02 Apr 2012
by healthharmonyweb
in awareness, Ayurvedic Medicine, community, holistic health, interconnection, life choices, mind-body connection
Tags: 2010 Olympics, 2025, Amazon, beliefs, blood pressure, body fat, breaths per minute, cattle farming, cohesion, conscious mind, Darwin, David Bohm, development economics, division, DNA, donor countries, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Einstein, electricity, eradicating poverty, extreme poverty, genocide, good cholesterol, health of society, heart rate, high density lipoprotein, humanity, institutionalized racism, Kayapo, killing, Kofi Annan, logging, moral guidelines, open mind, racial profiling, respect, species, stealing, sub-Saharan Africa, subconscious mind, survival of the fittest, swastavrutta, Vancouver, wealth, wholeness of universe
In the news recently is highlighted yet another trial, yet another tribulation, yet another reason for the native peoples of the Amazon, in this case the Kayapo, to be violently ousted from their home. The reason today? Electricity. The reasons in the past? Logging and cattle farming are two of the most prominent. In the past, this sort of news has been fairly inaccessible to the general public though the truths have been even more shocking than currently, stretching to include even the genocide of Amazonian native people.
photo credit: The Washington Post
This sort of truth is not unique to Brazil, to the Amazon, though its result and its root are just as heartbreaking. In 2010 native people in Vancouver, Canada were forcibly removed from their homes in order to make way for Olympics-related industries, such as new strip malls and larger hotels for Olympics visitors. Similarly, in the US legislative battles still occur in order to protect and expand upon native peoples’ rights while the country also wavers in its significant issues with both institutionalized racism and racial profiling. More
05 Mar 2012
by healthharmonyweb
in consciousness, holistic health, life choices
Tags: abyss, Bermuda triangle, character, choice, clear sight, conscious decisions, David Bohm, Einstein, environment, Himalayas, identity, journey, joy, label, love, misread, patterns of life, peace, perception, reflection, self-discovery, Stanislav Grof, superficial, truth
I know what it is like to be misread, to be labeled, to hold a superficial vantage point in another’s eyes. I also know what it is like to be seen clearly. More importantly, I know what it is like to see myself clearly.
photo credit: Phoebe Jaspe
Clear sight, the kind that goes down to the bones, through which one can see another’s heart, is something I often think about.
Having lived in a few countries, I have sometimes been only too well aware of the changing perceptions directed towards me. White, woman, American accent, traveling alone. Even with a few more details added in, sometimes the superficial assumptions still continue. In all this I became more aware of my own identity, the truths and integral parts of who I am, who I was where I was, and who I am where I am now.
What I know is this: self-discovery is the ultimate journey. Forget the Himalayas, forget the Bermuda triangle. You. Yourself. That’s where all the beauty and all mystery awaits. Discovering yourself lends boundless freedom
Why do I say this? …what does this have to do with health? Everything. More
28 Feb 2012
by healthharmonyweb
in awareness, Ayurvedic Medicine, digestive health, holistic health, life choices, mind-body health
Tags: acidity, appreciation, being ready, bruises, calendar, champion, coffee, constitution, depressed, diet, dreams, emotional intelligence, empathy, falling, flying, GI lining, groundhog, high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oil, imperfection, irritants, Kahlil Gibran, laugh, leap year, motivation, neurons, perfect, potential, self-awareness, self-regulation, social skills, spices, spinal cord, stomach, superhero, the Grinch
I like the idea of leap years. Unless you are something like Mr. Groundhog, running away if circumstances don’t suit him (the February version of the Grinch, if you ask me), you probably do too. Yes, the calendar is technically just a measurement. Yes, one extra box doesn’t necessarily actually add up to an extra day of life… but there’s still something a bit exciting about the idea of one EXTRA day. And one day dedicated to LEAPING, at that.
What does it mean to LEAP? More
24 Feb 2012
by healthharmonyweb
in awareness, heart health, holistic health, interconnection, life choices, mind-body connection, mind-body health, trauma
Tags: challenges, control, emotions, energy work, excuse, faith, happiness, herbs, joy, living matrix, molecules of emotion, potential, serenity
photo credit: Lisa Place
Holistic Thesaurus Search: excuse
Results: lack of awareness, fear, projection, uncertainty, victim, disempowerment, procrastination, ignorance, despair, hesitancy More
