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Who escapes duty, avoids a gain.
Breaking Through The Barriers
04.01.09 | 2 Comments
You ve tried everything, you ve listen to the experts, in frustration you shout out, Why can t I seem to figure this out. This can be stated for many areas in life, whether you are working on health, finances, business, improved communication skills or relationships. Quite often when we start out on the path to change one or more areas of our lives, we hit stumbling blocks and set backs. We ve made promises to ourselves that this time it will be different, this time you ll keep your promise to yourself or your new years resolution. You start thinking, willpower, yes, I just need more will power. Then you start to feel the strain as you try to force your way through. Sadly, if it was just willpower that was needed then many more people would be successful. Willpower is more like an elastic band, the more you force and stretch it, the tighter it gets, the harder it is to hold until it eventually snaps back or breaks. Most causes of failure and relapse have more to do with habits and belief systems, many of which you are not even consciously aware of. You see science has shown that we have 6 areas of the brain, 5 of which are...
Pilates Improves Overall Well Being
01.30.09 | 17 Comments
Designed to challenge your strength, flexibility and coordination, Pilates aims to put your body in perfect balance. During WWI, Joseph Pilates served as an orderly at a military camp, working with bed-ridden patients. Many of these patients were not able to move, but that did nothing to deter Pilates determination to help them gain strength and mobility. Experimenting with his patients and on his own, Pilates devised a series of controlled exercises that engaged both mind and body. Watching patients carefully, Pilates saw them become more active and alert. The men taking part in Pilates exercise regime recovered more effectively than those who did not. At one point Pilates removed bedsprings from beneath the beds and attached them to the walls at or above bed level. These springs were used to excercise. His contraption later inspired the Reformer, a popular Pilates exercise machine utilizing springs, straps, and a box to perform a variety of exercises. Those who performed Pilates exercises developed a strong immune system and managed to escape a deadly plague that killed many at the time. Not one of Pilates students died...
Creating Our Reality
11.23.08 | 12 Comments
Imagine that you have just put on a pair of blue-tinted sunglasses. If you were to look around the room and describe what you see, everything would appear blue to you because it s being filtered though a blue lens. But is this reality. No, it s your perception of reality. We only see, hear and experience life through the perceptual filters of our senses. This is why life and reality is always subjective. Our senses are always at work, filtering out what we believe to be false or what is beyond our ken. I once read a story about how the Indians responded when Cortez landed his ship in the new world. The author claimed that the Indians couldn t see the ships in the harbor because their minds were incapable of conceptualizing such vessels. They had no frame of reference. This point was recently demonstrated in the movie What the Bleep Do We Know. Are you one of those people who is afraid to stretch your perception of reality. What if you believed that your brain had already, instantly, scanned this page several hundred times and that you already knew everything written here. You are simply reading this page again because you ve...
Dry Mouth Can Be Managed
09.20.08 | 7 Comments
Did you know that the human mouth produces an average of two to four pints of saliva each day. Yet from time to time, anyone can feel as if his or her mouth is completely dry. You probably know the feeling--that parched, sticky, cotton-mouth sensation you may get when you re nervous or after you speak for a long time. For millions of people, however, this feeling occurs every day as a result of a condition called dry mouth, or Xerostomia. Reports indicate that approximately one in four adults suffer from dry mouth and that figure increases to 40 percent in populations over the age of 55. Imagine having problems with persistent bad breath, speaking, swallowing and even tasting your food, said Harold Crossley, DDS, Ph.D., who suffers from dry mouth. Some chronic sufferers may have a raw feeling that s similar to what you might experience after you burn the roof of your mouth with hot foods. Beyond physical discomfort, the condition can affect the quality of life. Chronic sufferers worry about treating their symptoms to avoid awkward moments in social situations and may even have problems tasting their food. The most common...