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Say Thank You and Become Well

Did you know that you can improve your health by saying thank you? Giving thanks is common to every culture. People give thanks before meals and say a thank-you prayer before bed. Thank you is one of the first responses a parent teaches a child, and it is essential for good manners. Why is giving […]

Find Your Inner Soul Through Collage

To fully discover who you are and what you want in life, you must first find your inner person. An extremely powerful technique to self-discovery is collage. Collage is used in trauma treatment because it helps access inner emotions that cannot be easily expressed verbally. It is equally effective when used to find the self […]

Dance Me to the End of Love

Leonard Cohen’s beautiful love song, Dance Me to the End of Love, actually had its inspiration in the concentration camp practice of forcing a string quartet to play while death was going on all around them. Cohen himself, as a Jew, could have seen it as a symbol of death. Instead, he saw it as […]

Make Sure You Laugh Today, It Is Good for Your Heart

Benefits of Laughter Sometimes we have an urge to just get silly. Kids are great at this – they will laugh hysterically at nothing at all, getting supreme enjoyment from lame jokes and crazy antics. Unfortunately, many of us feel a bit embarrassed when we behave in silly ways. We shouldn’t. It’s good for soul […]

You Caught Me Loving You

“You Caught Me Loving You” by Keith Richmond In every word that’s spoken, in every sound you hear can be felt my heart awoken, and my need to have you near. What you see in every plate I bring, in every flower placed just so, is the singing of a soul content, and a way […]

Swimming

“Swimming” by Keith Richmond In the vast emotion that hearts can feel, when love has found a home, lives a feeling that is now revealed, the greatest I have known. The rain-washed air is clear above, the full moon lights the sky, no distance felt from this true love, and my heart can tell you […]

Imagination

“Imagination” by Keith Richmond From imagination we have seen, wonders of every kind, and magic that has come to life, has come from in the mind. The mind is where we journey free, to places that our heart can see, where calm and comfort may be found, and a symphony heard in every sound. And […]

Laughter is the Best Medicine

Laughter Is Good Medicine Laughter makes you feel good and triggers healthy physical changes in the body. When you live a joyful life your whole body benefits, especially your heart and mind. In fact, research shows that joyful individuals have less chance of having a heart attack and are more likely to have healthier blood […]

Mind: Brainwave Entrainment

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Brain Wave Entrainment – Teach Your Brain to Relax Our amazing and complex brain is driven by electrical waves that vibrate at different frequencies. The speed of these frequencies determines our state of awareness, from deep sleep to high alert, causing our heartbeat to slow or speed up accordingly. What if you could harness the […]

Alternative Medicine Practices for Healthy Aging

Alternative Medicine Practices for Healthy Aging

Aging can be a wonderful time of growth, grace and gratitude. To make the most of these years, take good care of yourself, starting with your heart. Here are some proven alternative medicine practices that will help you feel great and age well. Read more about these healthy aging practices in Dr. Cynthia Thaik’s book Your […]