More than 5000 years ago, Chinese Medical practitioners realised that everything is comprised of energy. They called it Qi. Modern complementary health practitioners call it a variety of things: Universal Energy, Qi, Chi, Source etc. [Read more...]
A New Relaxation and Healing Device for Personal Growth
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Personal Healing with Low Level Lasers
March 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Personal Experiences
Mathilda and I have been exploring low level laser therapy for personal healing and I thought I’d write a quick overview. What follows is based on our personal experiences as well as the wide range of experiments that have been conducted in this area. A lot more about this will be written at http://integratedhealing.co.uk.
But to give an example of how well they work, on Tuesday 23 March, I woke up and could hardly walk. I had shooting pains in my lower back and going down my right leg, making it impossible for me to put any weight on it. I used a newly acquired programmable laser which enabled me to get out of bed, get dressed and drive to the venue for a course Mathilda and I were giving. Once we got there, I used the laser again. That lunchtime I had to drive to Bristol Airport and catch a flight to Brussels where I was due to run a course fo the next three days.
I had the laser and painkillers with me. However, in spite of having to carry a suitcase, the painkillers were never needed! I used the laser each night and morning and had suffered no recurrence of the pain! If you want more information about the laser I used, visit the Quantum Wave Lasers Site. The company is really pushing the boundaries of what can be done with low level lasers.
3 tips for managing stress
December 7, 2009 By 1 Comment
I believe that the ability to manage stress is one of the key factors in the consistent delivery of high quality performance. As an example, in 1998 I was fortunate enough to play field hockey for England Veterans in the Field Hockey World Cup.
It was the first time that I’d ever played at that level and I found something very interesting – there were players who trained very well but froze when playing a match. There were others who were only average in training but excelled under the pressure of competition. The difference was their ability to manage their stress.
So, to help anyone that needs it, here are three techniques I’ve found very useful:
1. Meditate – try to set aside at least 10 minutes a day to meditate in whatever way works well for you; if you have difficulties quietening your mind, My e-book on meditation techniques will be available by the end of the year and will be free to ecademy members.
1a. A bonus tip – smile while you meditate; you will create a conditioned response, or anchor, that means that when uder pressure, if you smile, you will be able to access the calmness you exprience when meditating.
2. Take 4 or 5 deep, whole body breaths – a great way of relieving stress for several reasons. Firstly it gets a lot of oxygen into the body, which clears the brain. Secondly, we hold a lot of stress in our diaphragms – ever noticed how your breath can become very faltering when you are stressed? So taking a full breath stretches the diaphragm and releases stress.
3. Develop a personal effectiveness plan that encompasses meeting the needs of mind, body and spirit. It’s all to easy, especially as I’m self-employed, for me to focus only on work and forget the needs of body and spirit. (The divisions between the three areas of mind, body and spirit are arbitrary, they make it easy to map out issues. In reality,I believe that they are all interconnected, part of the whole being.) What do you do to experience beauty, to take time out, to go for a walk in the countryside? Those are just examples that work for me – what words for you?
What techniques do you use for short term stress relief and to elevate your coping threshold?
Good News About Food Supplements!
November 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I signed an on-line petition asking:
“We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to oppose the adoption of the Codex Alimentarius (WHO/UN) proposals for restriction of the presently freely available herb/vitamin/mineral food supplements.”
Details of Petition:
“The principle of self medication with herbal/vitamin/mineral food supplements would be restricted to ‘prescription only’ status, if the Codex Alimentarius is applied in this country. Since the NHS priorities are ill health diagnosis and treatment, the good health preservation that supplements provide will be inaccessible to the majority of our population and the cost to the NHS will increase, and the health of the population will decline.”
· Read the petition
· Petitions homepage
Read the Government’s response
There are no current or planned Codex Alimentarius proposals that require the UK to change the controls on vitamin and mineral or botanical food supplements.
The Codex Alimentarius Commission was created in 1963 to develop food standards and guidelines. One of the main purposes of Codex’s work is to protect the health of consumers. Codex texts and guidelines are not enforceable in law and Codex member countries are not obliged to reflect their requirements in domestic legislation.
In the UK, food supplements are regulated under the European Food Supplements Directive 2002/46/EC which came into effect in the UK in 2003 and has applied since 2005. The Directive is implemented into national UK law by the Food Supplements Regulations (England) 2003. There are no plans to make vitamin and mineral or botanical food supplements available on prescription only.
Herbal remedies are subject to separate controls and are overseen by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority. Herbal remedies do not fall within the scope of Codex guidelines.
An outline of Codex, its activities and the UK’s involvement is available at: www.food.gov.uk/foodindustry/regulation/Codexbranch/.
A great resource for self-help books
October 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
On the Internet are several repositories of books that are now in the public domain; this means you can download them for free as e-books. Typically they will be pre-1930 and offer a refreshing antidote to today’s ‘reach enlightenment in 30 minutes’ kind of book. They offer similar rewards to the reader as do the modern books, but emphasise that it does take some commitment and hard work.
Have a look at project Gutenberg as a good place to start
