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
20 Feb 2012
by healthharmonyweb
in awareness, Ayurvedic Medicine, holistic health, mind-body health
Tags: Alzheimer's disease, breakfast, breath, breathe, chewing, demyelination, dreams, eating, illness, imbalance, intuitive, Kapha, loved ones, meditation, monks, neurons, nourishment, nuns, osteoporosis, protein, senses, skin, slowing down, stability, stomach, the five elements, Vata, wake up, worry, wrinkles
Have you ever experienced the slowing down of time? -those moments when minutes seem to collide and seconds are infinitely longer than the breaths you take? The slowing down of time can sneak up on you, catch you off guard when you were busy tumbling through the race of tasks and deadlines. A moment of illness can bring your awareness back into your body. A moment when you are told that a loved one’s life is measured can shock you awake. And you move into molasses, your life frighteningly more still than before.
Can you and do you have the courage to stand still? To feel all the emotions that beckon to awaken you? Do you need a significant, frightening moment to make you slow down or will you take the time to enjoy and be in every moment? More