Kombucha -”the miracle elixir of life” – is an old, even very old potion which has been forgotten, and now revived. Kambucha tea has incredible virtues, tastes really good, and is easy to make at home. It has helped millions of people “cure” from many different dis-eases and physical troubles. Even scientists today are coming out with research on the this “miracle drink”, focused on its pro-biotic bacteria that have effects on cancer (see link in the guardian).

Kombucha benefits many people worldwide, but is still a little known secret in our fast-paced society; a natural adaptogen which works on a wide array of conditions to restore balance and support the immune system. Kombucha teas is reach in antioxidants & probiotic acids. A probiotic is a live bacteria that helps populate the large intestine with friendly bacteria known as gut flora, which dissolve harmful micro-organisms and cholesterol. Scientific research shows the benefits of Kombucha, whose high concentration of probiotic-rich acids can provide a powerful energy boost, and detoxify and cleanse the blood of disease-causing toxins, allowing the body to alleviate a wide spectrum of ailments and conditions; from the mildest indisposition to the most serious diseases.

Based on the evidence of personal experience as documented on countless web sites devoted to Kombucha benefits, these include: arthritis pains, intestinal problems, digestive disorders, kidney stones, high cholesterol, chronic fatigue, asthma, bronchitis, migraine, eczema, headaches, constipation, diabetes, rheumatism, anxiety, dizziness and insomnia. Problems associated with advancing years, such as high blood pressure, poor eye sight, arteriosclerosis and gout may also be helped by Kombucha’s anti-aging properties.

In the 1960s, specific cancer treatments utilised Kombucha’s high concentration of glucuronic acid to balance intestinal flora (the Russian author Alexander Solzhenitzyn often stated his belief that drinking Kombucha tea cured his stomach cancer and saved his life during his internment in Soviet labour camps).
Scentists are becoming more and more vocal in disseminating the tangible effect of friendly bacteria on the body. In January 2008, the journal Molecular Systems Biology reported research by Imperial College London that mice fed probiotic drinks had different levels of key chemicals in their blood and urine related to important processes in the body, including the digestion of fat. “Some argue that probiotics cannot change your gut microflora,” says Professor Jeremy Nicholson, who led the project. “Our study shows that probiotics can have an effect and they interact with the local ecology and talk to other bacteria. We’re still trying to understand what the changes they bring about might mean in terms of overall health, but we have established that introducing friendly bacteria can change the dynamics of the whole population of microbes in the gut.

Kombucha fermented with green tea packs a multitude of benefits. Study after study shows that green tea is rich in health-promoting antioxidants and polyphenols, which American research suggests can have a protective affect against cancers like leukaemia.

A wealth of scientific research over the years, particularly in Germany and Russia, demonstrates that drinking Kombucha tea as part of a healthy lifestyle can help achieve optimum wellness. In 1951, the Russian Academy of Sciences analysed the rapidly expanding industrial region of Perm in the Western Ural Mountains. Although one of the most toxic areas in the USSR due to excessive amounts of poisonous waste, it boasted extremely low incidences of cancer and a well above average number of centenarians due, the Academy concluded, to almost every household in the region brewing its own Kombucha tea (”tea kwass”), introduced to the mountains by Chinese travellers centuries earlier.

Documented research also concurs that regular consumption of Kombucha tea can help to invigorate the entire glandular system, boost interferon production and regulate acid/alkaline levels. Studies in California have shown that people infected with HIV who regularly drink Kombucha tea benefit from significantly strengthened immune systems, thereby inhibiting the onset of full-blown AIDS, although Kombucha should not be drunk by those on AIDS medications.

The effects of drinking Kombucha tea vary from person to person. Those who find it especially beneficial generally experience an immediate ‘lift’ and report sustained vitality and well-being after just 2-4 weeks of daily use. Positive effects on some diseases, infections and ailments can occur within the first few months, and dramatic changes are noticeable by some within one year.

Kombucha supports:
Digestion, Metabolism, Immune System, Apetite Control, Weight Control, Liver Function, Body Alkalinity, Anti-aging, Cell Integrity, Healthy Skin and Hair.  (that’s pretty good)

It includes all natural Enzymes + Probiotics + detoxifiers and is an incredible anti-oxidant.

It is known to help rejuvanate, restore, revitalize, recharge, rebuild, regenrate, replenish, regain rebalance renew your entire health system.

The incredible organic production of pro-biotic acids in Kombucha include:

Kombucha Acid Profile

Gaia’s Organic Kombucha’s wealth of organic acids and enzymes include:

Acetic acid
A natural product of metabolisation, an antiseptic and a suppressor of harmful bacteria.

Amino acids
The building blocks of proteins, these produce enzymes such as glutathione; a powerful antioxidant which provides protection from both alcohol and pollution. Most medical drugs deplete it.

Butyric acid
Protects cell membranes and, in conjunction with Gluconic acid, strengthens the gut walls against yeast infections such as candida.

Citric acid
An antiascorbic.

Gluconic acid
A product of the breakdown of glucose, which further breaks down to Caprylic acid to work symbiotically with Butyric acid and Nucleic acid.

Glucuronic acid
A powerful detoxifier, normally produced in the healthy human liver. It has the ability to bind to and excrete both metabolic and environmental toxins, including heavy metals.

Lactic acid
Assists with normal digestive processes. Lactic acid is often found to be lacking in the tissues of most cancer suffers.

Malic acid
Assists the liver to detoxify.

Nucleic acids
These transmit information to the cells on how to regenerate correctly.

Oxalic acid
A preservative, also encourages intercellular energy production.

Usnic acid
Found to act as a virus deactivator in addition to being a strong anti-bacterial agent.

SO, where do you get it? Well…you should make it.
I’m going to start making our own versions – 4 different flavors, Regular, Green Tea, Rasberry, and Rose

Enjoy your cup, and better yet, make your own then pass it on.

Healing using sound is one of the oldest, simplest, and most efficient practice bringing incredible benefits for your health. The power in the voice is incredible; in french, to find one’s path is “trouver ca voix” which literally translates as “to find your voice”. Finding your voice, allowing it to become free, and letting your body become the resonant box or instrument creates complete and immidiate shifts in all 3 planes (body, mind, spirit). A side note, when i speak of 3 planes, or I say mind, I include psycho-emotional plane, as for me they are the ying and yang of one another, which should be dealth with seperately, but end up influencing similar planes.

Ok, back to sound healing. In my experience, I’ve had an incredible moment of awakening by learning to throat sing. I use this sound from the throat creating an extra harmony above the main note, which sounds like 2 voices coming from one, to heal and rebalance myself as well as others in private sessions. This all started with doing simple Tibetan Bon sound healing practice and incorporating chakra vowels as well, which I learned from a brazilian shaman, called Kaka Wera Jecupe and Tibetan Bon teacher Geshe Wangyal Tenzin Rinpoche.

On my yearly vision quest solo, I was doing both these practices in the morning and night, mostly to tune, balance, and cleanse. On the 4th morning, my throat felt strange but I moved through it with the sound, and all of a sudden another pitch happened. John P. Milton, from www.sacredpassage.com, another wise and great teacher, had done this shamanic singing before we went on our vision quest. It seems that it had transfered to me. This gave me this incredible feeling of joy and total harmony, where my body naturally starting swaying and dancing. And right at that moment, with tears running down my throat, a blue whale appeared about 20 feet from my little spot in the south tip of Baja Mexico. Wow!

So today, I’d like to share with you the different sounds for these practices!
CHAKRA SOUND HEALING:
Simple chakra tuning to do daily, starting from the bottom and going up…as you get used to these, you can start adding color visualization as well, thinking of a ball of light in each chakra:

Chakra 1: Huh – As low as you can, a deep HUUGH! Imagine a red light ball in between your hips
Chakra 2: Uh – like a ouououu, and imagine a bright orange ball under your belly button
Charka 3: Oh – o o o o o o o h continued and imagine a yellow bright ball in your solar plexus
Chakra 4: Ah – aaaaaaaaaaah continued and nice and open, imagine a bright green or pink ball in your heart
Chakra 5: Eh – like ey or ay, continued and imagining a light sky blue ball in your throat
Chakra 6: Ih – like eeee, and placed in the head with a deep bright indigo blue behind the ears and third eye
Chakra 7; silence – i love that – spirit doesn’t need a sound. enjoy the silence, imagining deep purple above the crown of your head.

If you observe your state of mind, body and soul before trying the excercise, and then spent the 7-12 minutes doing this (1-2 minutes per chakra) then observe how you feel afterwards. Notice the different thoughts that actually go through your mind while doing these sounds. It’s incredible and powerful.

BON SOUND HEALING:
Thanks to Geshe Wangyal Rinpoche, I don’t have to speak much, and can just let him guide you, as his generosity of spreading his teachings is here today via YouTube.

Enjoy
PART 1: INTRO TO BON SOUND HEALING

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PART 2 – “A”

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PART 3 – “OM”

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Other parts available within you tube player.

Manex Ibar – Junoma – Bio-Energetics and Shamanic Chakra Cleanse:
Attached is my own bio-energetica shamanic singing, drumming, tibetan bowl and tuning fork mix of healing. It’s a 22 minute sound piece that should be listened with headphones or loudly while lying down. It is absolutely normal to fall into a deep state of meditation, hitting theta (deepest state of meditation where you might think you’re sleeping). My clients have all had fabulous experiences. I’m working on getting this finished to release professionally at the end of the year. All feedback would be most welcomed. Enjoy.
Shamanic – Chakra Cleanse – 22mins

Chakra Tuning Fork Cleanse – 16 mins

Welcome to Bio-Energetica News. This is the official blog for www.bio-energetica.org, a site dedicated in discovering, sharing, and experimenting with bio-energetics.

What is bio-energetics?
Well, it’s the study of life energy, from Micro to Macro, meaning from the smallest to the biggest energy system or particle, perhaps from the quark to the sun, or the whole big bang. How does the universe work and how do we work within the universe? What is consciousness and how does it relate to our bodies?

These are some of the main themes of Bio-Energetica.org and this blog is here for us to share our findings.

Mostly, this is where bio-energetician Manex Ibar  speaks of his experiences with his private bio-energetics practice, sharing his discoveries, findings, and real world results. It is our hope that with this information, people of all races, all ages, and from all over the world can benefit from the wonderful aspects that are discovered naturally to help regenerate life’s wonder and a healthy lifestyle.

Bio-Energetics to us, is a science, in that it can be replicated, while at the same time, accepting and celebrating that every human is unique.  This off course brings an aspect of change or “unexpected” difference. This is wonderful for life, yet troubling to the scientific approach.

On the other hand, the techniques of diagnostics and of treatments in bio-energetics are clear, precise and can be passed on to others, very much like a science. Afterwards, it’s up to the bio-energetician to figure out the correct procedures for the unique individual and case present, which depends on the patient and their unique experience.

Voila, for a first post, that’s what we’ll start with. I hope your interest is peeked and that you’ll find new ways of figuring out how life’s wonders become available for each of us to live a passionate, free, loving life in presence and grace.

Visit www.bio-energetica.org for more info. Otherwise, here’s a small clip by Deepak Chopra about bio-energetics’ main investigative form – consciousness:

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