Imagine the amount of landfill space used!

The video below by the ladies of LunaPads.com contains more information and is very nicely done. They offer washable  pads that can last 3-5 years. This might not be the solution for all, especially the heavy flowing, but during the times of lower flow and for those who do not flow very heavily, this might be an option?

Many of our Sonopathy Female balance users report a significant reduction in blood flow and the frequency they change pads and tampons. Together with the LunaPads solution we should be able to to reduce the environmental impact of the “that time of the month”.

Have a look and let us know what you think.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA82FHUV9P8

A study released by the NIH finds that women who reported higher stress levels at the beginning of their monthly cycle report 2 to 4 times more pronounced symptoms before (PMS) and during menstruation than women who did not feel stressed. (see complete release further below)

What can you do to help yourself, and your body to be more balanced?

Exercise, yoga, Tai Chi, meditation, etc. are usually the first things mentioned as stress relievers. But, how many times our daily lives do not allow us to do one of those things as regularly as we would like to?

Our bodies chemistry changes when we are under stress. The longer we wait the harder it is to snap out of it.

Many of our test users report that they feel calmer and less stressed once they start listening to our Female Balance sound.

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NIH Press Release from August 23, 2010

Prior stress could worsen premenstrual symptoms, NIH study finds

Study finds association between stress level in early cycle, severity of symptoms

Women who report feeling stressed early in their monthly cycle were more likely than those who were less stressed to report more pronounced symptoms before and during menstruation, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. The association raises the possibility that feeling stressed in the weeks before menstruation could worsen the symptoms typically associated with premenstrual syndrome and menstruation.

Women who reported feeling stressed two weeks before the beginning of menstruation were two to four times more likely to report moderate to severe symptoms than were women who did not feel stressed.

Premenstrual syndrome is a group of physical and psychological symptoms occurring around the time of ovulation, which may extend into the early days of menstruation. Symptoms include feelings of anger, anxiety, mood swings, depression, fatigue, decreased concentration, breast swelling and tenderness, general aches, and abdominal bloating.

The study was conducted by researchers in the NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and the State University of New York, Buffalo. The study was published online in the Journal of Women’s Health.

“We were interested in identifying factors that might predict who might be most at risk for having more severe symptoms,” said Audra Gollenberg, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in NICHD’s Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research. “It may be possible to lessen or prevent the severity of these symptoms with techniques that help women to cope more effectively with stress, such as biofeedback, exercise, or relaxation techniques.”

The current analysis was part of the NICHD’s BioCycle Study, directed by Enrique Schisterman, Ph.D., also an author of the current article. The BioCycle Study seeks to examine ovarian functioning during the course of the menstrual cycle in healthy women. The researchers administered questionnaires to 259 women ages 18-44 who did not have any long-term health conditions, and who were not using oral contraceptives or taking any other hormonal formulations.

Each woman was provided with an at-home fertility monitor to follow the phases of her monthly cycle. The women completed questionnaires about their stress levels for each of the four weeks of their cycle. Items on the survey included:

• How often have you felt unable to control the important things in your life?
• How often have you felt nervous or stressed recently?
• How often have you been able to control interruptions in your life?

Women ranked their responses according to a scale, ranging from never to fairly often. In addition to the weekly questionnaires about stress, the women also responded to questionnaires about their symptoms, in the week coinciding with ovulation, and the following week, during menstruation. Most of the women (250) took part in the study for two menstrual cycles. The remaining nine women participated for only one cycle.

Women whose responses indicated they felt stressed were more likely to report moderate or severe levels of psychological symptoms, such as depression or sadness, crying spells, anger, irritability, and anxiety associated with menstruation. Similarly, women who felt stressed were also more likely to report moderate or severe levels of physical symptoms such as body aches, abdominal bloating, lower back pain, fatigue, abdominal cramping, headache, and cravings for sweet or salty foods. Overall, women reporting high stress levels were two to four times more likely to report moderate to severe psychological and physical symptoms during menstruation than were women who did not report high stress levels.

For the women who took part in the study for more than one cycle, symptoms corresponded with changes in their stress level. For example, women who felt stressed in the weeks preceding one cycle but didn’t feel stressed during the other cycle, tended to have more pronounced premenstrual symptoms after the cycle in which they reported stress. Women with high stress preceding both cycles were 25 times more likely to report moderate to severe symptoms than were women with low stress preceding both cycles.

The researchers couldn’t rule out that anticipation of pain and other symptoms might add to a woman’s stress level and result in more severe symptoms. However, they sought to compensate for this possibility by administering the questionnaires on stress early, during the symptom-free parts of the women’s cycles, when they were less likely to be anticipating severe symptoms.

A number of medications are used to treat the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome, said study author Mary Hediger, Ph.D, also of the Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention research. These include diuretics, pain killers, oral contraceptive pills, drugs that suppress ovarian function, and antidepressants.

“Each woman is an individual, and some women may experience severe symptoms that require medications,” Dr. Hediger said. “However, future studies may show that stress reduction techniques can prevent or reduce the severity of premenstrual syndrome, which might provide a cost effective alternative to medications for some women.”

The NICHD sponsors research on development, before and after birth; maternal, child, and family health; reproductive biology and population issues; and medical rehabilitation. For more information, visit the Institute’s Web site at http://www.nichd.nih.gov/.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) — The Nation’s Medical Research Agency — includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.

Denise Mann of WebMD writes that research shows that there are changes in the volume of the brain’s gray matter among women who experience painful menstrual cramps.

Nothing is known of the effects of those changes to the volume of the gray matter during Primary Dysmenorrhea  (PDM) – menstrual pain in otherwise healthy women.

You can read the full article on WebMD here.

There’s the cramping and the bleeding… no mood swings though. Dang! I personally don’t think the experience is complete without the wonderful mood swings, but we’ll take what we can get.

We know that 85% of women experience PMS and all that comes along with the menstruation process every month, so let’s share the experience with our men. Enjoy the Youtube video below – maybe they will have a way for us to order one of these soon.

Japanese artist invents the Menstruation Machine to show ….

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnb-rdGbm6s

I got a call from one of Sonoponthy’s customers the other day. Do you want to know what she said to me? She said, “Yvette, thank you so much for Female Balance, it really works!”.

She went on to explain to me how she no longer wakes up with blood soaked sheets if she does not change her sanitary items in the middle of the night, and she raved about being able to sit at work for hours without worrying about an embarrassing “accident”. Her menstrual flow has progressively decreased since she began using Female Balance several months ago.

I was elated! This is what my colleagues and I love to hear – we enjoy helping women.

Female Balance will indeed help your body achieve balance. Over time women who use Female Balance regularly notice a significant decrease in their most problematic symptoms. These decreased symptoms range from diminishing blood clots/flow to women claiming they do not experience menstrual cramping… That’s amazing!

Wouldn’t you like to be a part of this phenomenal experience? If you, like so many of our customers, suffer needlessly with an out of control blood flow, cramps, irritability, and many other symptoms that plague you during that time of the month. Try Female Balance risk free for 60 days – you will not regret it! What do you have to lose? If it does not work for you, we will give you your money back.

Wishing you a happy period!

Yvette

• Hot flashes, night flashes or even cold flashes
• Migraines
• Rapid heart beat
• Back pain, joint pain, muscle pain
• Urinary tract infections, itching, dryness, etc.
• Decreased elasticity of the skin, Formication
• Depression, fatigue, irritability, insomnia
• Breast swelling and breast tenderness

You, like most menopausal women, know you can’t plan your day around the above symptoms. You never know when they will rear their inconvenient head. Does having that fan on your desk really solve the age-old hot flash problem…?  What if you are in an important meeting, or out with friends and family? Wouldn’t you like to experience long-lasting relief you can take with you anywhere?

Wouldn’t it be great to live you daily life uninterrupted? Now you can, thanks to Female Balance!

After a few minutes of being exposed to the Sonopathy vibrations you will feel:

• a soothing cascade of calm
• reduction or ending of hot-flashes
• tension released from the solar plexus
• pain released from the neck, head and joints
• a peaceful well-being
• headache/migraine relief
• reduction of melancholy and depression

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• Abdominal cramps
• Abdominal pain
• Mood swings and irritability
• Food cravings and bloating
• Headaches
• Heavy flow
• Insomnia and constant fatigue
• Breast swelling and breast tenderness.

If you are like most women, planning your entire month around your period is getting old … putting off even the smallest decisions and appointments can really hold you back. Wouldn’t it be great to be free from “period” planning?

Are you ready to make “period” planning a thing of the past? It can be, thanks to Female Balance!

After a few minutes of being exposed to the Sonopathy vibrations you will feel:

• a soothing cascade of calm
• tension released from the solar plexus
• tension, spasms and pain released from the lower abdomen, neck and head
• a peaceful well-being
• headache relief
• reduction of melancholy and depression

Order now and experience the relief of Sonopathy Female Balance!

Risk Free – 60 Day Money Back Guarantee!

Ann Arbor, Mich. - An MP3 sound file actually relieves Premenstrual Syndrome by bringing the body’s cells into vibrational alignment to achieve optimal balance and wellness.

Just released by Sonopathy.com, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., the Female Balance MP3 sound file draws on the principles of quantum physics to record the resonance frequencies of natural substances.

Sonopathy Female Balance is suggested for all women with PMS seeking relief from:

• abdominal cramps and pain
• mood swings and irritability
• food cravings and bloating
• headaches and heavy flow
• insomnia and constant fatigue
• breast swelling and tenderness

After only a few minutes of listening to the Female Balance, test subjects have reported:

• a soothing cascade of calm
• tension released from the solar plexus
• tension, spasms, and pain released from the lower abdomen, neck and head
• a peaceful wellbeing
• headache relief
• reduction of melancholy and depression

“Women who have tried Female Balance cannot believe the results,” said Thomas Schramm, president of Sonopathy. “The results of our test group have been very encouraging, as all women had a significant increase in well-being. The typical outcomes included a decreased need for pain medication, fewer mood swings, better sleep and fewer cramps.”

Lindy Anne Nisbet of Sedona, Ariz. calls the Female Balance “magical.”

“Other areas of my life have also been restored,” she said. “I have less stress if I do it daily for 2 minutes and all my relationships benefit.”

Yvette Polcyn of Southfield, Mich. said that her menstrual cycle used to make her almost non-functional for a week.

“Since I started using the Female Balance. I have my life back during that dreaded time of the month,” she said. “I normally take pain killers, but this time I decided to try the Female Balance instead. What a difference! As I listened to the sound my cramps just melted away and I actually felt energized.”

The Female Balance is available for download at www.sonopathy.com at an introductory price of $57. Optionally the MP3 can be pre-installed on a variety of MP3 players that can be sent by mail to the customer. A selection can be found at www.sonopathy.com. For more information, please call 734-274-2444.

Sonopathy.com is a cooperation between Vibrant Health International, based in Montreal,  and the Schramm Group in Ann Arbor, Mich. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or mitigate any health condition. The information of this press release has not been reviewed by any government authority. If you have any health issues please see your health care practitioner.