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Mother Earth
from LuAnn Cibik
Wednesday, April 22, will be the 39th Earth Day celebrated! But truly, each day on Earth is special, unique and amazing. Statistics about disappearing forests, extinctions of species, and land turning to desolate desert are a part of the daily sad facts now. During Earths 4.9 billions years circling the sun, this is just another one of the huge cycles that has occurred. Ice ages, mass extinctions, extreme volcanoes, Mama Earth has cycled through it before. And she does just fine. In time she will circle back. But for us humans, the thoughts of real climate change, massive extinction is darned scary!
Doing your part to conserve and save nature can help slow down the cycles... and continue to make our Earth Mother happy!
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Upcoming Events
Soul Coaching - Online Daily Coaching Program
Apr 20 - May 18, 2009
28 days of encouragment, revelation, self work, and fun! Join this group of online soul journeyers and share the daily process of uncovering your soul's true desires, and creating the action plan for achiveing your goals and dreams. In as little as 10 minutes a day, create a more joyful and meaningful life!
Click here for more details.
Inner Goddess
April 28, Tuesday 6:30 - 9:30
Inner Goddess Workshop of bellydance, yoga, and celebrate the energy of SPRINGTIME! Workshop is $20 Please RSVP: luannmarie@juno.com
Feng Shui and Home Staging:
Secrets to sell a Home Fast
June 2, 9 am - 4 pm
This fast paced workshop will outline what key areas to emphasis in your home to attract the buyers interest and how to make your home memorable to the buyer in all the right ways. You will receive my workbook for Home Sellers 'Chi-ology : Step-by-step Secrets for Fast Home Sales' . Registration form
Dream Workshop June 13, Saturday, 9am till Noon
Your Dream time is your path to connect to your intuition, your time to communicate with your angels, guides and higher self. Learn about astral travel at night, how to program your dreams for answers or information, and how to remember the dreams you have had. This workshop leads you through a special process to connect with your guardian of the night, and gives you fantastic tools to use at home. Included in the workshop price is your own copy of Denise's Linn's brand new Dream Dictionary, your special sleep pillow, and even your own Dream Time MP3 player, programmed with a special guided visualization to play each time before sleep for the best dreams you have ever had. Space is VERY limited - Please RSVP: luannmarie@juno.com
Workshop fee: $99 including your dream goodies!
For more information about any of these classes
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Green and Healthy
Compact Florescent Bulbs
While you can argue about the quality of light they emit, you can't argue with their efficiency in terms of electrical usage. But, did you know that you cannot just throw the 'burned out' CFL in the trash? And did you know that if one breaks in your home, you need to take some steps to prevent mercury contamination?
I'm sharing this, because, I Just Didn't know...
What to do when CFL BREAKS!
Before cleanup: Vent the room
1. Open a window and leave the room for 15 minutes or more.
2. Shut off the central forced-air heating/air conditioning system, if you have one.
Cleanup steps for hard surfaces
3. Carefully scoop up glass fragments and powder using stiff paper or cardboard and place them in a glass jar with metal lid (such as a canning jar) or in a sealed plastic bag.
4. Use sticky tape, such as duct tape, to pick up any remaining small glass fragments and powder.
5. Wipe the area clean with damp paper towels or disposable wet wipes and place them in the glass jar or plastic bag.
6. Do not use a vacuum or broom to clean up the broken bulb on hard surfaces.
Cleanup steps for carpeting or rug
3. Carefully pick up glass fragments and place them in a glass jar with metal lid (such as a canning jar) or in a sealed plastic bag.
4. Use sticky tape, such as duct tape, to pick up any remaining small glass fragments and powder.
5. If vacuuming is needed after all visible materials are removed, vacuum the area where the bulb was broken.
6. Remove the vacuum bag (or empty and wipe the canister), and put the bag or vacuum debris in a sealed plastic bag.
Disposal of cleanup materials
7. Immediately place all cleanup materials outside the building in a trash container or outdoor protected area for the next normal trash.
8. Wash your hands after disposing of the jars or plastic bags containing cleanup materials.
9. Check with your local or state government about disposal requirements in your specific area. Some states prohibit such trash disposal and require that broken and unbroken lamps be taken to a recycling center.
Future cleaning of carpeting or rug
10. For at least the next few times you vacuum, shut off the central forced-air heating/air conditioning system and open a window prior to vacuuming.
11. Keep the central heating/air conditioning system shut off and the window open for at least 15 minutes after vacuuming is completed.
Green is BEAUTIFUL!
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YOU DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Want a personalized Healthy Home consulation?
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Personal Consultations and Feng Shui Coaching
Can you succeed without Feng Shui?
Sure, but it's harder than it needs to be.
And who needs that?
About LuAnn:
"LuAnn Cibik is a Master Educator of Interior Alignment. She has the distinction of being a member of the small select group of worldwide Interior Alignment Instructors. LuAnn has the remarkable ability to guide her students and clients gently yet powerfully into the ancient traditions of Space Clearing and Feng Shui. She supports each person to reach their deepest potential" - Denise Linn, Founder Interior Alignment
LuAnn is a 5 year leading member of the Interior Alignment Foundation Council, and a member of the IFSG Green Living Committee. She is active in her local community with Green and Sustainable concepts. She works full time in the Feng Shui field as consultant and teacher, website designer and marketing consultant.
Please contact me for more information!
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GET INVOLVED!
Find out about Earth Day events in your community. The Earth Day Network suggests calling local information (or looking online) to find listings for Earth Day. A local environmental group, such as the Sierra Club, might also be a source of information.. Visit www.earthday.net, call 619.496.666 or email earthday@earthdayspirit.org
Make every day Earth Day and pledge to up the eco-friendly factor in your life. There are hundreds of simple steps you can take every day that will make a difference, from turning off the tap while you brush your teeth to bringing a cloth bag with you on shopping trips so you won't create extra waste with plastic bags. Click here for tips on everything from how to green your furniture, clothing, pets and car, And for ideas on how to save energy, use less water, and dispose of hazardous household products properly, visit the federal government's Earth Day site:
Help save the planet—at your workplace. Reduce your paper use, organize a recycling program, turn off your computer's power strip when you leave the office, bring your own coffee mug instead of using Styrofoam cups each day. For more ideas on how to make your worklife greener, click here:
STEAM UPDATE!
Steam cleaning is a terrific way to really clean and disinfect your space WITHOUT the use of harsh chemicals. If you have been following the continuing saga of 'LuAnn the Steam Addict'... Here's the update on the Professional Steamer!
The new Professional use Therma Steam cleaner now calls Inner Strength/Inner Harmony home. Being a ‘steam addict’, I was pretty excited about this new addition to our collection, and I was not disappointed. But, I will share that unless you need to clean 5,000 square feet of fitness facility, locker rooms, treatment rooms, and lobby, you might not need the BIG GUNS.
The professional version works much like my Scunci floor steamer (which cost about 1/20th of the price). On floor steamers, you fill up the water reservoir, and then wait for it to get hot. The Scunci takes about 5 minutes. The Therma Steem takes a half hour. Really. The Scunci will steam for about 15 or 20 minutes (depending on your stop and start times, I tend to steam something, then turn off the steam and wipe the loosened crud off) The Therma Steem, I'll have to admit, can run for a LONG TIME. More than an hour. Enough time for me to steam everything.
The Professional unit puts out 110 pounds of steam pressure. I'm sure that's useful. I'll have to find something REALLY cruddy to test our the power of pressured steam.
Since my other steamer does heat more quickly, I'm hanging on to all my steamers at the moment... and yes, next month I'll have to give an update on LuAnn, the Queen of Clutter!
APRIL 20
SOUL COACHING
Don't miss the next SOUL COACHING online course with LuAnn, Starting April 20. Change your life in 10 minutes a day. Only $199 for 30 days of online support, coaching and nurturing!
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