ByTeri Dluznieski
So many healers and nurturers feel compelled to help others. One of the deep lessons of my teachers: first, ask: is this work for my hands? Just because we CAN, doesn’t mean we SHOULD. Sometimes people aren’t ready to heal. Sometimes our need/ desire to help, is based from OUR unresolved elements. The most potent…
ByTeri Dluznieski
Education Specialist, health coach, and Author. I work with aspects of the teachings I have learned: from Andean shamanic and cosmology, to health, nutrition and education. In the end, it is very simple, and elegant. That is definitely an aspect I learned from the Andean teachings. Everything is energy. Energy must flow. Like water, when…
ByAnn Peckham
Heart disease is one of the biggest silent killers on a global scale. Having hypertension (or high blood pressure) means that the pressure at which your arteries pump blood from your heart to the rest of your organs and throughout your body is too great. This abnormal blood pressure is what puts stress on the…
ByAnn Peckham
Why do they tell us these lies; is it that they are inherently evil? Or maybe there is another reason. During the six or so years that they spend training to become a doctor, several things influence the ways that they think. They are very young and impressionable as they are unlikely to be much…
ByCaroline Nettle
For years researchers, scientists and medical experts have understood that lead and other types of metals in the environment are harmful to the human body. The exposure to toxins, chemicals and metals in the world around us has dramatically increased in the last 100 years, resulting in some very extreme health results. Although a lot…
ByAnn Peckham
If you have been living with elements of stress and anxiety you are unintentionally de-stabilising your whole body. I’m sure that you know by now that the body is a holistic system and each part is intimately connected to the rest. It can seem as if it is the normal way to be because the…
ByAnn Peckham
What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a necessary ingredient for building cell membranes and hormones, and producing vitamin D and bile. Cholesterol is actually divided into two categories—HDL and LDL. Very high cholesterol levels, however, lead to the development of arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, heart disease, strokes and gallstones. What is high cholesterol? High cholesterol is…
ByAnn Peckham
Most of us take our digestive systems for granted. If it is working properly, we don’t even think about it. The truth is our digestive systems are always working hard to keep us alive and functioning. The GI tract never sleeps or stops to take a break, and we never have to put any conscious…
ByAnn Peckham
Whether you start from sickness or health, when you utilise foods that are unprecedented in their potency, purity and in the complexity of their contribution to your body’s well-being, the aging process slows down. The physiological functions that repair your cells will be optimised and your risk of immune suppression will fall along with many…
ByJoan Jacobs
“Listening to oneself” is a popular idiomatic phrase, typical of the “New Age” arena. Many spiritual, healing and transformational approaches perpetuate the need to “listen to ourselves” without necessarily explaining what that means or how it’s done. When asked to listen, most people expect to hear voices. You sit down to meditate, pulling your full…
ByAnn Peckham
What is Hypothyroidism? If you have cold hands, have gained stubborn weight around your middle, and often feel fatigued for no reason, you may be one of the millions who suffer from hypothyroidism. There are tests that can easily detect it, so if you suspect you may have this condition (see signs and symptoms) be…
ByJoan Jacobs
Have you ever considered how fast most people categorize things as positive or negative and how sure they are in what ever stand point they represent? Don’t you wonder about how things that were perceived at first as negative turn out to be a blessing in disguise? Categorizing information is an automatic function performed by…