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		<title>XtheGAME in der Schweiz</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shanti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Translated to German for a SWISS GAME eXperience with Shanti Hudes and Barbara Occusono Wochenend Kurs ueber die Kunst der Kommunikation &#8211; April 06/07 &#8211; in Winterthur/ZH Wer bist Du?                        Was gibst Du Wie nimmst Du Wo stehst Du und Wohin gehst Du? Wunderst [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Translated to German for a SWISS GAME eXperience with</em> <a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/in-the-well/" target="_self"><strong>Shanti Hudes</strong></a> and <a href="www.ocusono.ch" target="_self"><strong>Barbara Occusono </strong></a></p>
<p><em><a href="www.ocusono.ch" target="_self"><strong> </strong></a>Wochenend Kurs ueber die Kunst der Kommunikation &#8211; April 06/07 &#8211; in Winterthur/ZH</em></p>
<h3><strong>Wer bist Du?                       <a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Quantum-Think-LC1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2346" title="Quantum Think LC" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Quantum-Think-LC1-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a><br />
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<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Was gibst Du</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Wie nimmst Du</strong></p>
<p><strong>Wo stehst Du und</strong></p>
<p><strong>Wohin gehst Du?</strong></p>
<p>Wunderst Du Dich wieso einfache Kommunikationen manchmal</p>
<p>so kompliziert werden können?</p>
<p>Willst Du mehr aus Dir herauskommen?</p>
<p>Deinen Horizont erweitern durch Erfahrungsaustausch?</p>
<p>So ganz spontan&#8230;.schön aber im Austausch&#8230;.wie kommst Du an?</p>
<p>Was spürst Du?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Wild-eXperience-LC.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2348" title="Wild eXperience LC" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Wild-eXperience-LC-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Dieses multidimensionale Kommunikations Mittel kann Dir helfen in der tiefen Auseinandersetzung mit Dir, Freunden, Partner, Familie, Gemeinschaftskreisen&#8230;</p>
<p>Du kannst der intuitive Gesprächsleiter werden den Du haben möchtest!</p>
<p>Spielerisch einfach und übers Wochenende lernst Du einen Lebenskompass zu benutzen der Dir Dein Leben lang dient!</p>
<p><strong>Kursleitung:</strong></p>
<p>Shanti Hudes www.XtheGAME.com, Barbara Ocusono  <a href="http://www.ocusono.ch/">www.ocusono.ch</a></p>
<p><strong>Wann? </strong>6.-7. April, Sa/So 10.00- 17.00, <strong>Wo?</strong> Spitalgasse 11, 8400 Winterthur</p>
<p><strong>Verpflegung:</strong> Regenbogen-PotLuck fuer beide Tage, jede/r bringt was für’s gemeinsame Buffett.</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Kurskontakt:</strong></p>
<p>Shanti: <a href="mailto:BeandBeWell@gmail.com">BeandBeWell@gmail.com</a> Barbara: <a href="mailto:barbara.ocusono@bluewin.ch">barbara.ocusono@bluewin.ch</a>, 052 213 81 82</p>
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		<title>Wellness Immersive Training for Lifestyle Coaching</title>
		<link>http://www.beandbewell.com/2012/10/31/wellness-immersive-training-for-lifestyle-coaching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shanti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to get away from the cold and the same, same old and get some new eye openers on the sunny side up? Develop a new carrier as Lifestyle Coach, Experience Therapist or Flotation Guide? Discover a new YOU in one of the most conducive environments for regeneration and creativity at our Destination [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you want to get away from the cold and the same, same old and get some new eye openers on the sunny side up? Develop a new carrier as Lifestyle Coach, Experience Therapist or Flotation Guide?<br />
Discover a new YOU in one of the most conducive environments for regeneration and creativity at our Destination B&amp;B and Flotation Center in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near ocean &amp; redwoods!</p>
<div id="attachment_2292" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Jai-and-Shanti-in-Ben-Lomond3.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2292" title="Jai and Shanti in Ben Lomond" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Jai-and-Shanti-in-Ben-Lomond3-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Be and Be WELL with Shanti and Jai</p></div>
<h6>Do you want to learn more about:</h6>
<p><em><strong>Better Communication Skills</strong></em> for interpersonal relationships and conflict resolution (bilingual English/German);</p>
<p><em><strong>LifeStyle Coaching</strong> </em>for individuals, couples and groups with full spectrum wellness of body, mind and soul;</p>
<p><em><strong>Weight Management</strong> </em>and Cleansing Programs for different body types, with nutrition for you mission;</p>
<p><em><strong>Meditation and Flotation Guide Training</strong> </em>with R.E.S.T. (Reduced Environmental Stress Tank) and Manifestation Quest</p>
<p><em><strong>Hosting and Marketing Skills</strong> </em>for an extraordinary Bed and Breakfast Destination<em> </em>off the beaten path;</p>
<p><em><strong>Stress Management Expertise</strong></em> for individuals, support groups and various work-environments;</p>
<p><em><strong>Vision Team Building</strong> </em>for leadership skills and greater sustainability of projects and companies;</p>
<p><strong><em>Community</em><em> Building</em></strong><em> </em>with tools that use Synchronicity, Synergy, Creativity, and Intuition.</p>
<h6>Pick your topic or choose them all:</h6>
<p><em><strong>Jai and Shanti Hudes</strong></em> are two Wellness &amp; Flotation Center veterans of 20 years who have lost and won many good battles in the human evolution arena. They are offering personalized immersive wellness study and work exchange vacations at the <a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/">www.BeandBeWELL.com</a>:</p>
<p>15hrs/week hands on and 15hrs theory with topics of your choice for one to four students at a time (couples are WELLcome!) Training schedule can be spread out over the week or consolidated for the weekend depending on your study plans and your absorption capacity for this growth intensive.</p>
<p>One week training w/community meals and in-house bedroom: $880.- (2 pers. $1340.-)</p>
<p>…”…”………”……………”……&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..&#8221;&#8230;. private studio apartment: $1280.- (2 pers. $1920.-)</p>
<p>…”…”………”……………”……………&#8230;..&#8221;&#8230;. economy trailer: $580.- (2 pers. $880.-)</p>
<p>One month training w/community meals or 31 Day Gentle Cleanse: Pay for 3 weeks and get the 4th for FREE <img src='http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>E-mail Shanti</strong> for Information &amp; “Innerview” Appointment at <strong>beandbewell@gmail.com</strong></p>
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		<title>&#8220;Giving Thanks for Being alive and WELL in 2012&#8243;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shanti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[36+ Hour Flow Gathering  and Creativity Potluck Flotathon 11.10 -11.12 of 2012 celLIBERATING the &#8220;grand finale cycle&#8221; for 2012 ~ How exciting it is to be alive in this auspicious time ~ Be it that you had hard times in 2012 or that you were blessed with transformations that came easy ~ We are here, [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2264" title="Giving Thanks for being alive and WELL web image" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Giving-Thanks-for-being-alive-and-WELL-web-image-300x206.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="206" />36+ Hour Flow Gathering  and Creativity Potluck</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Flotathon 11.10 -11.12 of 2012 </em></strong></p>
<p>celLIBERATING the &#8220;grand finale cycle&#8221; for 2012 ~ How exciting it is to be alive in this auspicious time ~ Be it that you had hard times in 2012 or that you were blessed with transformations that came easy ~ We are here, officially and big Time ~ Living, breathing, ever growing Time Capsules of Creativity ~ Giving Thanks starts with Giving ~ Giving of our Selves and our favorite foods for Body, Mind, Spirit &amp; Soul!</p>
<p><em>A Flotathon is a Gathering where every body comes in their own Flow ~ playing on their frequency in a Rainbow of Talents and Inspirations, Performances and Potlucks ~ From Sat 11am and Sunday 11 pm, the Be and Be WELL (usually by appointments only) is an Open House ~</em></p>
<p><em>This time’s Color Accents:</em></p>
<p>Sat 11.11am: Opening Ceremony with a Gratitude Circle for Lesson Plan 2012 ~ What is Yours?</p>
<p>Sat 12pm: Kitchen Party Abundanza, preparing Food in every color for the Wheel of Life Potluck!</p>
<p>Sat 2pm: Sound Frequency Healing with our new housemate JacQuaeline <a href="http://www.intuitionpower.com/">www.intuitionpower.com</a></p>
<p>Sat 3-6pm: Vision Team Building with GAMEstorm for Your Project! What do you need next?</p>
<p>Sat 7pm: Cacao Ceremony with the “Food for the Gods” &amp; Justin <a href="http://www.yescacao.com/media.html">www.yescacao.com/media.html</a> </p>
<p>Sat 7.30pm: Healing the Split in the Human Psyche through Trust <a href="http://www.thetrustfrequency.net/">www.TheTrustFrequency.net</a>.</p>
<p>Sat 8.30pm: Musical Meditations and Sacred Vibrations with *Valarian* <a href="http://www.valarien.com/">www.valarien.com/</a></p>
<p>Sat 10pm: Kirtan with Christopher Deerheart and Community <a href="http://www.empowerment.net/">www.Empowerment.net</a> </p>
<p>Sat 10.30pm: Kirtan with our musician friends Janne and Tom from Estonia <a href="http://www.tanemahuta.ee/">www.tanemahuta.ee</a></p>
<p>Sat 11.00pm: Film <a href="http://www.insearchofthefuturemovie.com/">www.InSearchoftheFutureMovie.com</a>  with Connie and Andrew Baxter-Marlow “What do the Wise Ones Know?” Free DVD with the companion book!</p>
<p><em>Travelers on the Spiritual Path enjoy the awesome pictures that Nicholas West brought home from his spiritual journey to Peru ~ “Floating through the Night” in the Sensory Deprivation Tank ~ This is the night to do it for a donation of $30 (instead of 60/hr)! ~ </em></p>
<p><em>All proceeds go to the Beautification &amp; Creation of Sacred Spaces in Be and Be WELL ~</em></p>
<p> ~ </p>
<p>Sun 11.11am: Breakfast &amp; Quantum Portal in <a href="http://www.xthegame.com/">www.XtheGAME.com</a> for Transformation Plan 2012</p>
<p>Sun 1.11pm – 7.11pm Xperience The GAME-TimeCapsule 2012 (Travelers Timecapsule Tour on fb) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TinkerbellsGems#!/tttour2012">https://www.facebook.com/TinkerbellsGems#!/tttour2012</a>  </p>
<p>Sun 3pm: Anjuli Mahendra and Alok with YogArobics <a href="http://www.anjulimahendra.com/">http://www.anjulimahendra.com/</a></p>
<p>Sun 4pm: HiTea and “are you Awake Tea-Salon” with Lakshmi Narayan <a href="http://www.awakemedia.com/">www.awakemedia.com</a> </p>
<p>Sun 7pm: Dinner WELL Wishes for our Friends and Beings in Transformation in Be and Be WELL  <a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/lifestyletransformation/">www.beandbewell.com/lifestyletransformation/</a>  </p>
<p>Sun 10pm: Inspirational Movie Night with “Powder”, a being with superpowers (by Victor Salva)</p>
<p><em>“Floating through the Night” in the Sensory Deprivation Tank ~ for a donation of $30/hr instead of 60 ~ proceeds go to the Beautification of Sacred Spaces in Be and Be WELL ~</em></p>
<p>~</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">If you would like to participate in the next Flotathon Gathering and Potluck in March on the weekend of 03.30.13 and want to share your livelihood with friends and community,  send a reply to this post please. We are holding space for:<br />
Art Work<br />
Documentary<br />
Healing Sessions<br />
Intentions<br />
Music</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Poetry<br />
Projects<br />
Vision Teams<br />
Your Self</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">With Love and deLight</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Jai and Shanti Hudes coCreators <a href="http://www.xthegame.com/" target="_blank">www.XtheGAME.com</a> and <a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/" target="_blank">www.BeandBeWELL.com</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/heArteries-web-image.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2266" title="heArteries web image" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/heArteries-web-image-300x187.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="187" /></a> </p>
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		<title>For the Love of Life &#8211; a 40 Day gentle Cleanse</title>
		<link>http://www.beandbewell.com/2012/07/12/for-the-love-of-life-a-40-day-gentle-cleanse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 07:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shanti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t wait until it&#8217;s too late The &#8220;Be and Be WELL&#8221; Flotation Center would like to CELliberate your well-being &#8230;. with a 40 Day Cleansing on all levels! Radiant health and well-being is a marvelous process that we love to share with you! Step up to co-create a life of your dreams! - The 40 [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">The &#8220;Be and Be WELL&#8221; Flotation Center would like to CELliberate your well-being &#8230;. with a 40 Day Cleansing on all levels! Radiant health and well-being is a marvelous process that we love to share with you!</p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">Step up to co-create a life of your dreams!</span></h3>
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<p style="text-align: left;">- The 40 Day in-Home Cleanse is $449 if you sign up before 04.04 2013&#8230;.the lowest ever, that it will be offered.<strong><em> </em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff00ff;"><em>- <a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/info/">The Wellness Weekend Immersive</a></em></span> at the Be and Be WELL is customized to your needs with a sliding scale for your<span style="color: #ff00ff;"><em> <a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/info/http://www.beandbewell.com/lifestyletransformation/ ">Lifestyle Transformation Tools</a></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">- The first consultation with the<span style="color: #ff00ff;"> <em><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wellness-ideas/">Metabolic WELLness Wheel</a>,</em></span> Foot Detox Assessment and Reflexology is $ 95 or FREE if you sign up!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">- A Discount of 20% off ALL WELLness Services at the Be and Be WELL is being offered to your family or friends as WELL if you bring them with you!</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">For information call Shanti at 408-691-7188 or e-mail <em><a href="beandbewell@gmail.com">beandbewell@gmail.com</a></em></p>
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		<title>WELLcome to the Be and Be WELL!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shanti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We inspire and demonstrate healthy relationships on personal, interpersonal and global levels ~ Flotation in the Sensory Deprivation Tank with saturated Epsomsalt Solution ~ Sensory Exaltation in the DryFloat Tank with Light &#38; Sound Brainwave Therapy ~ Far Infra Red Sauna and Cleansing Programs with Foot Detox and Reflexology ~ LifeStyle Coaching, Biodynamic BodyWork with [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666699;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/in-the-well/"><span style="color: #000080;">We inspire and demonstrate healthy relationships on personal, interpersonal and global levels</span></a></em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #666699;"><strong><em> </em></strong></span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666699;"><strong><em><em><em>~ </em><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.BeandBeWELL.com/flotation/" target="_self"> </a><strong><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.BeandBeWELL.com/flotation/"><span style="color: #000080;">Flotation</span></a> </strong><strong>in the Sensory Deprivation Tank with saturated Epsomsalt Solution<br />
</strong></em></em></strong></span><span style="color: #666699;"><strong><em><em><em>~ </em><strong><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.beandbewell.com/2011/12/07/sensory-exaltation/"><span style="color: #000080;">Sensory Exaltation</span></a> in the DryFloat Tank with Light &amp; Sound Brainwave Therapy<br />
</strong></em></em></strong></span><span style="color: #666699;"><strong><em><em><em>~ </em><strong><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.beandbewell.com/lifestyletransformation/">Far Infra Red Sauna and Cleansing Programs</a> </strong><strong>with Foot Detox and Reflexology<br />
</strong></em></em></strong></span><span style="color: #666699;"><strong><em><em><em>~<span style="color: #000080;"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wellness-ideas/"> LifeStyle Coaching</a>, </span></em><strong><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.beandbewell.com/info/"><span style="color: #000080;">Biodynamic BodyWork</span></a><em> </em><em>with Massage or holistic Skin &amp; BodyCare,</em><br />
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		<title>Sensory eXaltation and other Transformation Agents</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; it looks like any other house, but the &#8220;Be and Be WELL&#8221; is dedicated to Transformation for over a quarter century&#8230; We have become a magnet for people who are going through Rites of Passage. Now, we are looking for one or two &#8220;Transformation Agents&#8221; of the Healing Arts who want to partner with us in [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1478" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 234px"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Rose-from-the-Be-and-Be-WELL3.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1478" title="Rose from the Be and Be WELL" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Rose-from-the-Be-and-Be-WELL3-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This is a house like any other house...</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #666699;"><strong>&#8230; it looks like any other house, but the &#8220;Be and Be WELL&#8221; is dedicated to Transformation for over a quarter century&#8230; We have become a magnet for people who are going through Rites of Passage. Now, we are looking for one or two &#8220;Transformation Agents&#8221; of the Healing Arts who want to partner with us in the use of  Flotation Tank, FIR Sauna, Light &amp; Sound Frequency Generators and Sensory eXaltation Tank. Who do you know? </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #666699;"><strong>Our beautiful Attic Studio is available for rent for that someone who shares our mission to inspire and demonstrate healthy relationships on personal, interpersonal and global levels: </strong></span> </p>
<div id="attachment_1479" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 302px"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sun-is-shining-for-Jai-and-I.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1479  " title="Sun is shining for Jai and I" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sun-is-shining-for-Jai-and-I-292x300.jpg" alt="" width="292" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jai and Shanti on the Sunny Side Up </p></div>
<div id="attachment_1494" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sunday-Brunch1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1494" title="SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sunday-Brunch1-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">...bringing people together...</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #666699;">Jai </span><span style="color: #666699;"> and I are the happy husband &amp; wife team taking care of this beautiful property so people can come here to relax, reboot and rediscover their creativity to bring it back into their world. We offer transformational</span><span style="color: #666699;"> tools for self reflection and self expression; “Relaxation Intensives”, that gently reboot the brain with mind state enhancers for clients with little time and lots of stress.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #666699;"> </span><span style="color: #666699;">Our main peace-offering is <a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/flotation/" target="_self">Flotation Therapy</a>, also called R.E.S.T. or Reduced </span><span style="color: #666699;">Environmental Stress Therapy: With the body floating weightlessly and free of sound and light,  90% of the brain, usually preoccupied with a bombardment of outside stimuli,  becomes available for higher functions.</span></p>
<p> <a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/PathFinder.bmp"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1481" title="PathFinder" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/PathFinder.bmp" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><span style="color: #666699;">People emerge from flotation with greater receptivity and enhanced creativity. Often, they are ready to play in <a href="www.XtheGAME.com">The GAME</a> that is a mirror reflection of life. Our goal is the expression of the whole self in its highest potential.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_1482" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Jai-and-Shanti-on-the-path.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1482" title="Jai and Shanti on the path" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Jai-and-Shanti-on-the-path-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">...on The Path two gather...</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #666699;">It is over 30 years ago now  that Jai and I met in a flotation-wellness center in London. Our destiny brought us together to receive a vision of a futuristic game that was to become a teaching tool for loving communication, bringing people together on deeper levels of connection: <a href="http://www.XtheGAME.com">www.XtheGAME.com</a>.  </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #666699;">Now we offer<a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/life-maps/" target="_self"> wellness coaching sessions, vision team building,</a> all night vision&amp;manifestation quests and Rites of Passage at the <a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/info/">Be and Be WELL</a>, combined with other<a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/sauna-cleanse/" target="_self"> healing modalities and body-work.</a> People can also stay for<a href="http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/264341  " target="_self"> B&amp;B weekend retreats.</a></span></p>
<div id="attachment_2068" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Jai-and-Shanti-playing-3D1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2068" title="Jai and Shanti playing 3D[1]" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Jai-and-Shanti-playing-3D1-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jai &amp; Shanti in the GAME</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #666699;">The GAME goes anywhere with board and cards or mobile application on the I-phone and it found a beautiful place in Sacred Spaces at Burning Man where people enjoyed playing it day and night. Our next goal was to feature the first flotation tank on the Playa&#8230;.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #666699;"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sacred-Space-Pod-coming-out-at-Burning-Man1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2059" title="Sacred Space Pod coming out at Burning Man" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sacred-Space-Pod-coming-out-at-Burning-Man1.jpg" alt="" width="98" height="130" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #666699;"><span style="color: #666699;">&#8230;.but we didn’t see ourselves traveling with an 800 pound salt solution, so we needed to create a tank environment that would induce similar effects on the brain. So we came up with the idea of the “Sensory Exaltation Tank”, or S.E.T: A flotation simulator that will reset the brain and SET your mind free with Light and Sound Brainwave Optimizer, Oxygen-Tank and Aroma Therapy Mister.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="color: #666699;"> </span></span></span></p>
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<div id="attachment_1508" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Jai-and-Will-working-on-the-Pod-into-the-night3.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1508 " title="Jai and Will working on the Pod into the night" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Jai-and-Will-working-on-the-Pod-into-the-night3-300x224.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Creation Process</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #666699;">Who would have thought that this old flotation tank that was lying around, waiting to become land fill could be converted it into a <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/timecapsule/launching-a-sacred-space-pod-time-capsule-to-the-f?ref=live">“Sacred Space Pod”</a> for Sacred Space Camp at Burning Man 2011 &#8211; &#8216;Rites of Passage&#8217;&#8230;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #666699;">It was one of the “coolest” attractions there with its cooling system for those who found their way to our dome. And the coolest thing is that &#8220;All Pods lead to hOMe in the end…and Sacred Spaces lives on in the TimeCapsule Dome of the Be and Be WELL</span></p>
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<div id="attachment_1512" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 234px"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Will-Northcutt-painting-the-Vetruvian-Being-on-the-Sacred-Spacepod3.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1512 " title="Will Northcutt, painting the Vetruvian Being on the Sacred Spacepod" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Will-Northcutt-painting-the-Vetruvian-Being-on-the-Sacred-Spacepod3-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Will Northcutt painting the Space Pod</p></div>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666699;">Here is the Pod in the making, in its simplest interpretation just a physical device, to chill out and relax, a place to meditate and to calm your mind. But we wanted it also to be a portal that is inviting us on a journey to true metaphysical transformation. So we looked around for a long time to find the right artist who would be able to give our old tank a true renaissance, rendering it into a piece of living art, deserving of the name </span><span style="color: #666699;">“<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/timecapsule/launching-a-sacred-space-pod-time-capsule-to-the-f?ref=live">Sacred Space Pod</a>.&#8221; </span><span style="color: #666699;">After a slew of trials and errors, we found the artist in a gifted, local trompt&#8217;oeil mural painter Will Northcutt. He is adorning the entrance to this transformational vehicle with an interpretation of Da Vinci’s Vetruvian Being (Vetruvian Man-Image) as an ode to sacred geometry and the divinity in nature. The archetypal imagery invites us to connect with the beauty and harmony within our selves, in love and appreciation of creation as a whole. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666699;">&#8221; The Vetruvian Being 2011©&#8221; conceived by Jai Hudes, </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666699;"> </span><span style="color: #666699;">Graphics by Dana Hunt, Design by Will Northcutt</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666699;"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Vetruvian-being-913.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1517" title="Vetruvian being 9[1]" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Vetruvian-being-913.jpg" alt="" width="504" height="779" /></a></span></p>
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<div id="attachment_2070" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Jai-with-Sensory-Exaltation-Tank.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2070" title="Jai with Sensory Exaltation Tank" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Jai-with-Sensory-Exaltation-Tank-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">a Sensory eXaltation</p></div>
<div id="attachment_2069" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 234px"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sacred-Spaces-Timecapsule2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2069" title="Sacred Spaces Timecapsule" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Sacred-Spaces-Timecapsule2-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sacred Space Pod</p></div>
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		<title>&#8220;The Book of Floating&#8221; Excerpt</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from The Book of Floating by Michael Hutchinson: Seven Theories of Floatation Therapy 1. The Antigravity Explanation: The buoyancy afforded by the dense Epsom salt solution eliminates the body&#8217;s specific gravity, bringing the floater close to an experience of total weightlessness. Gravity, which has been estimated to occupy 90 percent of all central nervous [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excerpt from <em>The Book of Floating</em> by Michael Hutchinson:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Seven Theories of Floatation Therapy </strong></span></p>
<p><strong>1. </strong><strong>The Antigravity Explanation:</strong></p>
<p>The buoyancy afforded by the dense Epsom salt solution eliminates the body&#8217;s specific gravity, bringing the floater close to an experience of total weightlessness. Gravity, which has been estimated to occupy 90 percent of all central nervous system activity, is probably the single largest cause of human health problems &#8211; the bad backs, sagging abdomens, aching feet, painful joints, and muscular tension that result from our unique but unnatural upright posture. This theory asserts that, by freeing our brain and skeletal system from gravity, floating liberates vast amounts of energies and large areas of the brain to deal with matter of mind, spirit, and enhanced awareness of internal states.</p>
<p><strong>2. </strong><strong>The Brainwave Explanation:</strong></p>
<p>More interesting than the well known alpha waves generated by the brain in moments of relaxation, are the slower theta waves, which are accompanied by vivid memories, free association, sudden insights, creative inspiration, feeling of serenity and oneness with the universe. It is a mysterious, elusive state, potentially highly productive and enlightening; but experimenters have had a difficult time studying it, and it is hard to maintain, since people tend to fall asleep once they begin generate theta waves. One way of learning to produce theta waves is to perfect the art of meditation. A study of Zen monks conducted by Akira Kazamatsu and Tomio Hirai, in which the monks&#8217; brain-waves were charted as they entered the meditative states, indicated that the four meditative plateaus (from alpha to the more sublime theta) &#8220;were parallel to the disciples&#8217; mental states, and their years spent in Zen training.&#8221; Those monks with over twenty years of meditative experience generated the greatest amount of theta, the monks were not asleep but mentally alert. However, since many of us are unwilling to spend twenty years of mediation to learn to generate theta waves, it&#8217;s helpful to know that several recent studies (at Texas A&amp;M and the University at Colorado) have shown that floating increases production of theta waves. Floaters quickly enter the theta state while remaining awake, consciously aware of all the vivid imagery and creative thoughts that pass through their minds, and after getting out of the floatation environment, floaters continue to generate larger amounts of creativity-promoting theta waves for up to three weeks.</p>
<p><strong>3. </strong><strong>The Left-Brain Right Brain Explanation:</strong></p>
<p>The two hemispheres or the neocortex operate in fundamentally  different modes. The left hemisphere excels at detail, processing  information that is small-scale, requiring fine resolution: it operates  analytically, by splitting or dissection. The right hemisphere on the  other hand, is good at putting all the pieces together. It operates by  pattern recognition &#8211; visually, intuitively rapidly absorbing large  scale information. Just as in the sunshine of a bright day it is  impossible to see the stars, so are the subtle contents of the right  hemisphere usually drowned out by the noisy chattering of the dominant  verbal/analytical left brain, whose qualities are the more cultivated  and valued in our culture. But recent research indicates that floating  increases right-brain (or minor hemisphere) function. Floating turns off  the external stimuli, plunges us into literal and figurative darkness &#8211;  then suddenly the entire universe of stars and galaxies is spread out  before our eyes. Or as brain researcher Dr. Thomas Budzynski of the  University of Colorado put it, &#8220;In a floatation environment, the right  hemisphere comes out and says, &#8220;Whoopee&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>4. </strong><strong>The Three Brain Explanation:</strong></p>
<p>In a series of seminal studies produced over the last twenty-five  years, Paul MacLean, chief brain researcher at the National Institute  for Mental Health (US), has produced convincing evidence that the human  brain has three separate physiological layers, each corresponding to a  stage in our evolutionary history. In this &#8220;Triune Brain Theory,&#8221; the  most ancient layer is called the reptile brain, and it controls basic  self-preservative, reproductive and life sustaining functions. Sitting  atop the reptile, brain is the iambic system, which MacLean had dubbed  the visceral brain, because generates all our emotions. The most recent  part of the brain to develop is the &#8220;thinking cap&#8221; of convoluted gray  matter called neocortex, seat of our abstract, cognitive functions;  memory, intellect, language, and consciousness. While many of these  three separate brains have overlapping functions they are all quite  different in chemistry, structure, action, and style. Three brains  should be better than one, but unfortunately, due to a ruinous design  error, there is insufficient communication and coordination between the  neocortex and the two older levels. This lack of communication results  in a chronic dissociation between the higher and lower brains, which  MacLean calls schizaphysiology, and which we experience in the form of  conflicting drives &#8211; unconscious and conscious, savage and civilized,  lusty and loving, ritualistic and symbolic, rational and verbal. There  are times when the levels do act in harmony, as in peak experiences when  body and mind unite in exhilarating moments of vitality, when our  actions come effortlessly, spontaneously. But it&#8217;s hard to predict when  these perfect moments will occur. Now there is evidence that suggests  that, due to heightened internal awareness and decreased physical  arousal, floating increases the vertical organization of the brain,  enhancing communication and harmony between the separate levels.  Floating, it has been hypothesized, can provide us with peak experiences  almost at will.</p>
<p><strong>5. </strong><strong>The Neurochemical Explanation:</strong></p>
<p>Neurochemists have recently discovered the brain is an endocrine  organ that secretes numerous neurochemicals which influence our  behavior. Our brains secrete hormones that make us happy, anxious,  depressed, shy, sleepy, sexy. Each of us creates different amounts of  these various neurochemicals, and those who create, for example, more  endorphins &#8211; natural opiates &#8211; experience more pleasure as a result of a  given experience than those who create fewer endorphins. Tests indicate  that floating increased the secretion of endorphins at the same time as  it reduces the levels of a number of stress-related neurochemicals,  such as adrenaline, nordpinephrine, ACTH, and cortisol &#8211; substances that  can cause tension, anxiety, irritability, and are related to ailments  such as heart disease, hypertension and high levels of cholesterol. One  other neurochemical theory is the &#8220;return of the womb&#8221; explanation.  Since pregnant women produce up to eight times the normal endorphin  levels, the foetus experiences true prenatal bliss. When a floater is  suspended in the dense, warm solution, enclosed in darkness, body  pulsing rhythmically and brain pumping out endorphins, it&#8217;s possible  that subconscious memories are stirred and profoundly deep associations  called up. It is no coincidence that at least one commercial float  centre is named &#8220;The Womb Room.&#8221;<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>6. </strong><strong>The Biofeedback Explanation</strong></p>
<p>Biofeedback research (including Johns Hopkins researcher John  Basmajian&#8217;s conclusive study of subjectsconsciously firing off single  motor-unit neurons), we now know that humans can learn to exercise  conscious control over virtually every cell in their bodies. Processes  long thought to be involuntary, such as the rhythm and amplitude of our  brain waves, healing, blood pressure, the rate or force of heart  contractions, respiratory rate, smooth-muscle tension, and the secretion  of hormones and neurotransmitters are now thought to be controllable.  The way biofeedback machines work is by enhancing concentration, by  focusing on a single, subtle change in the body, which is being  amplified by the machine, we are able to shut off our awareness of the  external environment. This shutting-off of external stimuli is exactly  what the floatation environment does best &#8211; almost as if in an &#8220;organic&#8221;  biofeedback machine, in the tank every physical sensation is magnified,  and because there is no possibility of outside distraction, we are able  to relax deeply and focus at will upon any part or system of the body.</p>
<p><strong>7. </strong><strong>The Homeostasis Explanation:</strong></p>
<p>Homeostasis is an exquisitely sensitive self-monitoring and  self-regulating system that is constantly working to maintain the body  in homeostasis &#8211; an optimal state of balance, harmony, equilibrium and  stability. Considered in these terms, we can define stress as a  disruption of our internal equilibrium, a disturbance of our natural  homeostasis. Research now indicates that many of floating&#8217;s most  powerful effects come from its tendency to return the body to a state of  homeostasis. When we view the mind and body as a single system, it  becomes clear that external stimuli are constantly militating against  the system&#8217;s equilibrium, every noise, every degree of temperature above  or below the body&#8217;s optimal level, every encounter with other people,  everything we see and feel can disrupt our homeostasis. But when we  enter the tank, we abruptly stop making constant adjustments to outer  stimuli. Since there are no external threats, no pressures to adapt to  outside events, the system can devote all its energies to restoring  itself. The normal state, of course, is health, vigor, enthusiasm, and  immense pleasure in being alive.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Excerpts from the Article &#8220;Flotation and the Nature of Change&#8221; by Walter E. Jessen Ph.D. and Psychotherapist Enhancement of Intentionality Third, floaters frequently enter the tank with an intention – a problem they need to solve or decision that needs to be made. Of course it tends to be the case that the clearer [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Excerpts from the Article &#8220;Flotation and the Nature of Change&#8221; by Walter E. Jessen Ph.D. and Psychotherapist</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Enhancement of Intentionality</strong></p>
<p>Third, floaters frequently enter the tank with an intention – a problem they need to solve or decision that needs to be made.</p>
<p>Of course it tends to be the case that the clearer the formulation, the more obvious the solution that is created.  For instance, well framed questions tend to attract information both relevant and apparently irrelevant that challenges and sometimes bombards the floater’s consciousness.  Memories, thoughts and images are magnetically drawn to the issue, pushing the person not only to re-experience and re-think the problem, but also to become open to unusual solutions that he would normally be less likely to think about.  This experience harkens back to Jung’s (1936) notion of “complexes” – a nucleus that attracts a constellation of feelings, thoughts, perceptions and memories.  On less well formulated instructions the floater becomes more easily distracted and concurrently may notice changes in attitude, sensation and feelings that may be the precursors to behavioral change.</p>
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		<title>My Mother &#8211; the WELLwoman</title>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1837" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/131.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1837  " title="131" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/131-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Prost to 94 years on this Earth</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_1845" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1341.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1845 " title="134" src="http://www.beandbewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1341-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">loving, caring and kind</p></div>
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