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Connect to the earth and heal. Illness, pain, inflammation, injuries, allergies, sleep problems, exhaustion, stress, acid reflux, arthritis, jet lag and other ailments may be improved by simply connecting with the Earth and it’s healing properties. Most of us are electron deficient because we do not walk barefoot in the grass, dirt, sand, and ocean or on concrete as often as we should. We ... Full story

Ho'oponopono is an ancient Hawaiian process to remove subconscious blocks and achieve permanent and positive shifts in all aspects of your life. Sounds great…what is it and how does this work? Originating in Hawaii, Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona taught Ho'oponopono to large and small groups as well as teaching this simple technique to hospitals, colleges and even to the United Nations personnel. One of ... Full story

How are our emotions and expressions of those emotions connected to our heart and well being? Emotions such as anger, fear, anxiety and depression have a direct physiological effect on our heart and arteries. Numerous studies published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology suggests that there is a link between our emotions ... Full story

As we go through our daily routines in life, we tend to center on what is going on in our lives and not so much the lives of others and how we are all connected. If you consider that we are all connected in one form or another, then we all make a difference in each others lives. Sometimes it may be a ... Full story

CHANGES With a New Year comes new resolutions and intentions for a better lifestyle. What choices will you make in 2010? Will your intentions be different then the ones that you had in 2009? One thing that you can depend on is that if you keep doing what you are doing, you will continue getting the same results. If you are ... Full story

Did you ever think about your body having intelligence to heal itself? Our bodies have this innate wisdom to be whole and complete. So what is stopping us from always being in perfect health? We are constantly being exposed to interferences in our environment, which disrupts the flow of energy in our bodies, causing illness. It has been estimated that there ... Full story

As a society we are inundated from the media, commercials, infomercials, movies, fashion shows, magazines, television, etc. with messages that if we would wear certain clothes, use a particular makeup, look a certain way, then we would be beautiful. We are constantly bombarded about losing weight, toning our body, using fake nails or eyelashes, injecting toxins into our body for the sake of less ... Full story

Have you ever thought about your heart's desire? If there was anything in the Universe that you would desire, without limitations, what would that be? Start a list..it could be a mental list or you can physically write down what you would like. What kinds of things are on your list? Do they make your heart sing when you think about ... Full story

Being from La. and in the direct path of several Hurricanes was very frightening and unsettling to say the least. As a practitioner of energetic healing, I knew the power of intentions. There is a website conducting the Intention Experiment for world peace, complying scientific data of the number of people participating. Would it ... Full story

Research indicates that kindness raises our serotonin(the feel good hormone) levels in our bodies, whether we are the recipient or the giver. This re-inerates the adage “in giving, you also receive”. How many ways can you think of to give random acts of kindness? I would love to hear your suggestions and comments on ones that you have tried and the responses. 1.Buy a ... Full story

Energy based modalities are relaxing, nurturing therapies that support the body's natural healing abilities. Using techniques that produce the relaxation response, allows for the body to restore harmony and balance so that the energy system can heal. Gentle touch assists in balancing the person on all levels... physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual, incorporating the whole person-mind, body and spirit. It is based on a ... Full story

Whether it’s the kids, rush hour traffic, relationships, jobs or life in general, life can seem overwhelming at times. This is especially true as we have more demanding jobs, responsibilities, possibly being a single parent or learning to be single again after a long marriage and the stress of financial situations. What ... Full story

by Sue Heldenbrand "The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” ~Zen Saying When life seems to be going in many directions at once, think about conscious intentional relaxation. It is simply bringing your awareness and your intention to allow your mind, body and spirit to relax. It only takes a few seconds or minutes, but how often do we take the time to ... Full story

Have you thought about all of the fears that we are exposed to on a daily basis? Usually fear is something that we think MIGHT happen rather than what is happening now, in the present. So, basically, fear is a future thing. We can view fear as a projection into the future of what could happen. The majority of what we fear usually does not materialize. When ... Full story

By promoting the relaxation response, our bodies are better able to heal. Hands on healing or energy healing are natural therapies which promote relaxation and stimulates the body to heal. These techniques help to remove congested or blocked energy in the body. When the energy is not flowing because of unresolved physical or emotional, mental or spiritual reasons, this causes stagnant energy flow. Research has shown ... Full story

Everything that has ever happened in our lives affects our bodies. Stress and emotions such as fear, distrust and anger cause us to become out of balance. When we are out of balance illness and disease may occur. You are what you say, think and feel. Are there ideas or attitudes that you have that have made a difference in your life? Can you pinpoint what ... Full story

February seems to be the month for Love, as we cannot help but see all of the Valentine Day advertising and merchandise out in stores. What is love all about? Being loved and being in love is on the minds and hearts of many, especially at this time of year. But where does the ability to love begin? It begins with ... Full story

Mention the word “tantra” and the first thing that comes to mind is sex. While it is true that sex is an important aspect of tantra, it is just one component of this ancient spiritual path. Known as the path of the householder, tantra practices are beneficial to our physical, spiritual, emotional and sexual health. Sexual health can be improved naturally thru the tantric sex. Besides ... Full story

Dubbed the “Dear Abby of Tantra”, Chandi Devi writes a question and answer column on tantra/sexuality/spirituality called “OMG!!! to OM” for Om-Times.com and AscendingHearts.info. Additionally, she has written film and television treatments that cloak ageless wisdom under the veil of entertainment and she invites industry people to partner and manifest this vision together with her and create a new paradigm for the ... Full story

by eliza de vries Please check out the invitation to my next art show on Saturday February 27th at www.edevstudio.com Whenever Jupiter shifts signs there is a joyful sense of celebration. Not only does it herald the year of the Tiger on February 13, 2010 ... Full story

In our hectic lifestyle, it is important that we take the time to "smell the roses" and "listen to the birds singing". By creating a sacred space where you can become relaxed and unwind, your body is in a better position to rejuvenate and heal. What better place then in the natural setting of your own backyard, which can provide the beauty and tranquility to soothe ... Full story

The Effects of Healing Touch on Depression Healing Touch Research conducted by Cathy Bradway, RN, MSN, CS, CHTP Thirty individuals recruited from psychotherapist’s offices who had a moderate or severe range of depression were divided into two groups. The results of the study showed participants who received Healing Touch treatments were ... Full story

Our bodies go through different cycles of healing. Our healings come in different forms, but affects us on all levels…physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. Something so simple, but sometimes easy to forget or even think about it that all that is needed for our body to heal is giving yourself the permission to heal... Have you ever thought that the process of illness ... Full story

THE FOUR AGREEMENTS is a Practical Guide To Personal Freedom. This is from the book by Don Miguel Ruiz. I feel that this book is so very valuable. The Four Agreements in it's simplicity is very profound. If we all lived by the four agreements, what a wonderful world this would be. BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD Speak with integrity. Say only what ... Full story

During the holiday season, it's easy to overlook taking care of ourselves. This list is to help you realize how many positive things you can bring into your life everyday. You may chose to pick one thing to do each day of the week OR you can use a different one each day. This changes your focus to bringing positive changes into your life. ... Full story

If we want to make changes in our lives, it is evident that we need to move in a new direction. There is an old saying, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got” In our world today, people are becoming more and more overwhelmed with life. Many are accepting that poor health, emotional baggage, negativity, fears, ... Full story

One of the simplest yet most profound gift that we can give is our gratitude. When we give the gift of gratitude we are truly giving from our heart. We don't have to worry about whether the recipient will like it, or if it's the wrong size or color. There is no concern that this gift was already given. Returns are ... Full story

When you were a child, did you have visions of a winter wonderland, candy canes, holiday treats, lots of toys, and everyone being joyful? Although this scenario may ring true for many people, for most it is a time of chronic stress, family disappointments and frustration. People often push themselves instead of taking it easy, spending more money on gifts that may not be what ... Full story

Our chakras are energy centers in our bodies. These energy centers are constantly receiving energy from our surroundings and environment. Chakra is a spinning vortex of energy. It comes from a Sanskrit (ancient language) word that means wheel or disk like. The chakras send and receive energy of everything that has ever happened to us. The size of your chakras are about the size of your ... Full story

Can you remember the last time that you had a good belly laugh that you almost cried? Children have such a joyous outlook on life. It's seems that children can reach into that place where joy tickles their soul. But as we get older, we tend to lose that sense of wonderment and spontaneous joy. Pre-school aged children don’t have to be told to laugh. They ... Full story

There are new ideas that are now emerging that challenge everything that we have previously believed concerning how our world works. It was once thought that our mind and body were separate and not connected to anything else in our environment. Albert Einstein essentially proved was everything is energy, showing that everything in the universe is connected and not separate. There is an universal life force energy ... Full story

Everything that has ever happened in our lives affects our bodies. Stress and emotions such as fear, distrust and anger cause us to be out of balance.  Some studies indicate that disease and illness re occurs because only the physical level is treated.    “Nearly 90% of disease is preventable, and the most important component of prevention is empowering people to take positive steps to maximize well-being. ... Full story

This exercise engages your focus to bringing positive changes into your life.  Each member of the family may chose to pick one thing to do each day of the week OR you can use your own ABC’s.  For example: Monday, you may select “a-attitude”.  On Mondays be aware of your attitude.  Is it positive or negative? How does it affect yourself and family?  Is your attitude ... Full story

Reiki (ray-key) is a natural healing technique that makes use of the laying on of hands.  It originated in part with Ling Chi of the Chinese Taoists over 5000 years ago.  Reiki was re-discovered by Dr. Mikao Usui, a Japanese Christian minister in the 1800’s.  During his 10-year quest he studied the teachings of Christ, and the sacred literature of Japan, China, India and Tibet. The ... Full story

Have you ever felt when someone was staring at you?  Have you been able to sense another person’s presence before you actually saw or heard that person? When you are around certain people, do you sometimes feel drained? Have you ever walked into a room and tightened up, felt angry or wanted to leave?  Are there others who make you feel uplifted or happy just ... Full story

The three themes we have explored in this series have been several profound concepts that work to guarantee a healthy organization. A start up business relies on the business fundamentals to acquire customers; this is a wonderful beginning toward positive cash flow. The Summary: 1. Your ... Full story

Learned Optimism The greatest leaders believe in their followers, believe in their future, most important they believe in themselves; in their ability to empower constituents and get things done. Effective leaders teach themselves how to be optimistic, therefore they are learned optimist. One person that exemplifies the 'optimist' is Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, who up till the day he left ... Full story

The Fundamentals 3 Fundamentals 1.) Child-Development: Our brain is still developing in our childhood. But, at about puberty, it loses a lot of it's elasticity, it locks in and stores, what has been recorded and this becomes the core of our permanent identity. We can only learn to manipulate it, but the raw elements of what becomes this identity are woven ... Full story

When we have fears, it is usually something that we think MIGHT happen rather than what is happening now, in the present.  So, fear is typically a projection into the future of what could happen. For all accounts, fear is a future thing, The majority of what we fear usually does not materialize.  It’s in the allowing the fear to control you that makes it stronger ... Full story

The word Cajun comes from an ethnic group of people that have grown up in Southern Louisiana or the French speaking Acadiana area, as it is sometimes known.  A Cajun tradition that has been passed down through the ages is the Traiteurs, sometimes spelled Treateur. These faith healers have existed since the 1700s when the Acadians migrated to south Louisiana from France.  But the tradition of ... Full story

Unlike a maze, which has many twists and turns and many exit points, the labyrinth has only one path. There is only one way in and you exit at the same point once you have completed the circular pattern. As you begin your walking meditation, the process of stepping one foot in front of the other, helps to quiet the mind as you follow the ... Full story

Trauma is defined as emotional, psychological or physiological symptoms that result from events that overwhelm the nervous system.  Feelings of being out of control or helplessness may result after a traumatic experience. This could be something as seemingly non life threatening, but traumatic none the less as a dental and medical procedure, falls, or minor car accidents. Whenever someone has experience trauma, whether it’s from a particular ... Full story

EFT or Emotional Freedom Therapy is a simple, but effective meridians tapping technique that can be used for just about anything with great results. Our emotions have such a huge impact on our health and well-being.  As personal challenges in this high-paced world that we live in continue to increase, our physical and emotional health is drastically affected. Emotional Freedom Therapy uses a basic tapping routine along ... Full story

Do you often feel tired and stressed out? You're not alone. Unrelieved stress contributes to low oxygen. The less oxygen that exists in our cells, the worse our health becomes and the body is more prone to disease. It can affect so many different parts of our bodies. Stress affects our muscles and tissues to our blood vessels and organs and speeds up our heart ... Full story

Affirmations are another good way to change negative thought patterns into positive ones. As we become more positive in our thinking, we heal, allowing more room for love, peace, joy and abundance in our lives. Some examples of affirmations are: I am grateful for wonderful relationships in my life; I am grateful for prosperous opportunities that are open to me; I enjoy my good health ... Full story

Everyone at one time or another in his or her lifetime has had an event or situation that would be considered as traumatic. It could also be a series of stressful or traumatic events. It can be a series of events, abuse, and fear produced by a critical and unsupportive parent or anything ... Full story

"In principal, the Quantum Touch® practitioner learns to focus and amplify life-force energy ("Chi" or "Prana") by combining various breathing and body awareness exercises.  When the practitioner holds a high vibrational field of life-force energy around an affected area, she or he facilitates healing through the process of resonance and entrainment. Everything vibrates.  When two things vibrate at different frequencies, there is a tendency for the ... Full story

Holistic means treating the cause (Root) of the problem, not just the problem itself. Only then can TRUE healing take place. There is a place for everyone. Holistic means not using drugs or invasive procedures such as surgery. However, true Holism does NOT rule out Allopathic Medicine when needed. If I had a life and death situation then I would go the allopathic ... Full story

Energy Healing offers a means to access the emotional part of our brain and to release traumatic memories from the body. What happens in our bodies and our brain when we perceive a threatening situation or we have been through a traumatic situation? The amygdala, which is part of the limbic or emotional brain, sends adrenaline and other hormones into the blood stream. Feelings of anger, rage, ... Full story

Healing is a multi-dimensional process.  By re-aligning energy flow, this natural, therapeutic approach can help an ailing person heal quicker, require less pain medicine and recover faster from anesthesia. As a Healing Touch practitioner, I had mixed emotions when my friend Connie asked me to be part of her process during sinus surgery.  I was excited about promoting Healing Touch in a hospital setting, yet concerned ... Full story

Healing Touch is a relaxing, nurturing energy therapy. Gentle touch assists in balancing your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well being. Healing Touch works with your energy field to support your natural ability to heal. It is safe for all ages and works in harmony with standard medical care. HOW CAN HEALING TOUCH BENEFIT YOU? •            Reducing stress •            Calming anxiety, depression •            Decreasing pain •            Strengthening the immune system •            ... Full story

Everyone at one time or another in his or her lifetime has had an event or situation that would be considered as traumatic. It could also be a series of stressful or traumatic events. It can be a series of events, abuse, and fear produced by a critical and unsupportive parent or anything that produces a feeling of helplessness. These experiences can be overwhelming and ... Full story

So many truths and so little denial. The true New Yorkers are real. Whether a New Yorker through birth or through spirit they remained true to who they knew they were and remained diligent in defense of their own selves and of their own country. Full story

Introduction: In this discussion I will give you principles and guidelines for the lead generation process. What I want to ask of you in return is for you to go over these principles more than once to decide on the implications they have on your business, and write them down. This information ... Full story

After refining your offering: the next area of focus should be developing your: Marketing Message Your Value Proposition The market place will ultimately dictate what you need to offer and how you need to frame your message, regardless of this fact you need a starting place. It's only when ... Full story

An overview: There are 5 areas I like to focus on when a company is starting up or having trouble with cash flow or acquiring customers. It is extremely important that you understand your weaknesses and strengths as they relate to each area listed. (I understand that I'm perhaps over simplifying these - my goal ... Full story

Integrated Energy Therapy® (IET) is an energy therapy that provides a wonderful complement to other holistic techniques such as Healing Touch, Reiki, and Quantum Touch. IET can be used as a stand-alone energy therapy or it can be integrated into sessions based on other holistic modalities. During an IET session, physical and emotional energy blockages are helped to clear from cellular memory that we hold in ... Full story

In January 10, 2006 The NewYork Times reported: On a hot summer day 15 years ago in Parma, Italy, a monkey sat in a special laboratory chair waiting for researchers to return from lunch. Thin wires had been implanted in the region of its brain involved in planning and carrying out movements. Every time the monkey grasped and moved ... Full story

Everything that has ever happened in our lives affects our bodies. Stress and emotions such as fear, distrust and anger cause us to be out of balance.  Some studies indicate that disease and illness re occurs because only the physical level is treated. “Nearly 90% of disease is preventable, and the most important component of prevention is empowering people to take positive steps to ... Full story

Self-Control Self-Control is the name of the game when you are leading a competitive organization, and feel the pull of emotions with remnants of distorted voices of broken expectations still ringing in your ears, when things heat up and stakeholders are coming down fast because last quarter's numbers weren’t what they should have been. Whether you ... Full story

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me." It's a lie..... Full story

Ask them and see what they say! Ask your children if they'd like to listen. Give them choices because they will have to make them throughout their lifetimes. Teach them life skills from the get go and be sure they know how to defend their beliefs. Full story

We must talk to our children, one on one and tell them what we are feeling. We must exchange our emotions and feelings with them so that they are aware of what emotions and feelings are and they learn what to do with these very important factors in our lives. Full story

Vision? What does your vision for leadership look like? A picture in your mind’s eye is your road map there. If you don't have it, create it, it will produce a self fulfilling prophesy. "Dissatisfaction and discouragement are not caused by the absence of things but the absence of vision." Anonymous "The very essence of leadership is you have a vision. ... Full story

Simply ask the Lord for help if you get stuck or stranded somewhere in the process and you think you can't continue. Completing the task is time for celebration of a new belief system and a much happier and settled you. Full story

Kundalini shakti, sexual energy, has been recognized by many of the ancient world cultures as a secret “tool”, which, when awakened, transforms an individual from ordinary to exceptional. Full story

Alexandria, Alexandria, Alexandria So, it started with my two year old, feeling a bit of fatigue. Soon my wife came home a little frantic; Alex had a fever. We quickly ran the bathtub water, cooler than usual, to cool her down. This continued on throughout the evening; my little girl crying out to mommy, for help. Alex and I both hoping ... Full story

When we operate on default (mindlessness) we invite pain and suffering. Full story

Conflicted The human mind is so fragile; there is a fine line between genius and insanity. Any level of remedy is thwarted by our own impulse to self-sabotage. Our mental or inner worlds are a constant of being deceived and deceiving, and where extensions of love from a caring creator are projected to be ... Full story

The Two Thought-Systems: Their are two thought systems that are explained in the bible and in the course (ACIM). One is based on the will or sovereignty of God the other is based on fear. The thought system that is based on fear is called the ego (in the bible it's called 'the old man' or 'the flesh') ... Full story

My Writing Philosophy and References: This is where we must start our journey together, right in the middle of love and fear, the will of God and man's twisted perceptions. We must start here because this is our reality, at least for the moment. Although my pursuit to understand God is intellectual (at least here) I want to contrast ... Full story

My motto of helping others while helping myself must stay forefront in my thoughts. Full story

Most of us, I think, have joined the side of those Jews who took offense at this teaching and muttered, "How can this man give us His flesh to eat?" Full story

In the last year or so, I have read many a message from one Christian preacher or another recommending that we and our churches store up foodstuffs and other necessary supplies against hard times to come. In this way, we will not only be able to care for ourselves and our families but also for our neighbors.... Full story

"What would it be like if our feeding programs didn't just fill empty tummies, but so confronted us with the reality of God's miraculous love for us that thousands turned to Jesus as King?" Full story

The NFL is as popular as it is because the warrior spirit lives in every man. Because we haven't learned to engage the enemy in spiritual warfare, we have taken to consuming football games instead. Full story

One of my earliest church memories is of my first grade Sunday school class marching in circles in the second floor parish hall at Trinity Church in Columbus Ohio, singing "Onward Christian Soldiers." Full story

In keeping with this week's theme of God's break-out, I thought I'd repost an old RHR that deals with the same idea, the fire of God. Receiving His Riches 9 - II Advent, Year A Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12 This week, as I was preparing for Sunday's service, I was very much taken with the "unquenchable fire" with which John says that Jesus will consume the ... Full story

Receiving His Riches 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 Psalm 24 or Amos 7:7-15 Psalm 85:8-13 Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:14-29 Reading this week's text from 2 Samuel I was taken back to the 80's, to the first of the "Indiana Jones" movies, "Raiders of the Lost Ark." In the climactic scene the bad guys (Nazis) open up the Ark and find a bunch of dust. Indiana warns his companion to keep her eyes shut though, ... Full story

Brothers and sisters, this joy isn't just something you and I were meant to know in heaven. We can know the safety and security that the lowest know just by "going lower" ourselves. And God will meet us in those low places, and bless us, and then He'll invite us to go lower, to give up more of our self-regard so that we ... Full story

“We had grown big enough to become a society within a society. If we had wanted to just do the traditional things to accommodate growth (i.e. be in perennial building campaigns, keep motivating people to live as much of their lives at the church building as possible), then we could probably have kept growing. But growing what? Another megachurch? “We would be promoting the unspoken ... Full story

It's all about where the glory lands. When I am rolling smoothly through my life, others are likely to think that I might have had something to do with any blessing I leave in my wake. But when I am struggling, when I am weak, it doesn't happen that way. My weakness serves to bring glory to God in two ways that I can ... Full story

"The difficulty is that we have turned Jesus' set of guidelines for prayer into a prayer itself, made it into a rote prayer, and robbed it of it's power." Full story

"It may be difficult to imagine that this is a blessing, but it is. To know the Father's heart that intimately is to know love so furious that all else melts away in it's heat." Full story

  A Man's Guide to Father's Day Moth · er's Day (mutherz day) n. A day devoted to honoring moms. Fath · er's Day (fätherz day) n. A day to beat up men for not doing a better job! Guess what? Not this ... Full story

....Friends, if you are reading this, it is no doubt in part because you are seeking something you don't yet have. You're trying to discover a way to lay claim to the desires of your heart. You are, in some way, hungry, thirsty.... Full story

We’re all asking the same question: “How can I survive the current crisis?”        In this highly practical book, Patrick Morley helps you understand what ... Full story

View this Bible Study that is currently playing or ON-DEMAND. How to Survive the Economic Meltdown Patrick Morley Before You Push the Panic Button, Consider This Luke 15:11-32 1. How is the economic meltdown affecting you? 2. Which did you most need to hear about today—the power of God, the love of God, or the purpose of God, and why?  3. Who is someone you know who is hurting, and how might ... Full story

View this Bible Study that is currently playing or ON-DEMAND. The One Year Bible Study Paul and Barnabas: Men on a Mission Acts 13-14 Weekly Readings: June 17-23 The Big Idea: Grow UP Show UP Speak Up Clean Up Questions 1.In your work, do you find it difficult to stay on mission and on message, and why or why not? What happens when you do? ….when you don’t? 2.Paul and Barnabas were able ... Full story