Lazy Yogi

Why We Do Not Loss our Weight? -Leptin

2012-02-02T20:13:00.002+01:00

Did you know it about weight loss? We can't eat so as we did when we were young because of slow metabolism. We have slow metabolism because it's normal for our age, because we sit all the days fore the computer and are not active as years ago. And this is the reason that we have the low level of the LEPTIN, hormone responsible for the sense of satiety.

Second. Low Calories diets are responsible for much more low level of Leptine than it is in our body normally.

Leptin is produced by our blood and that is why we can't assume it with food.
As the conseguence, products that contain Leptine do not exist. Period.

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Oh my dear God!!! What have I do now??? I want to become so light as I was at least some years ago!!!
Don't dispair!
There is a solution!

There are foods that can accelerate our metabolism. And this will maintain our body young, too.
Red and blue fruits
Vegetables: bulbs, cabbages, cabbage, rocket.
Ginger, parsley, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, basil
Fish, yoghurt, green tea

Want we try this "diet"?

Depression -Strange Causes

2012-01-27T21:11:00.000+01:00

Depression is a bad beast. There are many causes of this terrible emotional state: from genetic problems to the deficiency of the vitamins (and this last is very common). But there are different modern causes of depression, too. Here are some of them.

First of the modern causes -and it's possible that you will not believe me but it's the fact proved by many researches taken in different countries. This cause is the dipendence from the social networks. Specially hard is the situation for the children that have nervous breakdown because they have to maintain their "status" not only in the school but online, too.

Second modern cause is Internet generally. Too many hours passed for the computer provokes the depression. Specially, if the person tryes to escape the problems of the real life there.

Next cause is the personal need of sleep hours. Everybody has own internal clock, and if you have to sleep 7 hours but you sleep effectively 6 hours, it will cause the depression.

Procrastination puts you in a bad situation. You have to solve the problem but are not sure how to do it, you accumulate the tasks and feel bad that provokes depression. That provokes procrastination. Etc without stop.

Did you know that the life in a city is the cause of depression? Yes, you do. But you do not know the reason, maybe. It's the solitude in the crowd of the persons.

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Kidney and Bladder Stones

2012-01-19T20:10:00.001+01:00

Kidney and Bladder stones are bad illnesses.
Not only they provoke pains and different problems, they can create necrosis in the places they lean on. This is why is so urgent to undergo the operation and remove the stone or the stones.

We live in the happy times when such operations are not invasive, and you don't need to be afraid. Only 3 little holes in the skin -and they_ holes, disappear after one month.

Bladder stones are removed with only local anaesthetic, and you can go home just after 2 days or in some cases after some hours.

We all have stones, I think. They appear because of wrong metabolism that everybody suffers after ..-ty years. Important is that you control your health and notice the presence of the stones before they can damage you.
On the photo are pieces of a Bladder stone

News about Alzheimer Desease and Addictions

2012-01-14T20:11:00.000+01:00

I dedicated some time to the news and feed readers today and here are the notices I fished there.

First and maybe most important notice is that it's possible to diagnose very early the Alzheimer desease, precisely. Scientists from Darmstadt discovered a protein that settles on the mucous of the nose. All the persons with different degrees of Alzheimer had this protein in their noses. Let's say it: we all are afraid to develop aging illnesses such as Alzheimer desease and other aging problems. That is why all the notices about new results of the researches seem so interesting to me.

The other notice is about the brains of the young persons that developed dependence from Internet. Chinese scientists discovered that these persons have the same brain malfunctions as the drug addicted. The affected parts are emotions, selfcontrol and capacity to take decisions.

By the way. If you have solid nervous system, you can watch these two documentaries about the surgery departments of the hospitals that cure drug addicted after they assume Desomorphin. The films are in Russian but you do not need translation to understand the images.

And the images are really violent.

The problem with this medicine is that it causes necrosis of the parts that are far from the place where it was injected. The second film -if you will be able to watch it- shows the man and the woman during the first visit and the second after 2,5 weeks and some months.

ATTENTION! Very HARD documentaries!

http://vk.com/video5234550_161750134
http://vk.com/video5234550_161750184

Eight Medicine Buddha with Tibetan Elements and Chakras

2012-01-07T21:00:00.000+01:00

A very important ritrit open for everybody who wants to assist it takes place in Perugia, Italy on March 24,25.

The Sangye Menlha transmission is revered as one of the most powerful blessings for healing. In this two-day workshop Geshe Chongtul Rinpoche will present an introduction to the complex art of Tibetan Medicine and will give the Sangye Menlha empowerment.
The retreat is open to everyone. There are no pre-requisites. Participants will learn about the energy body, chakras, and practices to generate Menlha energy. The Sangye Menlha practice brings a deep connection with the five elements (earth, water, fire, air, and space), which are the energetic undercurrent that form and affect the physical world, including our own bodies. The ancient Tibetan practice of Sangye Menlha is one of many techniques that can help us awaken our innate healing powers. This is a powerful healing practice for harmonizing imbalances as well as purifying negative karma and past deeds. It is not only an extremely potent practice for individuals, but also offers assistance to those who are dying or have already passed.Source: http://bonshenling.org/event/mar-24-25-eight-medicine-buddha/

Effective Anti-Inflammatory Herb

2012-01-04T20:23:00.001+01:00

Herbal rimedies are not always seen as something very useful. Maybe it's because many herbs and plants do not have immediate results. They need time to begin their work.

For example, you have to wait about 7 days to see the results of lime-blossom tea -it does not work immediately.

From other side, many plants store their main elements in the body and it can create problems with the excessive dosage. This is very dangerous in case you use toxic plant like Chelidonium majus. But not-toxic plants can provoke different problems for the same reason. This is the case of Lapacho (you can read about it in my previous posts about this plant)

Today, I want to tell you about a very effective Anti-Inflammatory Herb -Harpagophytum procumbens (photo from Wikipedia).
Cholecyst, urinary bladder, liver, kidneys, prostate can benefit if you use this plant. Not only. In Europe, it is used for arthritis and joint deseasis. The effects are antispasmodic and painkilling. These last I can't prove personally but the Anti-Inflammatory action we observed in different cases like urinary bladder and prostate problems.

What Can Make Life Better

2011-12-26T21:28:00.000+01:00

One of the affirmations that stroke me this year was the opinion of the persons that live in very difficult conditions like high mountains etc about us, "modern" persons. These guys are surprised that we suffer of inferiority complex even if we live good and have so many possibilities in the life in confront to those populations.

Since I'm among those irresolute, I look sometimes for the advises how to grow self-confidence. Here are exercises that can help us.

It's good to do what we like to. Often we think "What other people will say if they see me doing it" or "I'm old and can't play/ dance/ wear like this!" Do it yourself and don't judge others doing "strange things". (well, this first is not for me: I do normally what I like).

Don't look in the mirror -normally, we judge ourselves when we look in it.

Do not compare one person to an other. Everybody of us is unique and one who has iPod is not better than an other that does not have it. There are not perfect neither ideal persons (this last is often a problem of the parents that want their children are perfect -and ruine their lives).

But the best advise is to learn something new every day. We remain young untill we are interested to study and explore new things in the life.

Do not hesitate: try it! dance, jump, run, create pictures, learn chinese language... Did you ever paint on the water? Do you think it's unpossible? Write in youtube: painting on water.

Prove: Yoga Maintains our Bodies Young!

2011-12-21T20:14:00.001+01:00

I'm sure that you have seen videos with the guru (real guru) of yoga that demonstrate their puples what is possible to do with our bodies. There are videos of Iyengar, Krisnamacharya and others.

This video is very special not for the exercices that is able to do Swami Yogananda at 101 years. It is amazing but we expect something like this from our precious Teachers.

What is really Marvelous? Do you know? Watch this video once more. Pay attention on the state of the skin of Swami Yogananda. He is very thin, yes, but look at his muskles. Specially those under the arms. We have it flabby just at about 40 -45 years, no? And his neck?

Well, you got the idea. Yoga helps us to have young skin till advanced age. To have the skin of the neck young, too. Is it not the dream of every woman?

Depression and the Lack of the Essentials

2011-12-12T15:51:00.000+01:00

Depression is a very hard desease. I think, you will agree with this definition. Therer is not a reason to feel bad but the life becomes impossible. You can't do anything, you don't find a place where you can forget about this state, you "sleep" all the day and don't sleep in the night. Your body shows the signs of the bad state, too. Your hairs fall like the leaves in autumn, your nails go to pieces...

Some researches proved that all this depend from the ...lack of the Vitamin D.

The problem is that it's not enough to assume vitamins in tabs. We need half an hour (at least) of exposure to the sun every day. The right form of Vit.D can be created only by sun in our bodies. We can eat handfuls of tabs every day but they don't work without sun. Unfortunatelly.

A study of 1282 elderly residents in the Netherlands found increased depression among people whose serum levels of vitamin D were below 25 (OH), with severity of depression dramatically increased as D levels decreased.

According to the Vitamin D Council several factors impact how much D is produced:

Angle of sun’s rays. If your shadow is longer than you are tall, little vitamin D is being made.

Skin color. People with fair skin have less melanin to protect against sun damage and need only 15 minutes of exposure, while those with dark skin need up to six times longer.

Amount of skin exposed. Forty percent of a body’s surface should be exposed. Torso exposure produces the most D; legs and arms a little; hands and face almost none.

Age slows production, taking four times longer for people over 60 and under 20.

Sunscreens as low as 8 block up to 95% of vitamin D production.

Cloud cover and air pollution can reflect or absorb UVB.

Glass blocks all UVB.

The way to combine sun and an other remedy to cure depression, physical exercises, is to walk at least 30 minutes every day. Specially, it's valid for aged and obese persons.

Than. There are Omega 3 fats. Those are essential for our brains, too. I don't want to repeat the things you know just. I want only to tell you about the new researches' results.

Magnetic resonance imaging has shown depressed people have stiffer cell membranes

And this essential substance we can find in natural products like Fish Oils. These do not work without sun exposion, too.
(quotes are from the books of Gracelyn Guyol sent me in a mail by her promoter probably)

Aliments for Good Sleep

2011-12-02T21:34:00.001+01:00

Everybody has own system to fight insomnia.Here are some of them:
One does not eat after 18:00
Other eats something before going to bed because feels bad with the empty stomach.
Somebody tryes to avoid coffee other does not drink at all.
Most use camomile or milk or honey or mix all them in a warm sweet drink...

What scientists say about it?

I found an article that -if summarized- explains what we have to avoid and what to assume before we go to bed:
Don't eat great quantities of food, much salt and peppers (all varieties)
Don't eat anything that includes great quantities of sodium: chips and crisps, stock-cubes and any tinned food.
Don't eat chocolate and don't drink coffee, tea etc.

What CAN we eat before we go to bed?
Ant food that helps to the body to produce seratonina responsible for relaxation and psychical health.
Such as:
Rise, cereals, pasta, bread, milk, vegetables and mature fruits.
The Prince of Relax is mandarine that contains many bromuri.

All this in respect of personal allergies and intollerances.

Benefits of Olive Oil for Alzheimer’s Disease

2011-11-27T10:58:00.001+01:00

Many surveys prove that what we are afraid of today are different mental problems, and Alzheimer’s Disease occupies one of the first places in the list of our fears. The last newsletter about the recent events brought me the notice that scientists found a very effective substance that will help in the cure of this terrible problem of aging.

In 1998, the team from Philadelphia wrote they understood how the bad elements work: they block the nerves, turn they out, and the person does not remember anything more.

Now, in October, the same team published the results of their last discovery that tells about the benefits of the main substance of the olive oil: it changes the structure of the toxic elements that act in the brain and do not allow them cause damages for our memory.

Well, before the scientists invent a new medicine maybe we have to use olive oil in our diet -in everyday salads, for example.

This is my article of some years ago How We Make Olive Oil

Fight with Weight

2011-11-21T13:07:00.000+01:00

My Holy Fight with Weight continue on the next step. I bought a massaging hula hop with magnets in the massaging "knobs". Here it is

My new devise comes from Korea (originally), has rather big weight of 1700 g and is large enough. Incidentally, Korea is where you can find the highest percentage of cosmetic surgery cases, including liposuction.

It's peculiarities, I think, make the difference with the hula hop I had before and could not use: I had terrible neck pains every time I used it. This one is much more difficult to twirl, and I had bruises first week of use, but I have not neck pains and am very content with it. Because I really like "hula-hopping".

If I could not twirl it more than 40 times the first days, I exercise about 5 minutes now. I like my sides -they become more compact with some muscles that is possible to find there now. :-))) I do not think that I'll be able to lower my weight because I have to change my mode to cook and to eat generally, but I think, my body will leave that nasty fat on the sides and I'll be more acceptable -for me, clearly.

List of Toxic Additives

2011-11-08T21:55:00.001+01:00

This list is distributed by the Anti-Tumour Center of Pordenone, Italy. There are non-toxic (1), suspected (2) and TOXIC additives in this list. If you want to avoid intoxication and deseases, read the Ingredients of the aliment you want to buy and do not purchase those suspected and toxic. Specially avoid E330

Parkinson’s Disease: New Research Results

2011-11-08T19:37:00.000+01:00

Very interesting Release sent me now could be interestoing for you, too. I wanted to sorten the article but it is unpossible because everything is important here. Specially for those persons that are waiting for the news about this terrible desease. So, even if I'm maybe not right that I copy an entire article here, I do it because I'm sure it's can be a hope for sentient beings.

Pitt Researchers Using Mathematics
To Target Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms

University of Pittsburgh mathematicians, working with neurobiology researchers, are using computational models, experiments, and analysis of models and data to study the way that signals are transferred between the basal ganglia, a collection of nuclei found in the brain that helps with motor control, and the thalamus, its downstream target in the brain. Although scientists can’t yet prevent the cell death associated with Parkinson’s, their study of mathematical patterns could guide the development of less invasive treatments that block the motor symptoms of the disease.

“For Parkinson’s patients, there are more spurts and pauses in neural activity, and the firing of groups of neurons becomes more coordinated, leading to tremor and other symptoms,” said Jonathan Rubin, Pitt professor of mathematics and one of the principal investigators on the project. “The neuronal activity is like a woodpecker knocking on a tree outside your window; it distracts you when it first starts pecking, and then the silence grabs your attention when the pecking suddenly stops. Similarly, the starts and stops in the neuronal activity can become disruptive to signal processing in the brain.”

Rubin said this firing pattern may be what leads those with Parkinson’s to experience shaking, rigid muscles, and difficulty in making quick movements. Currently, if side effects of drug treatments become too strong, surgeons fight these symptoms with deep brain stimulation (DBS), an aggressive but commonly used surgical treatment in which an implanted electrode literally penetrates the brain and sends out electrical impulses.

“It’s not quite understood how deep brain stimulation works,” said Rubin. “But it may be similar to the white noise of a window fan: It’s right there in your window next to you, so it’s potentially more distracting than a woodpecker. But actually, the regularity of the rhythm is less disruptive for you and your brain.”

Pitt researchers are trying to understand the neuronal activity patterns so they can improve the deep brain stimulation procedure, making it more individualized and efficient.

Along with Rubin, the principal investigators of the NSF award for the study of complex biological systems across multiple space and time scales are G. Bard Ermentrout, Distinguished University Professor of Computational Biology and professor of mathematics at Pitt; David Swigon, Pitt associate professor of mathematics; and Ivan Yotov, professor and chair in Pitt’s Department of Mathematics. The NSF grant partially funded the work of mathematics graduate student Pamela Reitsma, who carried out preliminary computational studies on the flow of signals from the basal ganglia under the supervision of Rubin and Brent Doiron, Pitt assistant professor of mathematics.

The principal investigators of the NIH grant are Pitt researchers Robert Turner, associate professor of neurobiology at Pitt; Brent Doiron, assistant professor of mathematics; and Rubin.

New Researches About Ageing, Weight and Hairs

2011-11-08T16:58:00.000+01:00

I found some interesting notices that tell about the results of the medical researches. I want to list them here.

One of them is about the ageing of the body.

Scientists discovered that our cells have natural limits of the number of divisions that is 50. After that, the cells begin to contaminate, disturb other cells. The researchers decided to clean the bodies of the mice from those old cells -and the mice remained in better form than those who did not have this treatment.

Now, they want to know if this cleaning can provoke deseases like cancer etc.

My personal doubt is this: why the nature choosed this strange precise number? Why 50 and not 49 or 52, for example? Do the numbers, invented by humans, are valid for the Universe?

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Second interesting discovery is about the weight and obesity.

The scientists are sure now different elements like plastic etc can influence the weight of the persons. Toxic substances of different sources we are in contact affect microbes that live in our intestine. Did you know that we have much more microbes in the intestine that all the sum of the cells that compose our body? The microbes practically control all the functions of our organisms.And, in this sence, weight, insuline, etc etc. But these microbs can be damaged by the chemical substances we are in contact with. Scientists found more than 30 toxins in the intestine of the obese persons.

It's known that some microbs of our intestine can change medicines we assume so that they become more toxic. And this s the next task for the researchers -to discover how the microbs of the intestine can interact with the pollute elements we have around us.

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Finally, the third report was about the color of the hairs.

One Japanese scientist found different metals in the hairs of different colors. So, iron, cooper and nickel are in the hairs of all colors. More nickel -light hair, more cooper -black hair, more iron and molybdenum -broun hair. What is interesting, Japanese researchers says, grey hairs contain only nickel.

Drive Public Awareness About Skin Disease

2011-10-26T10:06:00.000+02:00

I received a press release from October 25, 2011 about American Skin Association. It's not about the alternative medicine but this blog is here to spread the important information about the organizations that help us to remain healthy and to cure different problems, too. That is why I think this can be useful to some of my readers.

American Skin Association was founded by Dr. George W. Hambrick, a leader in the field of dermatology. The organization's achievements include:

Supporting the work of over 133 exceptional young scientists with the vision, drive and dedication to find new and innovative new ways to prevent, detect and treat skin disease.

Committing $7.7 million to advance dermatological research - the key to earlier diagnosis, less invasive therapies and, in time, prevention and cure.

Providing free instruction in sun safety and skin health to 12 million children, teachers & parents through award-winning, national public school programs, such as The Wonders of Skin: Looking Good, Being Healthy and ASA's newest initiative for pre-teens and young teens - The Skin You're In.

Establishing a model laboratory at Weill Cornell Medical College, which today remains one of the finest research facilities of its kind.

Helping Americans to better understand the often devastating impact of skin disease and the skin's irreplaceable role in good health through a free hotline, publications and a Web site developed with The Rockefeller University.

Urging government leaders to support increased funding for research, which is today among the National Institutes of Health's lowest priorities.

For more information on American Skin Association, go to www.americanskin.org

Do You Like Nordic Walking?

2011-10-22T20:35:00.004+02:00

Walking is my favourite sport. I walk when I can, and can tell you with certain honour, that I can walk even better than the young tourists that come to visit Vesuvius and Pompei and ask me to be their guide. The excursion is relatively difficult. It will be enough maybe if I tell you that the visitable (excavated) area of Pompei is 44 ha and the houses to visit are situated here and there. If you add Vesuvius to this walk -not very long trait to claimb but... it's hard enough, too.

So, I laughed when I found this video about the "nordic walking". I had a blogger-friend from Norway once, I remembered him: he would laugh with me watching this video, surely. It's a Polish version of Chinese fitness Qigong and not "nordic" :-))), don't you think?

Thoughts about Prostate Cancer

2011-10-10T20:11:00.002+02:00

What are the most frequent cancer types?
According to the National Cancer Institute, the most frequent is Prostate Cancer. The second has to be Breast Cancer. If you do not read the sites and do not look at the lists, you can notice that these numbers are correct because people speak about THESE types of cancer that happen to their relatives and friends more frequently -even if it's so easy to control the state of own health to prevent them, today.

About a week ago, my friend wrote me about her mother that began to claim pain in the breast. When she was operated, they found cancer in the state that is unpossible to cure. WHY did she not control her breast when every mass media crys about this possibility just for years?

A cousin came to visit my husband today and told him that he, knowing that there are different cases of prostate cancer in the family, goes for controls every year now (he is about 55). Prostate cancer is so easy to diagnose when it is at the beginning! Why do not control it after 45 years?

I asked different friends if they control their health regularly. Do you know what they said me? They have not time for it. They have not time to cure themselves if they will find something. They prefere to die suddenly.
These are the results of my "survey".

We live in the modern society. There is not a shame to check the health. Everybody knows that there are breasts and there are prostates. Death from Cancer is terrible. Only animals have the fortune to be put down. Humans have to live all the terrible pains till the end. Why we do not think about it BEFORE it's too late?

Purifying Treatment -Herb Tea

2011-09-24T21:57:00.000+02:00

Purifying treatments are very useful to clean our inner organs from "limestones". I know that stones in different organs are very frequent problem and the reason why the organs are removed. Virtually, there is not an older person -from the age 60-65- that did not have these pains. I do purifying cure 2 times a year, normally, in spring and in autumn. With the hope that we will avoid this illness. I make herb tea with

dandelion

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Artichoke

birch

milk thistle (Silybum marianum)

The preparation is very simple .I take a earthenware pot where I boil water (you have not touch the infuse with the metal objects). In this case you see pieces of Lapacho in the pot because, as I said in my previous posts, I decided to continue with Lapacho.

A special mug is useful but not necessary. I put a spoon of the herbs (mixed) in it and cover them with boiled water.

Because the herbs are very nourishing, it's better to drink the infusion in the morning and reduce the quantity of sugars in the diet.

September: Continue with Lapacho

2011-09-11T20:36:00.002+02:00

This year, I wrote different times about our attempts to use Lapacho to strengthen health (Useful to Prevent, Delay, or Treat Cancer -Lapacho). Specially, because we are not too young more, and the deseases of the age do not bypass our house.

Sommer finished for me 2 weeks before the end of August. I noticed that my nails became thin and fragile. The action of Lapacho finished, probably. I do not know why is it every year for me: nails and hairs suffer incredibly the change of the seasons.

I do not know, if I'm right, but I read in the books about the Eastern medicines (Ayurveda etc) that it's better to avoid to use herbs till September, 15 for health improvement. So, I respect this rule and wait for this date every year.

Now, what I want to do this year? I want to prepare the cleaning herbs (artichoke, birch, dandelion, milk thistle) and will add Lapacho to this mix. Not so much as I did in spring. I'm very afraid that I'll begin to add weight once more. I'll use only a very little quantity: only a pinch.
And will write about the results here, clear.

There is No Buddha Outside Of the Mind

2011-09-01T09:48:00.001+02:00

Sound healing is a very powerful technique to relax, to find a balance in the own life. The posts of this blog are often dedicated to the sounds and their use for meditation. I found 2 interesting videos with mantras today. these sounds were studied for centuries and maybe for millenniums to touch the most deep and important strings of our soouls. There are only 2 monasteries teaching this kind of singing as I know.

In any case you will enjoy the holy silence and majestic beauty of excellent film about Himalayas

The other example of deep singing

Buddhism IS -the new Buddhist Forum

2011-08-24T19:28:00.002+02:00

I am James Chen Ball - the founder of a new Internet based Buddhist forum called Buddhism IS. The forum acts as an open Buddhist discussion community that does not restrict itself to one school, tradition or sect of Buddhism. Our main goal, simply is - to provide a community and a place to discuss the many forms of Buddhism, in one place! We are moderated and maintained by volunteer members of the lay community and sangha from around the world of which are currently in the progress of transcribing an archive of audio Dhamma teachings and video lessons on the surangama sutra to provide further accesibility of the Dhamma. We would gratefully receive any assistance you would give us and ask that you place a link to our forum on your website to help improve our visibility - we will of course link back to you. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Yours in Dhamma James Chen Ball http://buddhismis.com

Space Gazing

2011-08-22T11:58:00.003+02:00

Meditation is an excellent way to regain calm and forces, to relax and to forget about the problems this last is equal to health. One of the meditation techniques is to practice it in an open place or near the sea 'in those environments where you can stay in touch with infinite.

“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” Bruce Lee

Contact lens care

2011-08-17T13:36:00.002+02:00

Many of us choose to wear contact lenses these days rather than glasses, this is mainly due to the fact that many of us have a hectic working and social life and keeping an eye on your glasses at all times, or trying to stop them falling loose whilst running to and from the next meeting, can be near impossible!

Also certain activities will not allow us to wear glasses, such as an intense gym session, swimming or running. In any one of the above circumstances wearing contact lenses is so much easier, not only will you be able to see clearly, you won’t be running the risk of losing or breaking an expensive pair of glasses.

Most people nowadays choose to wear daily contact lenses, which means you have a new lens for each day rather than washing the lenses every evening. This is thought of as a safer and more hygienic option and allows the wearer to simply toss the worn pair away and open up a new packet the next day!

Wearing contact lenses also means the user won’t run the risk of forgetting to take her or his glasses to work and therefore squinting all day without them, which will not only cause discomfort but also headaches.

You should talk to your eye doctor or optician before choosing between throwaway contact lenses or soft contact lenses. Both offer a similar solution and a good alternative to wearing glasses on a daily basis, however the soft lenses do require the user to take a great deal of care of their lenses in order to prevent eye infections or irritation. The lenses should be inserted into a cleansing solution every evening and over night in order to keep them intact and in good condition.

If you want to view contact lenses online visit www.getlenses.co.uk.

Ayurveda and Mushrooms

2011-08-11T19:01:00.002+02:00

Many of you will struggle for breath looking at this photo, probably. Yes, the period of the mushrooms began here, and it's just possible to buy these beauties.Well, we have mushrooms near the house but only "agaric honey" and they do not grow in this period.

Did you know that Ayurveda does not advise to eat mushrooms if you want to live healthy? I was surprised to read about it. Other foods that Ayurveda does not accepts as healthy? Meat, Fish and other Seafood, Cheese and Eggs, Garlic and Onion, Vinegar, Coffee and Tea...

Do you dream about Ayurveda lifestyle else?

Cactus is a Medicinal Plant

2011-07-25T20:21:00.000+02:00

Medicinal plants are very popular in our world now. If you like natural therapy, you probably use all the plants that grow not too far from your house (well, relatively far -not all have ecological and clean areas just behind the door, as I have). But there is one plant I've never thought it could be used as medicinal.

I have some interesting flowers now in the yard this week.

Yes, cactuses. Simple and so good known plants that ... are used as officinal plants, too.

Did you know it? Well, I did not. Enjoying these flowers this morning, I thought: who knows, there are maybe native for the places where cactuses grow nations that know their curative properties. And I undertook a little research in internet.

:-))) You will laugh maybe, but the traditional medicine that uses cactuses to cure some deseases is ...the Chinese traditional medicine (I thought, cactuses grow in Mexico and in deserts). And it knows about the properties of the cactuses from the times of the Qin Dynasty that means from about III century bC.

They say, cactuses help to relax, they calm pains, cure digestion's problems and much more.

But the other quality is most important for our life, I think: cactuses are able to absorb the radiation. Nobody knows how they do it. But the needles of cactuses can neutralize bad ions of sun, of TVs, computers, cells etc. That is why you can read often that you have to place cactuses near and over your devices.

Motherwort for Good Sleep

2011-07-05T18:53:00.005+02:00

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When we have problems in our life, this often leads to the lost of the normal sleep flow.Those who is not too young knows that these problems with the sleep become always more frequent with the age.

There are many plants that help us to solve this inconvenience in natural way, but the plants are not always safe for use in sense that you have to be sure they will not damage your health, and every plant has it's particular action.For example, camomole is immunosuppressant if used not properly, mint can damage cardiovascular system, motherwort (on thte photo) was used very much in the medicine, so that there was plants in every garden to have it neaby. They advise to use it for good quality sleep very often. But the incorrect usecan damage your health forever. If you will survive after it. So, if you want to use this plant, you have to ask your pharmacist and never exceed the doses.

Herbs are good remedies but they need more time to manifest the effects and these effects continue for more time than the medicines.

Cherry Paste Decreases Muscle Tenderness

2011-06-16T12:12:00.000+02:00

Interesting article arrived me this morning. I think, it will be interesting to read to everybody who prefers natural remedies.

WINONA, Minn. – A scientific study conducted at Winona State University has found that tart cherry paste significantly decreased muscle tenderness and pain following strenuous exercise, and generally lowered blood pressure compared to a group ingesting a placebo. The research findings were released by the university’s Department of Health, Exercise and Rehabilitative Sciences.

The purpose of the 2010 cross-over double blind study was to examine the effects of cherry supplementation on exercise-induced inflammation, muscle soreness and blood pressure. CherryFlex ProSport Shot, a tart cherry gel made from whole fruit and marketed under the name FruitFast, was used in the study.

Nineteen healthy college-aged male students participated in the study, with all subjects completing both a placebo and tart cherry supplementation. The study participants performed five sets of 10 maximal eccentric contractions of the elbow flexor immediately after ingestion of a placebo or cherry supplement. Both the placebo and supplement were also ingested for five days after the strenuous exercise bout.

Lead researcher Dr. Gary Kastello said the study results demonstrated an acute analgesic effect decreasing muscle tenderness and pain perception after subjects ingested the tart cherry supplement. Cherry supplement ingestion was also associated with a strong trend of lowering subject’s systolic blood pressure. On average, the subject’s systolic blood pressure decreased by 8 mmHg.

The current study differed from a similar study completed by Winona State University two years ago. The current study investigated the acute effects of tart cherry supplementation with subjects ingesting the supplement immediately before strenuous exercise, whereas the previous study investigated chronic effect with subjects ingesting
the supplement for 16 days prior to the strenuous bout of exercise.

“Any athlete in training or everyday individuals subjected to strenuous activity can become sore when muscles swell following exercise. Additionally, high blood pressure is a concern for all Americans,” said Dr. Kastello. “The tart cherry supplement decreased muscle tenderness and pain following exercise, and generally lowered subject’s blood pressure as well.”

According to Dr. Kastello, results from the original pilot study completed in 2008 suggested that the ingestion of the cherry supplement reduces muscle soreness, oxidative stress and C-reactive protein levels compared to subjects ingesting placebo.

Both studies support the finding that tart cherries speed relief of muscle fatigue post-exercise.

“The most compelling health-related change to come out of that early study was the decline in C-reactive protein, which is considered a marker of coronary artery disease risk,” Kastello continued. “This most recent study’s surprise finding was the general lowering of systolic blood pressure.”

The research findings were presented and published June 1 at the 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting and World Conference in Denver.

For more information, call the WSU Communications Office at 507-457-5024.

- WSU -

About Winona State University
Founded in 1858, Winona State University is a comprehensive, regional public university with more than 8,500 students. The oldest member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, WSU offers more than 80 undergraduate, pre-professional, licensure, graduate and doctorate programs on its three campuses in Winona and Rochester. Winona State ranks as the second public institution in Minnesota in the 2011 edition of U.S.News & World Report's “Best Colleges,” has been named among the "Best in the Midwest" by The Princeton Review for the seventh consecutive year, and has been featured as one of America’s 100 Best College Buys for quality and value for 15 years in a row. The university’s mission is to enhance the intellectual, social, cultural and economic vitality of the people and communities we serve: a community of learners improving our world. For more information, visit: www.winona.edu.

How We Cure Indigestion

2011-05-23T05:05:00.000+02:00

There are different ways to cure indigestion. Someone drinks lemon juice, others use black tea maybe with juice of lemon and much sugar, sometimes they ingest activated carbon. All these remedies are valid.

Not all of us know that there is a very important plant to use in these cases: it's the wild rose. It's berries with the seeds. Not always we find seeds in the dry rosehips in the herbalist’s shops because they have not very pleasant hairs, but they say, these seeds contain very useful substances. So, if you prepare your herb tea, use the seeds and filter than the drink.

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Wild rose is very good not only for those who has indigestion but for those who has liver and kidneys problems and illnesses. Even those who has grave illnesses can and have to use rosenhips without fear.

There are herbal drinks in the filters in the supermarkets, too. It's good if they contain hibiscus and elderberries, too.

The wild rose is very easy to grow in the garden and it's very efficient as a fence. You will have your own berries of the wild rose every autumn. But the wild rose is beautiful, too, and it will enjoy your eyes from spring till winter: the red rosehips are very spectacular in the white winter cover and they attract birds. You see how many joys and benefits can donate you a simple modest wild plant.

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Tea Ceremony

2011-05-12T18:30:00.000+02:00

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Did you know that the Tea Ceremony was born as a meditation of the Buddhist monks of Japan? Only in the Middle Ages the tea Ceremony left the monasteries and become comon custom in all the houses till it became one of the most important tourist attractions for the European and American visitors of the country. What an interesting transformnation.
And, finally, the ancient tradition turns back to it's origins in the teachings of the buddist monks like Tich Nath Hahn who explains this meditation to his western disciples. You can read about it here
http://www.intent.com/yumi/blog/illustrated-meditation-drinking-tea
and here The Tea Ceremony by Thich Nhat Hanh

Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves' Paintings and Ryukoku Museum

2011-05-04T14:30:00.002+02:00

Very interesting Buddhist complex Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves situating between Turfan and Shanshan (China) is now presented in Japanese Ryukoku Museum in private Ryukoku University.

There are pictures representing different lives of Buddha Sakyamuni were in the very eng corridor. After I've watched some of the videos available in YouTube, I can't understand how the painters were able to make this works. I would give the name of one of the marvels of the world to this work. But, as they say, it's better to see once than ti hear 10 times. The first video is about the Bezeklik Caves and the second video is about the exposition in the museum of Ryukoku.

Join the World's International Day of Compassion.

2011-04-28T11:07:00.001+02:00

Here is the message I received today and was asked to pass it to all my friends and readers
From other side, in the times when we remained without our believed blogger communities like My Blog Log this is the possibility to join a new one that, I hope, will take it's place.

On May 15, 2011 Bloggers and other social media participants will blog about the importance of Compassion.
“Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.”
~ Dalai Lama
What makes this event special?
1.) With your HELP we are petitioning the United Nations to designate MAY 15 as the world's International Day of Compassion.
2.) To raise awareness about Compassion as this can only lead to good.
3.) The first International Day of Compassion is in honor of the "Real" Dr. Patch Adams whose compassion extends beyond any borders. We hope that as a result of this day Dr. Adams will further his cause of building his "dream" hospital.
4.) We believe that with the disasters, man-made and those caused by nature, it is vital that the world community dedicate one day to raise awareness and take compassionate action.
5.) TO UNITE together as bloggers and micro-bloggers, Twitter and FaceBook users and make a real, long lasting, sustainable positive difference to our world.
I know that you receive a ton of requests to do good. Why participate in this event in particular?
BloggersUnite is a non-profit in the true sense of the meaning. It makes no profit. It is completely funded by BlogCatalog.
With that in mind, I ask you to PLEASE JOIN us at BloggersUnite & submit your blog post, grab an Action Badge, and/or sign up to support this cause. Write about whatever you want related to compassion. We are an issue-agnostic platform that promotes issues that are of importance.
If you want to get your hand's dirty and assist me in drafting the Petition to the Secretary-General of the UN you'll find it here.
Once you have blogged or tweeted about the event, please make certain you visit BloggersUnite and list your blog post so that others can read it.
Your feedback and suggestions are encouraged and welcome. Also, if you run a non-profit or are an NGO and wish to be part of this movement please contact me and we can partner with you and get you compassionate organization exposure.
Isn't it time for more compassion?
Best,
Tony

Lapacho: We Continue the Cure

2011-04-08T11:22:00.002+02:00

Lapacho is an Argentinian tree that has many useful for the health properties. I just wrote about it in my post ( Useful to Prevent, Delay, or Treat Cancer -Lapacho ) where I told you about it's marvelous -if we want to believe to the written sources- capacities to cure even Leucaemia (I read about the clinics in Brasil where the patients are treated with Lapacho).

I told you that we -my husband and me- began to assume a cup (250 ml) of tea every day. I prepare 1 tea-spoon for 500 ml of water every day and we drink it about half an hour before the lunch. We do it for 1 month and than we have 1 week off. This way, we continue from January and now will have the 3-d week-off.

About the results.
The first result we had just after one month, I think, was that the hair and nails grow fast and are more hard. Generally, we feel more toned.
I have less problems with digestion ( I had always sick eating fast every food in the last period).

About a week ago began suddenly a very bewildering increase in weight. Both, we added 5 kg in 1 week (it's strange that both the same number). I was just overveight and this is a great tragedy for me.
Is it the demonstration of the wrong diet?
Or have we to interrupt the treatment?
I've read that the treatment with Lapacho has to continue AT LEAST 6 month.

Silicone is Dangerous!

2011-03-10T18:48:00.000+01:00

Everybody knows that the silicon implants are dangerous. Different sources tell us stories about show girls that had problems with their "additional beauties". So, they tell about one actress whose silicone breast exploded during the filming of a new movie.

The last story is about an Israeli pornostar. She had to kiss a boa during a photograph session. The snake did not like this "job" and bit the silicone breast of the woman.

What happend after that? Nothing bad for the woman that was took away in a hospital for controls.

But the boa died for the intoxication.

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This Friday, February 4 is World Cancer Day

2011-02-03T19:30:00.000+01:00

One in two men and one in three women will get cancer in their lifetimes. Isn't it time to take a stand against cancer and change the odds? On Friday, please take a moment to spread the word and help send a global message to end cancer.

This Friday, February 4 is World Cancer Day. To support this awareness-raising initiative, Stand Up to Cancer is calling on all Facebook users to take a virtual stand with their status message. If you could encourage your readers to participate, it would be greatly appreciated.

Participation is quick and easy: go to WCD2011.su2c.org and fill in your connection to cancer (e.g. "my mother," "my sister," "John Taylor"). If you are personally in the fight, SU2C suggests you enter the message: "I stand for the end of cancer." The page will automatically create your World Cancer Day Facebook status for you, similar to the one below:

First Letter of your Family Name Influences your Behaviour

2011-01-26T22:00:00.000+01:00

Did you know that your reaction in diffferent situations of the life depends often from your family name? To be more precise -from it's first letter. Don't believe? I could not believe, too. But it's a truth.

Children, whose last name beginns from the last letters of the alphabet know from school that they are last in the row and have to wait much time and -maybe!- do not receive what they have to receive. In any case, they have to wait much time. To solve this problem they develop fast reaction and decide very quickly what to do in this or that situation. The children with the family name that beginns with the first letters of alphabet are much more slow because they are acustomed to be always the first and have not to wait.

This study is confirmed by the women that changed their last name when married. They continue to act so as before according to their original family name.

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Ways to Treat Cancer

2011-01-15T14:48:00.000+01:00

Eric, the author of this article, asked me to post it in my blog. Hope the information you will find there will be useful.

Mesothelioma is one of the rarest, most aggressive cancers today. Caused by asbestos exposure, the lung cancer is difficult to treat. Mesothelioma Life Expectancy is often less than a year because of the unusually long latency period of its symptoms.

Mesothelioma is often resistant to traditional chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Therefore it may prove beneficial to those suffering from mesothelioma, and really any cancer, to research and discuss therapy options with their doctors.

Vitamin C

Good for colds and other common ailments, Vitamin C may help to prevent cancer form metastasizing Vitamin C is essential for increasing the immune systems’ effectiveness and for creating collagen. Collagen is a protein that supports and connects tendons and ligaments. It also strengthens bones, and muscles, and blood vessels.

Astragalus

Astragalus is the root of a plant commonly grown in China. The Chinese believe that a combination of astragalus and chemotherapy may slow tumor growth, improve immune system capabilities, and relieve some of the negative chemotherapy side effects.

Ukrain

Ukrain is derived from the combination of the chemotherapy drug Thiotepa and a common root called greater celandine. When administered intravenously, Ukrain may improve the quality of life and life expectancy of some patients.

Iscador

Iscador is a species of European Mistletoe. For centuries, mistletoe has been used to improve health. Iscador may be able to alter the composition of cancer cells, strengthen the immune system, and improve general well-being. It may prevent the cancer from metastasizing in some cases.

Because Mesothelioma symptomsare difficult to diagnose, treatment for patients is often difficult or ineffective. Perhaps with the use of less traditional treatments, like Astragalus, Ukrain, Iscador, and the all-powerful Vitamin C, mesothelioma and other cancer patients can become cancer survivors.

Mediterranean Diet for the Brain Health -Receipe

2011-01-10T10:59:00.000+01:00

Mediterranean Diet is known as the best for health today. But it's ingredients you can find all year long in every supermarket round the world.

Scientists built a list of the best for the brain health aliments where the first place takes red cabbage. Here is the receipe from the Mediterranean diet you can make every day all year long after you visit the nearest supermarket:

In the pack, there is a just ready mix for a salad: choose that with 3 or 4 ingredients with the red cabbage or, otherwise, red lettuce. Both are good, as explained earlier.

Olive oil is "Extravergine". Attention! Non everybody will say it to you but it's important: you have to conserve your olive oil in an inox recipient. Plastic is absolutely to avoid, and glass is not good, too. Don't use more than 1 spoon to flavour your salad! It's too caloric.

The other, black in the bottle on my photo, is "Aceto Balsamico di Modena" -balsamic vinegar from Modena (Italian city). Better if aged, and there are diffferent tastes, so try different marks for the best for you salad.

Other good for brain health aliments are
dried apricots
bilberry
cod
avocado
aubergine
beet
white chicken meat
salmon
coffee
kiwi
green pea
veal liver
molluscs
prawns
red beans
vine
sea salt
laminaria
pistachio, almonds, walnuts etc
sage
carrot
yoghurt
green tea "matcha" (other green teas are good too)
black chocolate
porridge
and others
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The best way to taste Mediterranean diet in Italy is to visit Italy. You can choose a Mediterranean cruise -and it will be really an excellent possibility to know the country. If you prefere a vacation package or like the individual travelling, you can write me (liudmila-@hotmail.it) and I'll help you to find the best solution. Because I live in Italy, I can not only find something really special for you, I can guide you, too, help you if you have language problems -I'm only a call far. :-) This is my page "Travel and Cruise Deals" visit it, my Travel Blog with many interesting articles about travel, my Travel Fan Page in Facebook with newest cruise, hotels and vacations offers (there are travel quitzes too!) and subscribe my Free Travel Newsletter to receive weekly memories about updates of my pages.
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Cancer Cells Recognized by a Chip

2011-01-05T21:58:00.001+01:00

Knowing that many readers of this blog are interested in the research of the possibilities to cure cancer, I decided to publish here the notice I received today. I know not so much about it but I think, I have to share this hope.

This is a very interesting notice for all us: it seems, the researchers found the possibility to make a diagnosis of cancer even if there is only one cancerous cell in the blood of a person. They say, they insert a sort of chip that works like a filter of the blood and is able to recognize ill cells if they pass through it.

The researchers are from Johnson&Johnson, that work with doctors of Massachusetts General Hospital and company Veridex.

Happy New Year!!!

2010-12-31T16:01:00.001+01:00

Useful to Prevent, Delay, or Treat Cancer -Lapacho

2010-12-29T20:06:00.000+01:00

Lapacho, a herbal tea (the internal coat of rind of Lapacho tecome) you see on the photo, that comes from Argentina, is a very useful drink. Here what is written about it in Wikipedia:

It appears to have antimicrobial, antiviral, and antifungal properties, and is used to treat minor skin injuries, such as insect bites, as well as for other conditions such as . Lapacho is used by herbalists as a putative treatment for cancer, HIV, candida and numerous other deseases. Studies by the U.S. National Cancer Institute showed that lapacho may prevent, delay, or treat cancer;

My husband was in Argentina, and I asked him to buy Lapacho for me because they said me, it's very good for the digestive system. They say, Lapacho is good even to cure cancer of the digestive system. Than, they say, it's good for so many grave deseases like allergy, diabete, herpes. There are clinics in Brazile where they cure Leucemia with Lapacho. !!! Others are artrite, psoriasi, arteriosclerosis etc.

To make a liter of this tea, you need only 2 tea-spoons of rind. First, you have to boil it for 5 minutes, than, you have to wait for 15 minutes. Finally, you can drink it. They say, it's better if you drink it together with mate. So, I prepare this "glass" of mate (only some drops -but I don't know how to make it in the right way) and 250 ml of Lapacho.

Well, it's the beginning of the treatment. After a month, I'll write you about the results.

Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche's Health Update

2010-12-03T20:30:00.000+01:00

Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche is a Teacher of many persons here in Europe and in Americas too. So, the notice about his bad state of health was shocking for many of us.
This day brings good notice: Doctors are optimistic.

I wanted to repeat this appeal

Rinpoche's Birthday coming

Soon it will be Rinpoche's birthday.
The Namkhai family thought to ask the people of the community to send small video messages to Rinpoche.
We will gather them and present to Rinpoche.
To send them you can use free services of Dropbox or Yousendit.
Send the file to info@shangshunginstitute.org
Please join this nice initiative!

Bye,
The Webcast Team

Live Webcast: Listen to Dalai Lama on November, 30

2010-11-28T14:22:00.000+01:00

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will teach on Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo's "37 Practices of A Boddhisattva" from the main Tibetan temple in Dharamsala on November 30th, 2010 from approximately 9-11:30am Indian Standard Time. His Holiness will be teaching mainly in Tibetan with Russian, Chinese and English translations available. Webcast information at http://dalailama.com/liveweb

For timings in your region 9:00am Indian Standard Time on November 30th is the same as 10:30pm November 29th Eastern Standard Time in New York, USA.

Watch English live webcast here.
Watch Russian live webcast here.
Watch Chinese live webcast here.
Watch Tibetan live webcast here.

Announced by Dalai Lama's Fan Page
ttp://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5724311&id=339188887615

Ayurvedic Breathing Exercises and Tips

2010-11-17T10:19:00.000+01:00

Breathing exercises are not difficult and it's possible to use them in any place that is why I like tOften they help to calm the mind, other times is necessary to use asanas, in some situations you need contemplation. In the most cases would be enough to control the mind. But because we are not able to do it normally, all these methods can help. Here some other advises I received today in a mail.

In these hectic times, especially as we approach the holidays, who couldn’t use an extra tool in their stress-relief kit – one that’s always accessible and free?meditation hi res.jpg The ancient sages from India recognized the breath as important for balancing and de-stressing one’s body, mind and spirit. Below are Ayurvedic breathing tips from Dr. Virender Sodhi, Ayurvedic MD, Naturopathic Physician and co-founder of R-U-VED , manufacturer of Ayurvedic herbs based in Redmond, WA.

Considered the “healing side of yoga,” Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old healing science from India that provides a natural, balanced approach to optimal health according to each individual’s natural constitution, or “dosha.”

Ayurvedic Breathing Exercises:

Vata balancing –for those of the Vata dosha or during fall

(Vata’s can be anxious and absentminded and experience flatulence and constipation.)
1. Inhale through your nose, filling your lungs to full capacity
2. Hold the breath for three seconds, followed by a slow mouth exhale
3. Repeat this exercise 16 times, twice a day

Kapha balancing –for those of the Kapha dosha or during spring

(Kapha’s may feel sluggish, often experience respiratory conditions and gain weight easily.)
1. Bring your chin towards your chest and inhale deeply through your nose
2. Extend your head back and exhale through your mouth
3. Repeat this exercise 16 times, twice a day

Pitta balancing – for those of the Pitta dosha, or during summer

(Pitta's tend to run warm, get easily irritated and impatient and experience heated digestion.)

1. Open your mouth to form an “O” shape. With your mouth in this position, form a funnel with your tongue and place it between your lips*
3. Slowly inhale through your tongue and feel the breath reach your heart
4. Relax the tongue and mouth, and then exhale through your mouth
5. Repeat this exercise 16 times, twice a day
* If you cannot form a funnel, bring your teeth together and inhale through your teeth instead

Tridosha balancing – ideal for all doshas, any time of the year

1. Turn your head to the left and slowly inhale through your nose, filling your lungs to full capacity
2. Turn your head to the right and exhale through your mouth, repeat 16 times
3. Repeat the process starting with your head to the right another 16 times
4. Repeat this exercise twice a day
For more details on “doshas” and Ayurveda click here.

Boost Your Health this Thanksgiving

2010-11-08T21:04:00.000+01:00

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This article seems to me interesting (from a mail):

Don’t be fooled by their size. Cranberries are the ultimate super fruit packed with nutrients and antioxidants. From combating urinary tract infections to promoting gastrointestinal (digestive) health, the lists of health benefits are endless. Make sure you don’t pass on the cranberries this Thanksgiving and enjoy cranberries as a juice or cocktail, in pie, jam or sauce. In addition to cranberries, life insurance quotes are another great way to add security to your healthy lifestyle.

ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Dr. Helen Lee shares how cranberries can boost your health this Thanksgiving.

·         Urinary Tract Health: Studies in 1994 showed that women who drank cranberry juice were less likely to develop urinary tract infections. At the Experimental Biology conference in 2002 a study showed that 8-oz of cranberry juice cocktail prevented E. Coli from adhering to the wall of the bladder. Cranberries contain a structurally unique form of proanthocyanidins which prevent bacteria such as E. Coli from adhering to the urinary tract and thus can be released through the urine.

·         Antioxidants: Antioxidants are compounds in the body which have the ability to stabilize free radicals which cause cellular damage, increased degeneration/aging/disease, as well as increase risk of cancer. A study published in the November 19, 2001 edition of the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry showed cranberries to contain more antioxidant phenols than 19 other common fruits & vegetables.

·         Gastrointestinal Health: Cranberry has been found to inhibit some food-bourne bacteria from attaching to the mucosal lining of the digestive tract. A study in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition also showed that cranberry juice prevents the common bacteria responsible for many stomach ulcers, Helicobacter pylori, from adhering to the gastric wall.

·         Cholesterol Health: A study in British Journal of Nutrition showed 8% increase in HDL (“good”) levels of 30 overweight men with slightly elevated LDL. Increased levels of HDL has been shown to decrease risk of heart/cardiovascular disease.

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November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Month

2010-11-04T19:36:00.000+01:00

Here you will read some advises I found interesting.They are from one of the mails I receive so numerous in the last period. I want to repeate: Be careful with these advises, I personally can't prove them. I only find them interesting. That's all.

The other warning: even if they speak too much good about green tea, it's not so foolproof as some persons want to make us believe. Pls, use moderation if you want to begin to cure yourself with it and read this my post: 10 Things to Know about Green Tea. It's very important! Read it, this post, before you begin the cure!

November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Month, bringing attention to the 5.3 million Americans who are affected by this disease. With the baby boomer generation rapidly aging, Alzheimer’s will continue to affect millions more lives. Green Tea has a popular reputation for its health benefits and is known for benefiting conditions such as cancer, high cholesterol and cardiovascular problems.

Green tea has once again proved itself as a ‘super’ tea. An antioxidant in green tea (a flavonoid found in plants) may fight the memory robbing effects seen with plaque deposits in Alzheimer’s. ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Dr. Martha Howard, MD recommends drinking green tea to help prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s for the following three reasons.

1.The antioxidant known as epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) significantly reduces the formation of beta-amyloid proteins in the brain. An abnormal buildup of beta-amyloid plaque in the brain is implicated in the nerve damage and memory loss seen in Alzheimer’s disease.

2.Tea inhibits the activity of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) which breaks down the chemical messenger or neurotransmitter, acetylcholine. Alzheimer’s is characterized by a drop in acetylcholine.

3.Green tea hinders the activity of the enzyme butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE). Green tea has Catechins in which half is made up of EGCG, which is 20 times more powerful than vitamin C as an antioxidant.

General Picture of the Obesity in USA in 2010

2010-10-26T12:48:00.000+02:00

As you know, I like to publish interesting articles other bloggers send me. This mail I received just a moment ago. I opened the page and was astonished. It's really a great job made by Megan that I wanted absolutely present to you.

Hi Liudmila,
I just visited your site (lazy-yogi.com). I think you've done a great job with it!
My name is Megan and I run a health and fitness blog at http://ellipticaltrainers.org.

I recently created an infographic about obesity statistics (some of them will surprise you… seriously) on my blog that I thought your readers might like:

Source: EllipticalTrainers.org

6 Reasons of Overweight (Researchers Say)

2010-10-17T14:54:00.000+02:00

Excessive weight is the problem of many persons today.This time I don't speak about my personal feelings of the non more slender body but about the results of different scentific researches. Here are they in some words.

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1 -First of all, lack of Vit. D is one of the main reasons.
Wait! Wait! Dont run in the pharmacy! Vitamin supplements do not help. To absorb it, our body needs exposure to ultraviolet radiation -to the sun rays in other words. And the body in this case (lack of Vit.D) becomes flabby and flaccid.

2 -What you eat in the moorning (till 12:00), your body uses for life necessities. If you have a good breakfast, your organizm does not need other calories for 5-6 hours.

3 -Don't hurry! It's the most sure way to remain without beautiful waist. When you eat in passing, you accumulate 2-3 times more calories than you need a day because you do not notice how much you eat.

4 -Live without credits. They are very high stress producing factor. You work much, have not time for normal relax, the awareness to have credits is just stressful itself -and your mind finds confort in chocolates, bisquits etc.

5 -married men have not stimuli to run and to be attractive, they eat regularly and good -and become similar to the arctic seals after some years of married life.

6 -Did you know that 0,5l of orangeade contains quantity of sugar equal to 6 tea-spoons? You can absorb 2000 kal ONLY with drinks (milk, fermented milk etc included), researchers say. The best are normal water (mineral water contains salts keeping it in the body), herbal infusions and green tea.
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Healthy from the Morning

2010-10-15T11:34:00.001+02:00

After week thaat I began to do my yoga exericses (pls read my previous post) I can be satisfyed with my results. First of all I have less neck- and back- pains. They were very disturbing and I just could not move from the aches I had. Second (and the fiirst by the degree of satisfaction) is that the cuscion of the fat on the belly seems to be more little. Well, it was promised by havasana. :-)

Now, if you begin to do asanas, you have to notice that mornings are the hours when it's difficult to reach the same resullts than you have in the daytime. It's normal, don't be afraid. Knowing it, we do not try to break our body. Here I found the video where there are asanas to do in the morning. But before you watch it I tell you an interesting fact about the morning state of any person.

Did you know that we are 1,6 cm longer in the morning?

How I Do Asanas

2010-10-10T18:05:00.000+02:00

What has to happen in the world to make me do asanas? Do you know it? Neither I don't know. But the last days when I was completely unable to live and the incredible increase of the weight carried me to begin to make so loved exercises.

You will not believe but I love to do asanas. If I would have more time, I would surely do them every day. Here are some of my preferite

dhanurasana

sarvangasana

And finally halasana

I have to confess you, I feel much more alive after I do my asanas. From other side, they say, the "upside down" positions are very useful and good for health generally. Specially for those who, like me, sits all days long. And, they are good to turn back to original state of our bodies. :0)))

By the way, if you do practices, try do some preferite asanas before you begin the practice. The mind finds the necessary state easliy and fast.

Dalai Lama Crying when Teaching Bodhicitta

2010-10-01T12:00:00.000+02:00

This video is very beautiful. I was really delighted to watch it. And the teachind is very nice too. I wrote the text you can see in English there to read it more easily. So, you can enjoy it too.

...to direct our mind towards them, this shows we have great merit. For the Lama it's fortunate to have this opportunity to teach about Bodhicitta. For you, the desciples, also this occasion for bodhicitta the altruistic mind cherishing others over oneself you are fortunate to hear the teaching on it. Whoever generates this altruistic intention will find themselves setting out on the path to true happiness. We all want happiness and don't want suffering. Right? If you wish for real peace and harmony there is nothing more one could ask for than reflecting on bodhicitta.

Usually, I do believe and even say that, as recited in Lama Choepa: You are the Guru, the Personal Deity, the Angel, the Dharma Protector, as I do not seek any refuge other than you from now until my enlightenment please hook me with your compassion in this life, in the interim state, and throughout future lives. Relieve me from the fears of existance and peace, grant me all feats, befriend me forever, and avert all obstacles.

It is bodhicitta, this good heart, which is all these.It helps us in this life and in the in-between state.Also if one is able to maintain this altruistic mind at the time of dieing it is absolutely certain that the next life will be good. Why?
A bad rebirth is due to the negative actions and these are purified by the altruistic intention. An excellent higher form of rebirth has to come about through merit and there is nothing greater than the altruistic intention to gain merit.

Please hook me with your compassion in this life, in the interim state, and throughout future lives. This delivers us from our existence in samsara. How? We are tossed around in samsara by our ego-clinging wich destroys ourselves and others. Since the intelligent Bodhisattvas are able to see it how would they ever appreciate ego-clinging at all? How would they ego-clinging overpower them? Therefore bodhicitta helps us to get out of samsara. Although bodhicitta is not cultivated just for nirvana, it happens as a natural side-effect of this practice. It is only bodhicitta wich can release us from the one-sided peace of nirvana. No other path can do it.

Regarding "grant all blessings" bodhicitta fulfills all our goals in this life and in the next, temporary and ultimate. Even for our ordinary needs like sleep, cultivate the altruistic mind and you will be happy.
When you are happy, you will be helthier and you will sleep more peacefully, and your food will taste better, everybody will be friends with you, even birds and animals. How happy! You will live longer. You may not age permanently or die untimely death.

If you could think bodhicitta, this good heart, though you are young, you will be in harmony with everybody. In middle age you will not be troublesome but helpful to all. If you have been practicing bodhicitta than even when you become old, you will be calm and peaceful. Otherwise, if you become one of those elderly people who always make a nuisance, your own children will complain. Worse still, the children might think, "How awful! These oldies haven't died yet!" Even children, if they are kindhearted, receive more presents! Children who are always fighting, or are cruel lose out. They get no presents and nobody will take care of them.

If you are kind, you will be happy in childhood, middle and old age. You will be happy in this life and in future lives.
A kind heart is an offering to please the Buddha. Develop it so that all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are delighted. Right? And our kind heart will be our friend forever, as we pray in Lama Choepa: plese be my friend forever. It is kindness which can avert the obstacles. I talked about it before.

So far, I haven't met people trying to harm me. If they did come to me, I am not sure if I can react with bodhicitta. However when I'm relaxed, I do think, "Who are my enemies? Where are they? I feel sorry for them." All beings are our "friends". We should not exclude enemies, beings who hinder us or evil beings. (from my blog "Yungdrung Bon Blog")

My New Diet: Apple Cider Vinegar

2010-09-28T12:37:00.000+02:00

If you are not tiered to listen about my attempts to turn back to the normal weight, read about the next experience I began with me.

The problem is that I continue to add kilos despite all my entations to remain at least where I reached this time. I know that I don't make movements since I stay all days long for the PC and never go out at feet. If we go out, we use the car. You can't go some km-s till the next shop and to turn back with the full bag than. Well, you CAN do it, but there are so many tasks to do that it's practically unpossible. (It's my justification of my sedentary live).

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From other side, I eat too much (in confront to the movements I do) and I like fat and sweeties. And there is the matter, I know. But I'm not able not to eat.

But the weight becomes higher and higher from day to day and the bones do not support it more.

Two days ago I read about the apple cider vinegar. They say, it's possible to become more slim if you drink it before you eat. 1 spoonful of vinegar in 1 glass of water. At least in the morning and than before you go in bed.

I began to do it. It's the 3-d day today.
The first and the best result: I don't have the insatiable desire to eat sweeties. This one is my greatest problem. I HAVE to gulp down sugar. And not simple sweeties. Chocolate, ice-creams 'something like this. "Heavy" enough. Yesterday, the second day of my diet, I did not want to eat the second Lindt bon-bon! I could not believe my eyes! I adore these chocolates. It's great, guys! It's the best thing I could imagine to have from the diet.
I tryed once with special aliments that have to fill the stomach once they enter it. But it was something terrible.
But I have a problem with my new diet. When I drink vinegar before I go to bed, I feel giddy. And I have special taste in the mouth in the morning. Probably, I have to drink it only before I eat.
Now, I read some articles about apple cider vinegar.

They tell about the effect I just had: the persons renounce on sweeties when drink vinegar. But the quantity I use is probably too high. They speak about 2 tea-spoons with 250 ml of water. I take 1 soup-spoon with 200 ml. Than, the significant results you will notice after 2-3 months (well, it's not bad because it's normal for weight loose, I think). The vinegar you can find in the shops is in the most cases not natural but made with essence that is bad for the health. It's better to make it at home. You can add honey to the vinegar you drink. You have drink it with attention to not touch the teeth. As a tonic you can drink it once a day, to loose weight 3 times a day after the meals.

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Well, I did not understand about the meals. Before or After?

An Apple a Day

2010-09-23T20:49:00.000+02:00

This article is from those I began to receive in the last period by mail. I like it and think it can be interesting for you too, so I decided to post it here.
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As it turns out, an apple a day will keep the doctor away. Apples are a quintessential food for health that are low in fat, calories and are an enzyme rich energy food that helps break down and digest other foods. ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Dr. Melody Hart, ND, PhD suggests buying organic, un-waxed apples that are not treated with fungicides or pesticides and shares how nutrient-rich apples have been found to help fight the following diseases:

1. Bone Protection: French researchers found that a flavanoid called phloridzin that is found only in apples may protect post-menopausal women from osteoporosis and may also increase bone density. Boron, another ingredient in apples, also strengthens bones.

2. Asthma Help: One recent study shows that children with asthma who drank apple juice on a daily basis suffered from less wheezing than children who drank apple juice only once per month. Another study showed that children born to women who eat a lot of apples during pregnancy have lower rates of asthma than children whose mothers ate few apples.

3. Alzheimer's Prevention: A study on mice at Cornell University found that the quercetin in apples may protect brain cells from the kind of free radical damage that may lead to Alzheimer's disease.

4. Lower Cholesterol: The pectin in apples lowers LDL ("bad") cholesterol. People who eat two apples per day may lower their cholesterol by as much as 16 percent.

5. Lung Cancer Prevention: According to a study of 10,000 people, those who ate the most apples had a 50 percent lower risk of developing lung cancer. Researchers believe this is due to the high levels of the flavonoids quercetin and naringin in apples.

6. Breast Cancer Prevention: A Cornell University study found that rats that ate one apple per day reduced their risk of breast cancer by 17 percent. Rats that were fed three apples per day reduced their risk by 39 percent and those fed six apples per day reduced their risk by 44 percent.

7. Colon Cancer Prevention: One study found that rats fed an extract from apple skins had a 43 percent lower risk of colon cancer. Other research shows that the pectin in apples reduces the risk of colon cancer and helps maintain a healthy digestive tract.

8. Liver Cancer Prevention: Research found that rats fed an extract from apple skins had a 57 percent lower risk of liver cancer.

9. Diabetes Management: The pectin in apples supplies galacturonic acid to the body which lowers the body's need for insulin and may help in the management of diabetes.

10. Weight Loss: A Brazilian study found that women who ate three apples or pears per day lost more weight while dieting than women who did not eat fruit while dieting.

Apple Nutrition Facts
(One medium 2-1/2 inch apple, fresh, raw, with skin)

Calories 81
Carbohydrate 21 grams
Dietary Fiber 4 grams
Soluble Fiber
Insoluble fiber
Calcium 10 mg
Phosphorus 10 mg

Iron .25 mg
Sodium 0.00 mg
Potassium 159 mg
Vitamin C 8 mg
Vitamin A 73 IU
Folate 4 mcg

*The nutritional value of apples will vary slightly depending on the variety and size.

For more information go to www.ChicagoHealers.com.

Colourtherapy for Future Mum

2010-09-21T16:00:00.003+02:00

I don't know why I do not believe in colourtherapy and that is why I rarely write about it. This time, reading about the news in the alternative medicine, I found an interesting article describing a test how you can control your state of soul and correct it with the colourtherapy. It seemed interesting enough and I decided to tell you about it.

First of all, some words about the history of my (low) curiosity towards this branch of the alternative medicine.

One of the teachers of the school I worked in took from the cources for teachers a test where it was possible to understand the psychological state of a pupil and to have the possibility to correct it observing the colors he prefers. We all (teachers) played this new game, and it was about choosing colors you like in different situations.

In the last years I heard much about the colourtherapy: many vendors sell furnitures and bathes that will heal you while you observe the color. Well, can it be real that you heal the deseases (psychological mostly) you pumpered for years taking bath in the water colored with lamps of different colors? As a support of your meditation to clean 5 elements -maybe. I don't know.

Now, the article I read tells you can govern a person changing his/ her feeling, energy level, working capacities etc. observing colors. It is very important for future mum that is responsable for the health of her future child. If you can create positive feelings in your soul, your body produces positive hormonal changes that make positive changes in the baby.

So, what can you do.

1 -paint an image using color pencils or what you have. Any image. Your future child, something abstract, a flower -anything.

If you are interested -do it now and read the post only after you finished your artwork.

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Now, when you finished, observe your painting and notice what is/ are the dominating color/s
Red is for very lively and courageous persons. But they are egoists too.
Yellow is for independent and explorers but sometimes they are irresponsible
Green is for the women that feel pregnancy as an illness. The child can feel himself left by his mother and needs her great love.
Orange is for those "red-yellow". They can be happy but begin to cry one moment later.
Azure is for those who like freedom and changes.
Rose like those calm and womanly
Lilac is for those who lives inside own internal world.
All these last 3 are fragile, week and shy.
Blue is for women that need relax. Children are steady, like to read, to speak about phylosophy and even can be ready to sacrifice themselves to a case. They do more than they take.
Violet is for sensitive, artistic persons. They need a loved one near them to tell them about their feelings.
Sea-wave (green-blue) for exhaustion. They are afraid to make an error, to leave something, to listen critics.
Grey is very bad for a future mum. They do not see anything good in the life and in the future. They feel themself isolated, morally tired. Children are silent, shy and solitary.
Brown is for those mums that feel discomfort.
Black is very rare in pregnant women. Most of them use it in the first part of the pregnancy when they are afraid of the changes or are very stressed. Children have very difficult characters.
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It's a game, my dears, don't take it too seriously. But...

How do you see Youself in a mirror?

2010-09-17T14:48:00.003+02:00

Interesting results published Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They studied how people see themselves in mirrors. They discovered that we can't value lengh and width of the parts of our body properly. Specially it's right about women. Women see themselves wider in the mirrors.

"Women's brains ‘massively distort’ their own body image, creating a shorter figure which can be two-thirds wider than in real life" Read more: Daily Mail

So, I understood finally the matter why I don't like so much my image in the mirror and will never look in it more!

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An other article from the same site tells that men suffer more conflicts in their relationships than women. It's because their woman is often their only near person when women normally have great affection towards other persons like relatives, friends, too. So, dear women, we have to pumper our men more, and do not provoke "prophylactic" rows too often.

Finally, the last notice that made me smile was about New Zeland's pharmaceutists that sell synthetic urine with heating and special tubes to imitate the process if you have do it under control. All this you can need if you like alcohol or drugs but try to find job. (source)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

2010-09-07T14:39:00.002+02:00

Many years I worked as a teacher in secondary schools and had seen different psychological disorders in my pupils's behaviour but this kind of disorder (mentioned in the title) was never something significant even in those children that had problems in school.

It become a problem when I came to live with my husband and noticed that the persons are not able to concentrate attention for relatively long time here. First I thought, it's because I do not speak their language good enough, and it's difficult for them to follow my thoughts; than I noticed it's not about me but they have the same behaviour in other situations too. The only theme they follow with great attention is when they buzz about persons they know.
It is not about hyperactivity. It is about education.

When a person is educated to learn with perseverance, to listen attentively to the instructions of the parents/ teachers, to have patience and to repeat the action if failed the first time from the childhood, the problem of Attention Deficit does not exist as an illness. It can happen but it is not a mankind desease as is prersented in the articles I read.

Now, these articles open a discussion that it's an illness and you have to go to a psychologists to cure yourself or your children with the medicines.

Do you know that our skin preserves traces of all the detergents, medicines etc we use that there are creations that die only by contact with our skin?
Maybe we have to think a little before we add a new (unnecessary) medicines to the cocktail of the poisons we use in everyday life?

10 Things to Know about Green Tea

2010-08-20T21:57:00.004+02:00

After so many scientific articles I published here in the last period, finally someting not so serious. But not less important because green tea I want to write about today, is a drink we use every day of our lives.

Among all the types of green tea I prefere those with jasmin that generally comes from China. Yesterday I knew about the very special green tea that comes from Japan. I was surprized, I did not imagine that the tea can grow in Japan too.
It was a precious medicine first, untill they learnd to grow these plants in great quantities. Even Japanese architectural style was influenced by tea culture!

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Green Tea helps if you have rheumatism, if you are tired and if you have problems with the eyes.
But one writes it's bracing, other writes it's calming. Where is the truth?

Here are some rules you have to know to drink good and healthy tea.

1- it's good to drink tea at leasst 1 hour after meals.
2- never drink tea 15 minutes after it was made.
3- if you drink it 2 min after, it is bracing
4- if you drink it 5 minutes after, it is calming
5- if you take it with milk or honey, it becomes calming but you have to pour tea in milk and not contrary. 1 part milk and 2 parts tea. It's diuretic, so avoid to drink it in the evening.
6- the best grean tea consists from big leaves.
7- avoid tea if you have cardiovascular deseases
8- avoid tea with ginseng if you have tumours and if you are a woman after 50
9- great quantities of grean tea can cause liver and kidney problems
10-if you have low blood pressure or different digestion problems, it's better to avoid grean tea too.

Moral:
Green Tea is excellent drink if you make it light enough and take not more than 2 cups a day.

Causes Calcium Supplements Heart Attacks

2010-08-13T09:35:00.002+02:00

:-))) This is an other article from those I become recently in great quantity. It seems to me, I have just to ask they pay me for advertising. But I like to read about researches and hope you do too.

A recent study on calcium supplements claims that taking calcium supplements causes a 30% increase in heart attacks. ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Martha Howard, MD believes there are some serious problems with the study, a meta-analysis by Professor Ian Reid from the Department of Medicine at the University of Auckland, and published in the British Medical Journal.

A prominent researcher on calcium metabolism Professor Chris Nordin, of Royal Adelaide Hospital, has already questioned the findings. He says that the review is misleading because it does not separate men from women in the findings. According to him “Men are much more liable to heart attacks than women, but women need calcium far more than men, so it is absurd to publish a study of the effect of calcium on the heart without separating men from women.”

ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Dr. Martha Howard, MD, offers the following:

* Objections to the Study:
o We have no way of knowing how accurate the original 11 studies were because there are a lot of hazards in the kind of statistical number-crunching involved in a meta-analysis. Worst case scenario is a meta-analysis of 11 studies is conducted, all of which are flawed in their methods or have doubtful data or conclusions, and a larger conclusion may be reached.

o We do know that in the studies, the calcium was treated as an “independent variable” so magnesium and Vitamin D were not given. Magnesium is needed to balance calcium intake. Vitamin D is needed for proper calcium metabolism.
o Carrying out studies that do not provide the other vitamins and minerals needed could have some very poor results. It is possible that calcium supplements, specifically when given without magnesium and Vitamin D, do cause additional calcium deposits in the arteries. This may lead to more heart attacks, but the meta-analysis is not sufficient evidence to tell.

* Recommendations:

· Calcium, Magnesium, and Vitamin D supplementation is especially important for premenopausal and postmenopausal women. The current recommendation for premenopausal and postmenopausal women is from 1000 to 1500 mg of calcium per day.

· Given that most people do get some calcium in their diet, 500 mg of calcium with 250 mg magnesium and 400 IU of Vitamin D (taken all together) is probably enough supplementation, unless the person is allergic to dairy.

· Vitamin D is very important to bone health. There are many people walking around with Vitamin D deficiency in the United States—not enough sun exposure, and not enough Vitamin D in their diets. In addition to osteoporosis, Vitamin D deficiency also is a factor in Alzheimer’s disease. Get your Vitamin D level taken, and if it is low, take 2000 IU or more per day until your level is normal.

· Take the Vitamin D orally, do not accept high dose injections—they have been associated with atypical bone fractures.

For more information go to www.ChicagoHealers.com.

Study About Prostate Cancer

2010-08-05T18:11:00.003+02:00

This is another notice about cancer research progresses.
Because I become too sensitive to this theme and want to help how I can to make this world free from this suffering, I published just some articles about the researches.
I understand that those who sends me these articles want only publicize books or articles to sell them. So, I think I have to give you the notice. But I am not able to control it. Be

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men, and 1 in 6 will get prostate cancer during his lifetime

Since this disease affects so many lives I think your readers will be interested in reading about a recent Columbia University study on a natural compound shown to kill prostate cancer.

The study reported that this natural formula, consisting of vitamins, minerals, multi-herb extracts, and medicinal mushrooms, inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis (programmed cell death) in both hormone-sensitive and hormone-resistant prostate cancer cells. This is extremely important news for men suffering from hormone resistant prostate cancer, as this aggressive form currently has limited treatment options and a high mortality rate. It is equally hopeful for men suffering from the less aggressive forms of prostate cancer because the compound can be used safely in conjunction with conventional treatments.

You can read the press release here. Please also visit www.dreliaz.org for more information.

How To Choose the Gender of the Baby

2010-07-29T11:31:00.002+02:00

You know very well how it is easy to understand which will be the gender of the furture reptiles: it'sa the question of the temperature of the environment. Did you know that the gender of the human beings is the question of the conditions of the environment too?

I've just heard about this years ago but never thought about it seriously. My friends told me, it's necessary to eat this or that set of aliments to have a boy o a girl. The other source said, it dipends on quantities of K or Ca in the organism.

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Here is the other point of view:
the speed that the male/female sperm travel at. With male travelling faster, if you want a boy, you should have sex around 12 hours before ovulation. If you want a girl, then you should have sex a few days before ovulation. (Source)

Interesting is that different cultures have their methods to concept males or females. The positions, the food (including potions) and the side of the Moon (have you ever heard about the Chinese conception calendar?) are those most in use. But some are innovative enough:

The PH level of your body can influence the gender of your baby at conception. You must know when you will ovulate, then you can plan the right time to have sex. Learn about sperm! Sounds strange? but altogether fascinating stuff! (Source)

Facts about Asthma -Myths of Asthma

2010-07-16T18:53:00.004+02:00

Well, I've just told you about this: I began to become articles about health by mail. I just published some of them in this blog because I think, they can be interesting for all you too. This is the only reason. I can't prove if it is truth or not. I ask you, if you know, it's something not proper to write me about it. I'll cancell the article.

· The Myth: There aren’t that many people with asthma; it’s just a bunch of media hype.

· The Facts:

· In the 1990s, more than 7.1 million people visited physicians for asthma conditions and more than 3,300 people died from asthma during this time. [i]

· Today, an estimated 34.1 million adults and 9 million children, under the age of 18, suffer from lifetime asthma in the United States. [ii]

· According to the American Lung Association, over 500,000 people are hospitalized each year, and there are more than 5,500 asthma related deaths annually.

· The Myth: Asthma is all in your head—get counseling and get over it.

· The Facts:

· There are two types of asthma.[iii]

o Allergic (extrinsic) Asthma is triggered by an allergic reaction to an inhaled substance such as dust, pollen, mold, chemicals, animals, etc. 90 percent of asthma cases are caused by extrinsic asthma.

o Non-allergic (intrinsic) Asthma is triggered by factors not related to allergies such as exercise, anxiety, depression, cold air or dry air, etc. The symptoms of both are the same—coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, rapid breathing, and chest tightness.

· Either type of asthma can be life threatening. It is unlikely that psychotherapy will correct asthma triggered by an allergen or cold air.

· The Myth: If you relax and don’t over-react every time you feel shortness of breath, then you won’t have an asthma attack.

· The Facts:

· For many people afflicted with asthma, it can feel similar to drowning. The smooth muscles around bronchial tubes tighten up and become inflamed, thus causing a further narrowing of the tubes. At the same time, the lungs produce excess mucus, filling up the narrowed spaces where air should be flowing. In turn, oxygen levels decrease in the blood.[iv] This indicates a biological reaction that isn’t allowing proper breathing and oxygenation in the body.

· The Myth: If we didn’t coddle our children, there would be less asthma.

· The Facts:

Some people are born with a predisposition toward developing asthma. However, what actually triggers the disease can vary from person to person. Common triggers include:

· Tobacco and smoke

o Studies show that children whose parents smoke are twice as likely to develop asthma as children of nonsmoking parents. Also, children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy tend to be born with smaller airways, which greatly increase their chances of developing the disease.

· Air pollution

· Pollen

· Allergens from animals and insects

· Abrupt weather changes

· Biological contaminants such as mold, and viral infections.

· Prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications such as blood pressure drugs, aspirin, acetaminophen and ibuprofen are all known asthma triggers.[v]

· The Myth: The proper way to treat asthma is through medication and immunotherapy (desensitization shots).

· The Facts:

· Asthma doesn’t have to severely limit one’s life. During an acute severe asthma attack, inhalers or a trip to the emergency room may be appropriate, but there are steps to take that can prevent asthma and avoid asthma attacks.

· Natural Solutions to Asthma and Breathing Problems include:

o Don’t smoke and stay away from those who do

o Keep home humidity levels between 30 to 50 percent. High humidity levels can promote the growth of mold which can trigger allergic (extrinsic) asthma.

o Install high-efficiency furnace filters and replace them monthly. If using electrostatic furnace filters, clean them monthly,

o Although it’s impossible to keep a house free from mold, dust, dust mites, fungus and dirt, use allergen-proof mattress covers and pillowcases to help minimize allergens.

o Use a high-efficiency vacuum cleaner and empty its contents outside.

o Keep pets out of the bedrooms of family members with asthma.

o Clean the drapes often.

o Be aware of your reactions to foods. The most common asthma triggering foods are grains, dairy, corn, soy and various flours.

o Find out about AAT, Advanced Allergy Therapeutics, and get yourself on the road to recovery.

* The Biggest Myth: You will always have to avoid your asthma triggers for the rest of your life
* The Facts:
o No one can guarantee that any allergy treatment will work, but there is a way to treat the symptoms associated with allergies and sensitivities that trigger asthma by reducing the biological stress caused by the offending substances. This reduces asthma episodes and allows a person with asthma to lead a more normal lifestyle.
o Advanced Allergy Therapeutics, AAT, retrains the body so that it no longer reacts inappropriately when in contact with an offending allergen.[vi] The AAT treatments do not rely on the use of needles, medications, homeopathy, herbal remedies or supplements.

ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Dr. Ian Wahl, DAc, LAc, CH For more information go to www.ChicagoHealers.com.

[i] Asthma In America, Asthma Statistics, www.asthmainamerica.com/statistics; National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Data Fact Sheet, Asthma Statistics.

[ii] http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/Resources/Documents/Asthma.pdf

[iii] http://www.asthmasymptom.org/asthma-type.html

[iv] http://www.answerstv.com/AnswersTV/Channel.aspx?ChannelID=7005fa6d-6b27-4d29-94bb-cb3db599ea03&StartPoint=Folder214&PlayItem=289&AP=true

[v] http://www.asthmasymptom.org/acute-asthma.html

[vi] http://www.midwestallergyrelief.com/faq.htm

How to Celebrate the "First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma"

2010-07-13T21:16:00.005+02:00

If you follow the Teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni, the day of July 15 is a great possibility for you to practice. In fact, on this day Buddha began to teach his disciples, and this first Teachings about the 4 Noble Truths are called the First Wheel of Dharma. So, "to turn the first wheel of Dharma" meens "to teach the 4 Noble Truths".

To teach is the most powerful action among all the possibilities of Buddha because it creates the seeds for next liberation of the person and it's the most efficient action to help the suffering beings to emmerge from their condition.

All the practices and actions to accumulate merits are good this day and the purification practices too (Vajrasattva mantra on the sidebar of this blog). But normally they read texts about thw 12 actions of Buddha.

Read more
http://www.lamayeshe.com/index.php?sect=article&id=423&chid=746
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmacakra

Alzheimer’s Disease and Natural Botanical Formulations

2010-07-01T11:28:00.005+02:00

Alzheimer’s Disease is surely the sword of Damocles everybody of us is afraid of. I follow the messages telling what researchers do to save us from it and received this summary today. Hope it will be interesting to you too.

New research into Alzheimer’s disease shows promising results using natural botanical formulations to prevent the build up of beta-amyloid plaque in the brain. It’s long been noted that people in India have a lower incidence of Alzheimer’s disease. One factor contributing to this may be the consumption of large quantities of the spice turmeric containing the active compound curcumin.

Curcumin has been shown to bind to plaque-forming beta-amyloid. It not only helps stop the accumulation of beta-amyloid fragments, but it has also been shown to promote their destruction. In a study using a model of Alzheimer’s disease, curcumin (BCM-95) reduced the size of beta-amyloid plaques by 30% in just one week![1]Researchers noted that this especially potent form of curcumin was more effective at stopping the formation of plaques than many experimental drugs that are being tested as potential AD treatments.

Other research has found that Vitamin D works synergistically with curcumin to clear the brain of beta-amyloid plaques.[2] Researchers hypothesize that this combination stimulates a type of immune cell called a macrophage to more aggressively seek out and clean-up beta-amyloid fragments in the brain. Additionally, curcumin and Vitamin D help protect the brain from inflammation and from damage to brain cells caused by free radicals.

Expert sources available for this story:

Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D. is one of the most frequently quoted integrative medical authorities in the world, and appears often as a guest on Oprah and Friends with Dr. Mehmet Oz, CNN, Fox, ABC and news and talk shows nationwide. He is the author of the best-selling From Fatigued to Fantastic! which has sold over 500,000 copies, and his latest book, Beat Sugar Addiction Now! (Fair Winds, March 2010).

Chris Kilham, Medicine Hunter and Explorer in Residence at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has trekked to over 20 countries in search of plant medicines with proven efficacy. The author of 14 books, Kilham has appeared as a guest expert on over 1500 radio programs and more than 500 TV shows worldwide including the Dr. Oz Show, ABC 20/20, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, BBC, and NPR.
Terry Lemerond, President of EuroPharma, is an icon in the natural products industry and was the first to introduce to market Gingko biloba, glucosamine sulfate, IP6, black cohosh, and botanical standardization. Terry received the Natural Products Association Industry Champion Award for his contribution to the natural products industry. He conducts educational seminars on the benefits of natural medicines and is frequently sourced by the media.
[1]Garcia-Alloza M. Curcumin labels amyloid pathology in vivo, disrupts existing plaques, and partially restores distorted neurites in an Alzheimer mouse model. J Neurochem. 2007;102:1095-1104.[2] Masoumi A. 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 interacts with curcuminoids to stimulate amyloid-beta clearance by macrophages of Alzheimer's disease patients. J Alzheimers Dis. 2009 Jul;17(3):703-17.

Tips for Safe Barbequing

2010-06-30T21:10:00.003+02:00

I thought, this article, sent to me this morning, can be interesting for you and decided to publish it.
The phto is not exactly barbeque, it's shashlyk, but I'm an author of it, and it is more or less about similar cooking, so I decided to add it.

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· An April 2006 presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research showed that when PhIP, a barbecue/char chemical, was added to rats’ food, they developed cancerous changes in their intestines, spleens and prostates within four weeks.

· HCAs, heterocyclic amines, are also produced when meat is charred. This compound can increase the risk of breast, stomach, colon, and prostate cancer.

· PAHs, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, are produced by smoking fat from chicken, fish or meat and can damage lung, liver, skin and kidney tissue.

Tips for Safe Barbequing:

* Clean the grill: get rid of the old fats left over from previous meals.

* Avoid petroleum starters for charcoal: If you use charcoal, use a wood starter and stack your charcoal up in a 2 pound metal can with the ends cut off. Lift off the can with tongs and spread out the coals when they are well started.

* Proper timing: Avoid a time gap between opening the valve and starting the grill.

* Wash your hands: Keep your hands clean and use separate plates and cutting boards for raw and cooked meats. Be sure to wash hands again before putting on long, heat-proof barbecue gloves.

* Trim meat: Trim most of the fat from meat; less fat means fewer PAHs.

* Use marinades: This protects the meat from charring. Put the marinade on, and refrigerate until use. Don’t let meat sit out.

* Pre-cooking: Use pre-cooking prior to grilling, especially for items like raw brats. Avoid taking burgers, chicken or other meats directly from the freezer to the grill.

* Cutting techniques: Cut meat and chicken into smaller pieces so they cook through.

* Flipping: Turn down the fire, and turn your burgers, steaks, chops, or chicken often, so they cook through, and come out golden brown.

* Meat thermometer: If you are cooking a thicker portion of meat or chicken, use a meat thermometer.

o Chicken: 165 degrees
o Hamburger: 160 degrees
o Pork: 150 degrees
o Hot dogs: 140 degrees
o Steak: 145 degrees for medium rare and 160 degrees for medium.

* Cleaning up: At the end of the barbecue, be sure to put out your charcoal completely, and if you are using propane, be sure the valve is turned off.

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Studies About Echinacea

2010-06-29T19:16:00.002+02:00

Echinacea has been used for hundreds of years as an herbal remedy to prevent or treat colds, and today it is among the most commonly used herbal medicines in North America. However, in spite of its popularity, studies of the effect of the herb on the body’s immune system are conflicting.

Now researchers from the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis are investigating the possibility that Echinacea has other potentially more important uses – not in health, but in the fields of petrochemicals and agriculture.

Using the cutting edge tools of the newest “-omics” - metabolomics and transcriptomics - Robert Minto, PhD., associate professor of chemistry in the School of Science, is studying the lipid metabolism of the herb, bioprospecting the plant’s genes and enzymes.

“The goal of our National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project is to gain a better understanding of this plant, which in spite of its popularity, has not received the basic scientific scrutiny of so-called model plants like corn, rice and soy. We are identifying and mapping the complex biosynthetic metabolic pathways, especially the alkamide pathway. We hope that this work will lead us to a better understanding of the plant’s metabolic processes with wide-ranging application in such diverse fields as lubrication and design of disease-resistant plants,” said Minto, who directs the IUPUI Signature Center for Membrane Bioscience.

According to Minto, the study of the unique metabolic characteristics of Echinacea and other natural plants should translate into the creation of novel bio-derived compounds.

Minto and fellow IUPUI researchers are collaborating on this study of Echinacea with investigators from Iowa State University.

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New Study Shows Coffee May Reduce the Risk of Head and Neck Cancer

2010-06-23T20:50:00.002+02:00

My neighbour came to me this evening and told about her father. He does not recognize anybody and began to have blood in the urine. The daughters took him to the doctor...
You understood.
Cancer.

An other mail abut the cancer and research I received after I published my previous post today. I publish it. Even if I am not very convinced by it. But we have to know about the results of the researches.

Cancer Epidemiology journal, Biomarkers and Prevention just released a study which shows that regular coffee drinkers have a 39 percent decreased risk of head and neck cancer. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/coffeesmysteriousbenefitsmount.) This follows two studies from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2009 which suggested that coffee can reduce a man’s risk for prostate cancer.

ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Dr. Melody Hart, ND, PhD, is available for interview on the results of this new study and how coffee may be the new health food.

Other research on and benefits of coffee:

Harvard research studies also found that downing one to three cups of America’s favorite caffeinated morning beverage can reduce diabetes risk by single digits.
At least six studies indicate that people who drink coffee on a regular basis are up to 80% less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease.
Other research show that compared to not drinking coffee at least two cups daily can translate to a 25% reduced risk of colon cancer, an 80% drop in cirrhosis of the liver risk, and nearly half the risk of gallstones.
There’s also some evidence that coffee may help manage asthma and even control attacks when medication is unavailable, stop a headache, boost a mood and even prevent cavities.
Plus coffee has a lot of antioxidants such as chlorogenic acid and tocopherols and minerals such as magnesium.
A group of compounds called quinines that when induced to lab rats increases insulin sensitivity, and that improves the body’s response to insulin.

Diagnosed Terminally Ill Twice- She Learned From Bugs Bunny

2010-06-23T15:28:00.003+02:00

Cancer is terrible.
Many of my relatives died from it. Even my dog had a cancer but she was fortunate that I could save her from the grave pains. I've listened to an interview here, in Italy, when one man prayed the government to finish his suffer because the hard drugs he needed were forbidden. "Allow me to remain a human being not a worm, I can't stand this pain and I don't want to scrape for the medicine", he asked.

That is why I publish this article that was sent me this morning.

Do you know how hard it is these days to find a religious symbol that
hundreds of thousands of people have not been killed in the name of?
Some people have found themselves influenced heavily by such iconic
religious figures as Jesus of Nazareth, or the historical Buddha.
Others find comfort in the words of Gandhi or Lao Tzu. For me there
has been only one personality over the years that has remained
transfixed in sheer perfection; one voice that comes piercing through
the illusion of daily life and its challenges; the one that has always
been there for me: Bugs Bunny, my religious symbol of choice! He has
taught me everything I needed to know about life.

1. If you don't know what reality is, don't take it seriously. There
is no reality more permeable than Bugs Bunny's, and he never takes his
belief about reality seriously. This is his undeniable strength and
power. Bugs is always senior to the drama that rages on around him,
because reality exists to serve Bugs, Bugs does not exist to serve
reality. Brings a whole new meaning to wascally wabbit, don't it!
2. Deal with your enemies by giving them, a full-on kiss on the lips.

Bugs lives a life free of worries and fear. He transcended every
conflict from Elmer Fudd to Daffy Duck by giving his antagonist a full
kiss on the lips! Bugs brings a whole new meaning to "Love conquers
thy enemies!" (It also keeps them confused.)
3. Be adventurous! Be outrageous! Be Bugs!

Spiritual growth always happens outside the box. All great spiritual
teachers like Bugs Bunny have lived outside the restrictions of
cultural limitations and prudish sensibilities. Dare to be your
original self! Dare to be real and alive. Dare to be fearless! Dare to
be outrageously Bugs!
4. Know when it is "Wabbit Season" and when it is not.

Bugs knows when to his pick his battles. Bugs knows when to declare,
"This means war!" and when to run (or hop). Knowing when it is the
season to reap or sow, knowing when it is time to emerge from the
rabbit hole and when to stay underground meditating, this is the
hidden, higher teaching of Hare Krishna!

5. Always leave 'em laughing.
Bugs always leaves ya laughing, because Bugs knows that the only thing
anyone really has any control over is their attitude. We do not always
get to choose when we find ourselves staring down the loaded end of
Elmer's hunting rifle, but we always get to choose our reaction to
that reality. If there were a more enlightened response then leaving
'em laughing, Bugs would have modeled it!

6. There are no small cartoon characters, only small people.
The impact that people have in our lives is most astonishing.
Sometimes it is the people that have the smallest walk-on roles in our
lives that affect us most profoundly. There are times when that
unknown person, who passes us on the street with a smile and well
wishing, lifts our day to its highest experience. No contact is small;
some have a shorter exposure time than others; but all have unlimited
potential.

7. You can't kill a cartoon.
Resilience is the name of the game, and it is always in fashion. We
all come to the earth to practice growing beyond what has hurts us. No
one can do that without the power and commitment of resiliency.
Resilience is what makes babies such powerful self-healers. Resilience
is what makes our life worth living. Resiliency is the great spiritual
fashion accessory that never goes out of style.

8. Monsters are such interesting people!
Bugs is always unconditionally accepting. Bugs has embraced some of
the most insidious animated monstrosities ever created, and he
lovingly responds to them with the wisdom that: "monsters are such
interesting people!" Bugs experiences all life forms as working for
his benefit, aiding and assisting him in his personal growth. No
creature, no matter how fiendishly packaged, is anything less than
fascinating and here to empower him!

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Radio host of “You Are What You Love”© demystifies mysticism by
offering answers to many thought provoking questions about the fine
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illness and injuries. These experiences have shaped her books with
honest heartfelt and deeply insightful knowledge on how to understand
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She is a faculty member of The Omega Institute
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Life of Children in a Monastery

2010-06-19T18:31:00.006+02:00

Please, post this letter in your blog! You can help children to survive -and it will cost nothing to you!

Information letter concerning monastery project in Sikkim 28. 4. 2010

To all friends, which are interested to support this Bönpo-monastery project

Enclosed you are receiving a short project description and some information worth knowing.

Me in person I am a disciple of Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, who is also a tutor of Geshe Tenzin Wangyal, for already ten years.

During a stay at Triten Norbutse in Nepal, the monastery of Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, I met the abbot of the Bön-monastery in Sikkim. I visited the monastery in Sikkim on one of my several trips to Sikkim. This was already eight years ago. This monastery had no access to donations from the western countries.

Since this time I committed myself personally to support that project.

The situation in the monastery was and still is very poor. The children that enter the monastery come from very poor families or are orphans and are handed over to the monastery.

Since the abbot of the monastery Yungdrung Lama died 2008 the problems increased.

The donations which come from the locals are very low. Also the own revenues from the monks coming from the celebration of prayers for the people of the surrounding villages are very little.

Furthermore they are getting a yearly contribution of the Sikkim Gouvernement, which is not even covering the basic needs of the monastery.

Moreover none of the monks, even the new abbot Geshe Nyima Sengye is speaking English.

So to say the existence of the monastery whit its 36 monks is now depending on donations from the west.

This is the task that I took.

Each year I am travelling to the monastery in Sikkim. There I personally proof the exact use of the donated money and support with my talent for organisation.

Every cent of the money goes directly to the monastery. There is no administration fee and I pay all the travelling costs myself.

You have the possibility to take godparenthood for one of the young monks. The therefore necessary amount is 1 Euro per day, that means 365,- Euro per year. This is the money needed for food and clothes for on year. If we have less than 36 sponsors, the money will be contributed to all monks in equal parts.

It is also possible to make a common donation, which will be put in the new building, which is already done to 75%.

So it is most welcome if you feel encouraged to contribute to the supply of the monastery by which you are also supporting the Bön Tradition.

Enclosed you find the account data for your donation:

You can receive a german tax deductible contribution receipt if requested..

Please donate to the account of the Yungdrung Bön Foundation:

The adress is: Yungdrung Bön Stiftung
co Christine Trachte
Seeleiten 1
82418 Seehausen

The bank account is: Deutsche Apotheker- und Arztebank
Ottostr. 17
80333 München

Kto. 000 512 7092
BLZ 300 606 01
IBAN DE 27 300 60601 000 5127 092
BIC DAAEDEDD

Please designate your payment fort he benefit of the monasteryproject in Sikkim,

The name and Number of the sponsorship or for the monastery in general

For all who do not need a contribution receipt please address you payment to the following account. It will save some administrative steps:

The adress is: I'm afraid to publish here the address of the banc, so pls contact Usha by mailushala@aol.com

Please designate your payment fort he benefit of the monastery project in Sikkim,

The name and Number of the sponsorship or for the monastery in general

After my yearly journey to Sikkim in February/March the friends and sponsors of the project will receive the yearly report about the progress. Moreover you will receive a thank-you letter and your receipts.

Nach meiner jährlichen Reise im Februar/März nach Sikkim bekommen die Freunde
und Sponsoren den jährlichen Bericht über die Ereignisse im Kloster.
Auch werdet ihr vom Kloster Dankesschreiben und Quittungen erhalten.

I really hope for your support. If you have further questions, please send me an email or give me a call.

I wish you a very pleasant spring time.

From the heart

Usha

Against GM products: GM Soy is Dangerous!

2010-06-16T08:48:00.003+02:00

I just wrote about the petition you can sign to convince European parlament to change their erroneous decision about the GM plants and foods. Here you can read an article I became a moment ago.

Please, read my post and my personal experience here Against GM Foods and sign the petition because they need one million of signs to pass it to the parlament.

Soy goods have swept the nation, taking over grocery stores and health food stores alike, with the perception of being a natural and wholesome source of protein and more. Tofu hot dogs and burgers are found in the "healthy eating" section of the grocery store. Many babies are downing soy-based formulas in place of breast milk. Clearly, there are firm believers who claim that soy is a miracle food, but others reason that daily soy consumption can increase the risk of developing certain health problems.

Independent research has raised many questions concerning the relationship between soy and breast cancer. Decreased brain function in men has been linked to soy, and now scientists are questioning soy and its relationship to developmental abnormalities in infants. Essentially, soy may not be the health food that you think it is. ChicagoHealers Practitioner Dr. Tom Bayne, DC offers the following, potentially surprising, facts on soy.

Soy Contains Natural Chemicals that mimic estrogen called isoflavones. Animal studies show that this chemical can alter sexual development. What’s more, Japanese researchers found that as little as 2 tablespoons a day of soy powder had a dramatic effect on thyroid function. It created a state of hypothyroidism with early goiter changes in spite of adequate iodine intake. They also found that the effect lasted for 3 months after soy consumption was discontinued.
Soybeans Contain an Anti-Nutrient called phytic acid. All beans do. However, soybeans have the highest levels of phytic acid compared to other beans. Adding to the high phytate problem, soybeans are highly resistant to phytate-reducing techniques, such as long, slow cooking as used with other beans. Phytic acid blocks the absorption of certain minerals, including magnesium, calcium, iron and zinc. This is of particular interest when it comes to soy-based infant formulas and the nutrient deficiencies created in the name of health.
Soybeans Contain Enzyme Inhibitors that decrease protein digestion, create bloating, and eventually lead to amino acid deficiencies. Additionally, soybeans contain hemagglutinin, a clot-promoting substance which causes red blood cells to clump together. These clumped blood cells cannot properly transport oxygen to the body's tissues, which can lead to cardiac difficulties.
Soy Straight from the Ground is Not for Human Consumption. Only after fermentation for an extended period of time as seen with miso and tempeh production are the beans, or the soy protein isolate, suitable for digestion when eaten. Another method of making the beans edible is through extensive processing such as chemical extractions and high temperatures.

One would assume that anything that can cause decelerated thyroid, depressed hormones, digestve failure, blood clots and nutrient deficiencies would be illegal to sell. It probably would be illicit if the average person were selling it, but when the lead dominators of agribusiness can pay for research studies and manipulate the findings to their liking, it creates a multibillion dollar industry from a bean that was considered waste and animal feed as recently as 100 years ago. Genetic modification has meant that all seeds are purchased from one supplier. This is truly big business at its worst.

ChicagoHealers.com Practitioner Dr. Tom Bayne, DC. offers the following tips for safely incorporating soy into your diet:

Fermentation: Fermentation reduces the phytic acid, trypsin inhibitors, and hemagglutinin. Although it reduces the existence of these substances, it does not eliminate them completely. We recommend that you eat only small amounts of soy.
GMO Free: Be certain that the soy products you ingest are not genetically modified, and are preserved in a fermented form like that of miso or tempeh.

The best advice is to steer clear of soy protein powders, foods and supplements that are not fermented and GMO free. There is no need to fully eliminate soy, but everything should be eaten in moderation.

Please let me know if you are interested in an interview with Dr. Tom Bayne, D.C. For more information go to www.ChicagoHealers.com.

An Article About Homeopathic Remedies

2010-06-10T13:13:00.002+02:00

You know I'm interested in homeopatic healing and wanted to learn more about it. Here I publish an article that I think is interesting in this sense:

Obviously my health is very important to me. I presume that it is the same for you too. Without your health where would you be? Good health comes from looking after your self and taking control of things that have a bad effect on your health.Here are just a few things that can help you to keep in good health or at least steer you in the right direction.Everybody knows that diet is a main factor in everybody's health. Without a proper diet your health will definitely suffer.One such diet is the high animal protein diet that has become so popular apart from it may not be quite that good for omnivores. It also questions the ethics to leading animals to their slaughter in special farms when they are in a highly stressed state. Do we actually benefit from animals that are killed in this way?

People everyday live in some sort of fear, they are often subjected to advertising that really only seems to benefit the people who run the adverts rather than themselves. We must try to cal our fears and live our lives as we want to.

Allowing your skin to receive an adequate amount of sunlight is actually good for your natural health. Yet sun cream companies could actually profit from you covering your skin all the time. So who is benefiting from your lack of exposure to the sun? Certainly not you!

Getting yourself some relaxation is crucial to your health. It does not matter whether you are in the garden, on the beach or walking in a park, as long as it is outdoors. No matter where you are getting out in the fresh air is good for you.

Another good health benefit comes from homeopathic remedies. You can also use some common homeopathic remedies your self in the comfort of your own home.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Ken_McCormick

How to Drink Milk to Digest It

2010-06-03T18:05:00.002+02:00

My previous post I dedicated to the explanation that gives Dr. Torsunov of Ajurvedic vision of healthy breakfast. Now, I want to add some words from the article about the digestion of milk of this author. Many of us have this problem and there are different reasons of it, I think.

I just wrote once about the great problems I had with milk when I came in Italy. The main point is I love all the dairy produce. Specially I loved milk. After a few time I lived here, I had to visit meditian because I had very hard belly aches. That doctor said me, it's because I do not digest milk.

It's unpossible, I thought. I drink milk in great quantities all my life. I drunk it every day before I came here and had not problems. How it it possible that I acquire intollerance a few months after I came in Italy? I became more attentive to the reactions of my stomach and discovered that the meditian was right: every time I drunk milk I had intoxication.

The grandy of one of my friends had cows in that period. Once I met the girl turning home after she visited her grandy. She had a 2liters bottle of milk in the hand. Knowing how much I like milk, she decided to gift me that bottle.

I did not remember when I drunk fresh, shortly milked, warm milk :-) I came home and drunk it all. After that I thought, now, with my intollerance, I will die. ... But nothing happend with me. I even had not my usual stomach pains.

Normal natural milk did nothing bad to me.

That is why I think most of us have intollerance of addictives, industrial foods.
And this is the reason why I turn and turn to this theme.

Turning back to the Ajurveda explanation, Dr. Torsunov tells, milk is probably the most digestable food. It is in the connection with the power of the Moon. It relaxes our body and make it feel very comfortable. It's enough to drink it in the period from 18:00 till 6:00 in the morning, always warm and sweet. If you drink it in the evening, add sugar, linden honey, cardamom or fennel. Do not use linden honey in the morning.

From other side, do not drink kefir and other similar products in the evening.You can use it some times as a cure but not reguarly. (By the way, I noticed it too).

So, this is the idea.
In the week that passed from my previous post I tryed to have breackfast as it's described there, but I could not wake up so early.

What is Healthy Breakfast?

2010-05-25T10:31:00.004+02:00

This idea I found in one of the newsletters I receive from the site www.torsunov.ru, the author is Dr. Torsunov.

It's about healthy breakfast.

To have right digestion you have to eat when the Sun rises: from 6 till 8 o'clock.
Prana, the wind of the life of our bodies, begins to move but is not very strong else. So, the aliments for the breakfast have to be light enough and provoke happiness.
Because the digestion is not strong else, the Sun and the Moon are not strong too, heavy food is to avoid.
The pick of the digestion is between 8 and 9 in the morning, till this time breackfast has to be ready for digestion just in the stomach.

What is good to eat in the morning?
Fruits
Dairy products
Sweeties
Nuts
Marmalade
Sugar
Honey
Butter
Dried fruit
Buckwheat (other cereals are digested in the right mode ONLY at lunch)

Seasonal aliments

From Spring and during the Summer when the Sun is hard, it's good to use fresh fruits and cultured milk foods.

From Autumn and in Winter is good to add warming foods like cheese, butter, sour cream, condensed milk. In Winter use less dried fruits than in Autumn and more nuts.

If those are aliments of the happiness, why not eat them all the day long?
Sweeties after 9 o'clock contribute to relax the body and to acquire illnesses. If the body is too relaxed during the daytime, the efforts damage it, and it conducts to the diseases.

On my photo -Italian Breackfast

Mental Stimulation Of Marma Points

2010-05-14T14:52:00.002+02:00

Marma points are probably the most mystic side in the Oriental healing culture. They were used to heal and to kill. Specially this last aspect attracted great interest because they told about deferred and one touch death used by ninja etc. I wrote some posts with interesting links in this blog (About marma points). Today I wanted to write some words about the mental stimulation of these points. It is something new for me even if I've heard many times about the power of our mind. However, I never put together massage techniques and mental stimulation.

Here is the idea:
If you have pains, you can concentrate your energy in the relative marma point and than release it. There are many maps of the marma points in internet (and in the post I just mentioned here there are links too) if you are interested in this technique. Important points are in the articulations. You can use "universal" sillables HUM and OM, associated with blue and sunny color accordingly, together with concentration (sunny is excellent in use and easy to imagine: think that the Sun is in the point). Breath in -concentration, exhale -release.

The source I read tells, it's necessary to repeat the sillable 108 and more times.

Yin Yang Cheat

2010-05-06T19:02:00.006+02:00

Do you like if somebody thinks you are an idiot?
Yes, you do.

And it seems all kinds of sellers think it this way and treat others as complete cretins. Excuse me if the words are too hard but it's the real situation.

It happened to me many times in my life that sellers or marketers I met learned me such a behaviour to become successful. "Your clients are idiots. They want to be treated as such, and you have to do what they want to make them feel happy." This is the Teaching of a Good Marketer.

The real tragedy is when marketers come to explain you things you need.
They know, there is a hungry audience that needs expertise. They know what to do to demonstrate they are effective experts, they have actual competence. Thinking they know do it is enough to cheat that hungry audience.

The modern educated audience wants alternative medicine.
Here it is.
I receive catalogs from some relative editors and newsletters from some related very known sites. I become furious reading WHAT they offer to read. Not only to read but to follow the authors visiting them in their studios. Bird watching therapy. Flat cleaning therapy. Yin Yang therapy of changes (You have to change every day! This is the law of the existance! This is the sense of the Chinese Phylosophy!). Every book costs about euro 15-20. They are big and with many pictures, 160 pages.

Are we really idiots? Is it enough to use one "attractive" word to obtain from us all our attention, our money, our lives? I remember those ingeneers of high level, I think, that commited suicide following a "clever marketer" in 70-th. He said them to assume the poison before the end of the world will come. They dead all 300 or something like this. He remained alive. A good marketer.

30 years did not change us. We continue to follow clever marketers that cheat us openly. And we are happy to be cheated! WHY???

Musical Therapy Of Obsessions

2010-04-29T20:10:00.003+02:00

Obsessions... They say, everybody of us, living on the earth, specially those who lives in the industrialized countries, have the heads full of obsessions. I did a little research once. I fixed my own thoughts and what other people speak about during the day for about a week. It was really so. Everybody of those whom I contacted regularly during the day spoke always about the same things. It was possible to count them, those thoughts. And they were not more than 10, I remember. I only controlled what I read in a magazine.

Now, I read the obsessive thoughts is possible to cure listening special music today. It seemed to me interesting and I wanted to control which music could change MY thoughts. I opened You Tube and tryed with folks songs. Many Russian folks songs are "long" and I like sing them. This music is calm and some "tragic" (because often the song tells a sad story)

After that I tryed with "nostalgic" music. Something from my youth.

I tryed with classic music

And with modern songs

At the end I understood, the best music to calm thoughts in MY mind was this:

And in YOURs?

E M E R G E N C Y

2010-04-17T20:26:00.000+02:00

Wednesday 14 April 2010

Following an earthquake in Kham, East Tibet (modern-day Qinghai) the Tibetan Buddhist Monastery of Thrangu Tashi Choling has been completely destroyed. The sprawling monastery was home to several hundred monks, lay people and children. Early reports indicate that at least two hundred people have died as a result of collapsing buildings.

Thrangu Tashi Choling was the seat of Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche, a Tibetan Lama of great compassion and renown who has worked his whole life to restore the monastery and provide a centre for the benefit of local people and the wider population. The terrible news comes at a time when immense efforts were being made to develop the monastery, to provide accommodation and to create a beneficial environment for all living beings.

Many of the inhabitants of the monastery, people who worked tirelessly for the benefit of others, have sadly lost their lives. Survivors are in urgent need of every kind of assistance.

Thrangu Rinpoche’s representative in the UK, Lama Wangyal, has set up an emergency fund to assist in the relief effort. Donations can be made by:

Cheque made payable to: The Monastery Fund (Emergency)
Bank transfer: Lloyds TSB, ‘The Monastery Fund’, Ac. No. 7536475, Sort Code. 30-12-51
In person in cash: Treasurer: 07888700698

Please clearly state your name and address with donations, and state that the donation is to be used for the emergency relief effort at the monastery.

Many thanks for your kind support.

For more information contact the Thrangu House UK Office:
Tel: office - 01865 241555, Lama – 07796 521228, Treasurer - 07888 700698
E-mail: treasurer@thranguhouse.org.uk
Special Emergency Website : www.thranguemergency.org (coming soon, please check for news)
Postal Address : Thrangu House, 42 Magdalen Road, Oxford, OX41RB, UK.

Please circulate this appeal to all your contacts

Singing Bowls Therapy: How To Buy And How To Play

2010-04-15T10:54:00.005+02:00

One evening in Milan I went in the shop where it's possible to buy all the "esoteric" an buddhist things. I wanted to buy a singing bowl. It was a relatively long trip through Milan because I don't know the city, it's too large and because I don't know the distances I had to walk enough because I finally found the shop.

Entered in the shop I saw an entire collection of singing bowls and all their accessories. The owner gave me a stool and said I have to prove all the bowls I want. He said me I have to find MY bowl personally without any help from his side because it's an absolutely personal question.

So, I passed about half an hour to bit some of this bowls (there were many of them there). I was just ready to choose one before I came there. You remember, I read different articles and watched different videos about it. So, I knew the next points:

1 -there are simple bowls and healing quality bowls. The difference is in the vibration and how long the sound lasts. Healing bowls have pronounced vibration and the sound longs 1 to 3 minutes.

2 -it's not very clever to buy the bowls in internet because you have to control the sound. The blows can produce invisible cracks in the metal and the sound will not be good. The vendors could not change the item and not recognize the fault.

So I wanted to buy my bowl personally and the owner of the shop was strong with me in this sense too.

Singing those bowls -and there were very different of them, with pictures, very beautiful, and very simple with not very beautiful look- I discovered that there is really the great difference in sound and vibration. Finally, I found one with better as others vibration and nice sound. I showed it to the owner and said him, it seems to me, the vibration is good enough here. He took the bowl and showed me the sound how it is. I can't describe you HOW it was. I could not produce the sound this way and unfortunatelly did not ask the owner to show me how it works. It was... like in the space. We watch the space documentaries sometimes and they add this kind of sounds.

I'm not very downcast about it, I have watched some videos with the explanations. Today I looked for some of them. Here are the examples. If you know others, tell me pls.

Finding Your Buffalo By Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

2010-04-13T11:26:00.004+02:00

Dear Liudmila,

I am honored to offer you this new article Finding Your Buffalo, by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche a widely celebrated teacher know for his skill in making the full richness of Buddhist wisdom accessible to modern minds. Rinpoche received comprehensive training in the meditative and intellectual disciplines of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism under the guidance of many of the greatest masters from Tibet's final pre-exile generation. He is the founder and principal teacher of Nalandabodhi, an international network of Buddhist practice centers.

Below I have included the article Finding Your Buffalo, the full author bio, author image and author art work. Your welcome to post this article if you feel it is something your online audience would enjoy. I have many other articles written by Rinpoche that I can offer you for posting, please don't hesitate to reach out to me for them. The artwork image is done by the author and your welcome to include it in the post. For more information please visit Rinpoche on Facebook, Twitter and his Website.

His latest book Rebel Buddha (Shambhala Publications) is due to release in November 2010 and will be available for review in the coming months.

Best wishes,
C

I publisced this article in my Yungdrung Bon Forum

Unfortunatelly I had not time to examine the text -I turned home from Milan yesterday and have to post about the ritrit as quickly as possible, so if you find something that is not reight, pls write me and I'll aggust the info.

Natural Weight Loss

2010-04-07T19:34:00.005+02:00

There was an interview with a joung man in Italian TV some time ago. The yung man found an interesting job in a scientific center in US after he finished the university in Italy where he lived till that period. He went in US and began to get havier and havier every month till one day he understood, it's unpossible to continue this way because his weight was just over 100 kg. It happend so, that he turned back in Italy for 3-4 months -and here his weight become nearer to normal.

The same problem I see have my friends that transfered to NY. They had normal weight but now all the family is very fat. I asked them what could be the reason. They told me, they eat not only too caloric foods, they use much fat like butter etc when they eat. Bread with butter, eggs with butter etc. If we remember than that they work with computers and do not walk even if they have to cross Central Park to reach their office...

It's clear, we can't change our style of life easily. When I read or hear advises to pass to completely different healthy life, I think that the person that wrote or said this seems to be too idealistic. Such changes are difficult if possible. Our style of life is adoptation to our conditions. We will never do it if it was not necessary. We want to be healthy, slim. But we have out job, we have our hour for lunch. I found an interesting article Shopping for less fatty food when we go to supermarkets with realistic look at this problem. We have not change all our life, we have not become unhappy for the diets and unpossibility to follow them. It's enough to choose right products when we go in the supermarket. Among the similar products you can always foun one without additives, with less fat, with less calories etc. It's enough to be simply conscious about what you are buying.

Are Sports Really Useful For Health?

2010-03-24T19:57:00.003+01:00

My husband tells it to me very often: I need move more if I want to remain healthy. All my "activities" in fact confine myself to different sitting hobbies. I like to read, to knit or to crochet, I pass hours making necklaces or writing articles. It can provoke Osteo arthritis , he says. Oh, those men. I'm not a soldier, I answer. If I do everything you want, I'll be a man, not a woman! Women have not to make sport always! Did you notice what men think about sport? If you listen what they tell about it, seems it's the miracle cure for all illnesses. I don't know any woman thinking this way.

But if I have to say it honestly, movement is life. Sport is health and beauty. It's enough to make exercises for some days and you begin to feel your muscles. It's great feeling. I see more and more persons running in our zone every year. There are many cyclists too. Some of my friends go in the fitness centers. I don't partecipate on all these activities. First of all, it's too far from the place where I live. I envy only. But in my age absence of movement means arthritis and all the problems that accompany it. There is not cure for this illness and the only help we can receive comes from our own will. Sport and movement.

What have we, Lazies, do to join this common fit to remain young and healthy as long as possible? As for me, there is only one way: to find strength of will and obbligue ourselves to create a good timetable. They say, you can't leave sport after some time when the body has already got accustomed to beсome it's everyday exercises.

How to Use Herbs

2010-03-24T19:56:00.011+01:00

I wrote about chinese herbal medicine in the last period and here is an interesting video I found about it today:

I liked these explanation and watched some videos from this serie. They are interesting and easier than others about the same theme.

Healing Drink -Liquor China China Pisanti

2010-03-24T19:56:00.008+01:00

As you know, I visited a tasting of wines produced on the slopes of Vesuvius on March, 25 (more posts will follow in my new blog "The Marvelous World of Travel") where I learned different interesting persons. One of them, Signor Aldo (unfortunatelly, I didn't ask his last name) from the company China China Pisanti told me about the liquor produced by them. Signor Aldo was so gracious to offer me this liquor to taste it.

Well, I have to explain you that I came in the hotel where the manifestation took place different hours earlier, at 13:00, invited by one of the organizers, and had just go home some minutes before the official tasting began (at 17:00). So, signor Aldo and some other manifacturers ("Sole e Terra Del Vesuvio", I'll tell you in one of the next posts) allowed me to taste their products ... illegaly ;-)))

What about the taste... You know, it was great. Such a bouquet of herbs and other natural components! I'm not a specialist of the wines and drinks, you know, but I use herbal remedies in my everyday life. So, I know the tastes of the herbs. You can believe me, it was a symphony of the flavours.

What I think about this and similar liquors (because it seems there are similar products in different nations and many in different parts of Italy) as a healing remediy:

>because the key components of this liquor are different medical herbs etc (china, anise, cinnamon, cloves, mint, sage, elder, fennel -I have to listen to the record of what Signor Aldo told me, but I think, he spoke about 25 herbs etc.), and you can feel it tasting,
>because it is produced from the pure natural products

... for these reasons it has to be a valid healing remedy.

Did you know, they say (I heard it many times), it is necessary to drink 50 g of such a drink every day to have good health? Now I'm sure about it.
;-)))

You are perfect Buddha Mind: Dzogchen

2010-03-24T17:48:00.002+01:00

"Learn to look without imagination, to listen without distortion: that is all. Stop attributing names and shapes to the essentially nameless and formless, realize that every mode of perception is subjective, that what is seen or heard, touched or smelled, felt or thought,expected or imagined, is in the mind and not in reality, and you will experience peace and freedom from fear." - Nisargadatta Maharaj

In the Bon tradition, Dzogchen practice is the highest teaching of all. Through the practice of Dzogchen one can attain enlightenment in this very life. Dzogchen is a Tibetan term that is made up of two words. The first word is ‘Dzog’, the second word is ‘Chen’. ‘Dzog’ means complete, and ‘Chen’ means great. In the West, Dzogchen is known as The Great Perfection. Dzogchen practice is found in Bon teaching and Nyingmapa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

Continue reading this article in my Yungdrung Bon Forum

Benefits Of Weight Loss in My Life

2010-03-24T16:53:00.000+01:00

Weight loss... Do you know how long I dreamed about it? Some of you will say after reading this words: Oh, another woman that has nothing to do! No, you are not right, when you judge all this way. Excessive weight is something invalidating you if your body has not accustomed to it from the childhood. It's true, when we begin to add weight, we probably do not understand fully what is happening. When it was with me, I was not alarmed even when I had to change the pants and buy them bigger than those I took before. And you have to think, I'm a woman, and a woman that looks at her reflection in the mirror.

When I began to notice the difference, all my thoughts began to whirl about the idea of the weight loss. I hated the fat on the sides of my body. I could not make my normal yoga asanas, every movement needed more efforts, I was always tired. I decided it's the high time to begin to control myself. My first steps were low carb diet and more movement. The problem is I pass a good part of my time for my PC, and my husband needs a crane to drag me out to normal life.

Today I lost half of the weight I would like to lose. I feel young, I like to feel my body, I like when other women glance at me. Probably I look so as I feel myself. Can something donate more satisfaction? And this happiness is created only by control of the diet.

Making Diagnose Of The State Of Your Soul -More About Chakra Cleaning

2010-03-23T19:04:00.000+01:00

Years ago when I read Lam Rim for the first time I nticed an interesting affirmation. It was said: you have to clean the room where you want to make your practice before you begin it. It was very important condition. I was sceptic about it. What is the difference, if you clean the room or not? Ah, forgot, they said, the Gods and Goddesses do not come in a dirty place.

It seemd strainge to me. Specially if we think about those persons that come home after a working day, tired etc. They eat and sit with intention to meditate. They have not forces to clean the room in that moment. Why have they do it?

I read an article about this theme today. The author said, he (or she?) can diagnose what chakras are close lookig what places in the house of the person are not enough clean. I don't know what is your reaction now. Time ago I would say, these are stupidities. An other "guru" tryes to introduce his/her new alternative therapy to sell it.

Well, I don't want to say, I've changed the opinion. Those poor chakras, only the greatest igler did not write about chakra healings and chakra cleanings. All they made so, that I do not believe more in this things.

But I understood finally, Lam Rim was right.
Not that you have to clean the room. If your room is dirty, it means, your soul is not in the right state to make practice. Your soul has a problem. An invisible problem maybe. But it manifests in your "apathy". You don't want to do anything, you are tired. You need the relaxation, other solution -if it's about something more serious. So, your soul in it's depth is worried about other things than a good practice. And it means, you cant reach a good connection, good results. And your practice has not it's deep sense. "The Gods do not come in the dirty place". Not because they do not like dirty place but because you are not in the right state to make your practice.

Concentration

2010-03-12T20:04:00.004+01:00

These two photos of a praying monk impressed me very much. The author tells, this monk comes in this place for a temple every day (the photo was taken in Hainan). I don't know what precisely seems to me so special -probably his concentration. Or maybe the question: WHY does he it every day there? Maybe, I see it from my european point of view and there is nothing special, simply buddhist practice...

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Promote Your Business With Blog Advertising

2010-03-02T08:38:00.004+01:00

One of the headaches of everybody who has his/her small or big business is the problem to make all the world (possibly) know about the existence of this possibility. We try everything we can, and it costs us great amounts of money. Not all of you know that one of the options of promotion is blog advertising and there are many bloggers that will be glad to write about you in their blogs. The investments in the advertising company and the efforts will be repaid quickly.

First of all, the website traffic increases and the advertiser can even triple the business in the short time. Why it happens? Because many common persons, those who blog and those who read the blogs, exactly those who become your clients than, receive the notice about the existance of your business. And this is our big problem, as we said first, to make that everybody knows about us.

The blogadvertisingstore is a site that connects you with bloggers. It has very easy to use system, and you can add your advertising comany in some clicks. Than the customer service is there to help you if you suddenly have problems doing it. After that you will notice how quickly your traffic increases and -what's important- your visitors are those who is interested in your products. Do you see the difference: those who click your link for case and those who enters your site just prepared to accept what you are selling there.

Advertising in blogs is so important today that all the most important webdirectories write about it too. The brief articles improve you presence in the net, writes one of them, increase the engine ranking of your site and is very flexible because you can promote your services, special offers or products in the way the persons like to read.

Su Jok: Right Way To Find The Point

2010-02-28T10:34:00.004+01:00

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There is a great interest in the world for this technique -Su Jok, Korean hand and foot acupuncture.

I just wrote about this technique here, in this post "Su Jok Therapy -Special Points To Heal Pain" and it is one of the most read posts of this blog, you know. There are videos and links in that post, so I want only to add some rules of it today.

In 2 years that passed from the time of that my post the net is now full of information, videos, courses, exlanations how we can learn this therapy. I'm not a specialist, I only explore the world of the alternative techniqures. That is why I do not pretend to be a guru. The advises I write here are from an old book I have in my library. That is why, I think, it could be precious.

If you want to use this technique yourself you have to be very careful and exact. You have to identify precisely the point and use right method of stimulating.

First of all find the point approximately. Than point it very lightly with a point of a pensil or something similar. The point you are looking for is very painful. To understand it you have to touch the place very lightly. If you will point it with power, all the place will be painful and you will never find the right place.

Chinese Pharmacy And Arthritis

2010-02-20T17:30:00.003+01:00

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On the photo you see a real Chinese pharmacythat is situated in Chengdu, a town in southwest of China. I post here this photo because it seems to me very beautiful.

I don't want to inviteyou to plan a trip in this town there -this blog is to discuss the healing possibilities. So, I want to tell you what is happend to me.

I have problems with arthritis now, and the fingers become my real tragedy in the last month. "Normal" medicine gives me anaesthetizing tabs that you can take maximum 7 days. With grave consrguences for blood (ibuprofen). I tryed with termal clay and salt. The situation was better but not very satisfying. I could not sleep in the night for terrific pains in fingers and hands.

Somebody told to my husband about the remedies, bought in the Chinese pharmacy. He knew, there is such a pharmacy in Naples too. So, we went there one day about a week ago. The doctor there wanted to touch my wrists and gave me 2 types of tabs with herbs.

My friends said me, they would never use such medicines because these pharmacies are disagreeable and dirty. And the medicines come from bad places. I don't know, maybe they think about the popular movies. The tabs I bought, are manufactured in Holland, are even better packed than normal Italian medicines. What is important for me -I have not those pains in the night, and the situation is generally better. As you see, I can write here so much too. :-))) That doctor said me, I have take these tabs for 30 days. Hope, it will really help me.

All The Best In The New Year!!!!

2010-02-14T11:25:00.002+01:00

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It's a great year for those born in 1961.

"I would like to tell you a little about the Iron Tiger year. Anybody born in the Iron Tiger or any of the Monkey years will face more obstacles during this year than others will. Those born in the year of the Monkey will also face a lot of obstacles. Those born in the Horse, Pig, Snake and Dog years will face less obstacles but will still have more obstacles than others in this year.

To help with the obstacles it is good to do Long Life Prayers. It is also good to buy and release fish, birds or animals that are still alive but are destined to be killed. This does not mean that what may come from an animal cannot be used. For example, a cow can still be milked, but for the person that buys and releases the cow, he will give it to a farmer who promises not to kill it even though the farmer may use the milk from the cow. This is a very auspicious thing to do.

According to the Tibetan astrological calendar, this year is a good year to go on a pilgrimage, make offerings and clear and clean pathways. Also, it is a good year to use blessed amulets or blessing knots or strings to avert obstacles."

Herbal Remedies For Men

2010-02-05T18:40:00.007+01:00

There are many men that tryed to use male enhancers like Viagra and others and passed to herbal remedies then because they, men, had grave health problems and side effects. You have to know that there are about 300 specific products for men using 5 main more efficient ingredients of herbal origin. One of them is enzyte that takes the 6-th placein the list of the best products.

Very important is that you have clear informations about enzyte and other similar medicines to know the differences in their key ingredients, safety and costs. Be sure what you buy is made by reputable manufacturers and they have customer satisfaction, return policy and guaranties. It is about your health and happyness.

You can compare the properties of enzyte and main herbal enhancers visiting Male Enhancement Institute, where you will find the answers on many questions about the men sexual disfunctions too. If you do not find the question you are interested in you can ask the experts of the staff. All the services you find there will help you to understand your problem and to choose the best way to resolve it.

Different Types Of Meditations (part 3) Standing Meditation

2010-02-04T18:41:00.006+01:00

After we have watched so interesting Walkng Meditation and Water Meditation in my previous posts, now is the high time to pass to the QiGong technique -Standing meditation very clearly explained in this video:

I hope you are very entertained to learn that there are so various possibilities to meditate and not only the good known lotus position. They all are great. I gave you only the idea and you have to discover more about the type you are interested in yourself. In any case you can't say you have not time or place for meditation. The only thing you can "have not" is the wish to meditate. :0)))

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Different Types Of Meditations (part 2) Walkng Meditation

2010-02-04T18:17:00.007+01:00

With this post I continue to speak about Different Types Of Meditations (and this link is to part 1 about water meditation).

Here I want to post videos about an other interesting type of meditation -walking meditation. I just tryed to do it, this meditation, and did an error, so I wanted to tell about it to warn you. If you want to begin with this meditation, choose carefully the place where you do it. If you walk on the road where the cars can pass, it's not good. You could damage the passing cars if you are too absorbed to notice them.
:0)))

I adore the meditations teached by Thich Nhat Hanh, specially the Tea meditation. If you are interested in them, you have to visit his site.

Different Types Of Meditations (part 1) Water Meditation

2010-02-04T18:13:00.010+01:00

There are many different types of meditations. And it's very difficult at the beginning of the Path of Buddhismus to understand what and how is necessary to do them. I remember I was interested to begin to meditate, but I live too far from the places where one can find a Teacher. So I tryed with the books. I read clever books but I could not understand the essence. This was some years ago, about 2000-2004.

Today the life is much more easy for those who are interested in Buddhismus because there are internet teachings of the most important Teachers of different schools and there are many videos that help in the meditations.

You Tube offers me videos that could be interesting for me. There were videos about the meditations among them. So I want to post those I think are useful.

Here is water meditation. I post thisd video as first because I know nothing about this meditation and it seems interesting for me. If somebody of you could explain me the sense and the technique -approximately is good too would be great. I don't pretend to learn the techniques of meditations through this blog, I'm only interested to learn more about it.

Read
Different Types Of Meditations (part 2) Walkng Meditation
Different Types Of Meditations (part 3) Standing Meditation

Why Is Fish Oil So Important

2010-01-29T18:15:00.002+01:00

Confess: I don't like fish oil from my first days. You can do not believe me but I remember till today my mother with that bottle and spoon even if I had not more than 4 years. And is possible It is the reason I can't stand the taste and the smell of fish all my life. Unfortunatelly, now, when I am next to 50 I have to assume it to avoid different problems of the health. First of all it is about the stagional shortage of Vitamin D. The exposure on the sun is insufficient from September till April even here, in Italy. What have we say about nothern countries?

Not only bones become thin, brittle, misshapen when Vitamine D is scanty in the body, situation that favours osteoporosis, very frequent actually in the women. Fish Oil is rich on polyunsaturated fat, Omega 3 fatty acids, that can help us to avoid many problems of the mature age. Cholesterol levels, heart diseases and Alzheimer's disease are only some of them. And the prevention is not so difficult. It's enough to remember the remedy of our grandies and mothers.

I had to add fish oil to my diet. I'm fortunate, it is not necessary to drink fish oil so as it was when I was a little girl. I buy tabs that have not taste neither smell of fish. It is possible even choose between different types of fishes because the fish oil is made from cod, salmon, tuna, sardines, herring and mackerel and other species of fishes, and they come from different seas.
So if you are not too young, think about changes in your diet and add fish oil to it.

Shaolin Kung Fu

2010-01-28T18:12:00.002+01:00

I like this video very much -that is why I post it here. I've watched it different times and maybe you too. But I hope you will like the possibility to watch it once more.

Spices For Long Life

2010-01-26T11:07:00.004+01:00

Many years ago we, a group of interpreters, were invited for a national feast of the Indian community of our city. There was a meeting with the speaches of the important persons and a party after that.

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There were different plates that I've never seen before that party, and, sincerely, I could not eat anything because they were full of spices and -mostly- of pepper, I think. Even the dessert. When I ate a very little piece of that dessert (my friend said me: take a very little piece before you begin to eat), my eyes were out of their places.

Well, we do not eat so much spices -if we eat them at all.

But this is not very good because the spices offer many possibilities to improve our health.They are good for depression, skin, cancer, regulating of sugar, obesity, dementia and many other problems.

Today I write about cinnamon. It is obesity-fighting, sugar regulating, immune-boosting, internal parasits fighting. Cinnamon is good for degestive problems, toothaches, postmenopausal problems and Type2 diabetes.

If you want to try with this spices you have to remember that there are 2 plants that are called cinnamon in the commerce: Cinnamomum zeylanicum and Cassia. I write about the first one here. So, control the ingredients, when you buy it.

My personal advise is to try with the tea in the bags that you can find in the supermarket. Indian voyage, it's name, I think. With cinnamon, cloves and ginger. Very nice taste.

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Prosperous Buttocks Mean Better Health

2010-01-13T07:28:00.002+01:00

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Among the articles I read yesterday, two particularly interesting were about the recent news in medical researches. Both about women.

The scientists discovered that fat on the abdomen and on the buttock we have is not the same. Those are 2 different types of fat.

The first is bad and dangerous. It's metabolism produces substances
contributing the origin of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.

The fat in the bottom part of the body is good because the proteins it creates mantain arteries clean and helps to control the quantitiy of sugar in the blood.

The second article was about the ovulation in human body first time photographed during a surgery. The photos and the article were published by Newscientist. They say, it was never possible to see the process of this event in human body.

Summary About Weight Loss

2010-01-09T15:55:00.003+01:00

Scrolling an article directories homepage, I found this article, Weight Loss That Lasts Action Steps, that touches one of the very interesting for me themes. You will surely remember my previous posts about it in this blog. What I liked was the systematic approach of the author. Not that boring common "eat this and you will loss 10 kg-s in one week". Or something like this. We all are mature folks and know, this is nothing short of a swindle.

Think about this: the excessive weight is not only the sign of the incorrect nutrition and insufficient motion activity. It's the sign the systems of our organism do not work well as a result of our bad behaviour. Once I read the words I liked very much: we cure our cars so much, we will never use low quality benzine etc. You got the idea. Why we never cure our body with similar attention? It's enough to see, what products we eat.

My friends laugh and my husband grumbles, when I go in the supermarkets and begin to read the descriptions of ingredients of the products I want to buy. Well, I want to believe they are honest. But if you read them, you notice this peculiarity: similar items can contain very different ingredients. One, as example, has only this or that vegetable and water, other has one or more additives. And THESE parts can provoke your eccessive weight.

Maybe you can be interested in an other article: Advice for the Wise Home Owner that is about different mortgages.

What To Do With Tibetan Milk Mushroom

2010-01-05T18:33:00.006+01:00

About Tibetan Milk Mushroom I wrote just in my previous posts. Open this second post too: The Secrets Of The Health I Learned. This theme was suddenly interesting for many persons. :0))) And I thought, nobody knows about it...
Some of my readers asked me to explane how to cure this culture. I could not write about it because I had not much of the mushroom and had to wait it grows enough. Now I have some photos and post them here for you.

There is an important rule to follow:
never use metal.
The second is an important condition:
to grow, it needs warm place and air to breath.
Because it is too cold in my house, I bought a yoghurt machine.

I don't close it completly, as you see on the photo. This way, I think, it has enough air to breath.
After 10 hours (more or less) my fermented milk is ready. Here is how it looks:

I use only clotted part because I noticed, the whey is not good for my digestion. And I needed 3-4 days at the beginning that my organism accepts this type of yoghurt.

When the yoghurt is in the cup, I wash the milk mushroom with cold water and here it is just washed:

I prepare cold milk in the microwave cooker, throw tibetan milk mushroom in it and put it in the yoghurt machine.

All this you have to do every day. If you have to go away for some days, you have to wash your Tibetan Milk Mushroom with cold water and put it in the fridge.

This is all you have to know about the Tibetan Milk Mushroom. They say, it is very good for all digestive system. But you have to eat this yoghurt for long time to see the results.