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New to magnetic fields? Start here - By Dr. William Pawluk- A Holistic Healing Through Thai Massage - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraThai massage is one of the ancient healing arts practiced for centuries. It has long originated and developed for over 2500 years from the time of Buddha and has been performed by monks for hundreds of years in Southeast Asia. Thai massage was an element of indigenous Thai medicine and was ...
Views: 1218 - How to Use Guided Imagery to Help Improve Your Health - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from Anne MarshallAthletes do it, business men do it and sportsmen wouldn't be without it. I am of course talking about using the power of your mind to help you improve your health and wellbeing. Of course, there are many mind skills techniques available to help you enhance healing and create change but the ...
Views: 2067(2 votes) - Detox Emotions this Spring - by Submitted on May 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhile spring is the perfect time to detox the deep tissues of the body, few of us realize the opportunity each spring brings with regard to a deep emotional cleanse. In nature, the harvest in the spring is basically one rich in low fat foods. If we were forced to eat only according to nature's ...
Views: 958 - True Holistic Wealth Creation - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Marie BarrettAbundance of positive energy in every part of your life is the prime characteristic of holistic wealth creation. Holistic wealth maintenance in life means you constantly sustain abundance, effulgence, harmonious bounty and flow in every area of your life experience. So to create an ...
Views: 1808 - Who Were You in Your Previous Life? - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Nigel CoatesDo you believe we live more than once? Do you believe in Reincarnation? It's a yes or no question, but when most people answer, they answer with an explanation. Reincarnation is an interesting thought or concept to entertain. Are we really spiritual souls just having a physical experience? Or ...
Views: 2676(2 votes) - What’s Your Smell IQ? - by Submitted on May 24, 2009 from Luke VorstermansYour nose sits in the middle of your face unobtrusively going about its business 24/7. How much do you really know about its function? Most people pay little attention to their sense of smell. Other than providing a placeholder for reading glasses, our sense of smell goes about its daily ...
Views: 1718 - Definition of Homeopathy - by Submitted on May 22, 2009 from Giri AnanthaHomeopathy is an ancient method of treating ailments. In this method of treatment the body is encouraged to cure on its own accord gradually. This is the principle practiced in homeopathic medicine. In this manner of medication and treatment, the body mobilizes its instinct to defend on its ...
Views: 1029 - Homeopathy: The 21st Century Treatment - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Giri AnanthaHomeopathy is the second most used form of medical treatment in the world and is considered a safe form of treatment. Hundreds of millions of people use homeopathic treatments and remedies including famous people in both the entertainment and sports industries. Even royalty have successfully ...
Views: 1136 - ***Painful Procrastinations are an invitation to look inward with WHEE - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Daniel BenorOnly put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. - Pablo Picasso Who has never set aside unpleasant, tedious or distasteful tasks, hoping that the need to address them might disappear, or that someone else would step forward to do the ...
Views: 1006 - ***Transforming Negative Beliefs and Expectations that Spoil Our Enjoyment of Life - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Daniel BenorThe expectation that something bad will happen stems from the belief that something bad has happened, neither of which, on the most fundamental level, is true. - Alan Cohen Our childhood experiences often shape the rest of our lives. When we have suffered from neglect, physical or emotional ...
Views: 1473(2 votes) - ***Saying What We're Doing - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Daniel BenorLabels and titles set the tone and direction for our actions. What we call ourselves both identifies and directs our actions. The ways therapists/caregivers identify what they are doing sets expectations for themselves and for the careseekers who come to them for help. Complementary/ ...
Views: 1020(1 vote) - ***Mind of Head and of Heart - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Daniel BenorSome people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. - David Hare Introduction In wholistic conceptualizations, our primary consciousness resides in spirit and is expressed through ...
Views: 1245 - ***The What and the How - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Daniel BenorThe work will wait while you show your child the rainbow, but the rainbow won't wait while you do the work. - Patricia Clafford Introduction How we approach each person and each task in life may be as important as the content of how we relate and what we do. This has been ...
Views: 917 - 10 Tips on How to Stay Emotionally Healthy - by Submitted on May 16, 2022 from Alice LandryEmotional health refers to your overall psychological wellbeing. People who are emotionally healthy handle stress well, deal with challenges as opportunities, have a positive self-image, and are able to sustain healthy relationships. Review the following tips on how to stay emotionally ...
Views: 16981(5 votes) - An Essential Component to Optimal Health: Supporting Nervous System Function Through Chiropractic Adjustments - by Submitted on May 18, 2009 from Douglas HusbandsAccording to an article published in the journal of the American Family Physician, there are at least 106,000 deaths each year in the United States from the side effects of properly prescribed medications[1], and that 10 percent of hospital admissions may be attributable to drug-induced ...
Views: 1984(2 votes) - Eight Spiritual Universal Principles in the Art of Practice - by Submitted on May 18, 2009 from Laura FineAs hands-on healers, massage therapists, body workers, we have tremendous responsibility and great opportunity to provide our client’s with an experience of touch that can have a profound impact on their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. This experience begins the moment the ...
Views: 1509(3 votes) - Home Remedies for Heartburn - Simple and Effective - by Submitted on May 16, 2009 from J D WatkinsonAnyone who suffers from the discomfort of acid reflux after eating will usually search for effective home remedies for heartburn. The problem usually occurs soon after eating when some of the digestive acid in your stomach escapes upward into the esophagus. This can cause a great amount of ...
Views: 907 - What is Human Energy Science? - by Submitted on May 15, 2009 from Kyre AdeptHuman Energy Science is a set of transformational tools and techniques based on Geotran™, the “language of creation”. Imagine for a second that you operate like a computer: you have hardware (a body), wiring (nervous system, synapses, brain/body connection), and software (the ways you go about ...
Views: 1564 - My Top 5 Supplement Recommendations for Men and Women - by Submitted on May 15, 2009 from Douglas HusbandsDo nutritional supplements just give you “expensive urine”? No, according to a study commissioned by the Dietary Supplement Education Alliance as reported in May 2007. The study focused on calcium-vitamin D combinations, folic acid, omega-3 fatty acids, and lutein-zeaxanthin combinations. The ...
Views: 19333(5 votes) - Whole-Body Approach to Osteoporosis: How to Create an Anabolic Body - by Submitted on May 14, 2009 from New Harbinger PublicationsNo matter who you are, if you walk deeply into the forest enough times, you’re going to get lost. I certainly have—several times. Dark, twisting ravines, steeply sloped hillsides, and impenetrable tangles can be disorienting. That’s the bad news. The good news is that if you persist, if you ...
Views: 3533(1 vote) - Key Nutrients for Bone Health - by Submitted on May 14, 2009 from New Harbinger Publications• Calcium. This mineral is vital for skeletal mineralization, blood clotting, conduction of nerve impulses, buffering of acidic blood, enzyme activity, and muscle contractions. • Phosphorus. This mineral is important for energy, enzyme activity, muscle contraction, and nerve ...
Views: 5893(1 vote) - Self-Doubt Does Not Have to Win - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from Shayn CutinoIf you turn on the television news these days, you will not have to wait long for someone to tell you that we are living in difficult and uncertain times. The global economy is struggling, there are continuing conflicts between leaders and countries, and now there is even a flu named after a ...
Views: 1641(1 vote) - Your Cotton T-shirt May Be Poisoning You - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from Kathleen BarnesWe all love our cozy cotton T-shirts, shirts, pants, underwear, towels and sheets. They feel comfy and safe. The cotton industry fosters that illusion with its “fabric of our lives” campaign, pushing the notion that this “natural “ fiber is healthy and creates happiness. Nothing could be ...
Views: 3453 - Make Peace with Your Past and Heal Instantly - by Submitted on May 08, 2009 from Lily MarsIn readings and energy sessions with my clients, I often get new ideas for helping individuals heal from age-old emotional wounds or traumas that continue to spark pain and anguish. My work with Ancestral Healings* has gone a long way toward addressing the psychic and emotional pain many ...
Views: 1541 - Medical Herbalism: The Cardiovascular System - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com The Cardiovascular System The beauty of a spring meadow in bloom, the profound sense of presence in a grove of Redwoods--the heart takes flight ...
Views: 1795 - Gemstone Reflexology - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "Gemstone Reflexology" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com THE GEM STICKS The gem stick, also known as crystal tip or gem tip, bundles the energy in the tip of the stone and distributes it broadly on its blunt side. This energy has a different ...
Views: 3426(5 votes) - Healthy Maternal Thyroid Function For A Healthy Baby - by Submitted on May 05, 2009 from Douglas HusbandsThis article is a must read for all women, especially those over 35 years old, who desire become pregnant now or at some time in the future. In my September 2007 newsletter, I reviewed the association of DNA oxidation with the development of Down's syndrome. In that issue, I also discussed a ...
Views: 2726 - 9 Ways You Can Avoid Swine Flu - by Submitted on May 04, 2009 from Ann MusicoThe Center for Disease Control estimates 10-20% of Americans get the flu during flu season. The flu is a virus. Some viruses can live anywhere from 20 minutes up to 2 hours or more on surfaces like doorknobs, computer keyboards, phones, money, desks and cafeteria tables. You can pick up these ...
Views: 1590 - Loving Our Chakras - by Submitted on May 01, 2009 from Chiara Tino'Chakra' - meaning 'spinning wheel' is the name of an energy house. We, as human beings have seven main chakras but in total, 162 of them are located throughout the body. Each of the seven vibrate to a particular color and their state affects our state of being. Energy exists with or ...
Views: 1361 - Your Health = Your pH - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2009 from Amy MosherWhat if you could, without a doctor and for no more than the cost of a few pennies, learn the state of your health? You can: easily and in less than a minute’s time. If the result is not a healthy one but you’re not suffering from malfunction (yet), knowing your pH now affords you time to make ...
Views: 1094 - Does the Mind Affect the Body? - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2009 from Amy MosherFor many decades I have contemplated and explored how the mind can affect the body. Although the body is the smallest and most dense part of each of us, its health can have a dramatic impact on our ability to enjoy our life. Below are 5 excerpts below from my ebook “Your Health = Your pH: How ...
Views: 3249(1 vote) - Swine Flu Protection Advice - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2009 from Andrew FenwickThe world is in the grip of its own terror with the threat of a pandemic flu strain sweeping across the globe. Now is a great time to take account of your efforts to be well and ramp up those activities. Take note that we have a particularly nasty flu bug that has originated in a small crowded ...
Views: 1098(1 vote) - Holistic Protection and Defense from the Swine Flu - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2009 from Douglas HusbandsAs of April 28, 2009, there are 66 confirmed cases of the swine flu in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). In addition, besides Mexico, cases have been reported in Spain, Scotland and Canada. Has the swine-flu virus pandemic got you worried? Do you know how ...
Views: 2011 - The Past Cannot Be Changed, But Today Can - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2009 from Roberta BarnesToday/Now you can change your view of your past, and this changes the vibrations you attach to the past. Changing ourselves requires deprogramming. Japanese style Reiki deprogramming is one of the gentlest and most effective ways of making those changes today/Now/in the present moment that ...
Views: 2259 - I Can't Remember and I Don't Know Where I'm Going - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2009 from Bernie SiegelI would like to reveal to you the advantages of footsteps and amnesia. Let me begin with footsteps. I am sure most of you are aware of the story about the man who walked with God and there were, therefore, always two sets of footprints. At a time of great difficulty the man noticed only one set ...
Views: 981 - Leaky Gut Syndrome - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2009 from Laura YatesLeaky Gut Syndrome is a gastrointestinal disorder whereby the lining of the intestine becomes weak due to repetitive irritation. Large holes in the walls of the gut are therefore created which allows food toxins and undigested food particles to leak into the bloodstream. Leaky Gut is mainly ...
Views: 940 - When Healing Becomes a Commodity - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Russ Reina, a firetender (Healing Arts)Most practitioners of medicine (any modality) begin their careers with the intent to be healers. Many artists (any modality) enter their chosen modes of creativity to be vehicles of healing for others, through expression. The skewed concept of values that our society impose on us takes many of ...
Views: 1039 - Ritual and Sacred Space in Healing - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Russ Reina, a firetender (Healing Arts)There was a routine I had at the beginning of each shift as a paramedic. It was to work with my partner to prepare the ambulance for our time in it. This included cleanliness along with making sure that each item was there that was supposed to be there, and where it was supposed to be. With a ...
Views: 1215 - The Ambulance as Metaphor: A Vehicle for the Healer - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Russ Reina, a firetender (Healing Arts)Back in the nineteen-seventies, when I was in my twenties, I began putting words to my experience as one of the first paramedics in the country. I grew up within the context of that profession. At first, I began working on building favorable local publicity. I focused my writing on educating ...
Views: 3276 - Changing Your Relationship With Food - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Barbara HoltzmanChanging Your Relationship with Food By Barbara L. Holtzman, MSW, LICSW How do you decide what and when to eat? Because it’s lunchtime? Because someone brought donuts to the staff meeting? Because you’re tired or bored? Most of us eat based on external stimuli rather than our own physical ...
Views: 5370(1 vote) - Homemade Remedies to Ease Your Sniffles - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Monica ShahGarlic, though it can leave you smelly also happens to be one of nature's wonder remedies. It has anti-viral, anti-fungal, and anti-bacterial properties. In other words, it stops just about anything in its tracks (including those who might want to get close to you). Garlic is even currently ...
Views: 1137 - Energy Misalignment and Disease - Are You at Dis-ease with Yourself? - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Christina HarteryThe emphasis is on us to take action in our lives to make the relevant and necessary changes. We are all responsible for being conscientious for our thoughts, emotions and actions and as a collective whole we can change the planet for the better. As the collective whole raising the vibrationery ...
Views: 1557 - Ten Simple Ways to Enhance Your Fertility - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Christina Wolf1. Pinpoint your ovulation. If you have only a vague idea of when you ovulate or if you think that just because you have a 28-day menstrual cycle you probably ovulate on day 14, then you may be missing your opportunity to get pregnant every month. Use basal body temperature (BBT) charts, ...
Views: 7897(1 vote) - Male Factor Infertility and Chinese Medicine - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Christina WolfFor far too long women have shouldered the blame, and the shame, for a couple's inability to have a baby. The truth is, male factor infertility, where a problem with a man's semen and/or sperm keep it from fertilizing a woman's egg, accounts for about 40% of all infertility. Why so much ...
Views: 1432 - Making Peace with Food & Your Body - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Barbara HoltzmanImagine a world where our bodies were all considered equally beautiful. No more dieting (and the bingeing that naturally follows a diet) in order to conform to this culture’s current standard. What a liberating fantasy! Our culture, unfortunately, is still entrapped in its rigid norms. An ...
Views: 1274 - One-Diagnosis-Fits-All Medicine - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Bette DowdellHere’s the scene: You go to the doctor dragging your patooty behind you. Your body got fat, but your hair got thin. Overwhelmed by a whole new definition of tired, you find yourself doing beached whale impressions while life goes to pot. Well, who could cope anyway? For all you know, your ...
Views: 1294 - How to Lower Your Triglycerides, Stop Obesity, Diabetes & Heart Disease Naturally - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Shane EllisonThere are a lot of things to be grateful for in life. A great career, family, a good friend or two, a nice house, a slick car and vacations are usually at the top. But gleaming far above any one of these is great health. This fact hit Stan hard when his doctor told him his triglycerides were too ...
Views: 1059 - Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Pt 8 - by Submitted on May 09, 2011 from Susun WeedHerbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors used - and our neighbors around the world still use - plant medicines for healing and health maintenance. It's easy. You can do it too, and you don't need a degree or any special training. ...
Views: 1855(1 vote) - Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Pt 7 - by Submitted on May 09, 2011 from Susun WeedHerbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors used - and our neighbors around the world still use - plant medicines for healing and health maintenance. It's easy. You can do it too, and you don't need a degree or any special training. ...
Views: 1680(1 vote) - Be Your Own Herbal Expert - Pt 6 - by Submitted on May 09, 2011 from Susun WeedHerbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors used - and our neighbors around the world still use - plant medicines for healing and health maintenance. It's easy. You can do it too, and you don't need a degree or any special training. ...
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