Natural Cures for Stress and Sleep Problems

Stress and lack of sleep are the leading cause of the most serious diseases including heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes. Stress depletes the immune system and causes the digestive system and insulin secretion to malfunction. Thankfully there are natural ways to decrease stress levels and to prevent disease that do not involve taking prescription drugs.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support during our new venture into natural health.

Do I Need To Believe In This?

Will acupuncture work for you if you are convinced that it won’t? Despite the ongoing debate about the placebo effects of acupuncture, it can work for everyone, skeptics included!

Yoga for Weight Loss: Yoga Poses That Help Burn Belly Fat

Most of the time, when people talk about losing weight what they actually mean is “I want to get rid of my belly and get a flat tummy”. Yoga offers a great alternative to sit-ups and squats, despite most thinking of it as a low effort exercise. In fact, a yoga class can be exhausting and the following Yoga poses will help target that gut that refuses to go away. If you haven’t practiced Yoga before you may want to attend some lessons to be taught how to perform them for maximum benefits.

7 Mind Tricks to Ease the Suffering of Fibromyalgia

As with any chronic condition, how well we handle the difficulties of fibromyalgia starts and ends in our minds. It’s possible to increase our feelings of wellness and decrease our suffering by shifting our mental focus. Here are some easy-to-do mental shifts that can increase well-being, in spite of having fibromyalgia.

Pregnancy Concerns – Avoid Nagging Self-Doubts

Pregnancy concerns are much more common than many new expectant mothers might think but even so, it’s important to treat these concerns with real empathy so that they do not escalate out of control. For any new mother-to-be, pregnancy is a time of extreme emotional change as well as a significant physiological transformation

Finding Yoga in the Flame of a Candle

Cultures throughout the world find the act of lighting candles a sacred ritual. From the colorful assortment that lights up a birthday cake to the mounds of flickering yellow sticks that brightens a Buddhist temple, human beings clearly find something very special in the glow of a candle. According to ancient yoga texts, “trataka” is the practice of concentrating one’s gaze on a small, clear fixed object until the eyes tear.

6 Juicing Information Lessons for Beginners

There is a lot more to juicing than just buying a juicer and following a recipe book. This article contains important juicing information for beginners to lay the foundation for a life-long juicing experience.

How to Build Your Self Confidence – Positive Affirmations for Women

Women love to feel good and be appreciated for who they are. You know the feeling when your boss praises you for doing a good job, or when a man adores you for looking good.

Living a Holistic Life: Recognizing When Your Life Is Out of Alignment

I am struck that so many of us are not able to recognize when we are out of alignment with our core health which includes body, mind and spirit. Understanding what these are and our baseline allows us to recognize when our energy is off. This in turn allows us to quickly realign to what will better serve us and our world.

Discover How Your Mind Creates

Knowing how your mind works is a great advantage in the modern world especially since it creates your reality. This article teaches you to become a conscious creator and create an amazing reality, full of what you want to experience.

Positive Affirmations Can Counteract Negative Thoughts

Affirmations are short sentences stating something, and are often used to improve behavioural issues and blocks that may be stopping you from accomplishing your goals, or preventing you from being happy. But even if you don’t believe in them, affirmations are already on your life, often in the form of negative affirmations. Every time you tell yourself that you can’t do something or that you are too old/heavy/ugly/slow to do something you want to do, you are using a negative affirmation to reinforce that belief. Positive affirmations are created to counteract those negative thoughts.

How to Stop Nausea With Peppermint Essential Oil

If you mention peppermint, many people immediately think of candy canes or after-dinner mints. There isn’t any real peppermint oil in those, but the thought of peppermint for digestion is there. They do however contain sugar which will make some stomach problems worse.

Alternative Remedies – Using Them Wisely

Alternative Remedies Using Them Wisely Alternative Remedies are becoming more and more common these days and also are those who get deceived by false promises made by illegitimate Alternative Medicine Practitioners. Here are some rules for using alternative remedies wisely Discuss It with Your Physician First Most doctors are surprisingly open-minded about complementary therapies, as experts suggest. Always inform your doctor about herbs or supplements you’re taking because some may have tendency to interact with other medications.

Appreciate and Use Your Creativity

This article briefly explores the consequences of stifling our creativity and is intended to encourage thinking about creativity in a different way. It is about appreciating that we are all creative and have imagination. Resources that I believe are often undervalued.

15 Small Steps in the Right Wellness Direction for 2012

Many health conditions can be traced at least in part to the accumulated effect of thousands of small, everyday actions. Now, at the threshold of a new year, commit to moving in the direction of better wellness. Begin with these simple tips.

Beat the Holiday Stress

Many of us struggle with stress during the holiday season with so much extra to do. This article gives us 15 wonderful suggestions on how to beat stress any time of the year, including during the holidays.

How Prebiotic Supplements Can Help With Weight Loss

As a nation, America is getting fatter every year, with one in three people suffering from obesity. “Suffering” being the operative word. Walking around with 50 or more pounds of more weight than you should be can cause shortness of breath, a feeling of very low energy or sluggishness, unhealthy but strong food cravings, bloating, constipation, and abdominal pains. Can prebiotic supplements help with weight loss?

Healing Crystals – How to Care for Healing Gems

Crystals, gems and stones hold a fascination for many. Their natural beauty and, with many, their geometric structure speak to us at a level beyond our normal daily experience. Care for these natural resources is important if you wish to build a beneficial relationship with your collection.

Tips for Essential Oils As Anti Allergenics

Have you considered using essential oils as an anti-allergenic? If not, you really need to read this article. Learn several great tips on how to use essential oils to help with allergies and to stop suffering from your allergies.

How to Make the Most of Your Natural Inner Guidance System

Each thought you have moves either toward or away from what you want. We all have an inner guidance system (IGS), that uses emotions to let us know when we are in or out of alignment with our true hearts desires.

Seven Ways to Gain Energy

In such a busy society it seems as if there is no getting ahead unless you can multi-task. However, with the many different things we need to get done on a daily basis, ways to gain energy throughout your day is something all of us need to know. This article gives some tips and explains seven different ways to gain energy.

Weight Loss – The Key to Reducing Your Risk of Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis, which is caused by the degeneration of the tough cartilage which covers the ends of the bones, is the most common of more than 100 different types of arthritis. In 2002, it was reported that some 8.5 million people in the UK suffered from this particular form of the disease, and in 2008 statistics showed that more than 6 million had osteoarthritis of one or both knees with a further 650,000 being affected in one or both hips.

How To Benefit From Honey Masks

Honey masks can be great for any skin type or skin problem. It has many great benefits and qualities, but mostly it is an extraordinary healer. Find out here how you can harness some of honey’s great properties.