after exercising.

Speak up when you feel anxious or overwhelmed.  Don't repress your concerns.
Before you add a responsibility, give up one you already have.
Use natural light therapy in your work space.
Schedule a full day of solitude and silence once a month.
WHen exercising, stop before you reach your limit.

Blood Type B's seem to just be meant to be in balance.  When they are in balance, they can block stress, anxiety, and depression, using their powerful gifts for relaxation, meditation and visualization.  Simple visualization techniques work as well or better than drugs or other interventions in controlling stress for Type B's.
Alternate Nostril Breathing is a powerful anti-stress tool for them.
Martial Arts and Tai Chi are ideal because they require focus and concentration.
Combining music with guided imagery is an excellent techinique as well.

Blood Type AB's should avoid caffeine and alcohol when in stressful situations.  Caffeine can be particularly harmful because of its tendency to raise adrenaline and noradrenaline, already high for Type AB's.
Plan your days and weeks to minimize surprises and avoid rushing.
Break up your day with physical activity.  You will feel more energized.
Set up small rewards you can gice yourself when you accomplish tasks.
Stop smoking and avoid stimulants.
Spend time "giving back".  Type AB's are natural philanthropists and have a gift for empathy.

Stress Busters For Everyone:

Do just a few minutes each day of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)  see www.eft.com
www.celebrationhealing.com

Get a massage regularly.   Even exchanging a 15 minute back rub with a family member or friend can do wonders.

Jot down your thoughts and feelings in a journal daily.  Use dominant and non-dominant handwriting! www.LuciaC.com

Write down everything you are grateful for.  Express those feelings in writing that you don't have an opportunity to verbalize.

Get a haircut, manicure or new outfit.  Looking better will make you feel better.

Read a book that interests you.

Take a long, warm bath. Romanticize the atmosphere with bubbles, music, a candle, and a glass of wine.

Nourish your friendship circle. Keep in regular touch with friends. Sharing unsettling feelings with people you trust is the first step toward resolving them.

Limit activities with negative friends who reinforce bad feelings. You know who they are!

Be an optimist.  Think about what you do want....not what you don't want.  Spend a few minutes every single  day imagining your life the way you want it to be. Think about it and get in touch with the feelings associated with having your dreams come true.   Imagine how you would feel in great detail......as if it were already happening.  Now you will be attracting just that!!

Hug your children and/or friends. The power of touch is enormous.  Hold a baby for a little while.  Your perspective about life often changes.

Get out of your head and go into your heart and feel what is really bothering you.  Take that part of you to God in your prayers and ask him to fill that place with His love.  Try the Serenity Prayer: "Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference."  I often ask God not to change my circumstances but to change me so that I can be open to learning what it is that I need to learn from each and every challenge in my life.

Do some volunteer work if you feel you are bored or have too much time on your hands.  Helping others is a natural mood elevator!

Start a hobby. Take a class in painting, drawing, pottery, carpentry, knitting or cooking.  What is your passion?  What are your gifts or talents?  Take time expressing those gifts.

Catch your breath. This quick exercise helps you learn to relax your breathing: To a count of four, inhale slowly. Imagine the inhaled, warm air flowing to all parts of your body. Pause. Slowly exhale, again counting to four. Imagine the tension flowing out. pause, then begin again. Repeat several times.

Get away for an afternoon, a day or a weekend if you have the time and can afford it.  What's your favorite getaway spot?

Go to a movie.  Wear something soft and warm.  Take some nourishing comforting snacks with you!

Simplify your life. Cut out a few activities or delegate tasks whenever you can.

Learn to say no. Never give an immediate answer to a request for volunteering.

Schedule worry time and worry only during that scheduled time!  Keep worry time to a half hour or less each day and use that time to work on solutions to problems. If a worry crops up outside of worry time, write it down and worry about it later.

Don't procrastinate.  Remember the old saying, "Lead with the body and the mind will follow." Stay there. Spend at least 5 minutes at the task before you leave to do something else.

Stop and smell the flowers.  Sit outside under an awning when it's raining.  Listen to music you love.  Walk on the beach.  Hold a child.
Go for a walk in the fresh air.

Laugh regularly!  Hang out with friends who make you laugh.  Choose movies that will make you laugh.

Write a letter or e-mail to a friend.  Keep in touch with the people you care about.

Have mercy on yourself!  Sometimes it is so easy for us to be kind to others but we are just so hard on ourselves.  Do something realy nice for yourself once in a while...and DO NOT feel guilty about it, or it would be like giving yourself poison chicken soup!

See the beautiful creature that you are and recognize the awesome gifts that God has given you.  God made you in His image.  You are a mirror of all of His beautiful qualities....love, kindness, generosity, peace, kindness, mercy, and so many more.  All that you seek on the outside is already within you...peace, love, acceptance, unconditional love.

Sending you a hug right now through cyberspace,
Dr Pat Felici

Spiritual Healing:

Healing Through God's Love.
Walking With God On The Sufi Path.

"Spiritual Healing does not take the place of other healing modalities.  Instead, it becomes the basis on which all other treatments rest."

In training to be a Doctor of Alternative Medicine, we were taught to treat the patient with a mind-body-spirit approach.  I had no problem accepting that there is almost always both an emotional link and a spiritual one that is involved when a person is chronically or seriously sick.  Yet,  my training did not give me the tools that I needed to approach the issues of emotions and spirituality.  My own spiritual tradition is that of The Roman Catholic Church, yet I honor the spiritual essence of all religions, Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism or Islam and long to understand them and discover the deep beauty within each.

What led me to the Sufi Path?

I was attending a health expo in Los Angeles over three years ago...and  I heard a Sufi Medical Doctor speak about the need for spiritual healing in our patients.  He said that every sick person had a place in their heart that was closed off to love at some time in their life due to hurt, disapointment, betrayal, etc.  He said it was a doctor's job to help the patient open that place to love again.....and then physical healing could occur in leaps and bounds.  I knew in my heart that he spoke the truth.  I was at the next seminar given by this man, Dr. Ibrahim Jaffe.  I actually knew very little about The Sufi Path yet followed my heart by enrolling in his school,  The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism.   I signed up for a 3 year commitment and completed those studies in July of 2009.  I was joined by other students , all of whom were either healers from one modality or another or seeking to become a healer.  All of us seemed to be seeking a deeper connection with God and a desire to be instruments of His healing for our patients.

At Healing School, I had the opportunity to take the Sufi Promise and receive a Sufi name.  Our guide from Jerusalem, Sidi Al Jamal,  gave me the name "Rahma".  The name means "Foundation of Mercy".  Sidi told me I  was given that name because it comes so natural to me to be merciful to others.....yet also because I need to work on being more merciful toward myself.  Kind of ironic, right?  In order to become a healer, I must open my own heart to healing...Just like they say when you are on a plane, "Put the oxygen mask on yourself before you reach out to help others".

According to James Keeley, a faculty member at the university,  there seems to be a fundamental difference between the people who heal and those who stay stuck in chronic patterns.  It seems that those who have healed had or developed a relationship to Spirit.  For some, this is a relationship with God.  For others, it is with love or Universe.  Regardless of what they call it, each of these people had faith.
This resource enabled them to face their challenges as experiences they had to go through in order to grow as individuals, not as problems they had to eliminate.  They realilzed there was meaning behind what was happening to them and reached out to the support and guidance of the Divine to discover it.  Their faith allowed them to be fully present and acknowledge their painful experience until they were given what they needed to leave their pain behind.

So many modalities of healing are available to us today.  Everything from allopathic medical care to homeopathy, bodywork, nutrition, psychotherapy, and many others are employed to change states of disease and unhappiness to ones of health and balance.  While great attention is placed on remedying the symptoms, the patient's experience or what it means for them to be going through these times of pain is often overlooked.

Spiritual healing takes the radical stance of saying that our experience and what we believe an illness or challenging situation means for us is just as important as what is happening and the causes of these struggles.

The foundational principal of spiritual healing is that, while difficult things do happen to us, none of these things cuts us off from the support of the Divine.   Spiritual healing focuses on connecting us to the love and suppport of the Divine in painful situations.  When this support touches the places of our pain, our experiences are guided into those of balance.  Healing then happens.  This healing is passed on to our emotions and thoughts in the form of peace.  This peace is displayed in our bodies and lives as health and balance.

Spiritual healing is more than positive thinking or looking on the bright side of things.  It is genuinely experiencing the love, guidance, and support of God in a situation that previously felt terrible because of what we believed it meant for us.

We can spend so much time avoiding what hurts, we never discover this inner resource of Divine support and instead continue to look outside for answers.  It is easy to overlook our experiences and not realize that, at the foundation of our beings, we believe we are cut off from what we need and must respond in an unfulfilling way.  Our focus is often on changing the circumstances that are upsetting us, but spiritual healing shows us that we must first come into harmony with what is happening and act from a sense of balance before our actions will lead to real, lasting healing.

Many times, the negative things we believe a situation means can make us more miserable than what is actually happening. Anotherwards, the the sickness that is from us, comes from the negative meanings we assign to difficult events.  The cure within us is our connection to the Divine that can guide us into harmony, regardless of what is happening in our lives.

Focusing on what is happening and how we got there rather than on our experience and what we believe a situation means for us is called living on the outside............as opposed to being inside with an awareness of our internal response.  We must let go of wishing things were different and face the fact that this is what we are being given right now.  Whatever is happening is meant to happen, even if we think we are the cause of our own suffering and should know better.  We must momentarily release our ideas of right and wrong as well as fair and unfair.  This allows us to be in a relationship with the events of our lives.

We discover that we have what we need in every moment when we stop arguing with the flow of events, become conscious of our experience, and support that experience by turning inside to receive Divine care.  When we consciously connect to Divine support, we are able to embrace the process of life through all of its ups and downs and flow with the changes because we experience a sense of peace and well-being that is available, regardless of what happens to us.

Could it be that all of us only have one core issue?.....and that is whether or not we are experienceing the love and support of the Divine at our core.  When we are experiencing this support, we feel at peace, think positive thoughts, speak positive words, and take positive actions that all lead in the direction of healing.  We are then able to base our well-being on the availability of God's support instead of on things and events.  Experiencing this stream of love allows us to be fully alive and present for all that life brings.

While most  healing has to do with trying to figure out how not to hurt, spiritual healing is based on the belief that, when we hurt, God guides and supports us into becoming individuals who have the resources to walk through that pain and leave it behind.  Difficult events often reveal the painful beliefs and decisions we have previously made in our lives that are contributing to our problems today.   As we walk with God through these situations, we release the things that don't serve us or really matter and discover new and more fulfilling ways of living.

Modern research has told us that one of the most important factors in people recovering from life-threatening illnesses and traumatic situations is their ability to reinvent themselves.  Yet, we often want to hurry up and get better or get over this arguement so we can get back into the lives that made us sick or led us to the unhappiness in the first place.

Life is not about things and events going any one way.  Life is about experiencing the fullness that is available to us, regardless of what happens.  When we turn from the outside to the inside, we accept that growth is a natural part of our existence and that the events of our lives are the catalysts for that growth.  We start to realize that difficult things don't happen to us because something went wrong.  Rather, it is because we are not finished growing yet!  The next concept to grasp that may be a little more difficult is that we don't really know what we are growing into and so we don't know what experiences are needed to catalyze that transformation.  Once we can accept these two ideas, we can stop resisting the things that hurt and begin traveling on a path that not only leads to healing, but also nurtures and enlightens us.

I work with spiritual development, physical illness, emotional  pain, relationship issues, sexual  trauma, career challenges, substance abuse and chronic pain.  My teachers have taught me that God's love is right there for us and that we just need to open and let that love in.  I have seen that healing does not have to take years as many traditional therapies believe.

Who are the Sufis?

The Sufi practitioner aspires to live a clean, moderate and balanced life, following spiritual laws and divine guidance, in order to bring healing and goodness to all people.

Most often referred to as the “spiritual path of the heart", the Sufi deeply aspires to achieve intimacy and proximity with the “Beloved” who is the Creator and unity with the Creation.

Through a well-defined and insightful path of healing and spiritual transformation, the traveler on the Sufi way gradually releases self-limiting identities and increasingly carries the divine qualities of compassion, peace and love for all people without separation.

Please know that each and every one of you on my subscriber list is in my daily prayers.

Blessings,  Dr Patricia Rahma Felici

Avana Method Healing

* We already have everything we need to achieve Divine peace and happiness.
* Our Divine Will combined with our free will and choice enables us to choose every moment with every breath to bring balance into our life.
* We can either experience this Divine peace and joy or become disconnected from this source.

Dr Patricia Felici is a certified Avana Method Level III Practitioner, offering both personal
in-house consultations and phone consultations.

What is the Avana Method?

The Avana MethodTM can assist you to:

* Reconnect to your source
* Awaken your higher self
* Raise your vibrational frequency to an elevated natural state of divine peace
* Nourish your soul with hope, joy, & purpose

The Avana Method was developed by Joyce A. Salvo, AMM, CMHH, CRM, CHE,
owner of The Ground Up in Hamburg, New York.

The Avana Method is an original program of integrative techniques and music focusing on the balance of free flowing, unobstructive energy that promotes wellness on a physical, spiritual, mental and emotional level.

The Avana Method

* Avana means the joyful unity with one's Source
* A method of meditation, sound therapy & music to advance healing & relaxation
* The music balances the brain, nervous system & unblocks energy
* The vibrational frequencies assist in the release of stored emotions and maintaining a positive vibrational rate
* Guided meditation is used for regaining spiritual, emotional, and physical balance
* The music creates a relaxed environment, inside and out, to allow the continued release of stored emotions.

In the music, you will experience different instrumental effects:

Bass - reaches to the deepest areas of stored emotional memory of pain

Piano - raises our vibrational frequency  to a state of divine love and peace

Angels Choir - surrounds us to guide and encourage the release of emotions by bringing forth the spiritual memory and vibration of our Divine connection with our source

Children's laughter - touches the memory of the purity, trust and fearlessness of our inner child

Harp - recreates and establishes Divine Balance at all levels

Chimes - the ushering in of the angels

Shakers - shakes up stored feelings and assists in breaking them up

Dolphins, Birds, Ocean Waves - reminds us of God's presence and the beauty of perfection on earth

As these emotions are unlocked and brought up to a conscious level of awareness, the music facilitates a release and a change in the frequency within. This allows for less congestion of energy, similar to other modalities that help to release blockages in the energetic body, such as massage, Reiki, acupuncture, yoga, meditation, chiropractic, reflexology and therapeutic touch.

There have been many reported responses to the music and meditations. It is suggested that you find a quiet place to listen to the music. Try closing your eyes through out. Many people have seen a kaleidoscope affect of colors, feelings of peace and love so powerful that they have been moved to tears and unique sensations of energy running through them. Each individual is different and each time you listen may bring an entirely new experience.

Drink an abundance of purified, spring or mineral water while listening and experiencing this music. Water assists in the cleansing of the body of toxins. It is a conductor of energy and will help to hold the new frequencies you create. Before drinking the water hold it in both hands and with prayer, intend that the water hold the vibrations of love, joy, happiness and peace.

It is the intent to honor and respect each individual's right to worship in whatever way they choose, believing that religious choice is for the purpose of developing the highest personal, individual relationship with our Divine Creator.

The reference to "Mother God" is meant to broaden our understanding of God, not only as Father, but also as Mother to all in all ways. As we open to these possibilities, we may also open to the awareness of the masculine/feminine aspects that we all hold in each of us that brings us to the balance of wholeness.

For a personalized Avana Method Consultation, email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

For further information and/or to order the music CD's, visit www.avanamethod.com