HEALTHY RV'ING
While on the road and at home, we have
found many natural solutions to enhance our health and well being.
Our purpose at Alaskan Discovery RV Tours is to share this
information with you to help you
enjoy the ride.
Some of the topics we will cover are
Stretching Away the Stresses
of the Road, Aromatherapy
and Essential Oils a Must In Your First Aid Kit,
NingXia Red Juice, a Naturally
Delicious Powerful Antioxidant Juice Drink, and
Simple Massage To Relieve
Water Retention in the Lower Legs and Feet.
Stretching Away the Stresses of the Road
We have observed many problems with
joints and muscles from long term RV driving and sitting.
There are three major stretches you need to do to address
these issues. Most everyone is acquainted with several types of
stretches. We have
found, over years of RV caravan’ing, that these address those joints
and muscles that have the most challenges from long distance
driving.
First is the neck stretch: bend your
head forward, letting it hang until the muscles feel relaxed, then
slowly rotate it to the left and then the right 4-6 times. Next,
raise both hands over your head straight up, reaching for the sky,
stretching those neck and back muscles. (This can be done sitting or
standing. If standing
bend your knees slightly). Alternate your left and right arms
reaching upwards, creating a gentle stretching motion.
Do this 4-6 times. I like to do this combination of neck
stretching exercises, every time I get gas or am stopped at a
traffic light.
To stretch your back, stand up legs
spread shoulder distance apart, and bend forward, knees slightly
bent, as you attempt to touch your toes.
Gently bounce and sway your body as you feel your muscles
begin to relax and let go. Then slowly roll back up to your standing
position. Repeat 2-3
times.
Finally, for the legs, stand up and
hold on to the back of a chair. Place the right leg approximately 18
inches behind you, pressing the ball of the right foot on the
ground. Gently lower the
heel of the right foot toward the ground, feeling the stretch in the
back of the right leg. Do this 4-6 times and then repeat with the
left leg.
Aromatherapy and Essential Oils – A Must in Your First Aid Kit
Lindy and Spike Fortier never leave
home without the following three essential oils Peppermint,
Purification and RC.
All of these oils are the highest quality, pure therapeutic
grade oils by
Young Living.
Lindy is a Clinical Aromatherapist, who has been working with
essential oils in her practice for over twenty-five years.
Young Living oils are the
ONLY oils she uses on family, friends, clients and animals. For more
information you can visit her website at
www.Essentials4health.net or call Spike at 800-842-7764.
Peppermint – we carry this in everywhere we go. Use it as a breath freshener
and to relieve upper respiratory congestion.
Lindy also suggests to rub some on the back of your neck or
scalp as a “quick picker-upper” when you’re feeling drowsy.
Per Spike, this has a wonderful tingling sensation and he
does feel more alert.
RC – Per Spike, this is a MUST for his medicine box.
He travels constantly and encounters many allergies and musty
smells. A few drops of
RC on a tissue, stuffed in his neckline keeps his sinuses open and
clear. If he is
challenged with a cold, or such, Spike rubs RC on his chest at
bedtime and have found it to be twice as effective as regular vapor
rub.
Purification – During the tours Spike also keeps this oil in his pocket.
He has seen it reduce a bug bite welt to nothing, in less
than one minute. Spike
also had a golf ball size, swollen and infected mosquito bite and
Purification reduced the swelling and took the itch out almost
immediately. Many of
Spike’s customers have come to him for a drop on their bug bite or a
small scratch or scrap and experienced immediate relief and healing.
This oil, like RC, is a blend of several essential oils that
are known for their healing and antiseptic properties.
There are a lot of essential oils
available on the market today, however we recommend
Young Living essential
oils because we trust them and their quality and have been using
them with terrific results for several years.
If you would like to purchase any of these oils, call Spike
at 800-842-7764. Or you
can go directly to the Young
Living website at
www.youngliving.com or call them directly at
1-800-371-2928. You can use Spike’s member number #457221 to get in
and set up your own account.
NingXia Red, a Naturally Delicious Juice Drink with Many Health
Benefits
This is a delicious juice drink
supplement that Lindy and Spike take every morning and more
frequently when challenged with health issues.
They have found it to have the highest percentage of
anti-oxidant over any other nutritional drink supplement on the
market and it tastes great.
Some of the benefits they have experienced are more energy
and stamina, and a boosted immune system that has resulted in fewer,
if any, sick days.
Spike and Lindy take 2-4 ounces a day.
If you would like to purchase NingXia
Red juice and experience its benefits first hand, it is also
available through Young Living.
Use the same contact information above for the Young Living
Essential Oils.
Simple Massage to Relieve Water Retention in the Lower Legs and
Ankles
As everyone knows, whether you are
flying or driving for a long time there is moderate fluid build-up
in your lower extremities.
In the past, we were told to sit down and prop our feet up.
Now, we have as new technique for solving this common
problem. Several years
ago, Spike was instructed by a family friend and physician
cardiologist on how to “knead” the fluid from the foot, ankle and
lower leg. You can do
this technique by yourself.
However, it is recommended that your spouse or partner assist
you.
Sit in a chair with one foot propped up
in your partners lap. Have them slowly massage, starting at your
toes with a kneading action, pushing and gently pressing the skin in
an upward direction toward the knee. This will flush most of the
fluid out of your ankle, up your leg and into your torso, where it
will be eliminated naturally.
Spike says he’s seen his feet go from a
fat fluid filled swollen ankle and foot, to a skinny bony natural
state within 5 minutes of massaging the fluid up the foot, leg and
into the torso. Use a
firm sliding and stroking motion from the tip of the toes up past
the Knee. Usually 3-4
times flushes out all the fluid that has settled in your lower legs.
We have been RV caravan wagon masters
for years and find these simple stretches, oils and massages to be a
benefit as we travel the roads to Alaska, the last frontier.
TESTIMONIALS
I am so excited about the oils. I have fibromyalgia in 8 of 10 points. You'd never know to look at me, but this body has had a lot of pain. sing panaway for the first time was I thought just a coincidence that there was no pain in my foot the 1st day. Its been 11 days and still no pain. My podiatrist was getting ready to cut the bone out of yet another toe. Three bones on the right foot have already been taken out. The pain became unbearable......THEN.....I met Lindy.I didn't intend on coming to the exercise program because of the pain. I came, I saw, Panaway conquered. I sent Lindy a note after about a week of using it, now it's been much longer.......NO Pain, plus we're enjoying the kit I purchased. Can't wait to get more products. I'm so glad you sent this message out with addresses to order from.
Thank You & Lindy for coming into our lives. Love,Annette & Bud
Hi Annette,
I so appreciated your email with the
wonderful testimonial on using Pan Away for your sore toe.
Isn't it amazing how simple it is to get such powerful
results. How is Bud
doing ? He has been in
my thoughts and prayers...and how are you ?
Spike just sent out the information about obtaining the
essential oil reference guides that will be so helpful to you in
answering your health concerns and educating you in how to use the
oils. He also sent out
the information on how to set yourself up as a Young Living
distributor, so that you can purchase at wholesale.
I remember mentioning to you that the NingXia Red Starter Kit
might be the most beneficial for you to purchase as it addresses
several of the health concerns you both are challenged with.
Please stay in touch and let me know how you are doing.
Blessings to you,
Lindy
Lindy Franciose
E'Scentials..Naturally
919 868-1316 or 570-8889
"For with you is the fountain of Life; in your light we see light."
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Below is the information I sent out - Spike
Hi there,
Thank you for your inquiry about where
to get those excellent reference guides on Essential Oils that we
had at our Alaska rally. The titles of the books are "Essential Oils
Desk Reference (3rd Edition)", the big book we referred to as the
Bible, and "Essential Oils Pocket Reference",
the smaller one we take with us when we are traveling light,
both by Essential Science Publishing.
Both of the sources listed below sell the two books together
in a "bundle" for a discount.
ESP also has the book available on a CD.
Abundant Health has another excellent
reference book that we use at our wellness center called "Reference
Guide for Essential Oils" and the "Quick Reference Guide for Using
Essential Oils"both by Connie and Alan Higley.
These books are slightly less expensive than the other books.
Most of us who use frequently use essential oils have both
reference guides in our library as they contain a wealth of
information. For those
serious about the therapeutic application of essential oils
"Essential Oils Integrative Medical Guide" by D. Gary Young, ND is a
must.
Here are two sources where you can get
those books and several other excellent books on health.
Sources:
1)
Abundant Health - Orders:
1-888-718-3068; email:
orders@abundant-health4u.com, Web Site:
www.abundanthealth4u.com
2)
ESP -Essential Science Publishing
- Orders: 1-800-336-6308; Web Site:
www.essentialscience.net
Aromatically
Yours,
Lindy "Mrs. Spike"
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Thank you for your inquiry.
I am so glad that you enjoyed the NingXia Red and the
essential oils. Here is
the information you need to get started.
I will give you the products numbers and descriptions first
so then when you either go online or speak with a live operator you
will have all of the information needed.
I always recommend that you sign up as a Distributor, and
purchase a Starter Kit, so that you can purchase at the wholesale
price. As a Distributor,
you may simply purchase for your own personal use, you are not
committed to any type of business.
The only thing Young Living asks is that you place an order
at least every six months, in order to maintain your privilege of
buying wholesale.
Finally, most of my clients have their
NingXia Red, and or essential oils etc., sent to them every month on
an Autoship basis. It
is called the Essential Rewards Autoship program.
You save money on shipping and earn credits toward free
products after 2 months and you never run out of your NingXia Red or
other oils that you use on a daily basis.
Please remember, as we are making
lifestyle changes through diet, exercise, water intake, nutritional
supplements, and SIMPLIFYING ... we must allow ourselves several
months to incorporate these new additions.
We did not get to our present state
overnight. It is
important to be gentle and consistent with our new choices so that
our bodies can rebuild gradually. For some of us it may take three
months, or six months, or nine months or longer.
Each of us is different and has
experienced different challenges in our lives and our health goals
are different.
*To
place an order: My member number is #58341
* To place an order by phone call
1-800-371-2928 (there is usually at least a 10 minute wait for your
call to be answered ...Patience !)
* To place an order on line go to
www.youngliving.com.
Click on "Sign Up".
Three boxes pop up. One for Retail customers, one for Preferred
customers (buying at 12% below retail)and being on Autoship, and one
is for Distributors.
Click the Distributor box.
The next screen that pops up asks for
the Sponsor # and the Enroller#.
That is where you put in my Member # in both boxes.
You will then be asked to enter your
personal information, credit card info, security password, PIN etc.
and you will be asked to read the Distributor Agreement and to check
the box that says Accept.
People forget to check the box . Don't forget.
You will be asked to order a Starter
Kit in order to purchase wholesale.
Most of my clients take either the:
*Essential Oils Starter Kit #3106 -
$149.95 ( Contains 5 ml bottles of Frankincense, Lavender(2),
Panaway, Peace and Calming, Peppermint(2),Purification, Thieves and
Valor (plus lots of
educational material, NingXia Red samples and ART skincare
samples...a $225.00 value) or the...
*NingXia Red Starter Kit #3180 -
$149.95 (Contains 2 liters of NingXia Red, plus NingXia Red samples,
ART skincare samples a 5ml. bottle of Lavender and Peppermint plus
educational materials)
The oils we mentioned that are good for
arthritis(Osteoarthritis)
are the Single oils of wintergreen, clove,pine,
cypress,peppermint, marjoram, rosemary, and lavender. The oil Blends
are Panaway, Relieve It, AromaSiez (Panaway and Relieve It have
cortisone-like action, which give relief of arthritic pain without
the cortisone side effects.)
This information I took from the
Essential Oil Desk Reference that we had at the rally.
Spike was sending out an email to everyone on where to order
those essential reference guides. RC is one of Spikes favorite oils
that he uses for all types of respiratory challenges.
I hope this answers all of your
questions. Please stay
in touch and let me know if I can be of any further help.
Aromatically Yours,
Lindy "Mrs. Spike"
Lindy Franciose
E'Scentials..Naturally
919 868-1316 or 570-8889
"For with you is the fountain of Life; in your light we see light."
PLEASE NOTE: the information here is for
educational use only and is not meant to diagnose, prescribe, or
substitute for professional medical assistance.
It is provided as information only for your better
understanding of holistic health. Consult with the health
authorities of your choice.