Ear Candling

Ear candling has been considered to be a therapeutic healing method for thousands of years. This ancient therapeutic art was used by early civilizations and continues to be used by many cultures today. Ear candling is a natural and effective therapy in treatment of ear problems and many other ailments including sinus congestion, colds, the flu, sore throats, ear aches, ear infections sinus infections, lymphatic congestion, swollen glands, snoring balance and equilibrium, allergy symptoms, hearing difficulties (most forms) pain or pressure when flying scuba diving or other temperatures and elevation discomfort.

How it works

With the ear candle inserted into the ear the heat from the flame creates a stimulating, soothing warming effect to the tissues in an d around the ear. The mechanics of this process are partly physical and partly energetic in nature. The result is a stimulation of lymphatic drainage in the entire head and neck region. The Eustachian tubes open and relax, allowing improved drainage and pressure equalization. The sinuses are then triggered to start draining. The body’s disease fighting immune response is greatly enhanced in strength. This means quicker recovery and a rapid decrease in symptom severity from many illnesses.

Benefits of Massage

Here is a good article about the benefits of massage.

http://thebodyworker.com/massage_blog/the-benefits-of-massage/

Why people really get sick

Dr. Mercola is a world reknown doctor who has published some incredible findings. Check out this article where he talks about why people really get sick.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/02/13/david-wolfe-interview.aspx

Why manage stress?

I am a big proponent of keeping your stress levels to a minimum and thought I'd post an article about why it's important. I talk a lot about your adrenal glands and how the systems you may be feeling could be due to exhaustion of those glands. Here's an article you may want to read.

http://jonnybowdenblog.com/adrenal-fatigue-got-you-down/#more-678

Great loving for ourselves

Great love (and sex) starts with loving ourselves. Recently I had the extreme pleasure of hearing one of my favourite authors, Naomi Wolf speak. She spoke about women and their self esteem from her book, the famous Beauty Myth. I have been shocked to have had a few potential female clients who wanted to get massage but didn't because they were embarrassed about me seeing their bodies. When and more importantly HOW did we get so worried? I've been told by some women that they haven't worn shorts in years, even in extreme heat. How did this happen? Its likely because of the media.

Ms. Wolf describe how TV sponsors have been required to advertise diet companies like Jenny Craig right before a guest on the TV Show appears - if that guest is not close to the Barbie look. So if the guest is heavier, or not as attractive, they will be made to feel more unattractive with the preceding commercials. Ms. Wolf talked about anorexia and how the rates of obesity AND anorexia are both up exponentially and cosmetic surgery became the fastest growing industry. If you'd like to see an extreme case, have a look at the French model in an Italian campaign to bring about awareness here. She told us how the average north american woman would rather lose 15 pounds than achieve any other goal. Women, the most accomplished beautiful creatures, who have achieve more financially, politically and legally in these times than in any other time in history, still worry about how their bodies look in a bikini.

Women in hollywood are quite typically, and historically, blonde, tall, looking no more than 25 years old and weighing at least 20% less than what her height requires. And this is who women hold as their standard. Click here

I think its so funny that the winner of America's Next Top model, a size 10, was a Plus Size Model. There is another Dove video about a boy calling a girl he likes. The caption reads, Amy can name 12 things about herself she finds unattractive, Joey can find one. This is so prevalent in women.

The myth beauty is being skinny, blonde and young but what about thickness, it says beauty is found in youth. Older women can be cover girls too like actors Jamie Lee Curtis, Cybyl Shepard, Oprah, and Isabella Rossellini, all in their 50s and 60s. Some say beauty is the most fair skinned but look at all the colours of beauty.

"True beauty is found within yourself. Beauty is the radiance of truth and the fragrance of goodness. The best of part of beauty is that which no picture can express" - Francis Bacon Sr.

"The kind of beauty I want most is the hard to get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity." - Ruby Dee

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which means everyone has to create their own definition.

Anorexia statistics are rising. But what strikes me is the little things, clients who worry that I'll judge them for not shaving their legs, or not eating or worrying that their arms are too big for short sleeves.

Even women's magazines at the grocery store takes the stand that we are not good enough; about how to improve everything from your looks to your sex life to how to finally lose those last few stubborn pounds (in only 2 weeks!).

I certainly weigh more now than I did in my younger years and yet, having gone through years of fighting media images and losing 30 pounds due to a health concern, I feel better about myself than I ever have. I went to Hawaii recently and while I was one of those women who for a short time didn't wear shorts, I bought a bikini and walked as those I was Cindy Crawford.

I talk to women who I am quite impressed with and then they reveal how they don't think of themselves as all that great, can't take a compliment and slander themselves at any chance.

Let's, finally, once and for all, stand up and love ourselves - just because...

Drinking cold water after a meal

Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer!
For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

The importance of Eating Fruit

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It's not as easy as you think; It's important to know how and when to eat.

What is the correct way of eating fruits?

It means not eating fruits after your meals. Fruits should be eaten on an empty stomach. If you eat fruit on an empty stomach, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.

Fruit is the most important food - Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.

In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.

So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining - every time I eat water-melon I burp, when I eat durian (fruit from Asia with a foul smell yet delicious flavor) my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet,etc - actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat! Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes - all these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.

There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic,because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health,energy, happiness and normal weight.

When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans.. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins. But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.

You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium,vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoid which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

ORANGE: Sweetest medicine, eating 2 to 4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C
& Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.