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Meditation
Meditation deals with contacting your spirit guide and the Chakras, or your energy centers. Just what is meditation? Meditation is an activity of the mental consciousness. It involves one part of the mind, observing, analyzing, and dealing with the rest of the mind.
By Veronica DiFiore8 years ago in Longevity
More than Pretty Pictures
Art Therapy is a therapy that is used in way to express one’s self in a creative way to improve their overall well being, physically and mentally. Art Therapy is “to explore with the patient the things that are preventing them from advancing in his or her life” (qtd. in Art Therapy Credentials Board). Though many Art Therapy Interventions are often mixed with other modalities, studies from the Journal of the American Art Therapy Association show that isolated Art Therapy sessions are beneficial for change and growth in both children and adults; art is more than just making pretty pictures.
By Victoria Hartley8 years ago in Longevity
Mind Over Matter: Does It Matter?
When it comes to our health, we have many more choices now than in previous decades. More people are taking up the alternative medicine, complementary therapy and homoeopathy routes to help treat existing conditions despite the advances technology has to offer.
By Karen Philpott8 years ago in Longevity
Optimizing Childhood Surgical Recovery
No matter if it’s the first time, fifth time, or a small or large operation, knowing some practical tips for navigating your child’s surgical recovery is crucial. As a parent, you can safely and proactively help your child feel more confident and work towards independence and improvement. Not to mention, give yourself a little more peace of mind.
By Nicole Blomerus8 years ago in Longevity
Why You Should Not Ignore Your Pain — Fix It
Emotional battles are the core of women's experiences and existence. Trauma, heartbreak, childhood wounds, physiological ailments, failures in friendships, forced situations, failed communications, peer violent language, mental instability, abusive relationships — are just a small list of the afflictions everyday that creep its way into the innocence and gentleness of our origins. Just this past weekend a close family member of mine was in an atrocious accident. The outlook looked so bleak but this person is living, recovering, and healing today. Life is truly an emotional roller coaster with strong, beautiful highs and deep pits of hideous lows. This battle is real and it should not be pushed down, it should be let out and endured.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa8 years ago in Longevity
Mr. Brightside
If you're anything like me, your life takes many twists and turns. You might think everything is fine one day and just absolutely grueling the next! However, if you happen to feel this way, I may be able to offer some information that may be of use to you.
By Logan Miller8 years ago in Longevity
Life with Chronic Migraines
Migraines are not a one-size-fits-all illness. Some may only have one or two migraines in their life; others suffer from migraines on a regular basis. The statistics for migraines show that nearly 13% of Americans suffer from migraines and nearly 3% suffer from regular migraines. Migraines in this pattern are commonly known as chronic migraines and are what approximately 1,110,000 people suffer from in America. I am one of the 37 million total migraineurs in the United States and I'm here to tell you what it's like to suffer from chronic migraine pain.
By Maranda Marie Osborne8 years ago in Longevity
Understanding Intuition Will Help Your Life
As a practitioner of natural therapies for about 30 years I have heard the word “intuition” spoken many times. When I was managing a very large natural medicines clinic I would get phone calls from people asking if they could work with us. I would always ask where the person trained and what qualifications they had. A reply along the lines” you don't understand I am intuitive not trained” would get a very quick termination of the telephone call.
By Peter Rose8 years ago in Longevity
The Life and Death of the Naturopathic Movement
Benedict Lust, ND, DO, MD (February 3, 1872 - September 5, 1945), born in Michelbach, Germany, was one of the founders of naturopathic medicine. When Lust worked as a waiter in Baden-Baden, Geneva, and then New York City, New York, he became ill. Lust thought that it could have been tuberculosis and thought that he did not have long to live, so he went back to Germany and was looking for anything that could act as a cure.
By Marquis Canaday8 years ago in Longevity
Fenty Beauty Opens Room for Discussion About the Makeup Industry
A few months ago, Rihanna, the world-wide popular singer, writer, and actress, released her own makeup brand know as Fenty Beauty, named after herself. Rihanna saw the cries of the market and she answered; it was heard loud and clear, but not just by the market and the POC who finally had some of their concerns and wishes answered.
By Gabrielle Wilson8 years ago in Longevity
Everything You Need To Know About IV THERAPY
IV THERAPY. THAT'S RIGHT. Today, we're chatting with the expert Dr. Aliza Cicerone from Spark Health to get all of the details... And they're definitely not just for hangovers in Vegas. They're also great for vitamin deficiencies, low energy, specific diseases, leaky gut, etc. The list goes on for days.
By Lauryn Evarts8 years ago in Longevity
