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Cranio-Sacral Therapy

Posted in Health, tagged , on November 30, 2009 | Comments Off

Cranio-Sacral therapy derives its name from the Cranium (bones of the skull) and Sacrum, which are the triangular shaped bones at the base of the spine. The Cranio-Sacral system are all of the bones, fluids, brain, spinal column, nerves, membranes etc. within the cranium and going on down through the spine of our body. This [...]

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St Johns Wort

Posted in Health, Mind, tagged , , on November 26, 2009 | Comments Off

In my blog of the 10th of November, I outlined the extent of the problem of depression in our societies, the key symptoms and remedies. Following on from this blog, here we look at the herb St John’s Wort which is considered to be one of the most effective over the counter anti-depressants. Here are [...]

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Memories …

Posted in Mind, tagged , on November 25, 2009 | Comments Off

There is no such ‘thing’ as the past. We live and experience our life in an eternally unfolding now. However, we do have the ability to store and remember this unfolding present in our brain, nervous system and body. The common name for this stored experience of the present is memory. Memories are not the [...]

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Flax of Life

Posted in Health, tagged , , , on November 23, 2009 | Comments Off

A girl with the flaxen hair. It conjures up a romantic notion of a fair maiden relaxing in a meadow on a warm summers day, one captured in music by the composer Claude Debussy. Flax itself, whilst more mundane in nature has been cultivated by man for several thousand years, and is thought to one [...]

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Reiki Attunement

Posted in Spirit, tagged , , , on November 22, 2009 | Comments Off

Reiki has become very popular over the last decade or so, with the opening up of consciousness to a wider range of ideas about healing, and what constitutes health and ill-health. So what does the word reiki mean? In Japanese, the meanings for Rei are universal, holy, spiritual consciousness. And Ki can mean the energy, [...]

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Rhythm Of Life

Posted in Health, tagged , , , , on November 19, 2009 | Comments Off

Our pulse is a familiar exerience for many of us. In the medical world, our pulse is a key factor in the diagnosis of our health, and in looking for the sources and reasons for our ill health. It can provide key information on what is going on inside our bodies, both at a general [...]

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Iyengar Yoga

Posted in Spirit, tagged , on November 18, 2009 | Comments Off

One of the most successful Indian exports to the world has been yoga, in its various forms and interpretations. And of the several schools represented in the West, Iyengar yoga, named after its founder B. K. S. Iyengar, has been one of the most successful. This style of yoga is very much founded on the [...]

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Tibetan Kum Nye

Posted in Health, tagged , on November 17, 2009 | Comments Off

One of the instantly applicable aspects of Tibetan medicine is a relaxation practice called Kum Nye. It has the simple aim of promoting harmony for us through integrating our mind and body, plus our individual self and the world we live in. Working with the subtle energies which make up our being, Kum Nye stimulates, [...]

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Spiritual Path II

Posted in Spirit, tagged on November 15, 2009 | Comments Off

A spiritual path implies there is somewhere for you to go, some place or time in the future when you will be whole or happy. This is just a delusion of a time-space universe.   Stay In Touch: Click The RSS Incon In Your Browse Bar  

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Artfully Vague

Posted in Mind, tagged , , on November 12, 2009 | Comments Off

One of the key skills of Eriksonian hypnotic techniques is the ability to be artfully vague. In many ways, it was Milton Erikson’s great skill and precision with which he could be artfully vague that made his conversational hypnosis so effective. What’s meant by artful vagueness in hypnosis? It is a means by which the [...]

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