Tag: relaxation

Adrenaline: Fight-or-flight rush

Adrenaline: Fight-or-flight rush

When a person feels extreme emotions the body’s response is the release of adrenaline. The heart starts to race, the hands start to sweat, and you want to escape, which is that flight-or-flight mode. Another name for adrenaline is epinephrine.… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Personal Care
Magnesium for Relaxation, Insomnia and Constipation

Magnesium for Relaxation, Insomnia and Constipation

Many people are very concerned with their calcium intake, however, not so many people are aware of how important magnesium is and the fact that many people are deficient.  Lots of people have trouble getting sufficient vegetables into their diet.  … 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Food, Health, Nutrition, Recipes
Hypnotherapy: The Treatment for Anxiety You’ve Never Considered

Hypnotherapy: The Treatment for Anxiety You’ve Never Considered

About 18.1 percent of adults 18 and older have an anxiety disorder.  If you have a panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder or one or two phobias, you’re not alone: You can find company with the 40 million adults in the U.S.… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Holistic Medicine
Warm Your Hands With Biofeedback, Heal Your Whole Body

Warm Your Hands With Biofeedback, Heal Your Whole Body

Using biofeedback to learn to warm your hands can have a major impact on your health.  It can reduce pain, increase immunity, improve digestion, lower blood pressure, promote better sleep and decrease anxiety.  And best of all, this skill can… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Holistic Medicine, Medicine
Rest & Relaxation Required, Stat

Rest & Relaxation Required, Stat

It’s easy to get caught up in the busy-ness of modern-day life – endless meetings and school pick-ups and visits to the vet. We’ve got phones, devices and inboxes that seem to require non-stop attention. And we’ve got the stress… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Health, Holistic Medicine, Lifestyle, Medicine, Mental Health, News, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care, Science
Meditation: worried you aren’t doing it right? Chill – there is no wrong way to meditate!

Meditation: worried you aren’t doing it right? Chill – there is no wrong way to meditate!

If you are new to the world of meditation – or even if you’ve practiced it for years – it is a common fear that you aren’t “doing it right.” Well take comfort: there is no “wrong” way to meditate.… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Health, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Personal Care
Health benefits of friendships

Health benefits of friendships

Health benefits from friendships include longevity and relief from depression. Human beings are not solitary creatures. We have evolved in shared living situations since ancient times, joining together not just to mate but the hunt and share food, work as… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Health, Holistic Medicine, Home, Lifestyle, Medicine, Mental Health, Personal Care
Sweet dreams: insomnia meditation techniques

Sweet dreams: insomnia meditation techniques

A lot of people have trouble sleeping, (1) more now than in the past apparently. (2) Some choose to accept it, many turn to being dependent on pharmaceutical drugs to help them get some rest, and many have given meditation… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Personal Care
3 Tips to Relax Your Mind

3 Tips to Relax Your Mind

Many times what we think are huge problems in our lives really originate in our own minds. This is beautifully put across in a famous aphorism by the third century BC Indian teacher, Chanakya. One Chanakya quote says, “The mind… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Health, Mental Health, Yoga
Do the Holidays Stress You Out?

Do the Holidays Stress You Out?

Do the Holidays Stress You Out? Tis the season to be stressed out, fa la la, la, la la! Our lives are hectic and busy enough but add in preparing several feasts for the entire extended family expected to taste… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Home, Lifestyle, Mental Health, News, Personal Care