We are currently looking for an Official SelfGrowth.com Guide to "Mind Body Healing". If you have expertise in Mind Body Healing and your own website and/or product for this topic, please review this form for complete details. The Official Guide Position is part of our Premium Placement Package
The Mayo clinic offers us this definition for osteoarthritis:
"Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, affecting millions of people around the world. Often called wear-and-tear arthritis, osteoarthritis occurs when the protective cartilage on the ends of your bones wears down ... Views: 1986
Are considering a yoga retreat? You have allocated the time and money and are committed to a meaningful experience. How do you know what to expect from your upcoming retreat? A little forethought, research and proper planning can make your retreat a profound life experience a la Eat, Pray, ... Views: 1977
This morning, as I was meditating, I had one of those special moments of awakening. As I was in the moment, I remembered that the last time I had a profound experience of awakening, I tried to cling to it, thinking, “I want life to be like this forever.” The moment I attached to the experience, ... Views: 1976
HEALING SILENT WOUNDS OF WAR: POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER(ptsd)
By, Martha Tassinari, Physical Therapist/Certified CranioSacral Therapist and Owner of South Shore Healing Center, Duxbury, MA
Are you a veteran who has been diagnosed with PTSD and is discouraged with your present ... Views: 1973
Want to make a change in your life? Whether it’s losing weight, a career change, or remaking a relationship if you want to make any real and lasting changes then you can’t do it alone. I work with hundreds of patients and workshop attendees who desire to transform their lives and one of the ... Views: 1972
The reasons we are afraid are, in many ways, as unique as we are, and often need to be addressed individually. But let us explore the root of fear as it relates to healing.
Fear is what we experience at the threshold of the unknown. When I received the answer to one of my healing questions ... Views: 1969
If you are a person who has struggled with long-standing health issues that don't get better no matter what you do, you probably have some resistance to healing. We are all running subconscious tapes that color our approach to life. We have picked up the beliefs and influence of those around us ... Views: 1967
This question came from one of my readers, and I think it is a really significant question to be asking. Limiting beliefs are often hidden from our view, so how are you supposed to do something about them if you don’t know what they are and how to find them.
Before you go looking for your ... Views: 1961
Research Reveals the Healing Power of the Mind
One Study Invalidates Much of Medical Science
My lifelong assertion that much of medical science is literally wishful thinking has now been confirmed by new, groundbreaking scientific research involving the, so far, underestimated healing ... Views: 1959
Definition
A sleep disorder (somnipathy) is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns. It’s important to understand why sleep disorder can deteriorate your health and interfere with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning as it effects your nervous system in the production of the ... Views: 1956
The modern world is an exciting place to be in and for many individuals, an optimally-functioning brain and a reliable memory are needed to fully harness one's abilities to be the best that one can be. Unfortunately, many adults suffer from memory lapses, deficiency in concentration, and ... Views: 1953
Whether a person knows anything about EFT or not, it is possible that just reading this article and thinking about each question, can bring a certain amount of relief. Sometimes just observing the discomfort is enough to help you feel better.
I have studied Gary Craig’s videos for hundreds of ... Views: 1953
Most of us live in the HSFL (the High Stress Fast Lane) multitasking furiously, leaving little if no time to nourish the Self. We run in late to yoga and run out before Savansana, the best part! We whittle our thumbs away on our smartphones and swig down our cafe-latte-mocha-choka from ... Views: 1952
Stress. It's the body's natural response to pressure and change. It's a part of life. You can't hide from stress or avoid experiencing it, but you can learn to manage your reactions and efficiently deal with the effects of stress.
In today's fast-pace world, many people are so accustomed to ... Views: 1950
Finally, after a summer of moving to Maryland, editing, and working with the publisher, my new book is about to be born. It is due out before Christmas and will be available on Amazon and Barnes and Nobel. I am excited because this book is a reflection of my work over the years, both as a ... Views: 1944
“Your mind is your instrument. Learn to be its master and not its slave. Meditation is the gateway, through which you arrive to the world of freedom.”
-Remez Sasson
You may be wondering why the subconscious mind is so important, after all we're mainly talking about body transformation here. ... Views: 1943
The conventional spiritual involvements are through religious concepts and, hence, through the verbal approach. In contrast, the non-verbal awareness takes us to a different spiritual dimension untouched by the conditioned mind. It clears one’s psyche of all the muck that it collects in its ... Views: 1940
Being betrayed by a loved one can leave you feeling angry, unwilling to trust again and angry. You may also suffer a blow to your self-esteem and most devastating of all, heart-break. The pain of heart-break is so intense that you feel as if you are losing your mind. Having a deep love for ... Views: 1936
You have within you an amazing power that can bring about miraculous outcomes. The power that you have has been known to cure incurable diseases, build billion dollar empires, paint masterpieces, create great sports dynasties, and build lifestyles with abundance, great friends and loving ... Views: 1933
It is amazing how many people are on antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications nowadays. What is even more surprising is how many of them are teens and young adults who get diagnosed and put on drugs for the long haul.
After antibiotics, the most common prescriptions are for ... Views: 1929
Do you have a problem with shy bladder or paruresis? Can you simply not go into a public bathroom and urinate or if someone is near you do you avoid going?
You can find a cure to this problem and we will give you some ideas that won't even cost money.
Hypnosis is something that will be ... Views: 1928
Aging is something that happens to every one of us throughout our lives. It's a normal process. In spite of this, your lifestyle inclinations can very well have an effect on just how your body and mind age.
Taking care of your body both inside and out will provide you with a healthy ... Views: 1927
Perioral Dermatitis is a condition that affects the skin of the face. Women are generally more affected by POD than men or children, though it does affect everyone. Even though Dermatologists call this condition “normal”, the person that is dealing with it feels anything but normal. When I ... Views: 1926
As a species, we have really perfected the art of worrying. We worry about everything tiny detail, as if worrying about it will lessen the blow, or make whatever we are trying to avoid not happen.
We worry about whether or not we are going to get old, sick, die, or any variation on this ... Views: 1925
After an assault, the first priority is to help your mind release the pain, shock and trauma of the experience in order to move on. To do this, you have to coax your subconscious into unfreezing itself and allowing these changes to occur. The following healing exercise is one I have used many ... Views: 1923
If you’ve been dieting for weight-loss for some time and have found that the diet isn’t “working” – by whatever measure you care to apply – then the reason for this has to be to do with diet, or it has to do with how you are mentally and physiologically responding.
Let’s start by fuelling the ... Views: 1916
Steps to Developing Your Intuition
“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” – Albert Einstein
Step 1. Get comfortable in your body. Your body is an intuitive instrument. ... Views: 1916
One of the things that give me most joy as a yoga teacher is asking a group of students to simply stand, and connect with their breath. No matter what kind of a day they’ve had, a moment of magic happens when they feel the support of the ground under them, and their breath moving through them. ... Views: 1916
The function of sexual health and the maintenance and upkeep of a good love life, one of life's pleasures and important in any loving relationship and help to keep couples in harmony with themselves and each other, when a couple suffered from disorders such as erectile dysfunction or as in the ... Views: 1913
T’ai Chi Ch’uan To Promote Good Health
Copyright Harvey Kurland, M.Sc., MFS, CSCS, 2003
www.myspace.com/hkurland
The latest research shows stress reduction helps to prevent angina in Heart Patients during stressful events. Recently low intensity exercise has been shown to prevent heart ... Views: 1911
This morning I was working with a client who seemed to need the ability to check in with herself regarding decisions that would come up in business or even life in general but was scared she was misinterpreting her own gut feeling. In a matter of just a few minutes I explained to her how to ... Views: 1910
Feelings are not facts. This is important to understand because when we are under the influence of a strong feeling, we have the sense this feeling will never end. If the feeling is anger, we are consumed with fiery heat. If the feeling is sadness, we are heavy, lethargic. If the feeling is ... Views: 1905
Meditation (or mindfulness training) is proven to be very helpful for eating disorder sufferers. If practiced regularly, meditation can balance abnormal mental states of patients. It can also bring them peace and stability.
The brains of eating disorder sufferers are overloaded with abnormal ... Views: 1905
Perception is a quirky thing.
Because, sometimes, lurking in the not-too-hidden recesses of our minds, is a part of us that wants to keep us in pain, shame, hopelessness. And it often it does this by lying to us. Even in the face of evidence to the contrary.
And we believe . . .
We must ... Views: 1905
The best yoga positions to aid fertility have a few key things in common:
- Increase Circulation to the Reproductive Organs
- Balance Hormones
- Reduce Stress
You made have already heard that inversions like headstand and shoulder stand are powerful fertility aids. Those positions ... Views: 1901
Can your thoughts, either positive or negative affect your health? It may sound like science fiction, but there is plenty of scientific evidence that shows this to be true.
Most people don’t want to believe that they have caused their own illnesses. It’s much easier to be a random victim of ... Views: 1901
Have you been trying to make big (or small) changes in your life for a while now, and they're either just not sticking or you’re becoming overwhelmed and quitting? If you need support in blowing past old beliefs, challenges, patterns, habits or if you’re in a big transition in your life right ... Views: 1898
Regulate mood disorders with sugar free depression foods such as Omega 3 Fatty Acids,serotonin,amino acids and low fat diet.With more and more people looking to nature and natural ways to care for their health, it is only natural that people are looking for ways to eat healthier while treating ... Views: 1896
The soul chakra emanates from mid-way between the navel and base of the spine. As with all chakras, it takes the shape of a funnel with the small end closest to the body and extends out from the front and back of the physical body.
The soul chakra is the seat of our safety and freedom. ... Views: 1895
Recently, my daughter made a trip to the town where she was born. Unfortunately, it was not a happy occasion. The daughter of one of her childhood friends had committed suicide.
The girl was 15 years old when she decided that she could not tolerate any more bullying. The only way she could ... Views: 1895
In your healing journey, you may have heard about the importance of quieting your mind in order to receive intuitive insights and guidance to assist you in your healing. But if you have never meditated before, the thought of doing so can be overwhelming. And if you have ever sat down to ... Views: 1888
Daily meditation is an essential Spiritual practice of the Integrated Ascended Master. It is the process of withdrawing our attention from the outer world and directing it towards the inner world.
Why should I meditate?
To quiet the mind, enter a space of no thought, attune with Spirit, and ... Views: 1887
I’ve written before about pain as a vital messenger, letting us know what needs to be addressed in our mind-body system. Symptoms and pain certainly wake us up to the need to take an internal peek at ourselves, mentally, emotionally, and also physically. I’ve written a lot about the mental and ... Views: 1884
Palmistry is one of the most popular branches of divination. In this method of astrology predictions are made on the basis of body parts, skin color and etc. palmistry got its name from the palms as it studies the characteristics of the palm such as shape, color, lines and signs. In this article ... Views: 1879
Americans now spend between $33 and $55 billion annually on weight loss products and services. (1) The high dollar items include medical procedures, pharmaceuticals and weight loss centers. It is now estimated that 45 million Americans enroll in a weight loss program at weight loss center or a ... Views: 1878
The social organization of our world is changing. People are getting married later in their lives. Unions between couples are not always in traditional marriages, but increasingly as cohabitation, with or without children. A significant amount of marriages dissolve and we are left wondering ... Views: 1878
Have you ever questioned why you went through a difficult situation in your life? Most of us consider that such events are bad luck. However, I would like to offer an alternative approach to understanding obstacles.
To keep your physical body in shape, what have you found most beneficial? Do ... Views: 1877
Do you ever feel bogged down by being too good? It happens all the time and it's dangerous! Being too good can be deadly for your health, creativity and relationships. Fortunately turning this around can be great healing fun.
Each week I talk with wonderful men and women who are being too ... Views: 1876
Busy families yearn for a slower, simpler life… one that is reminiscent of the long, and more expansive summer days. When the academic school year starts, lives become inundated with rigorous schedules. This is when our ability to keep the focus on balance within our lives goes a little (or a ... Views: 1875
When the essence of your life, which is consciousness, connects to something, a commitment is formed. A superficial level of commitment happens when your consciousness connects to the thoughts of something and you are just left committed to your own mind. The most common example of a deeper ... Views: 1874