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Belief and Healing
Our belief system is made up of a set of core values, which we tend to base everything we do, say, or believe in. To start our journey in life, we create a set of beliefs, which define us. As part of our healing process, we must evaluate our beliefs. Our Spirit is comprised of our Social health . Within your heart, you’ll know.
What is Metaphysics?
Metaphysics is an original term referring to the writings of Aristotle in his quest to explain physics. In tradition, metaphysics refers to the branch of philosophy that attempts to understand the fundamental nature of all reality, whether visible or invisible. Another words…”beyond the physical”. Therefore, a metaphysician is one who seeks to discover what underlies everything.
Anti-Aging Therapies
Modern theories of aging are generally looked at in two theoretical ways; the damage theories and programmed theories. The Damage Theories primarily looks at the damage that our cells incur over time. This looks at Extrinsic aging which is the aging process compounded by externally caused factors. The Programmed Theories are primarily concerned with the genetics of how long and how efficient our cells…
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Crystals: Cures and Remedies with Feng Shui
Crystals are a very popular feng shui cure since their natural energies can be used to gently protect, clear and nourish energies within our environment. Based on their metaphysical properties, mineral makeup, color and shape. The choice depends on which crystalline energy you want to bring into your surrounding space.
Crop Circles: Mystery of the British Invasion
The crop circle phenomenon can be traced back as far as 1590, with a document referring to strange shapes appearing in wheat fields. The Mowing-Devil pamphlet of 1690 also referred to a farmer’s field being inexplicably mowed in the night. When the crop circles of the 1980s became well known, some scientists said they must be the result of freak wind patterns. Others disagreed, saying the designs were far too perfect to be caused by accident.
Costochondritis
by Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac. Peacefulmind.com Costochondritis is an inflammation in the cartilages where the ribs join the breastbone. Since we have to take breaths in and out of our lungs, there cannot be a direct rigid attachment of the ribs to the breastbone....
Cosmic Web: Dark Matter Revealed
Astronomers have mapped dark matter for the first time on the largest scale ever observed. Edinburgh astronomers studied the way light emitted from 10 million galaxies was bent as it passed massive clumps of dark matter on its journey to Earth.
Cooking with Essential Oils
Rich and aromatic plant oils are most often associated with aromatherapy and are usually used in massage oils, incense and are diffused in the air for a soothing and healing affect. The benefits of essential oils can also be found with their tantalizing use in the kitchen. Cooking with essential oils is just another way of being creative with food preparations.
Compassion
Compassion develops out of our spontaneous feelings of sympathy with others. However, as a spiritual virtue compassion cannot be equated with a sentimental effusion of emotion, nor does it necessarily imply a dictum to lose oneself in altruistic activity. Learn the 7 practices of compassion…
Essential Oils for Christmas
If the aroma of pine is what brings back memories like going out and cutting your own tree, we have a top list of memory-joggers that you are going to love! With nature’s essential oils, the aroma of Christmas need not be forgotten.
Tips for Lowering Cholesterol
Know this: cholesterol itself is not bad thing. In fact, cholesterol is one of the many substances created and used by our bodies to keep us healthy. Cholesterol comes from two sources. Learn to lower your cholesterol naturally.
Choking: The Heimlich Maneuver
Learn how to save someone or yourself from choking. Learn the Heimlich Maneuver.
Chakra: Energies and their Herbal Correspondence
The medicinal benefits of herbs have been recorded for centuries. The word “Chakra” is Sanskrit for wheel or disk and signifies one of seven basic energy centers in the body. Use the following herbs by either anointing the Chakra centers with their essential oils, drinking the herb in the form of herbal tea, using the herb as a compress or poultice.
Change: The Building Blocks We Need
Our lives are made up of the building blocks of change. Change creates the person we must grow to be. Change happens for a reason. That reason is to allow us possibilities we may not have seen in the first place. Here is how you face “change” head on….
Celiac Disease
Celiac disease is an inflammatory disease of the upper small intestine caused by intolerance to the gluten affecting many genetically susceptible individual. Find the best diet, gluten free options, and therapies for treating celiac disease.