May 27, 2009
pain relief
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by Donna Burick
Everything contains energy. Energy is in us and all around us. Most of us don’t think about how flowing energy is a part of our everyday lives.
Energy therapy healing is an alternative form of medicine that uses the energy in and around us to improve our physical health. That same energy that we rarely think about can make our lives healthier.
The belief at the core of energy therapy healing is that the energy which flows through our body is directly connected to our emotional, physical and spiritual health. It is thought that this energy can get unbalanced or blocked and when that occurs it causes problems in our emotional, physical or spiritual health. The goal of energy therapy healing is to stop the energy flow problems, keep energy flowing freely and therefore help to stop or prevent emotional, physical or spiritual problems.
During the energy therapy healing treatment, the energy from the earth is redirected into the body in order to remove energy blocks and restore energy flow. The direction of the energy at the spot where it is most needed helps to eliminate blocks and bring back the free flow of energy and health.
Energy therapy healing can be used to treat illnesses even as serious as cancer. Already this treatment has assisted patients who are dealing with physical pain and emotional problems connected with cancer. Studies of the uses of energy therapy healing are still ongoing.
The exact abilities of energy therapy healing are still being discovered, but it is believed that when a practitioner and patient are connected and both are focused on the healing session that the best results are possible.
Practitioners of energy therapy use different methods to guide energy. The most common method is through the use of hands, but energy can also be channeled through voice, eyes, and breathing. Usually the practitioner places their hands over the patients at the correct area of the body and then mentally will the energy transfer. This is one of the steps in the Bodyalk System a new and highly effective energy therapy healing modality.
Other types of therapy can be used simultaneously with energy therapy healing. Most energy therapy healers believe that a whole body approach results in the fastest healing. When the mind, spirit, and body achieve the correct energy flow, healing comes faster. This is why whole life coaching is often used along with energy therapy healing.
Traditional medicine uses this philosophical approach less often. In traditional medicine patients are usually given medication and nothing else to treat problems. Traditional doctors don’t often discuss all of a patient’s problems related to the illness. While emotional problems and physical problems are usually connected, modern medicine rarely treats the two problems together.
Energy therapy healing gives you a well rounded approach to treating whatever health issues you may have. You get to treat all sides of your self and to work with natural remedies that will not harm your body. You can use energy therapy healing to help you is your suffer from allergies, depression, high blood pressure or a number of other ailments.
It is always worth considering because you have nothing to lose. It is safe, there are no side effects to worry about and it is easy. Energy therapy healing may just be the answer you have been looking for to help you cure what ails you.
About the Author:
Donna Burick is a well respected intuitive whole life coach and energy therapist. Stop byDonna’s website for additional information on
Energy Therapy Healing and what benefits it can have for you. You can also receive information about some real life case studies on how
Energy Therapy Healing has helped some of her other clients.
May 9, 2009
quit smoking
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by Philip Davis
If you’re a smoker you’ve certainly thought about how to stop smoking. Yet it may seem as though it is too difficult to even think about. There are so many good reasons to quit smoking. The first and most important reason, or course, is your health. Those who don’t smoke have improved health and lower risk of heart attack, stroke and cancer. Second hand smoke can harm your family and friends. Cigarette smoke smells terrible and infiltrates all your clothing, hair and even your car. And don’t forget that cigarettes are expensive with the costs and taxes going up all the time.
You may know people who have tried to quit smoking and failed. In fact you may have already tried one or several ways to stop smoking to no avail. If you are tired of smoking but find it difficult to quit you’re not alone. Millions of people want to stop smoking but just can’t seem to find a good way to make it last. Cigarette smoking is so addictive that people have a hard time giving it up.
The best way to learn how to stop smoking is by getting help from someone who is experienced. You need the resources and help to give you the tools that you need to stop smoking for good. Most people quit smoking only to start up again soon thereafter. That happens to many people because they haven’t found the right method to use to quit smoking. There are many gimmicks out there to stop smoking but most of them don’t address the real problem.
Smoking is a habit that needs to be addressed. In order to change any habit you need to learn why you are doing it and more importantly how you can train yourself out of the habit. That takes willpower but also the support of a program that will offer you all the resources or tools you need at your fingertips to stop you from smoking again. When you want to stop smoking the key is to learn the tips and tricks that others have used to successfully quit.
Different people react differently to various types of ways to quit smoking. What works for one person may not work well for another. There are many variables that you need to be aware of when you are ready to stop smoking. You will be more successful if you find out what motivates you to smoke so you can determine the best ways of quitting. Some smokers learn that they use smoking as a mental crutch to relieve stress. This is a typical response that you must learn to stop in order to quit smoking.
The best way to learn how to stop smoking is to find out the various methods of quitting which others have used successfully. You must determine the best way for you to get rid of cigarettes from your life forever. You’ll be healthier and will feel better once you quit smoking.
About the Author:
Philip Davis, a campaigner, reveals the painless way to
stop smoking and helps you lead a happy and healthy life. Follow an easy step by step plan that leads you to give up smoking in 17 days or less at
http://www.smokefreetomorrow.com
May 1, 2009
skin care
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by Amanda Gamdana
Having all the correct products makes looking good easier to do. There are an ever growing number of products available for those who know exactly what they need. Despite the huge range, there are only three main categories that all these beauty care products fall into, and they are for the skin, hair and nails. While all these products are designed to help, they can’t beat maintaining a healthy diet and exercise regime.
Don’t underestimate the power of diet and exercise on your appearance. It’s always good to know that you are only using these products to accentuate the natural, healthy beauty you have from a good diet and exercise. Beauty care products designed for our locks come in many forms and you can choose your items according to your specific needs. With the range of shampoos and styling products available these days almost any effect can be achieved.
If you are unluckily enough to have hair that is hard to manage then there are de-frizzing agents to help you make it more manageable. These beauty care products help you keep the frizz under control. There are items developed for all different needs and all different hair types.
To keep your nails looking good is also important but this is where your diet can help. For those of us that use our hands constantly throughout the day, vitamin supplements can help give us that added strength in our nails. You can generally opt for beauty care products designed specifically to beautify and strengthen natural nails or you can have your nails professionally designed by a manicurist. These days, may women decide to use false nails made of acrylic which can be applied in about an hour.
Anti-wrinkle creams and moisturizers are the two most common skin care products that come to mind. It’s the products that promote and aid youthful looking complexions that are probably the most important.
If we are going to look after our skin though, it should be all of it and not just facial skin. Make sure that you take time to add a little lotion and massage to your routine. These are often forgotten about but beauty care products like this are good for your complexion.
April 29, 2009
natural remedies
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by by Anju Mathur, MD
Bioidentical ” natural hormone replacement
Bioidentical is defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as follows: Bio means life; living organism. Identical means being the same. Bioidentical means any substance similar to the substance in the living organism. When bioidentical is used, it refers to any natural hormone which has the same molecular structure as in a human body.
Synthetic hormones have been created and are used in this modern day. It is the popular thinking of this day and age that synthetics are used because a human body is incapable of using natural substances to create the hormones it needs – but look at how long mankind has survived with natural substances from mother earth compared to the problems that synthetics cause.
Why hormone therapy?
Hormones are chemical substances, produced in the body from the nourishment that is given it, that are then transported by the blood to other organs to stimulate their function. The functions are numerous and include growth, muscle tone, bone density, energy level and more.
From the age of 35 and each year thereafter, the amount of hormones created in the body decreases. Among the thirty-nine different hormones that are manufactured by our bodies are estrogen, progesterone and testosterone.
Should we be with out these hormones in perimenopause (the time prior to menopause) and menopause years? Climacteric symptoms ” ones that indicate the period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause, can span over 30 years from age 35 to 70 years. The first hormone that declines is progesterone (causes anxiety, irritability 15 years before menopause) followed by Estrogen (causes hot flashes and vaginal dryness, may last up to 2-3 years in 75% and in the rest can last way longer) and then Testosterone which is required to maintain muscle mass and strength and libido.
Should we just let nature take its course and suffer through? NO!!
Is cancer related to hormones?
To answer this question, it is beneficial to understand a bit more about estrogen. In the female human body there are 3 different kinds of estrogens that occur naturally. They are called Estrone, Estriol and Estradiol. Of the three only one is clot forming and the one that stimulates breasts and creates cancer and it is Estrone. The synthetic estrogens that are used in this day, do not have Estriol, the most protective anti-cancer estrogen. The synthetic horse estrogens contain over a third of equine estrogens which are not compatible at all to a human female.
The natural female cycle in which progesterone is created occurs only 15 days of every month. The usual synthetic progesterone prescription that is given is for each day of the month. A long list of female body problems occur from the synthetic hormones while on the other hand, the natural bioidentical hormones are created from natural sources such as soy or yam and modified to match the human hormones exactly.
Symptoms such as breast tenderness, vaginal bleeding, loss of memory, bloating, hot flashes and a myriad of other situations decrease with the use of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. The bioidentical progesterone helps to improve the mood, have less irritability, a diminishing of digestive problem and flatulence plus other helpful benefits.
Synthetic progesterone hormones create unhappy women, a lessened quality of life, higher levels of bad cholesterol that can lead to coronary problems, a loss of memory and less bone density. On the other hand, bioidentical progesterone creates the opposite because it is compatible with the human body thus it makes for a happier, healthier life.
What causes cancer in menopausal women?
During menopause, the lack of hormonal balance begins to happen in a women’s body. Estrone levels that escalate too high and progesterone levels that fall very low are what need to be paid attention to. Estrone that is way too high causes cancer and progesterone, which is cancer preventative falling too low creates problems. Replacing bioindentical hormones in women makes a natural balance of the two hormones. Creating this natural balance is evident with a happier and higher quality of life for women.
April 22, 2009
quit smoking
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by Zak Hart
It is hard to believe but some people are still unaware that there is a relationship between smoking and heart disease, and others choose not to heed to the warning. Doctors have tried for years to make this information available to smokers in hopes that they would quit.
There are thousands of different chemical compounds in a cigarette, with at least 60 of them being toxic. As these toxins float through your blood stream they accelerate the speed of which your arteries can potentially harden, causing the potential for coronary heart disease, as well as increasing your chances of suffering a heart attack, heart failure, and even sudden death.
There are people that still ask the question if they only smoke one to two cigarettes a day are they still a candidate for heart disease. Your body isn’t counting how many cigarettes you put in it, which would be like asking if I only stood on the train tracks one time today would I still get hit by a train. No one knows for sure, but it’s always a possibility.
There is no time limit on how long it will take your body to harden your arteries caused by smoking; this is why you should never start smoking to begin with. There is a higher risk factor for those who already have heart disease in their family.
Each time you pick up a cigarette and light it around a non smoker you are also putting them at risk, even though they didn’t make the same choices you did. This is why it is suggested if you have to smoke you should go to an open outdoor area away from others.
Women that smoke and take certain medications are at a higher risk of getting heart disease or suffering other unwanted medical conditions. The toxins in cigarettes that contribute to the build up of fatty deposits in the arteries are not listed on individual packs of cigarettes, because if they were people would be less likely to smoke knowing what they are inhaling.
Smoking is a choice that an individual makes, but they should keep others in mind when they decide to light that cigarette. If you are unable to quit you should at least not smoke around other people, especially children that don’t have a choice. Keep your health in mind as well as everyone else’s. Quitting is the only way to ultimately prevent you from suffering from heart disease caused by smoking.
About the Author:
Just remember if you want to give up smoking there is plenty of help available. Nicotine Replacement Therapy such as
nicotine patches can help a great deal, whilst there are plenty of quit support groups freely available. It might just stop your
blood pressure going through the roof!
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