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Living Mastery Healers Catskill October Retreat in Accord NY

Oct 01, 2025 03:27PM ● By Jerome Bilaos

Imagine sitting in circle with an open group of dedicated healers and healthcare practitioners—yogis, therapists, energy workers, channels, mediums, coaches, Reiki masters, shamans, astrologers, sound healers, mindfulness teachers, and holistic as well as allopathic practitioners. The Living Mastery Healers Catskill Retreat offers a unique weekend of learning, sharing, and raising energy, designed to empower those who dedicate their lives to helping others.

Led by Janet StraightArrow, this immersive gathering brings together her 58 years of healing studies and 45 years of teaching and practice. Janet’s overflowing medicine bag of wisdom and cross-cultural traditions provides accelerated tools, teachings, and practices to support both personal and professional mastery. Participants will experience profound healing, gain practical and spiritual knowledge, and deepen their self-healing while anchoring their work in new levels of awareness.

The retreat setting offers the perfect balance of sacred space and natural beauty. October in the Catskills is breathtaking. Evenings invite bonfires, starlit skies, and quiet reflection, while horses graze nearby and fields and woods beckon for walks.

Date: October 17-19. Tuition of $827 includes lodging. Learn more at BeTheMedicine.com. See ad, page 8.
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Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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