special abilities

Reiki Psychic Attunement Open and Expand Your Psychic Abilities
$24.95
I took Reiki I and II, and was doubtful of purchasing the authors books in the beginning. However, the man seems genuinely gifted. I have one of his books and his style is precise and informative, straight to the point. I liked that he provides necessary tips on the side, this shows he cares about his readers.
I haven't heard of a psychic attunement in Reiki cycles before. I have just tried it. What I felt during the attunement was a warm and welcomed sense of love and care. Concentrating and breathing into different areas as my hands were guided, I felt electricity and opening of chakras. I don't know what more to expect out of this experience but it was worth it so far.

Creative Therapy for Children With Autism, ADD, and Asperger
$17.95
I started to write a long review of the many reasons I didn't like this book, but most people reading this are parents who, like me, have a special needs child and little free time. I'll make is short and simple.

Ms. Tubbs does not appear to have any kind of formal education or training in the areas covered in this book. There is a disclaimer in the first pages that states the information in the book is based on her research, observations and experiences, but to consult a professional before using the methods in the book.

The topics covered are BROAD and not in good way. This book is like reading someone's entire blog. No topic is covered in depth and much of it jumps around, makes questionable claims about everything from history to nutrition and offers little in terms of real, usable advice. Draw circles, paint, listen to music, read fairytales, love your kids, feed them healthy, natural, whole foods. Those are the usable pieces of this book and frankly, if you are a parent seeking out a book like this, you probably are already doing those things.

To me, it seems clear that Ms. Tubbs thinks parents are stupid and she has the answers they don't know they need. The back cover claims that Ms. Tubbs has "...profoundly helped thousands of children, trained hundreds of parents and teachers and lectured to tens of thousands of educators and parents..." Really? Then how come I'd never heard of her until my librarian suggested I check out this newly donated book?

This book left me upset and angered at the portrayal of parents, and feeling as though I wasted valuable time that could have been used gathering factual, helpful information for my child. If you are a special needs parent, you may have encountered someone like Ms. Tubbs. The teacher, therapist or even family member who knows much better than you what your child needs and thinks you are just as much a part of the problem as the hole in the ozone layer or mercury in vaccines. They know far better than you what your child needs and only through them will the child be helped. Gag. Honestly, I think people like that are scary, sad and shouldn't be allowed near kids! Don't get me wrong, my child has a team of therapists and teachers that I would lay my life down for in a second because I owe them that much! I do not think I have all the answers as a parent, but I also know I am not resentful of my child's progress because I fear she won't need me, as Ms. Tubb's states mothers often do.

Look on, any book on creative kid's activities is more useful than this book. Check out GFCF diets, and save your time and money by skipping this one.

Orientation/Jump, Push, Fall [HD]
$2.99

Basement TV, Vol. 1
$14.97
I like a lot of underground hip hop, unfortunatley a lot of this DVD showcases artists I don't really care for, plus the camera work is bunk and low budget, on top of that the sound quality is horrible on every song. I felt jipped on the "Pharcyde" performance, they edit everyone out except Fat lip on "Passin Me By", that was my introduction to this worthless collection of good artists being taped on cheap camcorders then thrown together and packaged as some "all meat and potatoes" bull----. There are a few good moments here, Aesop and El-P doing "Daylight" in a packed instore was kinda dope as well as MF DOOM's live performance. If you're a big Atmosphere fan you'll probably really dig this, they gave Slug quite a few songs on this. The songs that are good are ruined by the terrible quality of the overall production, and most of the performances cut off halfway through, that's the thing that irritates me most about this DVD. I by no means expected perfection as far as the sound quality when I picked this up, but I didn't expect this to be unbearable to sit through. Basement TV could have been really good, but it was just sloppily thrown together and made to look like a good buy by throwing a bunch of big underground names on the back. I also want to point out this thing promises basement battles, but you really get 3 or four battles between no named emcee's who have very limited skills, and I'm no battle emcee by any means but the people they showcase on here aren't either apparently, I'm not even close to exagerating on how weak these battle's are. To each his own but my copy will be found in the used bin at my local record store.