New Year Resolutions and Holistic Ways To Make Them Work
Resolutions are these wonderful pacts we make with ourselves to change something in our life. It may be the way we eat, a bad habit we have to change, possibly a new thing we want to accomplish in this particular calendar year. With our soul patterns and energetic grid layout we need to remember it is not just at a new year that we need to do these things. We are in constant change and flux, moving forwards or backwards, and need to remember to change things as much for our goals throughout our entire lifetime.
Read MoreHow Prayer is Similar to What an Energy Healer Does
You may have heard of energy healing as a part of alternative medicine. People have asked me, “How do you, as an energy healer, do what you do?”
Read MoreWhat to Wear For Nia
Being a Nia instructor and a well versed dance student to boot I always get asked “what should I wear?” I remember how intimidating it can be for beginners starting any exercise class. Many people glance over class schedules and see Nia, and wonder, “what is that?” Being new to a class is uncomfortable enough, but having to ask the question “what does Nia mean?” can make one even more nervous. Not to worry, this article will familiarize you with what Nia is and how to prepare from head to toe for your first class.
Read MoreMood Music
Music affects our moods, gets us pumped up, can depress us, and really can be used however we want! The choice is up to YOU!
Read MoreChen – Sinking the Qi to the Dan Tien
Chen means to sink. Chen refers to using your breathing to sink your qi to your dan tien. The dan tien is important to everything we do in tai chi. Chen enhances song and jing. During exhalation, your qi naturally sinks to the dan tien when the principles of tai chi are followed.
Read MoreDo You Get What You Expect From Your Reiki Sessions Or Are You Disappointed?
You may have heard someone say how wonderful the Reiki healing they had was because they could really feel the heat from the healer’s hands. Sometimes people marvel at the feeling they get when they get or give a Reiki self-healing, and sometimes they are disappointed. Of course, that is OK. However, to limit Reiki to a hands-on healing treatment is to miss out on most of the wonders of Reiki. Let me illustrate.
Read MoreConstant Food Cravings Plague Me in My Quest to Eat More Raw Food
The first day you notice that you are craving a large green salad or a great juicy apple or a bowl of sprouted pate with sprouts on top will be a great day indeed. Then you will know that you have rounded a corner in your health regimen, and that you now have a body that you can begin to listen to.
Read MoreDeleting the Effects of Daily Life Routines
It is really the everyday life and the daily life routine that affect all of us more than we realize, because it’s constantly there. Our daily life routine affects us every minute, every second of our lives, and not just once in a while. The health issues that people think they have are really coming from the misunderstanding of what health is.
Read MoreThe Eastern View Versus the Western View of Health
The eastern view and the western view of health and medicine have always been vastly different from one another. Generally speaking, the eastern view has been one of prevention and the western view has been one of treatment. The eastern has been one of looking at the body, mind and spirit as a whole (the holistic view) and the western has been one of looking at individual body parts and symptoms. From this same east versus west perspective let us look at the views of the body from the perspective of stress management, relaxation and yoga.
Read MoreSports Exercise Psychology
Before we go on to explain sports exercise psychology let’s look at the word psychology. The word derived from the word “psyche” which is the soul and the word “ology” which means to study, therefore, the word psychology is the study of the soul. More simply put, it is the study of man’s human behavior as well as animal behavior. In sports exercise psychology, professionals study athletes to see how they act and react to certain stressful anxious or normal sports activities. There are always the questions of “how” and “why” an athlete does something during or after a game. For instance, how does a basketball player feel when he has a good opportunity to make that hoop and fails and how does he react and why does he react in that say? What about the ice skater that falls during a competitive performance? What is the reaction and why? How do these two athletes feel about themselves (not about the performance but themselves)? The professionals that take part in these studies want to know how the athlete’s psychological emotions affect their performance and in reverse, how does the participation in sports and exercise affect the athlete’s game performance.
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