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How Massage Therapy is Beneficial to Cancer Patients

Melanie Bowen — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:54:09 +0000

Your cancer diagnosis is probably one of the scariest things that you have ever dealt with. You may spend your days stressed over the treatments that you have to go through along with the lack of well-being that you used to have. There is one thing that can help you on your journey to healing. [...]

Beyond Meditation

jesamine — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:00:39 +0000

To know the unity of all life leads to deathlessness Shvetashvatara Upanishad What is deathlessness? Does deathlessness mean that we are born and never die? Or is deathlessness like timelessness? We are never really born, therefore we never really die. If we are never really born and we never really die, then what is existence? [...]

The Benefits of Massage During Pregnancy

jesamine — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:00:08 +0000

The most basic benefits of massage therapy include increasing circulation in the blood and lymph systems, lowering heart rate and blood pressure, aiding in relaxation and therefore digestion, and relieving, tired aching muscles. In addition to these physiological benefits, there are psychological responses. As we relax in the rest and digest response our bodies release [...]

Sage Advice From a Most Unassuming Meditation Teacher

jesamine — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:00:31 +0000

If you want to learn how to meditate, Sally Kempton is one of my favorite teachers – and I have never really met her aside from a casual greeting. I went on a retreat once, where she was supposed to be doing some work with the Kashmiri Yogic texts: the Splendor of Recognition and the [...]

Why Swedish Massage is Therapeutic

jesamine — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:00:38 +0000

Far too many times I hear people talking about Swedish massage as though it were a useless or mindless approach to therapeutic massage. To add insult to their own ignorance, these same people also tend to use words such as “wu-wu” or “fu-fu” to describe that approach. This article explains why Swedish massage is therapeutic [...]

The Oldest Yoga Teacher in the World

jesamine — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:48:14 +0000

I could not resist sharing this video of the oldest yoga teacher in the world. She is 93 and still doing arm balances! Check her out.

The Emotional Effects of Meditation

jesamine — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:00:47 +0000

In a previous article, we saw how neuroscientists are showing that meditation actually strengthens the connections between your brain cells and increases the number of foldings in the cerebral cortex (gyrification), both of which serve to enhance your ability to process and store information and memories. Now, scientists have teamed up with Buddhist scholars to [...]

Study Reveals Benefits of Back Pain Treatment

jesamine — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:00:09 +0000

Recently, I posted an article on how to stay pain-free and I would like to point out a study that supports the point I was making in the article. In an article in U.S. News Health, a study reveals the benefits of back pain treatment, but goes on to say that relief is only temporary. [...]

Smart Phone Applications That Help You Meditate

jesamine — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:00:43 +0000

Props are cool. A prop is simply a device or structure that lends some support. Some hard core practitioners may scoff at them, but everyone has to start somewhere and if you need some meditation props, then power to you for taking the first step. I found a great article by Ken East painstakingly posted on Android [...]

Massage, Meditation, and Intuition

jesamine — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:30 +0000

For me as a client on the table, there is nothing worse than a massage therapist whose attention is drifting in and out of a treatment. This can happen when a therapist (or a client) chatters incessantly during the massage or when a therapist is thinking about the grocery list and getting home instead of focusing [...]