All the time given to you in life is valuable; you just have to know what to do with it. Let’s make it count. Shall we? Starting today, spend more time… 1. Thinking for yourself. The uneducated belief in something false that someone tells you is the greatest enemy of your own truth. Do notContinue reading “9 Powerful Ways to Spend a Day”
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The Benefits of Frequent Massage A Powerful Health Ally
As I often see people in the grocery store using their carts as a lower back pain relief tools, I just had to Blog post this article published today on Massagetherapy.com There’s no denying the power of bodywork. Regardless of the adjectives we assign to it (pampering, rejuvenating, therapeutic) or the reasons we seek itContinue reading “The Benefits of Frequent Massage A Powerful Health Ally”
Lose Weight with a Good Night’s Sleep – Ten Tips for Sweet Slumber
From premature aging to a compromised immune system, the side-effects of sleepless nights can add up, according to Barbara Harris, editor-in-chief of Shape magazine and author of Shape Your Life: 4 Weeks To A Better Body — And A Better Life! (Hay House, 2002). During her more than 15 years at the helm of ShapeContinue reading “Lose Weight with a Good Night’s Sleep – Ten Tips for Sweet Slumber”
Soul Compliance – Learning From the Body’s Lessons
To the ancient Greeks, every physical symptom was seen as a visitation from the gods. Whatever afflicted the body was divine, a holy messenger, a whispered secret from the guardian spirits alerting us that the soul was in need of a course correction. The ailments of the body were really cures for the soul. AndContinue reading “Soul Compliance – Learning From the Body’s Lessons”
The Nocebo Effect: How Negative Thoughts Can Harm Your Health
Most of us have heard of “the placebo effect”—the heal-inducing effect patients in clinical trials experience when they believe they’re getting a fancy new drug or surgery but are actually getting fake treatment. The placebo effect is real. It works about eighteen to eighty percent of the time, and it’s not just in your head—itContinue reading “The Nocebo Effect: How Negative Thoughts Can Harm Your Health”
MASSAGE MEDICINE:™ Healing Mind, Body & Spirit
Moving Through Life We’re busier than ever with longer workdays, less leisure time, shorter lunch hours, longer commutes, and more demands than ever before. We may even be in a job that doesn’t fulfill us, yet we spend most of our time there. When the day ends, we have almost no energy left to doContinue reading “MASSAGE MEDICINE:™ Healing Mind, Body & Spirit”
Begin this year with your best self . . .
As we enter the first full week of 2013, let us do so without dragging our worries, fears and baggage from last year along with us. Instead, let us declare affirmatively that it is finally time to overcome those dreadful habits. The following link will provide you with some excellent tips to get you startedContinue reading “Begin this year with your best self . . .”
Balancing Act – Easing Between Doing and Being
When I was swimming at the YMCA recently, I was approached by a teenaged lifeguard who knows I write books. She asked me for an inspirational quote to write on the blackboard for the people exercising there. This old proverb came to mind: “By standing still we overtake those who are running.” Dismayed, the teenContinue reading “Balancing Act – Easing Between Doing and Being”
Letting Go – Pain is Natural; Suffering is Optional
“If you let go a little you will have a little peace; if you let go a lot you will have a lot of peace; if you let go completely you will have complete peace.”1 — Ajahn Chah Many difficulties begin to fall away as we learn to loosen our grip on the perception ofContinue reading “Letting Go – Pain is Natural; Suffering is Optional”
Hara – Working From the Center
We recognize the importance of good beginnings and a solid ground. To ensure the best results, it is always worthwhile to establish a firm and developed foundation. Without deep, well-established roots, a plant is weak and growth will be stunted. In the human body, the hara is our home. Home is a reference point. OurContinue reading “Hara – Working From the Center”
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