|
Here are some links to free stuff on vision from me. Feel free to share with others.
Vision Exercises online from Kimberly Burnham, PhD (Integrative Medicine) See Faster, Vision Exercises for Basketball Players https://amzn.to/3F7HyQd Exercises specifically for basketball players but beneficial for anyone. Speaking at Raising Consciousness Conference on vision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhG3-qwkvVk Blinking Exercise https://healthy-brain.medium.com/natural-vision-solutions-and-seeing-beauty-in-the-world-ab7a54d612af and https://healthy-brain.medium.com/blinking-your-way-to-a-brighter-future-ec2ba662f62d Peripheral vision exercises https://medium.com/@healthy-brain/speed-up-peripheral-vision-build-white-matter-d84adfce75ff Articles on Color therapy and Vision https://akamaiuniversity.academia.edu/KimberlyBurnham https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EI24aaoAAAAJ&hl=en Neurofascial Process including vision and eyes. http://oppt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/7-01CNeurofascialProcessMar2007.pdf Article with NLP vision exercise. https://www.oatext.com/using-eye-muscles-to-recover-visual-function-memory-skills-and-the-ability-to-visualize-a-review-of-superior-rectus.php My own vision recovery story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tibuBh56QsA Share this Post then Call and Leave a phone message for a free 20 minute vision consultation Kimberly Burnham, PhD (Integrative Medicine) 860-221-8510 PST Spokane, Washington Email NerveWhisperer@Gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyburnham/ Clinical consultations, presentations, self-care coaching http://NerveWhisperer.Solutions
0 Comments
Red Salmon Run "Nomoȟon" peace in Nanai a northern land where children are pulled on sleds not wagons or strollers spring comes late yet life thrives in the Russian Far East the Amur River can be three feet thick still ice fishermen find success on the coldest days everyone comes to the river in September when the red salmon run beside vast birch forests filled with "nomoȟon" (c) 2020 Kimberly Burnham, PhD (Integrative Medicine) oroginally published in The Year of the Poet June 2020 Volume Peace Dictionary, The Meaning of Peace and Calm in 4000 languages Looking for grant money to complete this peace project author of Awakenings: Peace Dictionary Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program and the upcoming On Seeing and Being Human  Nomoȟon (peace) in Nanai Nanai: Nanai (gld), Gold, нанайэ, Нанай, Nanaj, Nanay, нанай хэсэни, Nanaj ȟėsėni, Goldi, Hezhen, a Tungusic, Altaic, Nostratic language—"Nomoȟon" номохон (peace), мир "Mir" (peace), "ul@n" (good) "Duŋgirien", "Duŋgu" (to become silent, calm, quiet, peaceful) from the Proto-Tungus-Manchu "Duŋk" (dark, sullen, to bow the head, to knit the brows, to bow the head and slumber, to become silent, calm, quiet, peaceful), "Elke" (peaceful, silent), "Bae"(body), "Dyoan" (ten), "giandin" (blue), "Hegden" (blue), "Herbor" (blue), "Nengian" (blue), "Saxarin" (black), "Isala" (eye), "Nasal" (eye), "IC3" (see), "iCi" (see), "Sugdiun" (brown), "Dwjgirien" (to become silent, calm), "Duijgu" (quite, peaceful)(from the Proto-Altaic) "Tium(k)u" (silent, calm)—Russian Federation, (Siberia), China (Heilongjiang). https://www.geonames.de/peace.html https://archive.org/stream/BomhardComprehensiveIntroduction2ndEdition/Bomhard%20-%20A%20Comprehensive%20Introduction%20to%20Nostratic%20Comparative%20Linguistics%20%283rd%20edition%29_djvu.txt  Nanai: Nanai—Udhr Education "Образование найва улэн, маси, гой най правосалбани, свободасалбани кидуривэ тачиочигини. Образование диа диавари, гой голосалба дэрэлэми, аличами биуривэ, Объединённай Нациясал Организацияни мирбэ кандёйвани бэлэчиуривэ тачиочигини." (Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace). https://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/UDHR_Translations/gld.pdf
April 3, 2020 Balabala, A Medley of Language and Color In the African language isiZulu "Balabala" is a medley of colors “bala” means color but also to tell, really, actually and "balabala" is an idiom to tell off "bala?" means “Is it really so?” In other African languages "balabala" means street or highway in Lingala a language where peace is "botoboto" “balabala” means babbling jabber gibberish in Setwana or Tswana and to be loose or not tightly screwed in Woleaian sky, cloud, rain in Glavda of Nigeria Across the ocean in Western Fijian "balabala" means hasten or hurry and in the Fijian of the island of Fiji "balabala" is cycas revoluta, a tree fern a kind of palm fern the heart of which is eaten in times of scarcity In the Tagalog of the Philippines "balabala" is an idiom for pretense or make believe whereas in Ilokano also of the Philippines it means thought, idea, guess, conjecture, surmise, apprehension and misgiving “Balabala” can be written in different ways in Sanskrit बलाबल means at one time strong at another weak strength and weakness with relative strength or power or weight highness or dignity or importance While in China "Balabala" is a leading children's clothing brand written 巴拉巴拉 and sounds more like "barabara" "nagbunga ti balabala na" means his idea came to fruition in Japanese where there is no "L" sound "barabara" means chaotic, all over the place And in the Buhutu of Papua New Guinea "balabala" means "push oneself forward or to crowd which we cannot do today but we can enjoy a multitude of colors around the world  April 2, 2020 Fijian Green In Fijian there is a word "bativou" for a person who prefers green fruit rather than fruit fully mature "vou" is new and by extension "bativou" a person attracted to those younger often said of men attracted to a younger woman Another word "Mata drokadroka" suggests a fresh gleaming face a baby-face or youthful countenance while "matadrokadroka" is also queasy sickly green faced "Drokadroka" the color green describes vegetation and sometimes fish but not water or the sea means green or uncured firewood following a tradition Fijians names of colors always associated with specific objects "Kara-karawa" blue things the sky, the sea, fish as in "sa karakarawa na draki" a relatively cloudless day with a blue sky formerly meant either blue or green inspired by the color of light bouncing from Fiji parrots depends on the viewing angle "Drokadroka" used for the abstract color of green mainly plants "karakarawa" a species of edible parrot fish blue and green as implied by the name Chlorurus sordidus ―Words from https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/28702/2/Fijian-English_Dictionary.pdf  My poetry project for this April's National Poetry Month is writing about colors, the impact of color vision, the word for different colors in world languages, the richness and variety of colors and so much more ... Follow my daily post and color journey at Color Vision. I dedicate this month of color to my parents: my father Lew who still encourages me to be curious about the world, about language and people and my mother, Gail who as an artist instills in me an enjoyment and appreciation for colors, art and beauty in the world around me.  April 1, 2020: Color Vision Crawls Out of a Petri Dish
People are going blind scientists search for a cure new treatments for macular degeneration glaucoma and leading causes of vision loss crawl out of a Petri dish struggling to win National Eye Institute competitions retinal organoids secure million-dollar prizes Before today color seeing developed only in the womb away from inquisitive eyes the process now replicated for all to see understanding dawns on how nature controls the sight of a red sunset the green of spring leaves human eyes need the right thyroid hormones at the right time tiny human fetuses detect blue light first then come cells responding to red and green A year it takes a batch of immature retinal cells scientists caring for them daily for a few weeks then like infants the Petri dish cells become independent developing Color-sensing Cones in the Center of the dish as nature does in the eye by Kimberly Burnham - Found Poetry from Human Retinas Grown In A Dish Reveal Origin Of Color Vision https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/11/656560767/human-retinas-grown-in-a-dish-reveal-origin-of-color-vision
Better vision isn't only about being a better basketball player. It can help in many situations. .... Improving peripheral vision helps speed up how fast you see the ball or an opponent out of the corner of your eye. This helps you be a better athlete and navigate your world more effectively. This book can be adapted for other sports and daily life situations.
Sometimes seeing well is not only about seeing clearly but seeing fast. Taking in the light waves bouncing off the ball, the court, the room, the people, the books, the walls all around you. Light is constantly dancing, reflecting, jumping off the world around you, what you see depends on how well you can take in the information and process it. When you open your eyes or turn your head, you see the light that is bouncing off of the ball, your teammates, your opponents, the crowd, and everything around you. The light has already left the object. For the last split second that light has been travelling towards you or away from the object at literally the speed of light or slightly less than 186,282 miles per second. The time between turning your head or opening your eyes and perceiving the object or the motion is the time it takes for your eyes to collect the light, send the information to your brain, and for your brain to understand what you are seeing. The light zips from the object to the cornea or outer layer of the eye, through the eye to the retina at the back of the eye. The retina converts these light waves into chemical signals that travel along the optic nerves, through the optic chiasm under the biological clock towards the occipital lobe or visual cortex in the back of the brain. Some of the information zips over to the amygdala, which overlays emotional information. Have you seen this object or person before? Do you like or fear them? How do you feel about what you are seeing? The occipital lobe interprets the shapes, textures and colors to mean a certain thing, a baseball, a coach, an injured opponent favoring their right side, an excited fan. And then you truly "see." This book is about speeding up the time it takes your eyes to translate the light energy (colors, shapes, textures, etc) into chemical information travelling along the nerves towards the visual cortex (occipital lobe) at the back of the head. It is about developing the ability to understand and perceive what you are seeing more quickly. And finally it is about taking that visual information and sending it to your body, your hands and feet faster so that you can respond to what you see in a more successful way. Blinking Is Like Weight Training for the Eye When you lift weights you are making the movement of your arms and legs more difficult in the hope that the muscles will get stronger so that when you are on the field or court those muscles will be stronger and help you run faster or jump higher. We can do a similar thing with the eyes by blinking. When you blink you briefly shut off visual information from your brain for the period of time that your eyes are closed. You are making it more difficult to see, especially to see things or people that are moving while your eyes are closed. This trains the brain to grab the information more quickly when your eyes are open. In a sense the brain is learning that it doesn't have 24/7 access to the visual information it needs to respond to the world around it and so it better pay attention to the information when it can see. The two following exercises are based on the ideas that came out of Nike when they created a pair of goggles that blink for you. These goggles are used by professional athletes during practice to speed up reaction time. The frequency and length of time the shutters are closed and open are adjustable in a way that simply blinking can't be adjusted but blinking is the place to start for free. One way to use this book is to learn one new exercise each day for a month. Once you have learned all the exercises, you can pick and choose the ones that seem to work best for you and only do those exercises on a regular basis. Another way to use this information is to learn three or four exercises and repeat those exercises each day for a week or a month and then move on to three or four new exercises. Each exercise takes one to twenty minutes so you can also decide how much time you want to devote to developing your ability to see faster and respond more quickly. Counting Consciously While Blinking Try this. Start blinking your eyes as you look around. If you simply blink for a minute or so, your brain gets bored and doesn't pay attention so the key is what you pay attention to as you blink. As you blink look around and ask yourself questions. What do you see that is red? What do you see that is square? How many shoes can you count? Counting sets up a rhythm. One, two, three ... How many stairs do you see? How many people? By practicing this blinking while counting, you send a message to the brain about what is important. How many players are there? How many of your opponents are there? What are the names of your teammates? How many teammates can you see? This blinking exercise can also be done as you and the other players move around the field or court. Spend a few minutes practicing this blinking. Many people report that the room or space seems brighter after blinking for a minute or so. This is because the eyes are taking in light more quickly and easily when you stop blinking. Paying Attention to Shapes and Textures While Blinking In this exercise the focus is on the shape of things while you are blinking. Start blinking your eyes as you look around. Notice all the things that are round or square. Notice all the things that are soft or fuzzy. Notice the texture difference between shoes and clothes. Notice the size difference between a baseball and a basketball. Get a sense as you blink about how something would feel it you touched it. Continue blinking and touch some of the items you have been paying attention to. Feel the ridges on a basketball, the seams on a soccer ball, the leather of a baseball, the pointy end of a football. You are taking in information visually and also through your hands. This helps with seeing faster but also helps with hand-eye coordination. —an excerpt from 30 Ways to See Faster & Play Stronger, A Month of Vision Strategies for Athletes and Successful People by Kimberly Burnham  A Bolt From the Blue A clear blue sky and a thunderbolt two not often seen together give rise to an expression for the sudden or unexpected "out of the blue" coming from "a bolt from the blue" or the longer "out of a clear blue sky" a bolt from a crossbow or lightning neither expected from a clear blue sky "Kök" (blue) in Xakas, a Turkic language spoken by the Khakas people of southwestern Siberian Khakas Republic or Khakassia, in Russia "Kük" (blue) in Tatar, a Turkic language spoken by Tatars mainly located in modern Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Siberia.  Published in over 100 books, Kimberly Burnham is a writer, poet, and complementary medicine practitioner. She authored Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program for people interested in improving their brain clarity, creativity and muscle movements. Her current project focuses on color words, the brain and vision health designed to assist people in seeing better. Kimberly's Ph.D. (Integrative Medicine) considered manual therapy techniques (Integrative Manual Therapy, Matrix Energetics, Acupressure, Reiki) and health coaching for people with Parkinson's disease. She is an avid gardener and environmentalist, who bicycled 3000 miles across the U.S. in 2013. Contact Kimberly at https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/ or email her at NerveWhisperer@gmail.com for a brain health coaching session.
MS and Color Vision Scary for women often the first noticeable symptom of Multiple Sclerosis loss of color vision blurred vision eye pain and blindness a dark spot brightens with research saying most vision problems resolve without treatment or are highly treatable https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324944.php  Published in over 100 books, Kimberly Burnham is a writer, poet, and complementary medicine practitioner. She authored Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program for people interested in improving their brain clarity, creativity and muscle movements. Her current project focuses on color words, the brain and vision health designed to assist people in seeing better. Kimberly's Ph.D. (Integrative Medicine) considered manual therapy techniques (Integrative Manual Therapy, Matrix Energetics, Acupressure, Reiki) and health coaching for people with Parkinson's disease. She is an avid gardener and environmentalist, who bicycled 3000 miles across the U.S. in 2013. Contact Kimberly at https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/ or email her at NerveWhisperer@gmail.com for a brain health coaching session.  Academic Journal Articles
Academia.Edu (2005-Present) Journal Articles Health, Brain Function, Language and the Brain, Vision Health. [See all] https://akamaiuniversity.academia.edu/KimberlyBurnham Research Gate (2005-Present) Health, Brain Function, Language and the Brain, Vision Health. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kimberly_Burnham2 Google Scholar Profile (2015-Present) Health, Brain Function, Language and the Brain, Vision Health. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EI24aaoAAAAJ&hl=en Kimberly Burnham's Latest Community of Humanity Column
25. Healing and the Poet's Brain March, 2016 Not everyone aspires to be a poet. Not everyone enjoys reading poetry but perhaps we should rethink the role of poetry in individual healing and brain health. Start at the beginning with the feeling—what is that feeling—that creates a stirring poem .... [Full Article] @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #interfaith #spirituality #communityofhumanity #neurotheology Enjoy the October, 2014 cover story featuring Kimberly Burnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/feature-of-the-month.php and see her poetry at http://www.innerchildpress.com/the-year-of-the-poet.php #Healing #Poet #Brain #World #Peace #Healing #CommunityOfHumanity by #KimberlyBurnham #InnerChildPress Magazine http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php 24. Role of Interfaith Group in World Peace February, 2016 Role of Interfaith Group in World Peace Are you part of a religious or spiritual community? Do you feel connected and understood by your neighbors? Do you feel like we are all part of the community of humanity? There are some religious communities that are trying to convert people ... [Full Article] @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #interfaith #spirituality #communityofhumanity #neurotheology Enjoy the October, 2014 cover story featuring Kimberly Burnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/feature-of-the-month.php and see her poetry at http://www.innerchildpress.com/the-year-of-the-poet.php Role of #Interfaith Groups #World #Peace #Healing #CommunityOfHumanity by #KimberlyBurnham #InnerChildPress Magazine http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php 23. A Happy New Year the Neurotheology of Dopamine, January, 2015 A Happy New Year the Neurotheology of Dopamine. This year eat, sleep, move your body, meditate, sing, love and if you can do it in community even better. According to Kenneth Blum et al (2015) “Finding happiness may not only reside in our genome [genetic material or genes] but may indeed be impacted by positive meditative practices, positive psychology, spiritual acceptance, love of others and self, and taking inventory of ourselves-one day at a time.” [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #dopamine #parkinsonsdisease #neurotheology 22. On Motivation, Let Go of Carrots and Sticks December, 2016 On Motivation, Let Go of Carrots and Sticks ... Why do we do things? What motivates you? Do rewards or punishments motive you, truly? If we want peace and success in this world for all communities and for all people, what do we have to do? Recent world events have shown how people try to motive others. The problem ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #motivation # peace #neurotheology 21. Pattern Recognition at the Parliament of World's Religions November, 2015 Pattern Recognition at the Parliament of World's Religions. Bowls of colored sand stood ready on October 15th, 2015. Across the hallway people were preparing vegetarian food. Hanging from the walkway ceilings were flags and banners with quotes on peace, the environment, and faith. A walking mediation labyrinth was being laid down in bright blue tape. Stages ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #2015Parliament #peace #neurotheology 20. Inside, Seeing From the Fourth Dimension October, 2015 Inside, Seeing From the Fourth Dimension. If you draw a four sided square on a piece of paper, it is said to be a two dimensional object. It has length and width but not height. Of course a piece of paper does have height, so it is not truly a two dimensional object but for our purposes we will think ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #vision #peace #neurotheology 19. Thriving on the Beauty in Diversity September, 2015 Thriving on the Beauty in Diversity. There is value in enjoying our differences and similarities. When everyone is the same life is boring. Our brains are not excited if all we can see is one kind of tree or all we can buy is one kind of car, which is the same as everyone else's. Sameness also increases competition ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #diversity #beauty #neurotheology 18. The Source of Peace August, 2015 The Source of PEACE. With the 4th of July celebrated in the US, I have been thinking about war and peace and how we separate ourselves from one another and how we build our communities. My contribution to the monthly poetry anthology, The Year of The Poet II from Inner Child Press focused on peace and the first three quotes in this column. Albert Einstein said, "Peace cannot be kept by ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #peace #poetry #neurotheology 17. Inside and Outside July, 2015 Inside and Outside. Who Are We Exiling? "Is it true you used to be a Mormon?" He was tall, dark, and handsome with a bright warm smile. "Yes" I said to the man who was on Benay Lappe's Queer Talmud Retreat with me. "Me too!" He said as we explored what we had in common. ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #exile #LDS #neurotheology 16. Connection to the Earth June, 2015 Connection to the Earth. Two years ago I was bicycling through Spokane, Washington on a 3000 mile Cross-USA trip from Seattle to Washington, DC. In the last two years I moved across the country from Connecticut to Washington state and this spring just moved into a new house with trees and land for a large garden. Sponsored by Hazon which means vision in Hebrew, the bicycle adventure ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #earth #connection #neurotheology 15. Vignettes May, 2015 Vignettes ... Words shared can cause joy and pain, delight and laughter, misery and despair and ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #stories #connection #neurotheology 13. Finding the Faces of My Community April 2015 Finding the Faces of My Community ... When I look into your face do I see a predator or prey, a friend or enemy, are you trustworthy or ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #stories #faces #neurotheology 12. Neurodiversity March 2015 Neurodiversity ... We have agreed to call a certain wave length of light: RED but we can't know if we see it the same... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #stories #neurodiversity #neurotheology 11. Chronic Pain From An Alternative Medicine Perspective February 2015 Chronic Pain From An Alternative Medicine Perspective. Pain abounds in our community, but so too does joy and success and creative solutions. The pain in a child's face, tears streaming after a fall on the grassy hill or the scratch of a tree branch. The pain of loss ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #chronicpain #stories #neurodiversity #neurotheology 10. Brain Solids January 2015 Brain Solids. Sometimes we have to shift dimensions to see the connections and the tiny tendrils that reach across the walls and canyons. My kitchen table, for example, feels solid, a light blond wood that gives a deep solid tone when my knuckles rap on it. My hands feel solid, too. And I imagine this is what is real, the solid things in my life. In Traditional Chinese Medicine ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #brain #stories #neurodiversity #neurotheology 9. Conversion December 2014 The cold, solitary and hibernation energies of winter can be warmed by community, acceptance and change as once more we move toward spring and new life. What NEW life will you drink into your core? What energies will you convert in the joy within the balance of your life? Are you a convert? Do you seek converts to your cause? ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #conversion #stories #neurodiversity #neurotheology 8. Attachment Disorders and What Do I Need? November 2014 Every month, pick up each thing in your house. Hold it. Feel it. Notice the texture, the color, the softness and ask yourself, "Does this bring me JOY?" This is an adapted exercise from Suze Orman, a well known financial advisor and TV personality. Paying attention to what we are attached to can be good for the wallet and for the heart. A Move ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #moving #stories #neurodiversity #neurotheology 7. Playing Back A Colorful Life With Lots of Moving Pieces Playing Back A Colorful Life With Lots of Moving Pieces. Last week I participated in a Playback Theatre workshop or playshop as we called it. Penny Clayton from the Centre for Playback Theatre taught this amazingly rich beautiful class in Seattle about five hours drive from my home in Spokane, Washington. One of the values of Playback Theatre is to create a space where everyone feels ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #playback #stories #neurodiversity #neurotheology 6. Kind Possession Now October 2014 Kind Possession Now. Possession! What do you possess? What are your prized possessions? What have you worked hard for or perhaps inherited? There is a beautiful coffee table book entitled, Material World: A Global Family Portrait (1995) by Peter Menzel, Charles C. Mann, Paul Kennedy and a host of amazing photographers. It is a graphic and statistical snapshot of families worldwide ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #possession #stories #neurodiversity #neurotheology If Not Now. The famous Jewish religious leader, Hillel, born over 2000 years ago in Babylon in 110 BCE said, "If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?" His words, "If Not Now?" have sparked a movement within the Jewish community which is looking at the means being applied to the peace process in Israel and Palestine. Jews are considering what is justified in the name of creating peace and safety. Is there a line that can't be crossed even if your own life, your family, your land and possessions are in jeopardy? ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #ifnotnow #stories #neurodiversity #neurotheology 5. Future Time and Space Unknown September 2014 Future Time and Space Unknown. John F. Kennedy said . . . "Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal." ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #future #stories #neurodiversity #neurotheology Who do you consult about the future? Psychics feel the energy, look at auras and predict the future. Astrologers consult the stars, giving us guides for ways to live our lives based on what they see. Whether it helps or hurts is an individual mindset. ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #future #stories #neurodiversity #neurotheology 4. Real Community Prayer August 2014 Real Community Prayer ... There is a saying, "Worrying is like praying for what you don't want." ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #prayer #stories #neurodiversity #neurotheology 3. Poetic Responsibility and Peace July 2014 Poetic Responsibility and Peace ... Do you know someone who uses poetry to create healing or, perhaps, through poetry or other means seeks to build a stronger peace in this world? If you do, have you ever asked yourself whether you have any responsibility toward that person? Often we ask ourselves what our responsibility is when we ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #responsibility #stories #neurodiversity #neurotheology 2. Jiggling Eyes, Genetics and The Potential to Recover June 2014 Jiggling Eyes, Genetics and The Potential to Recover ... By the time I was twenty-eight, I was working as a professional photographer and a freelance journalist. I had seen Paris from the top of the Eifel Tower, climbed to ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #vision #stories #neurodiversity #neurotheology 1. The Resilience, Beauty and Healing in Natural Diversity May 2014 The Resilience, Beauty and Healing in Natural Diversity ... Environmentalist and author of The Fifth Sacred Thing, Starhawk said, "Value diversity—for diversity creates resilience." ... [Full Article @KimberlyBurnham http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php #vision #stories #neurodiversity #neurotheology Originally Posted in Our Community of Humanity at Inner Child Magazine
Jiggling Eyes, Genetics and The Potential to Recover "My eyes jiggle when I jump up and down like this ..." The six year old boy demonstrated in my clinical treatment room. "He can't tell the difference between orange and red or between purple and blue, since the accident." His mother voiced her concerns, explaining the details of his fall two days earlier. "He hit his face on a chain link fence and bruised his elbows." In Integrative Manual Therapy (IMT), a kind of hands-on alternative medicine, there is a reflex point at the hard tip of the elbow that when rubbed, pressed or needled is said to influence the rods and the cones of the eyes. The cones, gathered in the center macula of the retina are responsible for color vision. I didn't always know how to help people like six year old, Jack or the 82 year old woman losing her vision to macular degeneration or the young woman with inflammation of the eyes due to multiple sclerosis. But my appreciation of beauty, of light and color started practically from when I was born to an artist and an international businessman. Perhaps my connection with Eastern healing philosophies, like acupressure, Qigong and meditation started with the energetic line connection me to my father who was on a US Naval Ship in Japan, the day I was born. When I was eight years old my family and I lived in Latin America. One day near a waterfall in a Colombian jungle my father helped me catch a blue morpho butterfly. Its huge iridescent wings were the most beautiful things I had ever seen. By the time I was twenty-eight, I was working as a professional photographer and a freelance journalist. I had seen Paris from the top of the Eifel Tower, climbed to play around the Belgian Lion of Waterloo, walked the halls of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, ridden a train through the Siberian summer, hiked along the Great Wall of China, enjoyed the lush green vegetation of the Fern Grotto in Kaui, and peered out of the highest windows in the world across Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario. And then that trajectory of my life came to a screeching halt. In his stark white coat, with impressive degrees on the wall, the ophthalmologist said to me, "You need to consider your life in case you become blind. It is genetic, so there is nothing you can do about it." He diagnosed me with Keratoconus, a genetic condition of the cornea. For a time I believed his pronouncements about my potential and the world seemed a little darker. I went to massage school, a profession where you don't necessarily have to be able to see to continue working. One day in massage school with a big black spot in the middle of my vision and a wicked bad migraine, I literally had to moved my head from side to side to see the test questions. On my way home on the Toronto subway, I reached a new low and something about hitting the bottom changed my trajectory again. "This is not okay. There has to be something I can do for myself," I said as I tried to block out the subway car sights and sounds crashing about my head. That set me on a journey through alternative medicine approaches, with names like Integrative Manual Therapy, Matrix Energetics, Qigong, Acupressure, Craniosacral Therapy, Visceral Manipulation, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT Tapping) and many more in search of solutions for my own vision problems and migraines. Today I have a clinical practice where I get to work with and see the positive changes in people like Jack. I get to put my hands on his neck and head, relaxing the muscles, mobilizing the joints, improving the blood flow and drainage as well as press on reflex point that results in ... after a couple of hours of acupressure-like therapy, he is vigorously hopping and exclaiming, "My eyes don't jiggle anymore!" Within a week he has reclaimed his rich and vibrant universe. When I speak to groups, I share this story because it illustrates how easily nerves can heal. At 55, my own vision is better than when I was 28 and probably better than when I was eight years old catching a blue morpho butterfly. I am migraine-free and enjoy consulting in physical therapy, chiropractic and massage clinics around the world. One of the things I love to ask people is ... "What if it is just that easy? What if you can increase the vibrancy of your world by putting one hand over your eyes and the other hand on a reflex point, for example, an Integrative Manual Therapy synchronizer at the hard tip of the left elbow, or a point at the back of the neck along the Traditional Chinese Medicine gallbladder meridian? These reflex points can be touched, pressed, or rubbed, and then connected with the eyes for a few minutes to enhance your potential. Is it worth trying to see, literally, if you can use your hands and mind to heal your brain and your eyes? Brain science shows that it is easier for your mind to strive for what you desire than to let go of what you don't want. What do you want more of? What do you want to see in your life? If truly anything can shift concerning your health, life, or your relationships, what do you want? How does "better" look and feel to you? https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace/category/community-of-humanity-blog http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php  A Storied Career: Kathy Hansen's Blog to explore traditional and postmodern forms/uses of storytelling.
Read my May 16, 2012 interview here. http://astoriedcareer.com/kimberly_burnham_q_and_a.html Kathy Hansen: I encountered Kimberly Burnham during the recent Reinvention Summit 2, in which she was featured in a showcase of selected members of the “tribe.” She has a fascinating story, as well as intriguing ways of applying her story and story in general to help clients. Kimberly, the author of the upcoming book, The Nerve Whisperer, Create Your Life Through Brain Health, teaches people how to heal and change the story their nervous system is telling about chronic pain, lack of healing and autoimmune dysfunction. Featured with other thought leaders, her Pearls of Wisdom, 30 Inspirational Idea to Live Your Best life Now chapter, “Fractals: Seeing the Patterns in Our Existence”, offers a unique perspective on pattern recognition and how we can improve our brain health, memory and physical enjoyment of life by observing what changes, while seeking to understand the world around us. “The Eyes Observing Your World,” in Christine Kloser’s Pebbles in the Pond: Transforming the World One Person at a Time tells a remarkable story of vision recovery, offering hope for anyone with a potentially blinding condition, migraines, chronic pain, or immune dysfunction. Visit her online at her site. Kimberly Burnham tells her story of vision recovery here at a Books-a-Million book signing for Pearls of Wisdom. Q&A with Kimberly Burnham: Kathy Hansen: You use your own story of vision recovery and the stories of your clients to inspire hope in people with genetic and neurological disorders. Can you talk a bit more about how you do that and the effect doing so has on clients? Kimberly Burnham: When I was 28, working as a professional photographer, I found myself in an ophthalmologist’s office getting a diagnosis of keratoconus, a genetic condition of the cornea. He told me I might go blind, and since it was genetic, there was nothing I could do. It was depressing at first, but during a particularly bad migraine while in massage school, a profession you don’t have to see, to do, I found the courage to say, “This is not okay.” The diagnosis and symptoms propelled me along a journey into complementary and alternative medicine, where I found my own answers — I am migraine-free and have the best vision of my life right now at 54. People diagnosed with a genetic condition want hope. Sharing stories of healing gives people a different way to think about it, encourages them to seek out their own answers and find solutions. Today I see a lot of adults and children with genetic conditions. Sometimes people disparage what I do by saying, “It is just the placebo effect.” If my clients with genetic conditions and brain dysfunction feel better, move in a more balanced way, have stronger joint and muscle function, improved vision, hearing, and energy levels all because of the placebo effect, I am good with that. Kathy Hansen: What is the framework or your particular definition of “story?” What definition do you espouse? Kimberly Burnham: Stories can change, even the story our physical body is telling, sometimes shouting. I work with clients clinically. I have a PhD in integrative medicine and am certified in integrative manual therapy, matrix energetics, and health coaching. The people I work with don’t like the story their body is telling. They want a new experience of the physical particles making up their joints, muscles, heart, and brain. The body’s story is constantly evolving. If you look at a person they look more or less the same from one moment to the next but they are not the same. At each point of transition in time, the story can change. Even at a bony level the cells of our skeleton are completely different when compared to seven years ago. Our skin cells are completely different from a few weeks ago. So why do we look more or less the same? Because the story our cells are telling is the same, the environment they are born into is the same, the experiences and level of communication they attain are the same with access to the same resources and voice. Albert Einstein said, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” If you want a different experience of your joints, of brain clarity, of vibrancy, start telling a different story when someone asks, “How are you?” Change your environment, the food you feed your cells, the oxygen you draw into your lungs, your blood flow pumping through your heart on its way to the liver, to the brain, to the spine. Change something if you don’t like what you have. Kathy Hansen: You said in an interview, “As I write my stories, I see my life in a fresh way. I see what I have learned from different experiences. I see what I have to share that can inspire others. I see the patterns emerge. Writing about your experiences is so important, as is sharing your talents and learning, but ultimately you must have experiences.” How have you seen this story writing and pattern recognition get results for clients? Kimberly Burnham: Writing and telling my own story has been so beneficial for me because I have started to see the patterns, the way the peak experiences in my life connect creating a continuity so that each experience gives me a glimpse of what is possible and prepares me for this present moment. For example, I have a strong connection with Japan. My father was in the US Navy off the coast of Japan when I was born. Twenty-one years later I went to Japan as a missionary for the Mormon church. Finishing university back in the US, I returned to Japan with my girlfriend to teach English. I studied shiatsu, a kind of Japanese body work and learned about meditation and Buddhism, while I was there. I have Japanese pears growing in my Connecticut garden. At Bo Eason’s Personal Story Event, one of the “10 Coolest Things About Me” was, “I speak Japanese.” I am not yet at the end of my life, but I see a current running through it. Japan connects my religious heritage and my chosen meditation practice; it colors my worldview and the way I see the potential in people. I have learned a lot about my inner strength through my connection to Japan. I joke that I am Japanese. The word for a Japanese person is “Nihonjin” and can mean, “land of the rising sun person”, literally “root sun person” but also “two legged person”. The joke is funnier in Japanese, which I speak, and that means — I can do anything. In Christine Kloser’s book, Pebbles in the Pond, Transforming the World One Person at a Time (May 20, 2012), I tell my story of vision recovery and share some of my experience with clients — the miracles I have seen. Writing my story and then telling clients, family, social-media friends, and perfect strangers about it has forced, or at least encouraged, me to see the gifts in my vision-disorder diagnosis and how that propelled me into a search for answers, which has been, I see now, an incredible journey. The telling has been powerful because I am embodying a story of what can change, and every cell in my body is listening to me reinforce my belief in my ability to heal and everyone’s ability to transform their lives. I believe it gives people hope that their physical reality can change, positively influenced by the stories they tell themselves and the story their nerves and sensory body is telling them. I often ask clients to send me an email about what has changed, what is better a few days after a treatment session. This request does two things. One: they are consciously connecting experiences and looking for what is better. Two: they are writing, telling a story of what is healing, spiraling in a positive direction. You can get tremendous insights by looking for how you are connected to what is good in your life. Often the last place I touch on a client is an area that feels good rather than where they have pain. I make that the last place because they leave the clinic thinking about that place where they feel good. And that changes everything. Kathy Hansen: What people have most influenced your story work recently and why? Kimberly Burnham: I am presently in Laurie Wagner’s Telling True Stories course. Her “wild writing” is transformative, freeing the stories inside by writing as fast as possible, messy, juicy, without editing until it is all there on the page. The gems that come out magnificent. Laurie also turned me on to Ellen Bass’s narrative poetry, “What if you knew you’d be the last to touch someone?” What story would you tell? Michael Margolis’s Reinvention Summit in April 2012 showcased three minutes of my story of vision recovery and my ideas on how consciously telling your story of healing is vital. Tell your story, knowing that every cell in your body is listening, responding to the stories you tell yourself and others. My favorite quote from Michael was: “Storytelling is a kind of pattern recognition.” Published last year, my messenger mini-book, Our Fractal Nature, a Journey of Self-Discovery and Connection seeks to shine a light on the patterns, the changes that occur at each iteration of the story of your health and healing. Every cell in your body is an information seeking pattern detector, listening as you tell the stories of your past and imagine the future. Your cells are constantly seeking to uncloak the secrecy, share information and find worthy resources. Earlier this year, I spent precious moments with 50 Pebbles in the Pond authors and remarkable writers at Christine Kloser’s Transformational Author’s Retreat. Not only did we tell our stories, we deeply shared our dreams, hopes and vulnerabilities. By speaking of what we had experienced, what we had come through as well as how we transform our lives, we created community. Entwined in Bo Eason’s Personal Story Event, I enjoyed the “Tell us the 10 Coolest Things About You” exercise and the Timed Storytelling exercise. Facing the man across from me, I have three minutes to tell my story. Moving down the line with two minutes for my story of vision recovery and migraine relief, I talk faster trying to massage more syllables into the ticking seconds. Moving again. One minute. My tongue can’t go faster, my heart must choose the words with the most impact. I look at each story in the 300 pages I prepared to be here. If I knew I had only one minute to have a positive impact on you, what story would I tell? What offering of myself will have the greatest healing impact? In Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg explores, “it takes a while for our experience to sift through our consciousness. It is hard to write about being in love in the midst of a mad love affair. We have no perspective. It’s not yet in our body.” Writing, telling, talking and listening I gain perspective. I share my voice so you and I and others may live better — see more clearly. In Matrix Energetics, the Experience, developed by Richard Bartlett, I use two points to explore the particles of experience, mine and yours. I feel into the waves of possibilities, tapping into the quantum physics field to find the story of change, of healing, of vibrancy. I mentally time-travel forward and backward to exploring how the story of the past can change and how the story of the future can develop. Photons and sounds moving all in the service of quality of life, of creative expression, and of love and light. I am the master of what I create. There are no victims here, as I tell my life, grateful for the experiences, sharing what I have learned, sharing what can to help another on their journey, sharing the ways we can journey together in peace and joy. Kathy Hansen: If you could share just one piece of wisdom about storytelling with readers, what would it be? Kimberly Burnham: The placebo effect is the result of storytelling. It is the story the patients tells themselves about the benefit of a particular substance or treatment. It is the story the doctor, researcher or healthcare practitioner tells the patient about their future, about their recovery. Are they believable? Does the way they tell the story of healing benefit the patient or does it create a nosebo effect? The nosebo effect is when you believe something bad will happen as a result of a substance or treatment. When a doctor tells someone with cancer they have six months to live, I believe he or she is using storytelling to curse the person. The power of clinical stories should not be taken lightly. In one of my favorite movies, The Last Holiday, Queen Latifah’s character is told she will die from a brain tumor, and there is nothing she can do. She sets off to spend all her money doing things she has always wanted to do but didn’t take the money or time. It turns out she was misdiagnosed. The movie is really about how a person living fully, passionately, holding nothing back can do amazing things. Here is a poem I wrote about the placebo effect in my own life. Controlling the Uncontrollable Only nothing is nothing: placebo psychology plays in your electric brain physiologic effect in my blazing body is not nothing Only the placebo effect white coat scientists mock my alternatives You feel better, pain-free She dances stronger, hips flexible Tottering becomes balance, a credit to all powerful placebo I can live with that, I am good with that Nosebo, placebo telling me I am, I have a wicked genetic condition Saying there is nothing I can do anything professional photographer going blind This is not okay! Alternative medicine solutions migraine-free years genes without change better vision than 40 Seeing the pattern of flow Avoiding the car accident by a hair. Placebo storied pattern recognition new stories as every cell listens telling hopeless doctors I see you, placebo my eye |
Medium Blog
Home of the Daily Peace Challenge. Learn about world peace - one word and one language at a time. (c) Kimberly Burnham, 2022 The Meaning of Peace in 10,000 Languages Looking for grant money to complete this peace project
Kimberly Burnham, PhD (Integrative Medicine)
860-221-8510 phone and what's app. Skype: Kimberly Burnham (Spokane, Washington) NerveWhisperer@gmail.com Author of Awakenings, Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health and P as in Peace, Paix and Perdamiam: an Inner Peace Journal To Stimulate The Brain Kimberly Burnham, The Nerve Whisperer, Brain Health Expert, Professional Health Coach for people with Alzheimer's disease, Memory Issues, Parkinson's disease, Chronic Pain, Huntington's Ataxia, Multiple Sclerosis, Keratoconus, Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Neuropathy, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Spinal Cord Injuries, Brain Health Coaching ... Contact Kimberly Burnham in Spokane Washington (860) 221-8510 NerveWhisperer@gmail.com. Chat with Kimberly about Parkinson's, Poetry or other Brain related issues.
Not Taking Advantage of Your Amazon Author's page?
Kimberly Burnham helps authors get their books out into the world more broadly by improving their free Amazon Author's page and book pages, posting a book review on her blog and on her LinkedIn Pulse blog (over 12,000 followers) Promotion packages start at $50. Contact her at NerveWhisperer@gmail.com. See her Amazon Author's Page. See her list of publications including her latest book of brain health meditations, Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program.  Look Inside on Amazon
Now Available: AwakeningsPlease share and write a review on Amazon.
Poet-In-Residence Position
I am looking for guest blog opportunities and a position as poet-in-residence. My current project is writing dictionary poems using words in different languages for the English word "peace." You can read some of my poems on Poemhunter . As poet-in-residence I would write poems on different words in different languages and broadcast them throughout the social media blogosphere. Each poem would link back to your site where the word or language appeared. I would expect some sort of stipend and a six month to one year placement. Please contact me for details if your organization is interested in having a poet-in-residence to help get your message out. Nervewhisperer@gmial.com 
Buy the print or eBook, review Awakenings then contact Kimberly for a free 20 minute brain health consultation. Email or Phone
(Regular rates $120 per hour or 10 sessions for $650.) (Integrative Medicine)
|
RSS Feed
