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Like grocery stores stocking organic food and fitness fans flocking to yoga, medicine is going back to the future—with biofeedback. Biofeedback uses modern technology combined with meditation and relaxation to provide real-time information about automatic processes in our bodies—such as heart rate or brain waves—that we normally are not aware of. It converts this information […]
Why do we cheat on ourselves? As I was writing this weekend, my ten-year old son approached my desk and said he had “a confession”. That always peaks a mother’s interest. He said, “I was really looking forward to my friend’s slumber party so I could celebrate by having cake and soda. Then I realized […]
Welcome summer with the promise of heat, fun and economic rebuilding. July starts with a New Moon on the 2nd, just in time for America’s annual birthday party. The economy struggles with inflation and there is fear of foreign dollars. However, there is an excitement for what is to come through the Presidential Election. That […]
What if you only had a few months to live and you knew it? What would you do? How would you live your remaining days? What words of wisdom would you leave behind, especially if you had young children? Such was the dilemma for Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon professor and a married man with […]
When I was a first-grader my girlfriend was the love of my life. One glance from her set my heart a-flutter. The highlight of my day would be to sit near her in class. As summer approached, my heart sank; she lived three miles from me—an impossible distance for a 6-year- old. That summer, I […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_pQi-q5Mj4 Allen Frost talks about the benefits of a bodywork technique called rolfing. It “releases adhesions and lines of strain on the connective tissue whether it’s associated with muscle tissue, abdominal tissues, or the tissues surrounding the spinal cord.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXKNf0PQ7ro This video describes Thai massage and how it can benefit you. “The optimal benefits are to give you relaxation, loosen your tight muscles, loosen your lymphatic drainage, circulation…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWJzdUa47Ns Dr. Stilling’s colon therapy department suggests different things when getting a colonic session and what foods could cause a lot of build up in the colon. “I will suggest that [the patients] talk to the doctor to determine in [their] opinion based on what they’re eaten over the years just how many colonic sessions […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g6eKaxPU2A A quick look at some of the benefits of drinking the recommended 8 glasses of water a day.
A quick look at Trans Fats and why to avoid them, what they do, and where you find them.
