Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for the ‘Body’ Category

Spring & Renewal

Stolling through Hyde Park in the warm sunshine, it feels like spring has finally sprung in London. After a long and cold winter, one of the coldest in some 30 years, there is an extra sense of relief and renewal as the new leaves unfold and colourful spring flowers and tree blossoms appear. Cherry Blossoms [...]

Read Full Post »

Memory & Supplements

Many of us can become memory challenged at different times in our life. Here are some dietary supplements which can help to improve our memory performance. Lecithin (Phosphatidylcholine) This can sometimes improve memory storage and retrieval abilities. Fish Oil (Omega-3) Is very beneficial for health in general, and helps in cell formation. Ginkgo This helps [...]

Read Full Post »

Reiki & Chakras

When healing someone with reiki techniques, special emphasis is often given to our main energy centers, called chakras. The word chakra simply means wheel or disc. And they help to store, balance and distribute energy around our bodies. There are seven main chakras which are addressed in a reiki healing session. These seven main chakras [...]

Read Full Post »

Thalamus

While you are sitting at your computer reading this, spare a thought for your thalamus. This tiny part of your brain, which is about the size of a walnut, processes all the millions of messages which reach your consciousness. So, almost everything we are aware of in ourselves and in the outside world has come [...]

Read Full Post »

Aging IV

One of the most promising areas of medical research from the point of view of an aging population is that of DNA manipulation. One particular technique called Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT). This procedure involves taking the out the nucleus of an egg cell, and placing next to it in the envelope surrounding it the [...]

Read Full Post »

Addictions

Our ability to repeat actions, thoughts and behaviours is at the foundation of our capacity to learn. It is through repition that we learnt to walk, talk, read, ride a bike etc. What is perhaps less obvious, is that repitition is often behind some of our negative abilities, such as acute anxiety, chemical addictions, depression [...]

Read Full Post »

Energy Healing

There are several forms of energy healing. In the Western tradition, it is commonly known as spiritual healing and in the east traditions such as chakra meditations and Reiki healing are popular forms. With spiritual healing, the healer acts as a channel for universal healing energy, with the aim of restoring balance within an individual. [...]

Read Full Post »

Genetics (Intro)

One of the most exciting scientific endeavours of the last century and into this one has been the astonishing progress in understanding the basic building blocks of sentient life, our life. Few people alive today cannot of heard of the genetic material which defines who we are as a species and as individuals which is [...]

Read Full Post »