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201. How to Get Rid of Smoking, Drinking, Drugs and Other Bad Habits By Bill Austin
     These are practices that I do whenever I am trying to release a pattern that no longer serves my highest good. I am using smoking as an example but you can fill in any other habit instead of smoking like drinking, drugs and other addictive behaviours. Sometimes addictive patterns emerge from emotional charges. You get stressed at work for example and you take a smoke. Whenever emotional charges occur, they need to be cleared.1. Buy a small notebook that can easily fit into a shirt pocket or pu…



202. Neroli: The Fragrance that Exudes Contentment By Nur Syahid
     One whiff of this unique fragrance will be enough to make anyone feel immensely contented. Particularly effective for insomnia and depression, it lingers in the air, leaving a sweet exquisite scent behind. Just light an essential oil lamp in your bedroom and it will relax your spirits, balance your mood and relieve any work-related stress and worries. With the fragrance of Neroli, only good dreams will come your way.OriginsAn Italian princess had a great passion for the scent of this orange bl…



203. The Science Of Mind Over Matter By Susan Norrad
     We possess an incredible power. It's the power of mind to heal or attract that which we focus our attention on.You have most likely seen it at work in many people. You probably know those (or perhaps you are even one) who constantly talk about their aches, pains and illnesses. They seem to always be sick.Sometimes we may wonder if they are making it up just to get attention. But they are not making it up. They do feel that they are sick. The aches and pains are very real to them, even i…



204. Just The Tea FAQs: Health Benefits (Part I) By Gary Griffin
     Hands up all those who can't get through the day without their shots of coffee... ah, that's most of us then! Call it an espresso, cappuccino or a regular coffee, if it's not decaffeinated then the caffeine will have our central nervous system jumping to its own coffee beat, that much we know. But, while the jury may still be out as to whether long-term coffee consumption is detrimental to our health, there is an altogether more wholesome alternative readily available in shops, cafes and resta…



205. Hinoki: Natural Essences in Abundance By Nur Syahid
     Living in a hectic urban landscape, do you look forward to a return to nature, where the richness of plant essences can soothe your fatigued spirit? With the refreshing fragrance of hinoki, an ancient plant that emanates a rich store of natural energy, you would feel immersed in an oasis of comfort even in the midst of the urban jungle.HistoryHinoki is rich in ancient history. Following the rise and fall of civilisations, the cultivating ground of hinoki was gradually shifted to Taiwan. In fac…



206. What Causes Osteoporosis and Ten Changes You Can Make to Reduce Your Risk of Osteoporosis By John Mericle M.D.
     Ten Simple Lifestyle Changes You Can Make to Reduce Your Risk for Osteoporosis Stop or decrease your meat intake.Stop or decrease your dairy intake.Decrease or eliminate sugar from your diet. Cut back on processed foods. Eliminate highly acid vinegars.Decrease or stop caffeine. Stop smoking. Cut back or eliminate alcohol consumption. Start a weight bearing exercise program.Get plenty of sunshine or supplement vitamin D. “The myth that osteoporosis is caused by calcium deficiency was created t…



207. Toxic Overload By Angie Lewis
     A thirty-six-year-old construction worker withered in pain as the ambulance rushed him to the hospital. Andy’s cramps were excruciating and he thought he was going to die. The doctor told him that his gall bladder would need to be surgically removed and there was no time to waste. Three hours later, this otherwise apparently healthy young man lay recuperating in his hospital bed minus a vital organ needed to help the body system run properly, similar to a car with a leaky gas valve. And where …



208. Vibrational Medicine By Simon Mitchell
     Vibrational medicine attempts to treat people with various forms of pure energy. The influence of alternative medical systems such as Chinese, Ayervedic or Tibetan medicine have led in part to the development of machines that can 'image energy'. Heat energy imagers are an accepted part of our technology. We readily accept imaging heat, even though we can't see it, because heat is something we can sense through touch. With the 'energy body' it is not so straightforward. Very few of us have expe…



209. Stuttering Child By Steve Hill
     Children can develop a stutter at an early age and for the parents it can be a very worrying time. It is difficult to know what to do. Parents wonder if it is just an age thing or just a phase. They think about whether to take their child to some form of speech therapy, however worry that that might be an over-reaction.I myself developed a stutter at the age of four or five. My mother had left work to look after me when I was born and I started to talk as normal. Everything was fine until I st…



210. Homeopathy: A Natural Health 101 Article By Lisa Barger
     What It IsIn Homeopathy, extremely dilute preparations are given to a patient to spur the patient's immune system into action and re-balance the body's "vital force". The preparations are extremely dilute--often going well beyond Avogadro's Limit--but are "succussed" or rapped firmly onto a padded surface to, as Homeopaths believe, send healing vibrationationl energy throughout the remedy.Homeopathy works on 3 basic principles: The Law of Similars, The Minimum Dose Principle and The Single D…



211. Eucalyptus Oil for Colds and Flu By Rudy Silva
     Recently I came down with a cold, flu, and some heavy chest congestion. My 8-year daughter also became sick.One of the Natural Remedies I used was Eucalyptus Oil, which helped to reduce the chest congestion and the symptoms of the flu.Herbalists use this oil to treat colds, coughs, and other respiratory ailments. Eucalyptus helps to loosen phlegm and improve lung function.The active ingredient in eucalyptus oil is cineol or euclyptol. The oil is a fine decongestant and has strong germicidal an…



212. Natural Remedies and Prevention of Constipation By Lee Dobbins
     Constipation is a problem that affects many Americans every day. Constipation is mainly due to poor eating habits, insufficient exercise, not getting enough fiber and not drinking enough water. Constipation is quite uncomfortable and most everyone knows when they have it. Common symptoms include:Straining to have a bowel movementHard stools – pellet like stoolsNot having a bowel movement every dayNot totally emptying your bowels each time you have a movementIf you eat right and adopt a heal…



213. Gestalt Therapy And Hypnosis By Simon Duff
     The Gestalt approach to therapy can be termed “phenomenological-existential” as it is concerned with an awareness of the here-and-now, working away from concepts and towards pure awareness (Clarkson, 1989). By the client becoming aware of their thoughts, feelings, etc the goal is for the individual to achieve insight into the situation under examination. As Yontef (1993) writes, insight is gained by studying the phenomomenological focusing, experimenting, reporting, and dialogue of the client.…



214. Aromatherapy Headache By Cassandra Stinchcombe
     Headaches are one of the most common of medical complaints. Most people experience headache pain at one time or another. Everyone, young and old, male and female, suffers from headaches from time to time. These may range from minor, nagging headaches to full-blown, incapacitating neurovascular migraines.Most headaches are not caused by serious medical conditions. The most common classifications of headache pain are tension, cluster, and migraine. Another disturbingly common type of headache is…



215. Lower Your Cholesterol Naturally – Cholesterol Through The Mouth By Ramzi Abboud
     If you have high cholesterol, you should educate yourself about the natural options that are available to you, to help lower your cholesterol, before diving head first into taking prescription medications…which are generally loaded with side effects, some of which can be dangerous and even fatal.There are various options available to you, to help lower your cholesterol naturally and reduce or eliminate your risk of heart disease. You just need to arm yourself with the right information.You pro…



216. Relieve Constipation with Aloe Vera By Rudy Silva
     Menstruating or pregnant women should not use Aloe Vera, in any form, to relieve constipationAloe Vera is a wonder herb that has been around for thousands of years. It has been used for both external and internal problems – skin rashes, burns, ulcers, internal bleeding. It also promotes bowel movements, which helps to relieve constipation. I have found that some people are allergic to Aloe Vera. So if you show a rash or have any other undesirable symptoms, don’t use it.Aloe is an astringent…



217. Gearing Up for Flu Season By Tara Barker
     Well, flu season is coming upon us quickly, and most people would love to skip getting sick this year. The biggest question is…How? Here are the easiest ways to keep yourself and loved ones free of the nastiest of colds this (and every) year.First of all, the flu is a virus. A viral infection cannot be treated with antibiotics. A virus can only overwhelm your defenses and multiply in your body if your body’s defenses are not adequate to begin with. If you are strong, vital, and have a hea…



218. Parkinson's Disease & Tai Chi Therapy By Bill Douglas
     In a special to CNN, the Mayo Clinic’s mayoclinic.com reported that, “Parkinson's disease is progressive, meaning the signs and symptoms become worse over time. But although Parkinson's may eventually be disabling, the disease often progresses gradually, and most people have many years of productive living after a diagnosis.” This would indicate that there may be effective interventions that could perhaps slow the progress of the disease. When we get such a diagnosis, our first reaction migh…



219. Healing the Elements By Samantha Thurlby-Brooks
     The Nature Elementals, most commonly known as Faeries, are the unseen guardians of the planet. As much as we would like to believe that their survival depends on our beliefs and ability to clap loud enough so as to restart their dying hearts, these energy beings have very little need for us. However, over the last century our persistent misuse of the planet has given these creatures the need to connect with us and teach us the ways we have lost.We have long understood that the world is a compl…



220. Spring Cleaning with Nontoxic Cleaners By Debra Lynn Dadd
     Spring cleaning goes beyond normal everyday cleaning. It's a major project of home revitalization: to make everything new by removing dust and dirt, to make sure everything is in good repair, and to put things in order, so that you will have everything in your household in working condition for the coming year.Here are some tasks that are traditionally included in a major spring cleaning:* Put away winter clothes and take out spring and summer clothing.* Sweep and vacuum floors, walls, …



221. Using Hypnotherapy to Beat IBS By Sophie Lee
     Hypnotherapy is one of the best known and most widely used treatments for IBS, and can offer sufferers a drug-free solution to their symptoms of diarrhea, constipation, stomach pain and bloating.There are now many hundreds of hypnotherapists who offer what is called “gut-directed hypnotherapy” for IBS, which takes the general techniques of hypnotherapy and applies them directly to the abdominal pain and digestive symptoms which IBS sufferers struggle with. This type of hypnotherapy has been cl…



222. Are You Hypnotized by The Vampire? By Doreen Cohanim
     How Does It Work! A Good Hypnotherapist start building a report with the client, getting to know them better in order to assist on the specific request that the client came in initially and that is what the hypnotherapist start working on.No Hypnotherapist will guarantee healing or number of sessions to clients, just because in some case's client will need only one session and others only three, six or even more but no one can tell you how many sessions you will need, Except with medical re…



223. Going Organic Shouldn't Be Complicated. By Susan Yurek
     As a kid I read 19th century literature, including "On Walden Pond" by Henry David Thoreau. An early environmentalist, HDT eschewed modernization and lived his own philosophy by leaving civilization and building himself a cabin in the New England woods "on Walden Pond" ("pond" being the New England vernacular for "lake"). There he journaled his thoughts about living simply, and decried the advancement of the modern age, industrialization, and its desecration of Nature and simple values.The b…



224. Health & Longevity With Bel'Air Aromatherapy By Nur Syahid
     1. Clean and Fresh AirBacterial allergens and other pollutants constantly in the air would mean that we are subjected to a long-term disease causing air environment, without protection. Bel’ Air aromatherapy can help eliminate the harm from such floating debris, effectively preventing onsets of airborne ailments such as allergies, rhinitis, asthma, and colds, thus giving you the air that is at once clean and fresh.2. A Nutrients-Filled AtmosphereBel’ Air aromatherapy can produce plant essences…



225. Seven Sinus Headache Solutions By Mike Lindsey
     1. Try steam inhalation as one of your sinus headache solutions. Steam inhalation is an excellent way of clearing all the spaces inside. If you have an infection too, steam inhalation can be very soothing. But there is a word of caution that I have to offer here, before you start undertaking this method as one of your sinus headache solutions,* Be very careful about you eyes. Remember that it is not advisable to expose your eyes to steam and so take care to protect your eyes when you are inhal…






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