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VIBRATIONAL MEDICINE: Release subtle energy blocks to restore balance

VIBRATIONAL MEDICINE: Healing with energy

Vibrational medicine, also known as energy healing, vibrational healing or energy medicine, is an alternative form of healing that works on the body’s subtle energy…

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THE FACTS ON FOOD ADDITIVES: Reading nutrition facts food labels

What are you eating - A look beyond nutrition facts

How many of you woke up this morning, sat down at the breakfast table and without a thought, poured your favourite cereal into a bowl with your milk of choice?…

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TIBETAN / HIMALAYAN BOWLS: Using sound healing to heal cancer

Soundwaves - Sound Healing and Cancer - The role of Tibetan Singing Bowls

Sound healing is fast becoming internationally respected as an effective modality in the healing process for many physical, emotional and spiritual…

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HEALING THROUGH TOUCH: Reduce stress and lift your mood

Healing through touch: reducing stress and lifting your mood

I was paying the bills and trying to figure out how to get my daughter to ballet while still making it to my late meeting. Stress was leaking into the gaps between…

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Nourishing body and spirit

Food for thought

The food we eat, for the most part, is driven by internal desires that have disastrous consequences, particularly for our connection to all living beings. Awareness about changing our consciousness around food consumption has yet to filter through to the North American mainstream, and the vast consumption of meat and alcohol constitutes an excessive ecological footprint, which is costly and damaging. Furthermore, it is not good for our health

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HOW TO CHOOSE A TIBETAN BOWL

Tibetan bowls seem to be all the rage these days. Many people are tuning into their healing capabilities and learning how to use them. The two questions I get all the time are: “How do I choose a good bowl” and “How do I know which bowl is good for a specific chakra”. People also call to obtain a bowl with a certain musical note. My answers to these questions are founded in the Eastern philosophy rather

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TIBETAN SINGING BOWLS: Introduction to Sound Healing with Tibetan Singing Bowls

“If we accept that sound is vibration and we know that vibration touches every part of our physical being, then we understand that sound is heard not only through our ears but through every cell in our bodies. One reason sound heals on a physical level is because it so deeply touches and transforms us on the emotional and spiritual planes. Sound can redress imbalances on every level of physiologic functioning and can play

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CUDDLING: Barry du Plooy discusses the art of a well-meant cuddle

CUDDLING WITH MEANING: Barry du Plooy discusses the art of a well-meant cuddle Can you imagine, getting together with a bunch of total strangers with the express intention of allowing them to touch and cuddle with you? Eeeeeeuw! is the reaction some have to this question. My reaction? Oh WOW! – that is such a [...]

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Prickly feelings in spirituality and holistic medicine

Bhagavad Gita : Krishna and Arjuna

Many of us experience that prickly feeling with the body hair standing on end and theBhagavad Gita : Krishna and Arjuna skin looking like “goose bumps” time and again. It is usually associated or identified with chills, shiver and certain emotional states. Less known, however, is that this prickle is informative and effective in the fields of health care and spirituality. This is suggested by both medical studies and the experience of spiritual masters of different cultures.

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QI GONG: An effective antidote to modern stress

There is stress in the world all around us—financial worries over the economy, fears over global political instability, as well as concerns about the environment and the safety of our food and water.

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Intuitive life movement®

Intuitive life movement®

INTUITIVE LIFE MOVEMENT® Who are you, right now? Gayle found herself reaching out toward a group member during an exercise about moving intuitivelywith awareness of others. She later reflected, “I kept reminding myself that I don’t do this kind of thing… I can’t spread out and take up so much room on the floor. I [...]

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Sound healing

Sound healing

SOUND HEALING Restore harmony in the body by resonating at your correct frequency Sound Healing uses sound to create balance and alignment in the physical body, the energy centres ouncalled "chakras,” and/or the etheric fields. The sound may be applied by an instrument or by the human voice. Sound Healing is a vibrational therapy and [...]

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Mindfulness and the wellness practitioner

Mindfulness and the wellness practitioner

MINDFULNESS AND THE WELLNESS PRACTITIONER Relax into the present moment to experience Passionate Ease Paying close attention to life through mindfulness helps us discover a world that was always there, but with immense enrichment. Without it, we miss many of life’s pleasures, like recognition of the serendipitous support from life (known to many as Grace), [...]

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HEALING POWERS OF NATURE: Experiential outdoor programs as therapy

HEALING POWERS OF NATURE: Experiential outdoor programs as therapy

The day begins with four families tentatively driving minivans down a dirt road outside of St. Petersburg, Florida to meet their counselors for their first overnight…

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Use Reiki to harness your life energy for healing and relaxation

Use Reiki to harness your life energy for healing and relaxation

“Reiki” is the Japanese phrase for “universal life energy.” It was developed in Japan by minister Mikao Usui in the early 1920s. After studying Buddhist teachings…

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WHAT CHOICE?: How men affect women’s rights in the abortion debate

THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE - The ongoing abortion debate

There’s something terribly wrong with older men holding the power when it comes to state laws regarding abortion. This is clearly reflected in the recent bill…

YOUTH BRIGADE: Giving a voice to young DIY punk rockers

YOUTH BRIGADE - reviving DIY punk rock

As the 1980s approached, the punk subculture exposed a generation of youth who were searching for a musical outlet to a “do-it-yourself” attitude. California band…

THE USE OF SYMBOLISM: Joyce’s “Araby” and Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”

Through an open window from The Story Of An Hour by Kate Chopin - geanine.files.wordpress.com

Symbolism is a literary device used in the short stories “Araby” and “The Story of an Hour”. In “Araby”, symbolism is used to illustrate the meaning of several…

THIKSEY MONASTERY: Ladakh offers respite from India’s busyness

Fifty monks sit cross-legged in long rows. Their prayer books, narrow strips of thick paper bound by string, sit open in front of them. They chant the Buddhist sutras…