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Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging. It is more than just a craft - it is a highly spiritual practice than promotes inner healing and mindful appreciation. For girls suffering from one or more eating disorders, Ikebana is a therapeutic treatment that refocuses mental energy away from personal problems and onto beautiful living art. By emphasizing the unity of nature and humanity, it awakens a maturity of spirit that is needed to break out of the binge and purge cycle that plagues young victims of eating disorders.
Control is a central issue for young people with eating disorders. The need to control one's looks and weight becomes overwhelming - it’s a dangerous self-obsession that can ruin lives. The ability to satisfy the need to control through constructive, even artistic, endeavors can be an important success factor for regaining a proper sense of perspective about oneself and one’s relationship with the rest of the world. The Zen-like qualities taught through the practice of Ikebana include silence, patience, tolerance, appreciation of differences, and awareness of subtle variations is form, color, and fragrance. But it's not just cosmic dreaminess - there is a real practical side to the art, and practitioners must master this as well. For instance, devotees often become specialized in a particular set of plants and flowers, and seek to grow spiritually by continually refining the shape, line and form of their arrangements. This requires a steady supply of particular plants, something that is not easy to find year-round from a local brick-and-mortar flower shop. An online florist such as New York flowers can ensure timely and repeated shipment of exactly what an arrange needs, independent of the season and for substantially less money. That's because online florists are hooked into a worldwide network of growers that trans-ship plants directly to a customer's front door, cutting out the middle-man and passing the savings onto the final consumer. The holiday season is a great time for young anorexics and bulimics to take up Ikebana. It is an opportunity to send Christmas flowers to family and friends, each arrangement a testament to the patient's growing skill and refinement. If you know a young person fighting an eating disorder, why not get them involved in Ikebana? You will be introducing a new dimension in their treatment and their lives. |
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Drew & Anna |
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outrage at Anna's death and the outpouring of community support has led
Anna's family to establish The Anna Westin Foundation, a nonprofit
organization formed to help others suffering directly or indirectly from
eating disorders, and to provide education and information designed to
prevent the development of anorexia and bulimia. |
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_____________________________________________________________________ The Anna Westin Foundation - PO Box 268 - Chaska, MN 55318
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