Here is the outline of a talk Ben gave recently. Some of the subjects here will be covered in Ben's talk after the Meetup Mashup.

Awakening the Healing Powers of the Body and Mind - Kiowa Indian Medicine

You will learn how American Indian and other indigenous healing practices assist with a wide range of chronic physical conditions. Ben will teach you a series of practices that will enable you to activate the generative healing powers that reside within your own body and mind. These practices are very effective for healing digestive and respiratory disorders and a number of other health issues.

Ben will also show you how you can diffuse panic attacks and heal the painful feelings and emotions associated with anxiety, depression and emotionally traumatic experiences. You will discover a source of calm and strength within.

Ben will teach you how to heal the core issues that cause pain and hold you back in life. You will learn to awaken your intuition and develop the internal resources that will make it possible for you to fulfill your life’s purpose.

Awakening the Healing Power within Your Body and Mind

· Learn to listen to your body and understand what it is telling you

· Activate the healing power within your body and mind

· Slow the aging process

· Accelerate your growth

· Awaken your creativity

· Discover new resources and capabilities

· Expand your intellectual and emotional range

· Develop your intuition and instinctual awareness

· Discover your purpose and direction in life

· Heal your relationship with yourself by learning to truly love yourself

· Attract healthier and more fulfilling relationships

Ben Oofana has been initiated into and received the transmissions from the lineages of many different traditions. He is grounded in a body of ancient knowledge and power that is rare on the face of our planet today.

Ben was drawn to indigenous cultures from an early age and found himself living among the Kiowa Tribe in Oklahoma at the age of seventeen. Ben began his training with Horace Daukei, the last surviving doctor (medicine man) among the Kiowa Tribe. Ben went on to study with Chinese Master Li Tai Liang. He continues to train intensively in the Chinese systems of xin yi, bagua, tai chi and chi gong. Ben has also spent a great deal of time in India and Sri Lanka and is training in various South Asian spiritual-healing practices. Ben will begin by sharing his experiences with Horace and the masters of other ancient traditions. You will learn about the vision quest and various other indigenous healing practices.

Ben will teaching you a series of intensive practices throughout the evening that will activate the healing powers within your own mind and body. You will gain an in depth understanding of the body-mind connection. This will make it possible for you to work constructively with the healing processes and powers that are inherent within your own body and mind.

Learn to listen to your body and understand what it is telling you

Our bodies communicate with us all the time. Many of us are so over stimulated and stressed out that we cannot hear what our bodies are saying. We age faster and suffer many health problems when we do not know how to listen to what our body is telling us.

Discover the amazing wisdom that resides within your own body. Ben will show you how to develop your sensory awareness. Learn to truly listen to your body and care for its needs.

Learn to “digest” the issues, emotions and stresses that keep you stuck in limiting patterns and cause your body to break down and age prematurely

Many of us have never learned how to work with difficult issues and emotions. We tend to push these things down inside of ourselves. Undigested thoughts, issues, emotions and the stresses of daily life create a residue that accumulates within the tissues and organs of our bodies. That creates a great deal of additional stress upon our body and mind. These stresses can arrest our process of development, disconnect us from the divine creative intelligence of the universe and shut down our intuition. It also causes our bodies break down at a more rapid pace and that accelerates the aging process.

You will learn how to release the stresses that are causing your body to break down. In addition, you will learn to use your body-mind’s innate healing power to “digest and assimilate” your thoughts feelings, emotions, issues and life experiences.

Learn how you can diffuse panic attacks. Heal the painful emotions associated with anxiety, depression and emotionally traumatic experiences. Go right to the source of the issues to bring about a resolution that allows you to really move forward in your life. You will become stronger, grow more resilient and find it easier to adapt to the demands that life places upon you.

This practice will increase your intellectual and emotional range, improve your memory, initiate new cycles of growth, awaken your inner passions, spark your creativity and deepen your intuition. You will also experience a greater level of integration as the various aspects of yourself self come into alignment.

Discover the passion and power that resides within you

Chinese Martial Arts Masters emphasize the development of a base of power known as the “dan tien”. The stress of living in such a fast paced world can cause us to disconnect from our foundation. Undigested food, emotions and the stresses of daily life begin to accumulate within the abdomen. We may experience bloating and suffer from various digestive problems. Some of us begin to lose touch with our drive, passion, inspiration and the sense of knowing that reveals our true purpose as our instinctual base shuts down.

Ben will show you how clear the toxic congestion from your abdomen. You will also learn to develop your instinctual base of power. This will awaken the passions that reside deep with you. It will also enable you to tap into your personal power, to develop a greater presence and give you clarity about your life’s purpose.

Activate the healing intelligence that resides within your body and mind

We all have a powerful healing intelligence that resides within our body-mind. This innate power within helps to mend our bodies any time we suffer an illness or injury. Our innate healing powers are often compromised by the stress and toxins that accumulate within our bodies.

Ben will show you how to activate the generative healing powers residing within your body. You will learn to awaken the consciousness of the individual organs. Access and heal the emotions and core issues that are held within specific organs. These practices are very effective for healing digestive and respiratory disorders and a number of other health issues.