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		<title>Kiss Blockages Goodbye and Recover Your Power!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olga</dc:creator>
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<p>Can you feel the Spring Love in the air?!<br />
Spring can be very exciting but also frustrating,<br />
if there is old sludge still holding you down.</p>
<p>- Do you feel like you’re hiding behind excess weight, addiction and isolation?<br />
- Are you ready to dump the shame &amp; feel more CONFIDENT?<br />
- Do you want more flow in your body, relationships and career?</p>
<p>If “Yes”, here is a SECRET that you MUST know.<br />
The pain in your body is actually pockets of<br />
locked up POWER.</p>
<p>It is not your weakness that most scares you, it is your power.<br />
Because at one time or another when you (or your ancestors)<br />
expressed your self openly<br />
You might have been exiled, executed or exterminated.</p>
<p>So you have gone into hiding. Keeping your power quite. And for a good reason.<br />
But the problem is that the power inside you is burning a hole in your stomach,<br />
so you down a bunch of food to numb the discomfort.<br />
And the power is driving your mind crazy, so you take meds.<br />
And the power purges out at other people, so you keep yourself isolated.</p>
<p>How long will you perpetuate your own suffering?<br />
Do you see it?</p>
<p>But don’t worry; I am not going to leave you hanging.<br />
You can effectively clear your blocks and<br />
<strong>release your juicy self from bondage</strong><br />
<span style="color: #ffffff;">.</span></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Kiss Blockages Goodbye and Recover Your Power!</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>BREAK FREE  from the expectations of others</li>
<li>EXPRESS your authenticity and creativity</li>
<li>ACTIVATE greater flow in your body, relationships and career</li>
<li>INCREASE your confidence and juiciness</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;">“I feel more OPEN and POWERFUL.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">This was the most FUN and FREEING experience.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">The MUSIC ACTIVATED my primal instincts.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">And I saw the GIFT in the area where I was stuck.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">I have come out as a <strong>loving, divine warrior</strong>. WOW!</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">Thank you, Olga.”</span> <em>Julie Cowley</em></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"> “I love Olga’s raw PASSION and love! </span><br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">Her classes are energizing, clearing, creative and alive. </span><br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">Through movement I was able to embrace my true calling. </span><br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">Now I feel that I CAN BE and DO ANYTHING!</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">Thank you Olga.”</span><em>Colleen Schell</em>.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">.</span></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">.</span>If you need laser beam piercing insight on how to overcome<strong><em> your</em></strong> blockages, I could be of  assistance.</p>
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		<title>There is only love; everything else is a cry for help</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olga</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://www.iamfullyalive.com/heal-your-liver/' addthis:title='There is only love; everything else is a cry for help '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>Resentment Makes Your Butt Look Big Or How to Let go of Your Anger for Good and Love Again Written by Olga Aura &#160; When you heal your liver it is important to understand its interconnectedness with the other organs as well as our mental and spiritual well being.   Let’s look at the bigger picture. [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://www.iamfullyalive.com/heal-your-liver/' addthis:title='There is only love; everything else is a cry for help '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Resentment Makes Your Butt Look Big</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Or How to Let go of Your Anger for Good and Love Again </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Written by Olga Aura</em></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>When you heal your liver it is important to understand its interconnectedness with the other organs as well as our mental and spiritual well being.   Let’s look at the bigger picture.</p>
<p><strong>Your Spiritual Anatomy</strong></p>
<p>The liver is associated with the 3<sup>rd</sup> chakra, located in the solar plexus. What are chakras?  Chakras are energy centers along the spine that connect our physical body to our luminous energy body.</p>
<p>Like the organs in the body, each chakra performs a unique function.  For example, just like the intestines draw out the nutrients from the digested food and return the undigested roughage to the Earth, the lower three chakras digest <strong>emotional</strong> energies, churning them over to draw out nutrients.  There is actually beneficial nutrition in your anger –  it is clarity and power.</p>
<p><strong>Toxic Sludge</strong></p>
<p>When the lower three chakras are blocked and cannot expel the emotional waste, this waste turns into toxic sludge.  The toxic sludge stored in the chakras directly affects our nervous system where we begin to interpret the world as hostile and aggressive.</p>
<p>From a place of “the world is not safe” we naturally begin to shield ourselves for protection.  Weight gain is just one of the so called “protections mechanisms” to put up a buffer against the aggression of others.</p>
<p>What is most fascinating is that we are completely blind to the fact that the enemy is on the <strong>inside</strong>.  It is our own toxic emotional sludge that sabotages our relationships, business ventures and livelihood.</p>
<p><strong>Self-Sorcery </strong></p>
<p>Anger is not bad or good in itself.  It is life force streaming through us like a river in the spring, full of power and purpose.  This vital essence within us is very important.  Like the green shoots pushing through the frozen soil, we want to have the ability for the upward and forward movement.  We want to express ourselves with clarity and exuberance.</p>
<p>However, if our lower chakras, especially the first chakra at the base of the spine that connects us directly to the Earth is wounded and closed off, “the river” of vitality, unable to circulate through the body, will stagnate.  The VITAL POWER will turn against ourselves: anger turned inward.   Physically we will suffer from inflammation, gastrointestinal disorders, anorexia.   Mentally, we are literally holding on to anger, irritability, frustration, neurosis, and even suicide.  On the other hand we may resign from life, and experience complete lack of anger and victim mentality, feeling lethargic, and depressed.</p>
<p><strong>The Root of Anger</strong></p>
<p>I once heard it said “There is only love; everything else is a cry for help.”</p>
<p>You see, whether you leash out at your loved ones or you internalize your frustration and judge yourself mercilessly, or you attract others to dump their aggression on you, it ALL stems from one root wound.  Be it the wound of abandonment, ridicule, exile, our behavior is a cry for help, for healing. (Watch Olga&#8217;s <a href="http://www.iamfullyalive.com/heal-your-liver-video/">&#8220;Heal Your Liver&#8221; Video</a>)</p>
<p>Think of an emotional wound as an electric socket in the wall that has an electric cord plugged into it. You can keep cutting the toxic cords: getting a divorce, leaving a job, moving to another state.  But if you never remove the socket itself, another cord will plug right in.  Because you still have an affinity for an abusive lover, an underpaying job, etc.</p>
<p><strong>Protection Against Anger</strong></p>
<p>Einstein once said that you cannot resolve a problem on the same level that it was created. The best protection against anger, your own or that of others, lies not in the literal physical armor (big muscles, extra weight) and not in the psychological analysis (my parents screwed up, now I am justified to live an isolated angry life).</p>
<p>True protection comes from <strong>within</strong>.  You must clear and remove your wound “sockets”.</p>
<p>And rewrite the old story of “the world is not safe”.  This is not a mental process.  It is a technology that works directly at the level of the soul.  Stagnant anger is but a teacher, it guides you to the yellow underbelly beneath the original wound.  There resides your own tenderness and innocence.  And THIS is the key to spiritual freedom!</p>
<p><strong>Bands of Power</strong></p>
<p>During my extensive training with Dr. Alberto Villoldo  I received a rite known as the “Bands of Power” in which my mentor wove invisible bands around my body.  Now I make sure that all my students receive the same bands of power, as it provides a very important spiritual protection for the individual.</p>
<p>At times of cleansing it is essential to create safety for yourself, to go under the radar as not to fall prey to your own “old story” and the toxic characters in it.  You have taken this opportunity to cleanse not only on the physical level, but also to clear the root cause of your pain. It will be my honor to install the Bands of Protection for you, so that after the cleanse you may step forth into your life with greater courage and exuberance.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olga Aura</dc:creator>
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<p><a href="http://truenourishment.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/soviet_gymnastics_team4.pdf" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/truenourishment.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/soviet_gymnastics_team4.pdf?referer=');"></a><a href="http://truenourishment.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/soviet-gymnastics-team.png" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/truenourishment.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/soviet-gymnastics-team.png?referer=');"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-250" src="http://truenourishment.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/soviet-gymnastics-team.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="186" /></a>To be an athlete in a Communist Regime one must be willing to become a war weapon, ordered to do whatever it takes to win. And here is just what it takes&#8230;.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;">The year is 1991.<span> </span>The Soviet Union is collapsing and the 13 year old athletes are expected to show the world that the Soviet Union is still a superpower.<span> </span>The snow is falling by the buckets from the night sky.<span> </span>I have been jumping rope for 2.5 hours.<span> </span>At 85 lbs I still have 7 lbs to loose and had already taken three diuretic pills and two laxatives that day.<span id="more-192"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;">“If I could put your brains into a skinnier body you could be a Champion!” the coach yells.<span> </span>There is no heat in the gym and I am wearing a blue cotton tracksuit, red wool socks and a matching hat, warm vapor escaping my mouth, fingers bleeding from the rope burns. To lose weight, I had plastic bags wrapped tightly around my thighs and stomach, but not around the chest, because that could lead to a cardiac arrest.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;">Katya collapses next to me.<span> </span>Her flat chest and concaved stomach grasp for air.<span> </span>She is taking hormones to suppress her shapely development.<span> </span>Five years from now, she will stand trim and tall on the pedestal in Atlanta as the All-Around Olympic Champion.<span> </span>I never took hormones; still my menstrual cycle only began when I was 22 years old.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;">When I was a freshman in college in the United State and retired from competitive gymnastics, I was hospitalized in intensive care from malnutrition and depression.<span> </span>A full range of severe eating disorders and vital organ damage was confirmed.<span> </span>I was put on Prozac and gained 40 lbs, crushing my self-confidence.<span> </span>To cope, I developed an addiction to alcohol, marijuana and food.<span> </span>I was deeply ashamed of what had become of me and rarely left the house.<span> </span>Obsessed with dieting, I was self-critical and not able to hold intimate relationships.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;">It took 10 long years to restore my balance.<span> </span>Now I am happily married and teach others how to recover their health by nourishing themselves fully with living foods, meditation, movement, and supportive relationships.</p>
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<p>Olympic champion or not, every one of us deserves acknowledgement and support, because we are only as sick as our secrets.
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		<title>The #1 Secret Ingredient in Food Noone Tells You About</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olga Aura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disordered Eating]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://www.iamfullyalive.com/the-1-secret-ingredient-in-food-noone-tells-you-about/' addthis:title='The #1 Secret Ingredient in Food Noone Tells You About '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>Whether you want to heal a health condition, boost your energy level or experience fulfillment and ease around food, read on to find out the one ingredient in your meal that just might be a key to your success. Ima&#8217;s Story In the year 2004 Ima was diagnosed with Stage IV Colon and Liver Cancer. [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://www.iamfullyalive.com/the-1-secret-ingredient-in-food-noone-tells-you-about/' addthis:title='The #1 Secret Ingredient in Food Noone Tells You About '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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<p><img src="http://www.iamfullyalive.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/470663782_1b7e311f37_t1.jpg" alt="470663782_1b7e311f37_t.jpg" align="right" />Whether you want to heal a health condition, boost your energy level or experience fulfillment and ease around food, read on to find out the one ingredient in your meal that just might be a key to your success.</p>
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<p><strong>Ima&#8217;s Story</strong></p>
<p>In the year 2004 Ima was diagnosed with Stage IV Colon and Liver Cancer. Ima was a vibrant 52 year old woman with a golden main of a lioness and a contagious laughter that was much larger than her petite 5&#8217;2&#8243; frame . A skillful and caring nurse by profession, Ima had delivered thousands of babies across the former Soviet Union, Israel and the United States.  Devastated and helpless in the face of a &#8220;seemingly&#8221; sudden terminal illness Ima laid in bed empty of the bigger-than-life laughter.  And I, her daughter-in-law, was her care-giver for the last 3 months of her life.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand,&#8221; Ima would say to me &#8220;I eat a lot of fresh salads and fruits, I exercise, I pray.  How did this happen to me?!&#8221;  And then Ima would answer her own question &#8220;I know where I made the mistake.  Cancer did not just suddenly happen to me. For the last year, since my youngest boy had been deported back to Israel, every time I ate I would be crying, tears falling into my plate.  I cried and I cried and I was all alone.  I should have been blessing my food with joy and gratitude, instead of putting more sadness and despair into my body.  After a whole year of eating tears, my body simply could not take it any more.&#8221;</p>
<p>In this article I pass on to you a small piece of Ima&#8217;s legacy.<br />
Her message about food and eating is simple:<br />
<strong> Our own state of mind as we prepare and eat each meal is just as important of an ingredient as the food itself.  Choose consciously WHAT you put in your body and HOW you do it.</strong></p>
<p><em>Do you have a story of wisdom about food and eating?  Would you be willing to share your story by writing it down in the &#8220;Comments&#8221; form below?</em>
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		<title>The Enemy is on the Inside</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olga Aura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://www.iamfullyalive.com/nobody-knows/' addthis:title='The Enemy is on the Inside '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>When food and eating are interlaced with guilt and shame, daily living becomes one long walk to the guillotine. Alice was twenty years old. One late winter night when she had just finished painting an image of two dolphins playing in the water ~ yellow, blue, orange acrylic paint crusty on her small hands and [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://www.iamfullyalive.com/nobody-knows/' addthis:title='The Enemy is on the Inside '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://truenourishment.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/boreas.thumbnail.gif" alt="boreas.gif" align="left" /> When food and eating are interlaced with guilt and shame, daily living becomes one long walk to the guillotine.  Alice was twenty years old. One late winter night when she had just finished painting an image of two dolphins playing in the water ~ yellow, blue, orange acrylic paint crusty on her small hands and face~  Alice wobbled over to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span id="more-71"></span> From the bright white emptiness she grabbed a lonely vanilla soy yogurt.  And with the refrigerator door still open, her eyes half-closed, she mindlessly ate the yogurt with a black plastic spoon.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was when Alice had discarded the empty yogurt container into the blue trash can in the kitchen pantry that something exploded in her mind, “It’s two o’clock in the morning, you just ate a yogurt and it’s going to make you fat, <span style="font-size:14pt;">fat</span>, <strong>fat!</strong> And nobody is going to like you, and everybody is going to hate you!” Alice’s feet became cold.  She stumbled her way back into the living room and plumped her brick-of-a body onto the dark blue papasan chair.  Her face fell down into her lap like a ripe Red Delicious apple and she sobbed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All was quite except for a distant melody coming from a car parked outside in the snow.  It was Sade singing,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black;">you think i’d leave you down when you’re down on your knees<br />
No I wouldn’t do that.<br />
And when you’re on the outside baby and you can`t get in<br />
i will show you you’re so much better than you know.”</span></p>
<p>The following morning Alice woke up late and the first thing she did was pull out the phone book from under the kitchen table and look under the therapist section for someone who specialized in eating disorders.  Alice was ready to ask for help.
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