Carnival Day! It's the BIG 100

I've been anticipating the 100th edition of the Carnival of Healing for a few weeks now. The summer months have been swelling with humidity and hot temps. Flooding rain waters are seeping into the basements of midwest homes (including mine). Mops and buckets, sump pumps, and shop vacs are put to good use. Rain and hot sticky weather are often expected for the summer carnival. Regardless, we forgo our fashionable sun hats and leave our umbrellas in the car. Getting our noses sunburned and our clothing soppy wet is part of the fun when attending the carnival. In the river town where I live the carnival camps along the Mississippi mid-June before the scorcher temps of August arrive, but the fishy-smelling mayflies are buzzing about.

What's the BUZZ about blog carnivals?

Blog carnivals can be attended in the comfort of your own home, or while you're hanging out at any WIFI location. I am tempted to go down to my favorite Internet cafe alongside the railroad tracks with my laptop while I put this mile market edition (the Big 100) of the Carnival of Healing together... but no, I think I'd be distracted too easily by the sounds of blaring horns and screeching wheels as the trains go by. I do love trains. So, I'll save that trip for another day.

The Carnival of Healing is a weekly round-up of blogs across the Internet featuring information about healing, self empowerment, and spirituality.

The Carnival of Healing blog carnival began on Saturday July 30, 2005 with its first meager edition. I had the dream of more.... and my dream has been fulfilled. Two years strong, our carnival has been cranking out bigger and better carnival editions ever since. I've seen other carnivals die out along the way, so I'm especially proud. I've learned a lot along the way, and have met some wonderful bloggers (and readers too). That's the best part! It is you, the bloggers and the readers, who have made the a carnival so successful.

Carnival Mile Marker Editions from 2005 and 2006

• First Edition
• Healing the Heart Edition - Aftermath of Katrina
• Scare and Share Halloween Edition
• New Year Celebration Edition - Goodbye 2005 - Hello 2006
• Valentine's Day Edition - Sacred Mysteries of Relationship
• Taking Positive Steps (the overall theme of many of our carnivals is "being postive")
• Mother's Day Editon - Moons and Mothers
• Other Lights - Summer Solstice
• September 2006 Carnival Host Tribute
• Joy, Peace, Renewal - Holiday Edition

Enough spending time in the past... on with NOW ---- aren't we always told to live in the moment?

Today's Carnival Attractions

Power Your Mind

Alvaro Fernandez, SharpBrains posts Brain Training Games and "Games"

The Biggest Hurdle: Could it be Our Excuses?

Paul Piotrowski, Self Help Wisdom posts Will Power is Nothing: How to Get Yourself To Do What You Want To Do

Are you the Queen (or King) of indecision? Craig Harper posts Sitting at Life's Train Station. This is an insightful post about missed opportunites. Craig says "You've been given a magic ticket.Your magic ticket will take you to the place of your dreams. All you've got to do is choose your destination, leave your comfy seat and get on the train of your choice. And enjoy."

Reviews of Holistic Therapies

Qigong Yiquan review and impressions from Jacob, Parapsychology articles and blog

Anmol Mehta, Mastery of Meditation, Enlightenment & Kundalini Yoga offers a brief introduction to Ayurveda Medicine

Crystalline Consciousness Technique™ from co-founder of this modality Lexi Sundell, Energies of Creation.

Fighting off Cancer

Isabella Mori, change therapy, posts the weekend to end breast cancer - a transforming experience. She says "healing comes in so many forms. this post is about how the weekend to end breast cancer, an annual 60k walk to raise funds for breast cancer research and treatment, can transform not only through the money raised but also through the the collective energy gathered in such a massive effort." Includes photos!

Petra Ioni, Medopdedia, posts Anthocyanins in Purple, Blue and Red Foods Fight Colon Cancer | Medopedia

Having More Stuff Doesn't Help

Millionaire Mommy Next Door posts How to Treat Affluenza: Spend Less and Live a Happier Life. She says "The number of "very happy" people peaked in 1957, and has remained fairly stable or declined ever since. Even though we consume twice as much as we did in the 1950s, people were just as happy when they had less. 86% of Americans who voluntarily cut back their consumption feel happier as a result. David Wann (co-author of Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic) encourages us to become historical superheros. We can change our world; save our world. Let's curb our consumption so that our grandkids can read about our generation in their history books with reverence."

Ananga Sivyer, Living by Design says "retail therapy" is not the way to go. I agree, Shopping addiction is a real problem. Anxiety Relief: Why Getting More Stuff is not the Answer

Addiction and Recovery

Karen Halls, Addiction Recovery, posts the importance of not making excuses for missing your AA meetings.
Planning Your Life Around Your Alcoholic Anonymous Meeting Schedule

Natural Remedies

Shelley M. Fondren, Massage, Mind & Body, posts Arnica, a powerful tool. She says "[Arnica] can be used for a variety of skin conditions such as acne, eczema, and burns (used in it’s most dilute form). It is also widely used for bruises, arthritis low blood pressure, swelling and sprains."

What do acupuncture and garlic oil have in common? Aparna, Beauty and Personality Grooming, shares Home remedies for muscle cramps

Random Musings

Do you beat yourself up or constantly seeking approval from others? John Hill, Universe of Success, offers help to anyone prone to Self Sabotage

Louise Manning, The Human Imprint posts Walk a mile in my shoes. This is a reminder that our first impressions aren't always accurate and that our character analysis skills may some sharpening. Kindness First is a good motto to live by in any case

Raymond David Salas, Zin Chill posts How to Have Conversations with God comparing Neale Donald Walsch writings with Teachings of Abraham by Esther and Jerry Hicks.

Peter25, from Small Business blog posts Stay Fit at Home suggesting exercises that don't require a gym membership. Does mopping up puddles of water from your basement floor count?

Warren Wong posts How To Keep A Healthy Relationship He suggests resolving differences by going back to happier times. Specifically to the moment when you met to key into what you have in common. My husband and I met at mutual friend's home. We were both dating losers at the time -- ouch. Six months later after we ended those relationships we started seeing each other. What kind of commonality does that indicate? We move on when things don't work? We've been through the fire, and appreciate the calm waters? Tsk.. Tsk.. Joe and I will be celebrating our 20th anniversary next week. We been through plenty of arguments and truces. He's a keeper.

Thank you for attending our carnival!

Looking Back: Last week the carnival was hosted at Reiki Blogger
Looking Forward: Next week (Sept. 1) the carnival will be hosted by The Process of Being

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