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Tom Wright
First of all, why is making the distinction between belief and perception so important? Let's take the example of walking over twelve-hundred degree hot coals, something I have direct experience with by having done so myself. If our human ability to perceive what's out there and ... Views: 1801
Autumn, with its crisp, cold weather, is 'Vata' season, according to Ayurvedic medicine. Ayurveda describes three 'doshas' or qualities ascribed to all things. The Vata dosha is often compared to the wind, being erratic and changeable, quick, cooling and drying.
Autumn is a time of high ... Views: 1683
At one time or another, all of us have been victims of life's injustices. It may be:
* The husband or boyfriend who leaves you brokenhearted
* The boss who treats you unfairly
* The girlfriend who betrayed a trust
* The coworker who lied to get the promotion you were hoping ... Views: 870
"If you have your health, you have everything."
If that is something you believe, then healthy people have reason to be happy.
But there is also a happiness-health connection and people who are happy and satisfied with their lives might actually be healthier.
Quick Benefits
The ... Views: 648
There has been a lot in the media in the last few years regarding affirmations and how you can use them to make changes in your life.
An affirmation is a positive statement of fact that one makes to manifest their desired future.
Scientific Evidence
There is much evidence that these ... Views: 3325
When you are really feeling poorly, it is difficult to feel grateful, and yet it is one of the most important times to count your blessings. Why? When you allow the pain to cause you to be worried or upset, your energy field closes down and it is difficult for any treatment to get through your ... Views: 1566
SPIRITUAL CARE GIVING: As Life Draws To a Close
Each person who interacts effectively with a dying person cannot leave emotionally and spiritually untouched and unchanged in some way.
My Mother lived the last months of her life in a palliative care setting. I spent many hours at her bedside. ... Views: 1993
Reflexology can help relieve knee pain that is often caused by arthritis. Knee pain can be caused by different conditions including osteoarthritis. According to Arthritis Symptoms, by working the affected areas on the feet that are associated with the knee, a reflexologist can help to apply ... Views: 4738
Dieting is a great short-term solution, but for most people, it can become a long-term challenge. Some would go as far as saying that dieting makes you fat. Either that or you find yourself eating less and less, not to lose weight, but simply to maintain your weight. It is as if diets have an ... Views: 1833
Imagine you go to a cozy restaurant in a strip mall when you are on vacation. When you walk in, a little girl with a messy mouth and messy hands is pushing the door open helping you get in. She smiles and her mom drags her out. Your experience is pleasurable; the food is good, as is the ... Views: 1715
Are there natural acne cures that work or is it a new age myth? Is there a permanent cure for acne or are all acne sufferers sentenced to the Sisyphean battle of tackling the ‘on the surface’ symptoms? Is there an honest, natural and safer alternative to the endless use of over the counters and ... Views: 995
"When you carry a revolution within you, every moment brings a new world, a new life . . . every moment becomes a new birth." Osho
We are creatures of habit. Habitual behaviors do help simplify our lives, but they also can put us into autopilot mode resulting in unconscious patterns that ... Views: 1005
Mission Statement:
The Fort Bliss Restoration and Restoration Resilience Center restores optimal functioning and battle-readiness to neurophysiologically, psychologically, and spiritually challenged post-deployment Soldiers and their families
using integrated state-of of-the-art treatment ... Views: 2454
Come to a fall retreat and bring a map of your kitchen: I'd love to sit down with you and show you how you can get your own kitchen into "the zone".
Back to the City Edition:
Fall has always been my favorite season. I especially love the abundance in our area farms vineyards and gardens. ... Views: 1521
Acne is the most common problem that affects our skin today. No matter what age you are 15, or 40 acne can affect the appearance of your skin. Acne is caused by sebaceous glands producing excess sebum. Sebum clogs the skin and pores or the hair follicle, which forms acne. Grease, dirt, and harsh ... Views: 2036
Ayurvedic medicine has been around for thousands of years. With the increased popularity in complementary and alternative medicines, Ayurveda has been steadily increasing in the number of followers in America. Although, Ayuravedic medicine is still used as the traditional medicine in India. The ... Views: 1055
Energy can be easy to come by if you just take the time to care for yourself and learn a few boosters to help get you moving and feeling more alive and active. As I promised, here are the last 5 energy boosters to help you get through your day.
8. Oxygen
Really! Breathing deeply from ... Views: 1154
Being a busy mom I understand that there are days when your energy is drained whether it is from not getting enough sleep the night before, stress, sickness, or you just have very energetic monkeys that are wearing you out fast. Finding ways to get a boost of energy fast can help you be the ... Views: 943
Interstitial Cystitis is a disease of the urinary bladder. Although it is primarily found in women, men have been diagnosed with it too. With an estimation of 12 percent of all women having symptoms of Interstitial cystitis, it's definitely a condition that needs to be addressed. Since it is ... Views: 2895
It's been in the news often, lately. Some seem to suffer inordinately. But they do not have to suffer, nor do they have to take HRT. Many women call or come in to my office with problems associated with the end of menses. Menses in homeopathy is very close to the vital force; although we can ... Views: 1369
When was the last time you found a piece of clothing marked "One-size-fits-all" that truly was a comfortable, flattering fit, the right color, the right fabric, and the right level of warmth for anyone who wore it? Right, me either. One-size-fits-all doesn't often work for clothing. And it ... Views: 1244
My washing machine always gets a chuckle out of me (good thing when you're doing lots of laundry, right?). Take a look at the dial. There's a setting for "normal." Apparently the manufacturer assumes that we, as intelligent consumers, identify, understand, and collectively agree that a certain ... Views: 1106
Spiritual healing comes by faith and not by medicine. It can help with any problem, mental, physical or emotional. Spiritual healing heals the mind, body and spirit. For Spiritual Healing to take place we must recognize and accept God beyond our own intelligence and develop a relationship with ... Views: 2065
A friend sent an amazing story to share, in which she describes trusting her gut feelings in regard to breast cancer and her health care. It is another testimony to the importance of being proactive, honoring your instincts rather than acting on impulse out of fear. The month of October is ... Views: 1677
Instead of reaching for an energy drink during your afternoon energy lull, take a relaxing breath and gaze at your Vitality Vision Board.
Studies by several Universities were recently covered by Journal of Environmental Psychology and Scientific American. In the studies, researchers were ... Views: 2789
The greatest mysteries to healing in life are right here in front of us, part of us, each and every day. The reason we do not recognize them is because we are so busy surviving.We rarely slow down long enough to notice the spirit of life hidden within every living thing.
You do not have to ... Views: 2037
Essential oils are some of the most powerful therapeutic agents with an impressive history of healing throughout the ancient world. The religious texts and records show they were used to treat virtually every ailment known to man. During the last century these healing oils have been overlooked ... Views: 1295
It took me a lot of years to figure this one out. I grew up in a family that practiced cynicism like a religion. Nothing was exempt from our familial cynical eye. Anything that wasn’t part of our family’s dogma was suspect and therefore, frequently ridiculed during the family meal or late night ... Views: 1294
HIV testing has become vitally important in modern American society. Common Sexually Transmitted Diseases include herpes, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and others. However, AIDS is generally considered to pose the most serious health risk. STDs usually spread from one person to another during intimate ... Views: 606
The Centers for Disease Control has been recommending systematic HIV Testing of every patient who gets admitted into an emergency room. However, many states still oppose this guideline and support the mandate of "informed consent." Informed consent means that healthcare professionals must ... Views: 633
Stress minimization methods usually target emphasise mental and physical strategies yet seldom address food. But why do so few people know that the things you consume drastically affects how stressed you feel?
Stress is felt by basically anyone; which means that there are generally a ... Views: 1592
You probably know by experience that standing in front of rows of cereal boxes trying to choose the healthiest one can be a daunting task. You may also have heard or read that people who eat a healthy cereal for breakfast consume more calcium, more fiber and less fat and that it can normalize ... Views: 2158
Attention healers – Please do not justify your trespass by saying that you come from 'heart'.
Having worked for many years in a variety of ‘healing’ modalities, both as a practitioner and as a teacher I am amazed at the number of ‘healers’ who trespass on the free will of another, and use the ... Views: 1555
We are the voice of our children and we need to take personal responsibility to find all potential solutions for their best health and well-being. When we embark on this wonderful journey of parenthood, there are so many questions and unknowns — when our children get born with special needs, ... Views: 1052
Smoking is considered both a habit and an addiction. The good news is that if you can go for three days without a cigarette you have beaten the addiction to nicotine. The nicotine takes approximately seventy two hours to leave your body no matter how long you have been smoking or how many ... Views: 1957
Taking Responsibility for Your Healing Journey
Too often my clients who seek help through hypnotherapy for their issues and problems expect me to provide a magic bullet. All I have to do, apparently, is reprogram their faulty brains and they will magically find that they are slimmer, ... Views: 1557
My name is Eddie Chambers, I was born in 1975 and I live with my family in Los Angeles CA.
Tinnitus screwed with my head from 42004 until 2009
For me it all began with a light hissing sound and a headache, I first blamed stress for this, I didn’t knew absolutely nothing about tinnitus then. ... Views: 2047
Some time ago I posted an article on Water/ Hydration on a site called Qondio, and this is an updated version of that article.
How often are we told how important water is to us, and how often do we tell ourselves that we really should drink more water!! And yet in most instances we simply do ... Views: 1708
Everyone gets stressed out. In today’s economy if you aren’t stressed then there is probably something wrong with you. Everyday holds new stressors that can affect the way we live, think and act. Although stress, most of the time is bad, it is a good motivational tool that gets us to act, become ... Views: 620
There are many methods to achieving wellness and contentment in life. One of the oldest is based on the chakra system. Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning vortex or wheel of light. Egyptian, Chinese, Hindu, Greek and indigenous people of the Americas have spoken of and written of these for ... Views: 3256
Lots of wonderful alternatives are available in holistic health care. Many of us remember getting excited then overwhelmed at our first encounter; mine occurred visiting a NYC alternative health expo. The sheer number (over a hundred in NYC) can leave you in a quandary—which is best for me? ... Views: 2719
So what is a fast? In its simplest form, a fast is simply the withholding of calories for a set period of time. Contrary to what you might think this is not the same thing as simply “starving yourself.” Fasting is a widely recognized holistic health technique that makes use of the body’s natural ... Views: 775
The kidneys are largely responsible for the elimination of body waste that comes from the metabolism of food and harmful chemicals that enter the body. To keep the kidneys functioning efficiently and to sustain your overall health it is imperative to cleanse your kidneys. Renavive advanced ... Views: 785
Harvard-trained neurosurgeon and founder of the American Holistic Medical Association, C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. has created a documentary film, “Medical Renaissance Series: The Secret Code.” It is well worth a viewing.
Norm Shealy, often called Dr. Wizard by his colleagues given his 10 ... Views: 4498
If you aren’t certain about where to begin accessing your intuition or you want to be able to tap into more of your intuitive guidance, one of the best and most enjoyable ways to access you inner wisdom is through creative expression.
Why? Inspiration and intuition are kissing cousins. Ask a ... Views: 1438
Why meditate? Meditation is a cross cultural, age old practice, proven to have a direct impact on the mind, body and spirit. Meditation can free the mind from worry; lower blood pressure in the body; and help a person to connect spiritually.
Why meditate on God's Word? Most forms of ... Views: 1087
Bipolar disorder is not a single disorder; it is a combination of mood disorders. If an individual experiences one or more episodes of abnormally elevated moods, it is referred clinically as mania.
A person who experiences manic episode will commonly experience depressive episodes or mixed ... Views: 1017
Knowing how to approach your self-healing process can be a real quandary, particularly if you don’t have a favorite and specific energy healing modality. You can spend a lot of energy just figuring out how to think of self-healing in a general context.
Recently, one of my readers asked a ... Views: 1673
Itchiness, watery eyes, runny nose, sneezing, and redness are some of the common symptoms that majority of the people experiences as allergy symptoms.
The most effective way to fight against particular allergen is immunotherapy or allergy shot, but some people will get frightened to get ... Views: 2065
Osteoarthritis is the progressive disorder of joint growth due to loss of healthy cartilage. The cartilage is the source of proper and painless movement between joints, and it is important not to wear it out by keeping it healthy with proper nutrition that will keep it well ... Views: 1938