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Page 8 Medway & Millis Local Town Pages www.localtownpages.com January 2018 Treat the symptom, or treat the person? At The Balanced Path Wellness Center in Medway, clients can expect an approach that not only identifies root causes of their issues, but that goes beyond Western medical approaches to examine and improve their overall function and well-being. Cynthia Meeske, LICSW, CRMT and Paul Gerst L.Ac. Acupuncturist & Natural Health Practitioner have combined their unique experience and techniques to effectively address mind, body and spirit. Paul Gerst L.Ac. is a licensed Acupuncturist and Natural Health Practitioner practicing for over 20 years. With his skill in the use of Neuro-Tapping and AK Techniques: Neurolink, NET (Neuro-Emotional Technique) and Nutrition Response Testing, he’s helped many people overcome difficult-to-treat, chronic health issues. A Certified Professional Mediator and certified Meditation Trainer, Paul has taught classes to the general public and other practitioners for over 10 years. A published author and speaker, Gerst has been featured on radio shows, medical conferences and has produced his own cable television show, “Health, Naturally.” Cindy Meeske has practiced in the mental health field for 18 years and has seven years’ experience as a Reiki practitioner. Cindy’s eclectic approach with clients of all ages combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with mindfulness, meditation techniques and energy work. “There is a place for each type of modality depending on what people need,” says Meeske. The Balanced Path Wellness Center is the realization of Meeske’s vision of bringing different modalities together. Meeske’s and Gerst’s different tools and experience offer clients a new depth of options. “We can refer to each other,” she says. “Someone might come to me for therapy issues, but maybe Paul can help them with something I can’t. We can come at it from different angles, and they can benefit from that.” “It’s a round table approach to health care,” says Paul, “and there’s a comfort in knowing the For all your Automotive Needs Both Import & Domestic 1461 Main Street, Millis, MA 02054 508-376-2557 • 800-894-2557 • www.stevesautoparts.com Steve Bullock person you’re referring to and how they work.” Gerst explains that the Western approach to medicine tends to look at the mechanical, while he looks at function. “When the function is interrupted, or diminished, a number of the things on the outside of the body can happen.” The way to get to the root of a problem, he says, is to understand all the causes of a disease and the signs they manifest in the body and in the spirit. Getting to know their clients is how both practitioners work best. “We’re both adept at reading people,” says Gerst. His own assessment might look at “posture, color of skin, expressions of the face, the tongue, body shape,” while Meeske’s considers psychological manifestations of problems. “People come in with real layered issues, and my paperwork is asking for all of their medical diagnoses, their complaints, fettering out all our different systems in the body,” says Gerst. Often, he says, a patient will note that his treatment has resolved an issue they didn’t even mention. “A patient will say, ‘my allergies are better, what did you do?’ And I’ll say, ‘why didn’t you tell me you had allergies?’ That further validates what we do, the idea that you’re not treating a disease, you’re treating a person,” says Gerst, who offers both individual as well as more cost-effective group sessions. “A Patient- Centered vs. a Disease-Centered approach,” he says, “is going to help (people with chronic health issues) far more than going on medications.” Meeske turned to energy medicine when she became disenchanted with trends she saw in mental health medicine. She didn’t believe in diagnosing and medicating patients too soon. Reiki resonated with her, because “I was always a believer that our energy fields hold the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Say we have an emotional issue, and as a result, there’s a physical ailment that goes with it. We need to treat the body as a whole energy to (treat it). (Energy) connects all things,” she says. Meeske uses a “hands-above” approach to Reiki for the comfort of her clients who may not want to be touched. Gerst, too, found that his career path veered from traditional western medicine. “The more I learned about western medicine, the less I wanted to be a part of it,” he says. “Although, there are some things they can do that nobody else can do, such as emergency, surgical and genetic medicine, they treat chronic disease poorly.” Gerst finds a reward in helping patients resolve issues. “If you can identify what they’re doing that they shouldn’t be doing, and what they’re not doing that they should, it’s amazing how many times the body will heal itself, when people were told by western medical doctors they’d have to live with it the rest of their lives.” Meeske finds a similar satisfaction in her work, creating a rapport and safe space to facilitate her clients on their journeys toward healthy relationships, fulfilling lives after depression, and dissipation of symptoms of such issues as PTSD. “I can see that progression, and that’s rewarding,” she says. The Balanced Path Wellness Center is located at 89 Main Street, in Medway. You can reach them at (774) 283-2726 or find them online at www.yourbalancedpath.com and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/metrowesthealth/. For psychotherapy, Cindy Meeske takes many insurance plans. Referrals can be faxed to (774) 233-0037.
January 2018 Medway & Millis Local Town Pages www.localtownpages.com Page 9 Melt Habits and Empower Happiness Yoga at the Ashram Offers New 7-Week Kundalini Yoga Series Join Yoga at the Ashram in Millis for an empowering 7-week series entitled, “Kundalini Yoga to Melt Habits and Empower Happiness.” This transformational series will guide attendees on a path to break unwanted habits using natural tools that can be practiced at home. Topics explored in the series include increasing awareness of mental and emotional patterns, healing mental trauma through the practices of movement, breath and meditation and accessing inner wisdom to embrace a healthy lifestyle. The series will be held Thursdays from 6 – 8 p.m. beginning on January 11, 2018 and running through February 22, 2018. Preregistration is required. Kundalini Yoga to Melt Habits and Empower Happiness will be taught by Mandeep Kaur Khalsa, a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher whose background includes studying yogic science for addictive behavior. Mandeep’s creative approach to teaching is uplifting, inspiring and fun. “The practices of Kundalini Millis Fund to Launch Annual Fund Drive By J.D. O’Gara What does it mean to help your neighbor? Organizers of the Millis Fund know it as being there to help your neighbors in their time of need. In fact, that’s just why the Millis Fund was created. The small nonprofit has helped over 400 families out of critical financial crises, due to such issues as illness, accidents, and family issues, since it was begun 23 years ago, says Brooks Corl, who is entering his 19th year as treasurer for the organization. Established in 1994, the Millis Fund was created by volunteers from four houses of worship in Millis –St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Ael Chunon Congregation, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (which is now closed) and the Church of Christ, Congregational. The fund is supported through private donations to provide emergency financial aid to Millis residents, for such items as rent, utilities, medical costs, fuel, clothing and other emergency needs. “The Millis Fund helps Millis families with financial emergencies - usually arising from something unexpected and shortterm,” says Corl.” It’s everything; it’s rent, it’s medical, it’s utilities – when utilities become futilities.” Corl adds that many events can contribute to a sudden emergency need. “It’s not hard for an illness, an accident, or some other sort of financial emergency or family problem, things that are generally very much unforeseeable, to tip the scales,” he says. Corl points out that some founding principles of the Millis Fund are complete confidentiality for the family needing help, that the fund pays the creditor owed, that it does not help any family more than once per year, (and rarely would it support any one family more than three times overall,) and that The Millis Fund is designed to relieve temporary financial emergencies only, not chronic needs. The nine members of the Board of Directors meet about four or five times a year to plan the fund drive, create the materials and review the applications. The annual mailing is also donated, so just about all of the funds donated to The Millis Fund benefit Millis residents. Board members take care to personally contact each applicant. Corl says the fund helped about 16 families in town last year, always by paying the creditor(s) directly rather than giving money to the applicant. At its onset, the Millis Fund helped about 8-10 families a year, but the number of families, in the teens, has remained steady in the past few years. “The average need has continued to rise a bit year to year. Living in general has gotten more expensive, even for a small town like Millis,” says Corl. This month, the Millis Fund holds its annual drive, and then on the second Sunday in February, “Souper Sunday,” a soup bowl is literally passed through places of worship to gather contributions for the fund. Millis residents can apply for assistance with a simple, one-page application, up to once a year. These are available at the Millis Senior Center or the Church of Christ (Congregational) at 142 Exchange St., says Corl, neither of which is affiliated with the organization. If you would like to help your fellow residents in need, you can send your donation to: The Millis Fund, 142 Exchange Street, Millis, MA 02054. The fund is a 501 (c3) organization and will provide a letter of thanks, which could serve as a receipt. Yoga are powerful yet regulated from within, individually. A person grows at their own pace. That’s what makes it so effective. Whether you or a loved one need to break a persistent behavior pattern, or you would like to support a friend or loved one, this course is for you,” explained Dr. Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa, MD, Director of Yoga at the Ashram. For more information or to register for Kundalini Yoga to Melt Habits and Empower Happiness, visit www. YogaAtTheAshram.org, call (508) 376-4525 or email info@ YogaAtTheAshram.org. Yoga at the Ashram is a nonprofit organization founded in Millis, MA in 1970. The yoga center is committed to providing affordable yoga and meditation via daily classes, workshops, and retreats in yoga, meditation, healing and humanology. It also offers innovative educational practices & programs, including world-class trainings, courses, workshops, and healing modalities, supported with Ayurvedicinspired nutrition. It is located in the spiritually uplifting environment of the yoga center’s host, Guru Ram Das Ashram, a place of peaceful meditation for over 45 years. Yoga at the Ashram First Class Free! New Student Special: 30 days for $30 Relax-Breathe-Feel Happy Check it out Today: www.YogaAtTheAshram.org info@YogaAtTheAshram.org 368 Village St, Millis, MA 508-376-4525
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