Are you like most people who listen to doctors, educators and therapists for health advice? This seems to be the norm in Western society. If the advice these professionals are giving us is correct, then why are we all unhealthy, ill, stressed, overweight, loaded with prescription medications and...
What natural therapy can lower your blood pressure, relieve a headache, strengthen your immune system, reduce stress and help you sleep – and all in a one-hour session? If you guessed massage, you’re right on target. Massage can do all of these things and provide many more physical as...
What are Super Foods? They are ordinary foods with amazing properties that have clinical research to prove that their antioxidant's fight cancer and other diseases. Revising your diet can make the difference between living an energetic life or the development of chronic diseases. A nutritious diet...
Webster defines ‘vacation’ as ‘a period of time for pleasure, rest or relaxation.’ How many of you actually take vacations like that? Raise your hands. Hmmm, I thought so – no hands. A recent Gallup survey of 1,000 people found that fifty-four percent of vacationers...
“Do I have to get naked to get a massage?” This is the most common question regarding massage therapy and we have the answer for you.
Do you feel sluggish and unmotivated in the morning?
Do you have trouble rolling out of bed when the alarm goes off?
Do you drag yourself to the bathroom and just wish you could climb back into bed for a few more hours?
You’re not alone: many people feel this way.
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Massage provides stress relief and promotes relaxation in an infant, just as it does in an adult. But why would an infant have any stress or need to relax from worries? Well, think about it. Everything in a baby’s life is new, strange and exciting as well as scary – every sight, sound,...
Science studies have learned there are two forms of stress. Chronic Stress and acute Stress.
Acute Stress generally involves a situation and does not last long. Acute stress can be caused by the tension of giving a presentation or completing a work related project on time. Acute stress is frequent...
Link between stress and blood pressure. Scientific tests have not proven any concrete link between chronic high blood pressure and stress. However, it is proven that in a stressful situation our bodies secrete hormones that momentarily raise blood pressure. If those 'spikes' are continued for a...
One of the most talked about diseases today is diabetes (diabetes mellitus). There seems to be an epidemic including people of all ages. What are we to do? How about just using a little common sense? Start with learning as much as you can about the disease before you panic. If so many have it then...
