“Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.”

-“Equal Rights” Peter Tosh

Are you healthy? Most people would answer yes - except for this pain, my arthritis or allergies, my high blood pressure, etc. As an industrialized nation most of us have come to define health as the absence of disease above a certain level of distress to our bodies. Below that level, we think we are healthy in spite of the pain, sleeplessness or other stressors that plague the happiness of life. Above that level is “disease”. Diseases have names, symptoms, and pills or surgery to counteract them and bring us back within the level we consider “healthy”.

One dictionary defines health as “soundness of body; freedom from disease”; another states that health is “optimal functioning with freedom from disease and abnormality”. Throughout our day we deny, accept, and live with our lack of health, yet, when we wake in the middle of the night feeling discouraged, in pain, and lost, we know we are not healthy.

Gwenio.com goes where few have gone before…seeking optimum health. Optimum Health is not just the absence of disease. It is soundness of body, a creative mind and stability of emotions. Pain, fear, and doubt are characteristics of the lack of optimum health. Gwenio will guide you toward optimum health by teaching you how to bring yourself into resonance with your environment.

Resonance occurs when two natural vibrations come into harmony with each other. When we are in resonance with our environment, micro-organisms cease to cause colds and flu. The stagnation of our energy and blood that causes pain is relieved. We wake in the morning rested and ready for our day knowing we are physically, mentally and emotionally ready for anything.

The name of this site is taken from the Seneca the name “Oh-yeas-seh-noh-ne-gi-wa-gwen-i-yoh” which means “She Who Restores Truth”. It is the responsibility of every individual to restore their own truth. With that restoration, optimum health is achieved.

However, Optimum Health is not a substitute for treatment of disease by trained medical practitioners. The idea of this website is to show how each of us can achieve Optimum Health ourselves so we can reduce the cost of medical care in America. With 75% of medical costs currently spent on diseases that result from life style choices such as poor diet, lack of exercise and stress; a simple, effective way to restore our own health is certainly indicated. Nowhere in the current money-driven debates has the concept of health education been fostered.

This is not another diet/exercise program. Gwenio is based on the knowledge of Traditional Chinese medicine. For over 5,000 years this knowledge has explained how the vibrations within our bodies interact with the physical, mental and emotional functioning of our bodies. Gwenio is also based in Seneca philosophy. The Seneca Nation of Indians have for centuries taught the concept of our relationship with the world around us. Like Taoism that is the well from which Chinese medicine drinks, Seneca philosophy is grounded in Motherearth. Combining these two great philosophies in simple to follow exercises allows us to move stagnated vibrations throughout our bodies so we choose healthier foods, exercise more effectively, and improve our relationships by simply speaking the truth.

We don’t have to be health practitioners to learn how to care for our own bodies. When Gwenio first began teaching over 20 years ago one of her students asked: “Why don’t we get a shop manual for how to fix our bodies when we are born?” Gwenio.com is that shop manual.

With Gwenio we explore two pathways to health: Optimum Health and Councils in Truth. Below is a chart of the discernments between the two. Throughout the site both pathways are linked to the other path so you can explore conveniently. You’re invited to explore both in your personal search for Optimum Health.

2 Pathways for Exploring Gwenio

Our gracious Seneca guide, Twylah Nitsch - a Seneca Elder and woman of wisdom, explained the importance of gratitude in all aspects of life, including health. Read the following poem. It is based on the Seneca word, NYAH WEH, which means “thank you”.

N is for nature, the lessons she provides
Y is for youth, the threshold of our lives
A is for ages, the lessons we’ve learn
H is for harmony, we all strive to earn
W is for wisdom, to the summit we climb
E is for exaltation, the emotion sublime
H is for happiness, the fulfillment of time

Nyah-weh, one love
Gwenio

Current Events

Council on Truth
Saturday, February 20,
10 to noon

Inside the Inflammation Illumination

Lynn will highlight the origins of the assumptions that create the new m/f rebalancing technique that works on the level or the three planes of the physical dimension. Everybody will experience a session designed by themselves.

Individual Counciling Sessions
By appointment, 978-263-4805

As always, individual counciling sessions are focused on the individual’s needs.

Individual M/F Re-balancing

The Individual M/F Re-balancing can be arranged through email: samabbottart@hotmail.com. Each session is half an hour long. The cost is $50. No review of symptoms is necessary. For more information, read the two articles on this page.

Optimum Health

The national Health Care debate revolves around the question of who pays how much to whom for what. According to Time magazine, June 22, 2009, 75% of our health care costs are attributable to chronic, preventable diseases. Perhaps a complimentary debate should be initiated regarding how we can learn to successfully live healthier lives.

Since Time also stated that 60% of the bankruptcies in 2007 were due to medical costs, we have a strong financial reason to learn to care for our own health. But where do we look for information? Books, videos, and the Internet have a wealth of information but how do we know what is best for us as individuals?

The first thing we need to know about health care is that it is not “disease care”. The disease care system in this country is one of the best in the world. Our medical personnel have good educations, adequate resources, and plenty of desire to help. Unfortunately the absence of disease does not always equate with the presence of good health – ask any person who has recently suffered a heart attack with no prior warning.

Time also tells us that 40% of premature deaths are caused by lifestyle choices – smoking, poor eating and inactivity. Why do we keep making these same unhealthy choices? In a word: habits!

A habit is an action we no longer question. We just do it that way. The routine of a habit gets us through our day without overwhelming us with decisions. We don’t think about habits so we don’t think to change them.

Routine is a significant part of the reason habits are difficult to break. Fortunately, recent research has shown that we have an unsung hero in our brains that can significantly improve our chances of shifting current habits into healthier ones.

In 1901 the development of a microscopic staining process allowed scientists to study brain cells. They found that some cells, named neurons, responded to electrical stimulation. The remaining brain cells did not. Although those cells did not respond to electric stimulation, they represented 90% of the brain. Scientists concluded that they did little more than keep the neurons in place. These cells were named glia, the Greek word for “glue”.

In the past twenty years, science has discovered that these glia cells are not glue! Using advanced equipment, scientists have ascertained that glia cells transmit information through waves of calcium ions. That discovery has revolutionized our study of brain functioning and the origins of thought.

One type of glia cell is called an astrocyte. In an interview in Scientific American (October 27, 2009) Andrew Koob states that astrocytes are abundant in the cortex, where we do our thinking. Scientists are beginning to believe that astrocytes contribute to thought!

Koob goes further in his book, The Root of Thought, “Astrocytes are part of the higher cognitive functioning that defines who we are as humans.” He states that: “astrocyte growth can be achieved through more attention and concentration or focus by the human mind.”

In simple terms, it is easier to create a new habit through our astrocytes than it is to stop an old one. All we must do…is concentrate.

If our habits of eating, exercising and stress reduction are examined in this light, they can lead to new, healthier habits. Imagine the benefits we could gain directly from our own personal “health care” system!

Try it yourself. Think of a habit you want to examine. If it’s the morning donut, change it to a bran muffin. Take a walk around the block during your lunch hour. Or right now, take a few minutes to breathe deeply and let your chair support your body. Focus on how you feel. Let your astrocytes go to work for your health. You’ll find it will be easier to adjust the next habit you want to examine.

Happy Health Care!
Lynn Abbott