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Finding Your Centre: Grounded Meditation Techniques

Meditation is a technique for resting the mind and attaining a state of consciousness that is completely different from the normal waking state. During meditation your mind is not focused on the external world or events taking place around you – the mind becomes clear, relaxed and inwardly focused. The goal of meditation is to experience your essential nature — peace, happiness and bliss. The mind is the biggest obstacle in achieving this goal. Meditation can be used as a means for calming yourself or letting go, and teaches you to systematically explore your inner dimensions. With regular practice, the energy of the body and mind can be liberated and the quality of consciousness can be expanded. What is Grounding Meditation? Grounding is the physical…

INFLAMMAGING: Exploring the Connection between Aging and Inflammation

No matter how hard we try, there is no escaping the thralls of aging. Some of us handle the inevitable course of nature with grace and style, transforming ourselves into a more handsome or lovelier version of our younger selves while others (seemingly more and more of us) end up looking and feeling older, more tired and perpetually rundown.

Earthing As A Means To Treat Headaches

Headaches and the more severe migraines are some of the least bearable types of pain we usually seek immediate medicated treatment for. And the truth is drugs can be quite efficient when it comes to treating migraines. But often times the damages they are doing to our internal organs such as the liver or the stomach or the hormonal unbalances they can cause are reasons enough to send us out looking for healthier alternatives. A Little More On Migraines A person suffering from a migraine will usually experience intense pulsing and throbbing pain in the form of hard to bear headaches. The pain can be present in just one area of the head and it can last somewhere in between 4 and 72 hours, if...