Dear LEC Reader,

I hope you have started to recover from the holidays - both in health and financially. Most people, including myself, end up taking in and taking on a bit more than they can handle. If you did, please accept my sincere condolences.

It looks to me that the major theme in my life for the next while will be cleansing - both internal and external, and both physical and non-physical.

The energetic side of our existence - mental, emotional and spiritual - does not appear to have an as direct or immediate influence on our health and well being as the physical actions such as our eating or exercise habits do, but over time, because they shape our behavior, our responses and our reactions to the world around us, the thoughts and emotions we entertain will produce a much greater effect in the long run.

I have continued to work with The Healing Codes, generating possibly the greatest shift in years in how I perceive the cause of disease. The difference in my physical experience is not immediately obvious, but the way I feel about myself and how I interact with the world around me is profound.

My wife and I spent the New Year with a couple of dear friends we have not seen in several years (it takes 7 hours to reach their place). Soon after we sat down for a talk, Kevin said to me: "There is something different about you. You look good." And he put that special inflection on it that meant he was pleasantly surprised, and that he really liked what he saw.

Today I want to expand on the theme of cleansing - cleaning up your act. I will also introduce two people - I have known both of them for a long time and I think you should get to know them as well.

To your health,

Martin Pytela

New to our product offerings - the Ionic Foot Bath is a recently developed hydro-therapy device that combines the life-giving properties of water with a specialized bio-electric charge, which enhances and amplifies the body's ability to heal itself. The bio-charge produced by the Ionic Foot Bath permeates the water at a frequency resonant with each individual taking the treatment. The ionic charge created in the foot bath is similar to those found in hot springs and other naturally charged water sources known to be beneficial to the body. The energized water helps you re-balance your energy meridians by permeating and realigning your energy fields. Most of the benefits of the foot spa can be attributed to the re-balancing of these energy meridians.

But there's more. The picture you see above I took of my own feet in the foot bath after 20 minutes. It is pretty intense.

The Ionic Spa has been used by health practitioners, spas, salons and individuals with high levels of success in cleansing and energizing applications. The simple non-invasive and relaxing bio-charge produced in the water has a positive effect on a wide range of conditions. Common results of this wellness treatment include detoxification, reduced inflammation, shortened recovery time, improved liver, kidney and colon function, as well as improved sleeping patterns. It is typical to feel relaxed and have heightened mental clarity after a single session, but cumulative effects of multiple sessions provide a lasting long-term benefit.

Because of our poor diets, high stress, disease and frailty, we tend to accumulate and store excessive quantities of waste products. The ionicSPA creates an ion charged environment similar to a walk along the beach, only more powerful, because your feet are immersed in the ions being generated in the footbath. Neutralized particles and waste material are pulled out of your body via osmosis. Vibrant color changes in the water are just a partial indicator of the toxins that are leaving your body. The unseen energetic effects are much more profound.

If you do your research, you will notice that there are BEFE units on the market that sell for $1,500 and even for $3,500. How is it possible that we sell ours for $595? Because we can. Once our engineers understood the function of the ion generating array, they were able to simplify the design, make it more durable, and use more standard parts that allows us to drive the costs down dramatically.

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FuZheng Foot Pouches: A highly effective way to detoxify your lymphatic system is to use the traditional Chinese foot pouches. They draw toxins and unblock stuck energies to renew the flow through your energy channels.

Till the end of January you will receive a free bottle of Miracle II Soap with every purchase of FuZheng Foot Pouches, if you ask. You will need to make a note in the comments field in the checkout - please specify regular or moisturizing soap. This special is not advertised anywhere else - it is in appreciation of people who are reading our newsletter. And if you have ordered in January, we will make it retroactive - but you will have to ask.

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I have known Darren Beddard for over 15 years, and attended his seminar Spiritual Economics, Energy and Humanity ten years ago. It was a profound experience - my insights and subsequent personal growth were far reaching. During the seminar I saw several people go through a breakthrough personal transformation right in front of me.

Here is my take on Darren: If you are dealing with the confusing and unsettling effects of spiritual awakening, I can think of no-one better to help you navigate the stormy waters of your energetic transformation. If you are searching for a meaning, for a piece of solid ground in the quicksand of the newly awakened consciousness, know that there is someone who can guide you through to the other side with professionalism, competence, and utmost compassion.

Truly, if you need a helping hand in finding a direction because your spiritual quest has left you confused and frustrated, lean on Darren to help you find your own truth. Remember Archimedes? "Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world." What would it feel like to have your own place to stand, a fulcrum from which you could move your own world?

Here is an example of the responses Darren generates:
Darren,
I want to take a special moment to thank you most sincerely for the sensitive and inspiring guidance you have provided during my relationship challenge. First of all, I compliment you on seeing through the "woods" of my emotionality to arrive at the heart of my spiritual aching.

Through you, I have met my "soul mate" and I believe life partner. Now that a "bump in the road" has appeared your guidance is most comforting and I know you are guiding me to the spiritual place where I can heal and emerge even stronger and more committed. You have a exquisite gift for taking those of us who need healing and guidance to a higher level of consciousness where the examination of daily life can be conducted with an enhanced perspective.

Once again, thank you and I feel blessed that you have come into my life both as a friend and as a spiritual guide.

God bless,
Barbara

Make a call to explore Darren's Spiritual and Life-skills coaching services
dial 253-239-4159, or write an e-mail to darrenb@mandalavillage.org

You can read more about Darren at
http://www.life-enthusiast.com/index/Services/Beddard

Together with my wife I had the opportunity recently to attend Henri's seminar- one on healing relationships. We both have been to many personal growth seminars and we both agreed that the experience was excellent, very effective and filled with opportunities for breakthrough transformations.

Henri McKinnon has been helping people evolve and change for over twenty years. Henri offers seminars, workshops and an extended (and very powerful) Destiny Program to private and corporate clients. Achieving personal excellence, transforming relationships and the practice of partnering are skills taught by Henri and his team.

In addition to many hours of recorded video seminars, Henri has created dozens of CDs that help guide any sincere individual in their quest for wholeness, health, wealth, and happiness.

My favorites are his DVD on Transforming Relationships and "The Toolkit", a 4 CD self help set. We will soon be offering his meditation CD, too. We are now making these programs available directly to you through our shopping cart.

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Recently I came across this piece of medical research:

"Like most epidemics, diabetes has proven tough to beat. The constant barrage of unhealthy food choices that defines the Western diet certainly isn't helping matters. But if you have managed to successfully cut those negative factors from your diet and are still struggling to keep your blood sugar under control, you don't have to resort to the diabetes drugs most mainstream doctors dole out like candy (no pun intended). There are dozens of natural approaches to diabetes and blood sugar maintenance.

One of the most recent ones to hit the health-news headlines is the herb milk thistle. If it sounds familiar, you may have heard of it in terms of its benefits on the liver. It helps detoxify harmful buildup in this essential organ. But according to the recent study, published online in the journal Phytotherapy Research, supplementing with milk thistle can also have a significant impact on blood sugar levels.

Researchers looked at a group of 51 patients who had type 2 diabetes and were taking medication for the condition. They then instructed 25 of the patients to take 200 milligrams of a particular milk thistle extract called silymarin three times a day. The remaining 26 patients were given a placebo. Four months later, they found that the milk thistle group had dramatically lower fasting blood glucose levels, as well as a reduction in the amount of sugar bound to the hemoglobin in their blood. On the flip side of the coin, the placebo group actually experienced a slight increase in those markers."

Is it not interesting that milk thistle has been one of the ingredients in our Exsula Iridesca since 1997? Ten years ago we were already supplying the right ingredients to the early Life Enthusiasts.

Thank you for the last shipment. I am looking forward to a long and enduring relationship with Life Enthusiast Co-op. I have been enjoying Exsula for 17 years now! Dr. Garth Martin, Australia

Because there are over 200 natural ingredients in the amazing Exsula Iridesca formula, we just get to chuckle when one of our customers asks if we heard about [fill in the name of a recent fad or new discovery in phytonutrients]. Most people don't have the capacity to appreciate the sophistication that goes into the design and manufacture of the Exsula products. They truly need to be experienced.

Have you ever tried to describe to somebody an activity they never experienced? Sort of like learning about making love from a book - there is no way you can prepare anybody for the physical experience.

Laurie (one of our customers) wrote: When I take the Exsula Iridesca it feels like I am flooding my body with light.

Kathleen from LA wrote this: I just turned another fellow health enthusiast onto your site. It's my intention to create as much support as I can because of your passion for what you do, as well as your knowledge and integrity around selling superior products. Much love and respect your way…

When you supplement with Exsula Superfoods, you stand a very good chance of experiencing vibrant health, and regaining wellness if you have lost it.

We have the right blend for every situation - ZoeTein for weight management, EllagiPlex for rejuvenation, StrataFlora for optimizing digestion, Premium for Life Energy, Gold for managing urban stress, Advancium for detoxing, and Excela 50 for baseline maintenance.

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