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Holistic magazine. July features Holistic Healing & Education. Also cover spirituality. Holistic Directory included.
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Vitality, Balance, Life
Dr. Steven Hiebert, Intuitive Chiropractor-Healer
What I do I use my extensive training, over twenty years of experience, applied kinesiology testing and intuitive awareness to determine what is caus-ing your symptoms and how to fix it.
I do this in a way that honors your body’s innate wisdom and natural ability to heal.
My tools –
Chiropractic adjusting
Trigger points
Reflex points
Nutrition
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Emotional issues
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I have helped many people over the years. Chances are good I can help you too.
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Healing is rarely an event.
Healing is a journey – a spi-ral – a progression.
Healing is an unfolding and unwinding of accumulated burdens and traumas.
Healing is releasing the blocks that keep you from your natural state - healthy.
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Are you more than your parts?
BY JULIE CASPER
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BY TONY BAISLEY
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Normandale Community College leads the area in integrative health education
BY CAROLYN VINUP
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Ruhka Academy offers healing professionals business know-how
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ANNUAL HOLISTIC EDUCATION DIRECTORY
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The Meta Institute Presents:Therapeutic Coaching® Certification Program, an intensive 15 month, weekend program that brings together the best and most
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HOLISTIC HEALING & EDUCATION
OU ARE looking for a seat...the au-ditorium is packed today! All depart-ments are buzzing
about this mysterious executive address. A new organization-wide campaign is being unveiled by the newly named CWO. That’s right: The Chief Wellbeing Officer.
Such a scenario is far more like-ly to occur than you might imag-ine. Since last June, the Center for Spirituality & Healing has been meeting with interested corporate
Center for Spirituality & Healing innovates Wellbeing Leadership program
Mary Jo Kreitzer, Karen Poel and Chris Heeter discuss the strategy behind Wellbeing Leadership.
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partners to explore a deliberate program offering that would edu-cate their company leaders about wellbeing practices and how lead-ership in this area can increase the capacity of an organization to in-novate and sustain performance in an increasingly interconnected, complex and dynamic world.
WELLBEING LEADERSHIP PROGRAM: WHOLE SYSTEMS APPROACH
“Wellbeing Leadership is a whole person, whole systems ap-proach to developing leadership skills in the face of complexity and challenge,” believes Center Direc-tor Mary Jo Kreitzer. “Of course, wellbeing is often looked at indi-vidually, or personally, but it’s a powerful challenge to think of it organizationally. The companies that address the full ‘wellbeing’ of their organizations and prepare
their leaders to act with both inten-tionality and innovation in these areas will continue to distinguish themselves in the eyes of their em-ployees and their consumer base.” One person who has lived through profound shifts in cor-porate culture—and wellbeing—is Karen Poel. Poel, who recently accepted a position at Lifetime Fitness as Senior Director, Kids Activities and Aquatics, is a Cen-ter Advisory Board member and Wellbeing Leadership faculty. Poel leveraged her own personal and
professional experiences to con-tribute to the Center’s new offer-ing. After graduating from Har-vard Business School, Poel found a passion in the world of retail. After years of working in strate-gic positions for Dayton Hudson Corporation and Marshall Fields, she found herself in crisis in 2005 when her company was acquired by Macy’s in an industry consoli-dation move. For the first time
Center for Spirituality & Healing innovates Wellbeing Leadership program
BY TONY BAISLEY
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“Leadership is not just what you do. It is who you are. Your interior condition —everything from your emotional state to your breath—has an influence on your communication with others.”
—Wendy Morris, MA, Wellbeing Leadership Faculty
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in her career, the strategies that had served her so well, no longer seemed to matter or to work. “I had to develop new ways to deal with change, chaos, and com-plexity for my own wellbeing, that of my team and that of the organization. Basically, I learned to relax within intensity and was surprised to find that my team and I achieved better results.” In cultivating a happy and fulfilling life, Poel had her own reservoir of resources to pull from
in times of emergency. A lifelong athlete also known to run mara-thons, she called on that discipline when dealing with the magnified stress at work. “Not only would I do Pilates but I’d also run eight miles,” she says when describ-ing her preparation for particu-larly stressful meetings where she knew her leadership would be tested. “I would get myself totally pumped up so I could be as ener-getic and authentic as possible.”
USE STRESS-REDUCING TECHNIQUES
Using other techniques to reduce stress and stay mindful, Poel realized that her team could also benefit from the practices. “Here I was using skills like visualization that I knew worked, so I passed some of them along to my colleagues to help us all stay afloat.” “Karen has been instrumental in the conceptualization of our Wellbeing Leadership program,” says Kreitzer. “She brings such a
Its mission is to provide a direct, experiential understand-ing that wellbeing practices em-bodied and fostered by leaders not only improve the health of individuals and teams, but also increases the capacity of an orga-nization to innovate and sustain performance in an increasingly interconnected, complex and dy-namic world. Wellbeing leaders will
gain skills that enable them
to:
• Understand the value of their own wellbeing, the wellbeing of others, and the impact this has on the organization.
• Develop and maintain well-being practices and leader-ship skills in the face of com-plexity and challenge.
• Recognize and work with patterns at a whole person and whole systems level.
• Evoke innovative thinking and allow answers to emerge from diverse perspectives
• Take adaptive action that transforms individuals, teams, organizations and the larger community and leads to sus-tainable practices and results.
• Energize positive change by making wellbeing conta-gious!
To explore creating a cus-tomized program for your organization, please contact Beth: [email protected] or 612-626-2395.
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wealth of business acumen to our team and her awareness that the corporate community could ben-efit from this has been inspiring.” “The Center for Spirituality & Healing is a recognized leader in educating health profession-als, leveraging deep and credible expertise in the art, science and business of wellbeing,” states Poel. “Taking what the Center does to the workplace, so that leaders can share it with their teams, is just smart business.”
Tony Baisley has been the commu-nications director at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Spiritu-ality & Healing since 2007. He also has a 50 percent appoint with the School of Nursing as director of strategic communications. Bais-ley has primary responsibility for building awareness and strategically positioning the Center with local, state, national and international
media resources and partners. He also is responsible for framing and implementing communica-tions strategies that support both the Center and School of Nurs-ing’s myriad programs and events. Reprinted (with some ed-ited adaptations by Essential Wellness) with permission from Mandala magazine, a bian-nual publication of the Center for Spirituality & Healing at the University of Minnesota.
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1. Health: All aspects of health are included —physical, emotional, men-tal and spiritual. Rather than an emphasis on perfect health the focus is on increasing functional capacity and vitality.2. Purpose: Having an aim and direction gives life and work meaning. The spark to express an individual, group or commu-nity vision can be the motivating force of change and innovation.3. Relationships: Our so-cial connections and networks,
including social sup-port, have a profound effect on wellbeing. This includes finding a balance between giving and re-ceiving; expressing the inter-de-pendency of a whole system.4. Community: Resources such as capacity and infrastructure (jobs,
schools, transportation, green space); engagement
(participation and connec-tions) and empowerment (ca-
pacity for taking action).5. Environment: We are part of an inter-dependent planet, rely-ing on clean air, drinkable water, a world free of toxins. Access to nature sustains and nourishes body, mind and spirit.6. Security: Wellbeing relies upon meeting the basic human needs - stable employment, sufficient fi-nances, and day to day safety.
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ISTORY IS a great teacher (sometimes). It is also said that, “history
is written by the victors.” This implies a certain bias. And to-day, powerful interests control mainstream information and education. (Thankfully, Essential
Wellness is independent media!) So, who are these “power-ful interests” anyway? The vis-ibly powerful include various captains of industry. Primarily H
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the financial, energy, manufac-turing, agri-biz, chemical and medical industries. The health-care industrial complex includes the insurance industry, medical
manufacturing and services, and the pharmaceutical industry. But make no mistake; all corpo-rate “industry” has an impact on our health.
MODERN MEDICINE VICTIM OF OWN SUCCESS
Wellness can be complicated. Each human being is a highly complex integration of innu-merable biological systems and processes, as well as influencing environmental cofactors such as chemical toxicity and EMFs. It is ironic that mainstream medicine, considered by some to be reduc-tionist, sterile, technological, and mechanistic and compartmental-ized, is actually the consequence of many truly great advances in specialized knowledge by re-searchers. In a real sense, the modern medical paradigm is a victim of its own success. Medi-cal overspecialization has resulted in a nonintegrated healthcare system that often seems dysfunc-
tional. Well meaning medical spe-cialists simply do not have time to keep up with the explosion of information about the differ-ent specialists’ specialties. There is a disconnect, so critical infor-mation that may pertain to an individual patient might be un-known to the treating physician. It is understandable that our human intellect is attracted to the exciting, cool “new” (we are after all, only human). A new movie, new technology, new in-formation, new medical therapy, new “magic-bullet” drug, and so on. Still, must it necessarily fol-low that we reject ancient wis-dom to replace it with what is newest? Is it possible that some of the information given to us by the history-writers is misleading? After all, corporations do have a mandate to make a profit (our health may not be the priority).
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USE DISCERNMENT WHEN CONSIDERING NEW THERAPIES
Human progress and scien-tific inquiry are very important. Because obviously, we can im-prove. However, implementation of any medical therapy should be tempered with discernment. Modern techno-medicine is so fragmented and incoherent that it can put the patient’s health at risk. Newest does not always mean best. History can provide us with some perspective here; the Science Museum of Minne-sota has an informative exhibit titled “Questionable Medical De-vices.” It is worth a visit: http://www.smm.org/exhibitservices/history/collections/gallery/9 What we call holistic, or “en-ergy medicine,” has in fact been used for healing by most of hu-manity for many thousands of years. If the value of therapy was based solely on how long it has been around, and how long peo-ple have thought that it was help-ful, then holistic medicine would be the most effective treatment known to humankind. Clearly,
ancient healers were on to some-thing. And, holistic medicine practitioners are still practicing today simply because the therapy is effective. Leading-edge high-tech medical research is now ex-ploring the realms of the ancients. Essentially all matter (including us) is comprised of atoms. Al-ways in motion, atoms function dynamically with electrons, pro-tons, and neutrons (quantum mechanics breaks it down even further). Also, the earth is a giant electro-magnet which influences our biology. Good holistic medi-cine practitioners consider the whole health picture and influ-encing environmental cofactors.
CONSIDER THAT WELLNESS IS MORE THAN ABSENCE OF DEATH
Keep in mind that authen-tic health is a state of compre-hensive wellness, not merely the absence of death. Fundamental wellness provides many tangible benefits, including a joyfulness at the cellular level. Do not be fooled, this is not rocket science; optimum health can be achieved
through simple health promoting behaviors. Although, sometimes therapy is necessary for an acute or chronic condition. Then only safe, well understood, proven therapies should be considered. Often, holistic healers are not of-ficially sanctioned by the medi-cal industrial complex. Do not be mislead, this does not mean holistic therapeutic protocols are ineffective or unsafe. This also does not mean all conventional medicine is safe, there may be conflicting interests involved (do your own research). Having trust in the healer is important in all healing. Learn for yourself who you can trust. You must protect your own health by making sure any therapy or medical tests you agree to be safe. Although this can be challenging, you have much to gain (or lose). Investing time and energy in your health is far less costly than paying for ill-ness. From a holistic perspective, the immeasurable self-healing capacity of human biology sur-passes a techno-medical com-partmentalized approach. Quan-tum science proves you are more
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than your parts, much more. To ensure a brighter future for our-selves, our children, and our plan-et—wellness is essential. Be well.
Julie Casper, C. Ac. (WI), L. Ac. (CO), is a classically trained Oriental medicine physician, licensed in Wis-consin and Colorado. Julie earned her acupuncture degree from the Academy of Classical Oriental Sciences in Nelson, British Columbia. With ad-ditional studies and clinical practice in; Applied Meridian Theory, tradi-tional qigong, Health Qigong, and Corrective PhysEd (musculo-skeletal assessment and pathology correction). Julie is a CHEK Institute Cor-rective Holistic Exercise Kinesiol-ogy certified exercise coach. She helps athletes incorporate health-promoting alternatives into their programs for injury prevention, performance en-hancement, and energy nutrition. Also, Julie is trained in biochemical balancing science and is a HTMA Nutritional Therapist. Julie’s Health Elite Clinic is located in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Health Elite Clinic offers an individualized, holistic, ELITE Retreat program during the summer. To find out more: http://healthelite.us/
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Normandale Community CollegeIntegrative Health Education [email protected] France Ave. So.Bloomington, MN 55431www.normandale.augusoft.net
The Integrative Health Educa-tion Center is part of Norman-dale Community College. We provide the largest selection of classes, workshops, certificate training and special events in the Midwest. We offer a variety of introductory and advanced train-ing for healthcare professionals, holistic practitioners, and those searching for new ways to support their own health & wellbeing. For current course offerings or to register visit http://normandale.augusoft.net or to order a current catalog call 952-358-8343.
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Since 1998, the Wind and Water School has graduated over 300 people, some who pursued the study of Feng Shui as a new ca-reer, others as an adjunct to an-other career, and others purely for themselves. Learn what your space is saying about your life. Discover for yourself how your space may be supporting your goals or challenging you. Policy manual available on request at [email protected]
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Healing Your Home: Blending Feng Shui with HarmonicsConnect to your home in a new Feng Shui way! Inspire your home to be the best it can be! Carole and Jeff Bova present a concert-workshop on Saturday, July 14, 8:30–12 noon at Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN.
The first 99 registrants will receive a free 25-minute download version of the “Healing Your Home” CD. Register early for this unique concert-workshop designed to transform and balance physical space. Visit http://normandale.augusoft.net to register. Early Bird Special: $99 ($108 after July 6th).
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HERE’S SOME-THING for ev-eryone.” T h a t ’ s
the comment we hear about the Integrative Health Education Center at Normandale Commu-nity College. Wellness travels many paths and we have watched this com-ment grow stronger as holistic therapies have expanded and be-come more mainstream. Holistic therapies are rarely called “alter-native” any longer and have even moved past the “complementary” term. It is now about integrative health and healing.
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH COMBINES CONVENTIONAL & HOLISTIC THERAPIES
Integrative is defined as com-bining or coordinating diverse el-
ements into a whole. Integrative Health provides therapies that combine with traditional health-care methods to provide a com-plete healthcare solution. Indi-viduals and medical professionals are discovering that combining traditional healthcare with holis-tic therapies can provide better health solutions and outcomes. At Normandale we have a solid base in traditional health-care as well as holistic therapies. We are the bridge that allows the integrative experience to unfold. Individuals today are becoming their own health advocates. They don’t just “take what the doctor ordered” any longer. They ask family, friends and business col-leagues for advice, research on the internet, and even listen to Dr. Oz. At Normandale, we are visioning, educating and training for this continual expansion of integrative health.
Interest in integrative work-shops and series certificates by healthcare professionals is grow-ing: physicians, nurses, physical therapists long term care, hospice, social workers, psychotherapist, rehabilitation therapist, surgical technicians, dieticians & nutri-tionist, anesthesiologist, dentists, dental hygienist, public health administrators, directors, and many more. In addition, more health associations and organiza-tions governing these groups are including integrative therapies as CE (continuing education) op-tions for healthcare professional development.
WIDE-RANGING ARRAY OF COURSES AVAILABLE
At Normandale, there is truly something for everyone. If you are completely new to holistic therapies you can take an intro-
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Normandale Community College leads the area in integrative health education
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ductory course in the Healing Arts, Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic, Na-turopathy, Homeopathy, Energy Medicine, Reiki, Guided Imag-ery, Herbalism, Yoga, Mediation, Qigong, Sound Healing, Emo-tional Freedom Techniques, Hyp-nosis, Feng Shui, Healing Touch, Heartsight, Color Healing, Mas-sage, Nutrition, Breathwork, and Tai Chi. If you want to expand your abilities or understanding of a certain modality, you can go deeper by exploring a series or certificate training. Our course offerings are balanced in a variety of topic areas; Whole Medical Systems, Natu-ral Products, Mind & Body Sci-ence, Manipulative Body Based Practices and Therapies, Energy and Movement Therapies, Cre-ativity and Personal Development.
GREATER MARKETABILITY WITH INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CREDENTIALS
Aside from the health and heal-ing benefits, our Integrative Health courses are providing greater mar-ketability for care-providers. Add-ing integrative therapies to an individual’s resume helps them
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stand out. Recently, a director of long term care said “we’re al-ready at the point where nurses, health aides and other medi-cal workers are expected to have some exposure and training in a holistic modality to pro-vide additional patient support. Recently, a local TMJ dental clinic paid for each employee to take an integrative therapy class at Normandale. The purpose was focused on patient comfort and care, with a commitment to creating a calmer experience for their patients. They took Breathwork, Emotional Free-dom Techniques, Interactive Tapping for Recovery, Medical Hypnosis, Medical Homeopa-thy, Energy Works, Reiki, and Sound Healing Basics as foun-dational integrative courses. This is a perfect example of integra-tive care, combining traditional healthcare with holistic therapy. EXPANDING WELLNESS IN THE WORKPLACE
With an 80-plus roster of in-structor talent, we can customize and create programs or seminars
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CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
Train the Trainer: Individu-als are seeking meaningful work that is purpose driven. Holistic therapies fill that need, and ev-eryone can learn how to activate their own healing energy with-in to empower people to help themselves and their loved ones. We offer certificate programs in Aromatherapy, Energy Medicine, Heartsight, Herbalism, Sound Healing, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Feng Shui, Home-opathy, Naturopathy, Qigong, Healing Touch, Reiki, Ayurvedic, and Tai Chi as well as several instructor training programs
SPECIAL EVENTS: INNOVATIVE, EXPERIENCE DRIVEN, MIND SHIFTING
We offer several commu-nity events annually. This past year we offered “The Healing Arts” and “World Tai Chi and
Qigong Day.” Normandale in-vited Sound Healing Pioneer Jonathan and Andi Goldman to present “The Soundsation Con-ference” and this summer, on July 14, Feng Shui expert Carole Hyder and Jeff Bova, Grammy award winning producer and songwriter will offer a workshop and concert called “Healing Your Home” Feng Shui Harmonics. Our mission is to empower people through knowledge that allows them to live more fulfilled lives. The level of our health im-pacts all areas of life. A Feng Shui principle states “your space re-flects your life and health is the most important thing to pay at-tention to,” Our team has be-come a trusted community edu-cator, providing practical tools that can be used in one’s daily life.
Carolyn Vinup is an Integra-tive Health Education Consul-tant with the Integrative Health Education Center at Norman-dale Community College. 952-358-8343; www.Normandale.edu/continuingeducation
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Ruhka Academy offers healing professionals business know-how
F YOU’VE been has-tened by spirit’s call to provide holistic health-care as your life’s work, you may have grappled with the concern, “can
I make money doing this?” All too often people spend good money on an education in ho-listic healing and end up having to supplement their income with other work. What’s worse, never having a practice at all for lack of clients?
WHAT IMPEDES A FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE?
Healers aren’t business mo-guls. One of the biggest mistakes made in the healing industry is that practitioners lose sight of the fact that their practice is, indeed, a business. While healing is often very instinctual for those lead to this career path, business-mind-
edness is not usually so innate. Practitioners need to be taught these principles just as they were taught the principles of bioen-ergy healing science.
HEALERS DON’T START PROMOTING THEMSELVES EARLY ENOUGH
Most students wait for their diploma before they start to an-nounce their presence to the community. Big mistake. The curriculum at the school ought to be teaching and instilling mar-keting and promotion of the stu-dent from the beginning of the program.
HEALERS DON’T UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF CREATING A NICHE
Creating a niche will lead to a broader base of clients. When a niche is established, even those
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outside of the niche see this and they start to build on it. A practitioner who specializes in orthopedic diseases quickly morphs into a sports injury practice. This equates into an endless stream of clients. Find-ing and developing the niche is the part that takes some doing.
SCHOOLS DON’T TYPICALLY PROVIDE EDUCATION ON BUSINESS
Bioenergy healing pro-grams offer all sorts of courses on how to run energy, enhance intuition, even spiritual devel-opment. But few to none offer courses in business develop-ment. When the doors opened at Rukha® Academy of Healing Arts and Science, a Minnesota state-licensed school based in Minneapolis, one of the unique courses included in the standard program was a course on how to open and run a practice. This key course in a practitioner’s ed-ucation is pivotal to the gradu-
ate being able to earn a living in this field. At Rukha the graduates learn marketing and self-promotion skills throughout their two-year course of study. In year two, the Rukha program offers a course called, “Going into Business” which takes students through step-by-step instruction so that by the time of graduation, they have a marketing plan and oth-er essential business-basics like developing a niche, where to market, how to find clients al-ready created. They have been fostering relationships in their practice clientele that seamlessly turn into paying customers.
RUHKA OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM
Without a comprehensive course of study, the graduate finds themselves feeling a lack of confidence, confusion, and often trepidation when faced with paying clients. They can easily develop a feeling of in-
security or even feeling like a fraud. This, then, leads to lack of motivation to develop the business. Rukha offers a full program of rigorous, professional and monitored instruction. The pro-gram is comprehensive in every way. The graduates have a strong sense of solidity about their work when it’s time to begin their ca-reer and provide their service to humanity. All the education in the world is for naught unless the education results in a thriv-ing practice that serves both practitioner and client. When choosing a program, be sure the tuition provides a compre-hensive curriculum. Rukha is a premier school of healing whose graduates earn money in their successful practice.
Shelli Stanger Nelson, founder and president of Rukha® Acad-emy of Healing Arts and Sci-ence, is an advanced bio-energy professional, with BS degree. FFI: www.RukhaAcademy.com
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