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- T'ai-Chi Ch'uan Lowers Blood Pressure - by Many students comment how the t'ai-chi they practice in our classes has helped them to keep their blood pressure under control. But, Dr. D. Young from Johns Hopkins University was surprised that t'ai-chi significantly reduced blood pressure. In a 12 week study, she found systolic blood pressure ...
Views: 748 - Grandmaster Tchoung Ta-tchen, a T'ai Chi Legend - by Even though he prefers to stay to himself and not boast of his ability, Tchoung Ta-tchen was a well know figure in the tai-chi ch'uan (aka Taijiquan) world of Taipei, Taiwan, Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC. When experts who really understand tai chi met him, there was no question that they knew ...
Views: 996 - You are what you eat, you are what you think - by It is true: you are what you eat, you are what you think
It is our choice, our choice solely to become whatever we wish to become through the power of our thoughts and through what we consume within our bodies. Most human beings do not understand that it is vital to watch what we each think ...
Views: 889 - Pranic Therapy Part III - by The Universal Stream of Consciousness known as Qi ( pronounced Chee) in Chinese & Ki in Japanese is known as the Cosmic Prana in Sanskrit. Healing using this Life-force Energy is called Pranic Therapy. This article is a continuation of the earlier article Pranic Therapy Part II.
There are 2 ...
Views: 1201 - How You Can Know The Bible Is True (Part 1) - by Since the Bible is the Word of God, you would expect to find within its sacred writings references to that fact. You will not be disappointed, for the Bible plainly teaches that its words are the inspired words of God.
The Testimony of the Old Testament
The Old Testament alludes many times ...
Views: 1556 - The Language of Movement - by I remember back in the seventies when the term ‘body language’ was coined. The experts claimed that communication was 7% verbal, 28% tone and 65% body language. I’m not saying these figures are exact - I’m not an expert - but they show what we are semiconsciously aware of, that we language with ...
Views: 2955 - Identifying Stress: Why Good Health Leaks Away - by Most of those who are open to the so-called alternative or complementary therapies are familiar with the many studies showing how stress is related to disease and dysfunction. Stress could be defined as a force that strains or deforms, in our case it hampers our ability to stay balanced and ...
Views: 737 - Dynamic Marketing: Seven High-Powered Success Strategies - by Marketing is about results. Key to achieving results is your ability to be adaptive and forward-thinking --involved in a process that lets you evolve your marketing campaign as new information enters the picture.
People who achieve great results from their promotional efforts understand the ...
Views: 1030 - What To Pray For - by Friday, September 14, 2001
I was watching many people on television today as they observed a few moments of silence to honor the victims of last Tuesday's tragedy. Situated far away from those people as I am (I live in Italy, near the birthplace of Saint Francis of Assisi), I joined them in ...
Views: 870 - Give a Little Good Health Away! - by This holiday season, choose the present perfect! Something that will not only warm the hearts of your loved ones, but also add life to their years and years to their life.
Here's a sumptuous spread to choose from:
1. Scents of Well-being: Aroma—is therapy! Buy your friends some joy -- ...
Views: 782 - Finding Passion in Hawaii - by Health is not a one-size-fits-all commodity. Just like your fingerprint, your health is unique, too. The day you undertsand that, your journey toward great health will begin in the true sense of the word.
To make the trip easier, Maharishi Ayurveda Self-Care Systems help with key aspects of ...
Views: 819 - Uncle Ayurveda on Eating Well - by Uncle Ayurveda is very very old. At least 5000 years old. Perhaps much more. But is he all shriveled up and spent? No way! He’s never felt better, thank you. In fact, every year, he feels younger and more sprightly.
What’s his secret?
Uncle Ayurveda smiles. “You can do it too, he says, ...
Views: 1275(1 vote) - Growing Young Gracefully: the Ayurveda Way - by That first wrinkle.
The realisation that Father Time has just pencilled the first line of age underneath your eyes. Followed by a wistful shrug of acceptance.
Is this how you visualize the day, or rather the moment, of truth?
Picture, instead, this.
It’s your 70th birthday, and the best ...
Views: 1172(1 vote) - Amrit for Life - by “Nectar of Immortality”. “Golden cup of Longevity” “Super anti-oxidant.” These are only some of the encomiums lavished on Maharishi Ayurveda’s herbal food supplement, Amrit. Not surprising, when so many people have so many good things to say about it.
WHAT THE ANCIENT TEXTS SAY
The oldest ...
Views: 1074 - Turning up the heat on Common Cold - by Come Fall, more than maple leaves turn red. Ever noticed how many red-nosed people you see in the stores at this time? Kleenex sales go up, and antihistamines fly off the shelves. Chances are, even as you read this, you're trying to stifle a sniffle.
Take heart--you can win the cold war.
And ...
Views: 1103 - Ghee for good health - by Chhhannnggg?
The sound is familiar-- like a curtain of raindrops descending on a tin roof. I am about to part the curtain and look out of the window, when the aroma floats in. Conjuring images of twilight, soft breeze, the cows coming home-- the bells jingling around their necks?dinner laid ...
Views: 10972(2 votes) - Five Proven Principles for Effective Goals - by Self-help books and psychologists often recommend goal setting as a powerful strategy for self-improvement and personal growth. One study in particular, the “Yale Study of Goals,” is frequently cited by self-help gurus and motivational speakers to illustrate the power of goal setting. As the ...
Views: 1054 - Are Truth and Love in the Stars? Here's what I found out... - by As long as I can remember, I've been looking for truth and love. Truth, because I'm gullible and I have been hurt as a result. Love, because I felt insecure and lonely. I figured that there must be someone I could trust to open myself up to who would not ridicule me. As I looked for truth and ...
Views: 703 - Is YOUR name really that important? - by Just picture yourself wandering around every day with no name. The man from the grocery store says, “Hello…guy that, uhh, bought a candy bar from me.” Your girlfriend comes over, “You want to go out tonight…ummm…guy that I’m dating. Mom dials and says, “You haven’t called in a while…boy… that I ...
Views: 6443 - How to Tell if A Woman is Sexually Attracted to You - by If a single woman is not as sexually interested in you for romance as you are in her, then your relationship has a basic weakness that may be an insolvable problem.
In other words, if you are the only one making sexual advances, if you feel as though it's a battle to get her interested or ...
Views: 13314(5 votes) - Absolutely the Best Way to End a Date With Single Women - by End the date before she does. Example: The evening is winding down. It's pretty obvious that you aren't going to "get lucky" this night for any love, sex, or romance, but you hang on 'till the bitter end hoping that the chance in a million shot will come through. Wrong! Instead you alertly ...
Views: 822 - People Are Not Pegs - by "...start thinking of yourself as an artist and your life as a
work-in-progress. Works-in-progress are never perfect. But changes can be made...Art evolves. So does life. Art is never stagnant. Neither is life. The beautiful, authentic
life you are creating for yourself is your art. It's the ...
Views: 690 - The Top Ten Steps for Tapping into Courage - by Aristotle believed that courage is the first of human virtues
because it makes the other virtues possible.
Courage is a muscle that can be strong and established
through exercise or it can grow flaccid through lack of use.
Here is an exercise to help you build your courage.
These steps ...
Views: 1247 - It Takes Courage - by "Listening to your heart is not simple. Finding out
who you are is not simple. It takes a lot of hard work and
courage to get to know who you are and what you want."
-- Sue Bender
How does a person find the time, space, inclination and
direction to understand his or her self and unique ...
Views: 854 - INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP: Creating Work Environments that Work - by We're now in the 21st century. Look around you. Has your work place changed much in the last two months? How about in the last two years?
There are many books today being written about the
mechanization and computerization of the new work environment, but what about the people? What do we need ...
Views: 1071 - What Can You Count On When You Don't Know What To Do? - by Mark called me up about four months ago and said he was in trouble. 48 years old and in his field of work for four and a half years, he was not happy and not achieving the success he desired.
His specific profession is not important because when it comes right down to it, even when you work ...
Views: 2615 - Moving From Manager to Coach Part II - by In a previous article we covered the first steps for moving from "manager" to "coach." These skills and tips are as applicable to coaching yourself as they are to coaching others.
We began by clarifying what you want or expect and identifying the specific outcomes to be achieved.
In this ...
Views: 826 - Moving From Manager to Coach - by These days it seems the "coaching" word is everywhere. Business owners coach staff, as do managers and supervisors. Parents coach kids for life skills. We’re even coaching ourselves. Unfortunately, just because we change the name from
"managing" to "coaching" doesn’t mean we’ve developed ...
Views: 852 - What If You Couldn't Fail? - by Failure is defined as "falling short of hitting the target." What if you couldn’t fail? How differently might you approach
challenging situations if you knew you could be successful?
To look at "failure" we need to look at two aspects. First, the targets we set and second, our definition ...
Views: 2450 - The Top 10 Reasons to Hire a Business or Executive Coach - by 1. TO KEEP UP
You can't solve tomorrow's issues with yesterday's strategies. An experienced Coach helps you develop the capacity to handle the increased complexity of your world.
2. TIME
The Executive Business Coach is trained to help you identify what's important now and in the future as ...
Views: 1036 - Ten Steps to Uncover Your Core Beliefs - by I once went out for a day with a prospector to look for gold. We arrived at a spot in a mountain stream and he pointed out a certain area for me to start panning. I asked how he knew this particular place had potential and he briefly explained he was looking at the type of rock, water movement, ...
Views: 3840 - The HOW Behind the WOW - by Imagine you have been working at uncovering your Purpose, you have done the reflection, connected the dots of life and WOW, it hits you. "Yes! This is my Purpose!" You look back over your life and indeed, it all lines up. This is what you have been expressing or trying to express in all contexts ...
Views: 710 - Transporting You To Success: How Coaching Can Work for You - by Mentor. Guru. Sage. Teacher. Throughout time people have sought the counsel and advice of wise men and women in order to make better decisions and achieve their goals. Today, in business, music, athletics, acting -- across all disciplines -- people are using coaches to move them from where they ...
Views: 854 - Regrets, I have a few... - by "Gee, I feel so bad. I really should have done this, and when I think back, I really wish I'd never said that to her, and if only I had jumped at that opportunity, maybe I wouldn't be in this situation ..."
Regrets. I don't know many people who are not carrying
around a few. Just thinking ...
Views: 664 - Destination Success - by A few weeks ago I got a phone call from a fellow asking about Success Coaching. He wanted to know if coaching could really help him achieve success.
Experience tells me the answer is "yes." In the 3 1/2 years I have been a professional Success Coach (and the 20 years of study and work ...
Views: 870 - National Stepfamily Day - A Recognition of Family - by According to the Stepfamily Association of America, 1 out of 3 Americans is a stepparent, stepchild, or other member of a stepfamily.
With approximately 1300 new stepfamilies being formed every day in the U.S. and the prediction that by 2010 there will be more stepfamilies in the U.S. than any ...
Views: 1555 - Inner Awakening - by Your world is in the midst of a Spiritual Awakening. It appears quiet yet the inner changes that many are now experiencing is having a profound effect upon the collective consciousness of your dimension. Life forms outside of the earth's atmosphere enjoy the unfolding events with in this great ...
Views: 1245 - Panic Attacks Don't Have to Drive You Crazy - by A client wrote:
"I'm terrified something awful is happening to me. Almost every day I become really scared. I shiver, my chest hurts, my throat goes dry, I feel dizzy, faint and frightened for fifteen or twenty minutes of hell. When this happens I feel sure I'm going insane, or I'm going to die. ...
Views: 1039 - Panic Attacks Don't Have to Drive You Crazy - by A client wrote:
"I'm terrified something awful is happening to me. Almost every day I become really scared. I shiver, my chest hurts, my throat goes dry, I feel dizzy, faint and frightened for fifteen or twenty minutes of hell. When this happens I feel sure I'm going insane, or I'm going to die. ...
Views: 1655 - Quest For Greatness - by Stories start with a character with whom we can identify. That character gets into difficulty. The character heroically overcomes the difficulty and resolves the problem.
This basic formula of character -> problem -> overcome - > resolution, fills books, movies and TV shows. No other formula ...
Views: 932 - MetaScient Oracle Computer Mystic: A New Psychological Technology - by Years ago, while in graduate school at Stanford University, Richard Knapp experienced a life-changing psychical event upon the sudden death of his best friend: a farewell visit from a near-dream reality. That event propelled his fifteen years exploration and analysis into the depths of ...
Views: 2315 - Choosing The Right Web Host – Your Business Depends On It - by There seems to be a lack of information on the subject of Web hosting. It amazes me, because the Web host is literally the backbone of your site. If you get stuck with a shoddy host your site won’t appear on the ‘Net. Your email won’t come through. Your shopping cart won’t function. Without a ...
Views: 800 - Redefining Beauty - by Social Consciousness
What is your current definition of beauty. Is it 5'9, blonde hair, blue eyes, skinny and full breasts, or the male version 6ft tall, broad shouders, a perfect smile, perfect teeth, and a super athletic body. If there is a yes or a maybe in your mind, where do you find ...
Views: 5566 - Perfect Action - No Mistakes - by Everyone has had setbacks before. Normally, most people find a way around, over or through their setbacks. But then, there are those who begin to believe in their mistakes. They begin to give their mistakes life by constantly reliving them. Ernest Holmes says "if the belief in the necessity of ...
Views: 1065 - Creation and the Origin of Man (A Biblical Perspective) - by CREATION
The Origins of Man
Excerpts from the book, The First Law of Creation- Violated
The names "God" and "Jesus" are mere references in the Greek language to "a deity", and not the Personal names of Our Heavenly Father and His Son.
The original archaic Hebrew name of The Creator is YAOHU UL ...
Views: 6110 - A TIME FOR REFLECTION - by It is hard to believe that the holiday season is almost over. Holidays have always been a time to revel in that special joy that comes from sharing and socializing with family, friends, and coworkers. Just the thought of golden juicy turkeys and gifts wrapped in bright shiny paper is enough to ...
Views: 660 - To Cause or Not to Cause - by Once upon a time in the land of Be, where everything is the way it’s supposed to be, there lived a young person. We're not sure whether the person was a boy or a girl. Anyway, this person had an amazing talent. Believe it or not they could cause people to do exactly what they were doing.
Now ...
Views: 839 - The Effects of one’s Position About Spanking - by There continues to be a lot of new articles about spanking children. Some write sincerely in favor of spanking and others passionately oppose it. This article questions the wisdom of any position about spanking. It's occurred to me that my position against spanking in some way empowers those who ...
Views: 1318 - Body Language & Burlesque Workshops - by How does someone set himself or herself up to be a teacher of sensuality? You certainly don't wake up one morning and say, "I think I will teach a sensuality class." As my dear friend and mentor, Gary Austin, says, "You don't decide to become a teacher. It is when someone asks you to teach them ...
Views: 2903 - Become that one in a hundred! - by Did you know that out of 100 new websites, only one will make it? Sobering, isn't it? If you are like me, you stumbled on to the internet, heard stories of those who made millions and decided that this was your chance! You were going to take the ecommerce world by storm.
Chances are, you threw ...
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