Posted on 06 July 2011. Tags: remember dreams, sleep research
Sleep research shows that girls are more likely to remember dreams than boys Concerning dreaming there is a clear gender difference: girls remember the morning more often about what they have dreamed at night than boys. Researchers say that that this also has to do with the fact that that girls don’t quite sleep as [...]
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Posted in Health & Nutrition
Posted on 01 July 2011. Tags: Brain Research, Health & Nutrition, living in a big city, stress
People living in cities run a higher risk of suffering from depression or an anxiety disorder. Researchers now have a possible explanation: An experiment showed a much stronger response to stress in the brain of city residents. Moving to the countryside sounds for many urban dwellers like relaxation, better air, less traffic noise and perhaps [...]
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Posted on 24 June 2011. Tags: Health & Nutrition, obesity, overweight
What’s more fattening, candy or chips? Over a period of 20 years, researchers have accompanied more than 120,000 people on the search for the worst fattening foods. The ranking holds a surprise. It does not sound so dramatic: about 380 grams gained the participants of a large U.S. study on average per year. But as [...]
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Posted on 12 June 2011. Tags: Buteyko, Pranayama, working with your breath
More recently I have been looking for ways to reduce daily time spent on my practice consisting of sitting meditation (Vipassana) and yoga (asanas and pranayama). I learned about Buteyko from a friend who addresses his hyperventilation using this breathing method. At first sight the similarities between the Boteyko method and common practices of [...]
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Posted in Health & Nutrition, Video, Yoga
Posted on 24 May 2011. Tags: heal your body, lucid dream, Lucid Dreaming
Lucid dreaming, or the ability to become consciously aware of dreaming while in the dream state, has been proven since the late 1970′s. For years, lucid dreamers have discussed their lucid dream adventures of flying, interacting with dream figures, and influencing the dream landscape. But now, long-time lucid dreamer and author, Robert Waggoner, reports that [...]
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Posted in Enlightenment, Featured, Health & Nutrition
Posted on 22 February 2011.
An ingredient used in Coca-Cola and Pepsi is a cancer risk and should be banned, an influential lobby group has claimed.
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Posted on 06 May 2010. Tags: diet, fruitarian, Health, Health & Nutrition, Pranayama, vegeterianism
Thoughts and experience on a fruitarian diet. While the benefits of a fruitarian diet appear obvious, full adoption is not easy and may require an accompanying spiritual practice.
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Posted on 08 February 2010. Tags: anatomy, Health, Yoga
What exactly is Kyphosis and how can Yoga help? A brief excursion into the center of the human spine and the wonders of a ten thousand year old science of right living.
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Posted in Health & Nutrition, Yoga