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Two Tips to Reduce Stress Drastically Right Now
By: Dan Low    Tuesday, Dec 27, 2011
Conditions: stress, illusions, depression
Most company employees are stressed today. Job stress can lead to poor health and even injury. Stress lowers productivity, increases frustration, and irritability, and does not help you remain psychologically fit. So what should you do? 1: Leave your Bag of “Potatoes” in the junkyard. Imagine a man carrying a 20-kilo bag of potatoes on his back when he is having lunch with a client, talking to colleagues, arriving home... Imagine him taking a bath with his potatoes still on his back, and later sleeping with them. Ain’t it uncomfortable? Not to say downright exhausting and a ...Read More
Life Coaching, Personal Development
Improving Sleep with Ayurveda
By: VitalityLink Finder    Monday, Dec 26, 2011
When I was a child growing up in Colorado, in order to gain listeners, a local disc jockey held a contest to see who could guess how long he could broadcast music without falling asleep. I must have been fascinated with how a man could put himself through so much torture, since his stunt seemed like one of the worst possible violations of the laws of nature. He lasted about 8 days. When Shakespeare wrote, "Gentle sleep is nature's soft nurse," he invoked the idea that there are few panaceas like a good rest, and restful sleep is the norm for all animals except humans. Even animals that are ...Read More
Ayurvedic Medicine
The Healing Power of Nature and Friendship
By: VitalityLink Finder    Sunday, Dec 25, 2011
Have you ever noticed how good you feel after a walk in the park or a mountain camping trip? There is something about a summer fishing adventure that makes us relax and feel content. A day at the beach seems to renew the spirit. While enjoying a restful vacation at the lake I read an interesting article in an issue of Utne Reader. The article said that scientists have discovered that spending time in nature makes us feel good. It’s healthy to gaze at lovely blue summer sky, to experience the scent of a pine forest, and to listen to the sound of a waterfall or summer breeze rustling ...Read More
Counselling, Herbal Medicine
Reframe that Problem
By: VitalityLink Finder    Sunday, Dec 25, 2011
Even when a situation can’t be changed, your mental frame of reference can. Is your busy day a nightmare or is it evidence that your business is thriving? Is your assertive two-year-old a monster-in-the-making or does she just have a mind of her own? Seeing things from a different and more flexible perspective is a great tool to have in your mental bag of tricks. I once visited a wonderful church in southern California. The minister was so wise and charismatic that several thousand people showed up every Sunday morning. There were three services to accommodate the crowd. They ran short ...Read More
Counselling, Spiritual Intelligence
Active Isolated Stretching: An Introduction
By: VitalityLink Finder    Wednesday, Dec 21, 2011
Chiropractors have taken up the banner for pro-active health care. Adjustments to the spine play the most important role, yet again it is the holding of the adjustment for which we strive. Without flexibility training, patients tend to lose their adjustments faster. Physiologically, there doesn’t seem to be any better system of flexibility training than Active Isolated Stretching (AIS). The benefits of AIS are numerous. This system is derived from a need to “unglue” the effects of fascial sheath adhesions. The directional forces that are applied help to realign the collagen ...Read More
Chiropractic
Sweep Out Old Relationship Issues and Ring in New Closeness
By: VitalityLink Finder    Monday, Dec 19, 2011
What was your New Year's resolution? Stop procrastinating, start exercising, give up those midnight snacks? BORING!!! (As a friend of mine is fond of saying.) But here's a resolve that can really brighten and de-stress your life: finally taking a good look at those niggling relationship issues, resentments or secrets that keep us feeling slightly (or very) guilty. These are usually aspects of friendships we don't want to acknowledge, even to ourselves. Yet even seemingly small issues can play a powerful role in tarnishing relationships and diminishing closeness. Eleanore has recently married ...Read More
Couples Counseling
Mainstreaming Alternative Medicine
By: VitalityLink Finder    Sunday, Dec 18, 2011
For many advocates of alternative medicine, a report in last year's New England Journal of Medicine confirmed what they had long suspected. Researchers found that one in three Americans turn to "unconventional therapies" (often called alternative medicine) to alleviate a variety of problems ranging from back pain to anxiety, a statistic that would seem to set the word "alternative" on its ear. The same study also found that the number of visits to alternative practitioners exceeded the number of visits to primary care practitioners and that Americans spent a staggering $10.3 billion dollars ...Read More
Acupuncture, Holistic Health
Managing Stress Through Interiorization
By: VitalityLink Finder    Saturday, Dec 17, 2011
Conditions: stress
French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartres famous statement "Hell is other people", illustrates the commonly held assumption -- harbored silently or expressed outright "that others ( our boss, mother-in-law, husband, wife, colleagues, parents, government etc. ) are to blame for our problems, unhappiness, frustrations and lack of success. It seems that almost everybody believes we become ill because we are victims of an attack perpetrated against us by: bacteria, viruses, defective genes that we inherited from our parents, environmental pollutants; that our problems are due to too little (or too ...Read More
Counselling
Peace? What are You Giving and Receiving?
By: Katelon Jeffereys    Saturday, Dec 10, 2011
Conditions: Stress, frustration, limiting beliefs, despair
As you read this, the US is still mired in wars in the Middle East and the question still remains for me, Peace? What are you giving and receiving? It has long been a belief, and a point of inquiry of mine, that what goes on within us is a microcosm of the greater reality reflected out into the world. And so, along with activism, I continue to look within to discover, embrace and heal those places within myself that are at war. It is my intention, inside and out, to do what I can to embody, give and receive peace in the world. In the ancient text, The Essence Gospel of Peace, it states ...Read More
Akashic Record Readings, Bio-Energy Therapy
Calm Focus: 6 Natural Stress Relievers that Won't Zap Your Energy
By: Isaac Eliaz    Tuesday, Dec 06, 2011
When it comes to stress relief, most of us need a little help. Whether you practice daily meditation, take brisk walks or engage in a friendly chat, there are many forms of relief that don’t require a pharmaceutical drug or a trip to a psychiatrist’s office. However, many anxiety-reducing treatments, both conventional and alternative, can make you feel drowsy and even fatigued. The following suggestions are natural therapies that can help keep you focused and energized while encouraging you let go of the stresses that commonly overwhelm you mentally, physically and emotionally. ...Read More
Meditation, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)