Perfect Intention is From Spirit Instead of Ego
Guest Writer: Enoch Tan
There are times when we manifest what we intended but we aren’t happy or fulfilled although we got what we wanted. That is because we have intended based on what we think we should want or other people’s idea of what we should want instead of what we truly desire. When we [...]
You Have to Eat Breakfast
Guest Writer: Karen L. Ngo
No matter how busy your day starts out, you have to set a side a few minutes to eat breakfast – the first meal after a long night of fasting. It is the most important meal of the day.
After a long period without food, your blood sugar levels become very low. [...]
What Really Makes You Tick?
Are you contented with your life the way things are? Ask yourself these 10 questions and find out:
1. What do I really want?
The question of the ages. So many things you want to do with your life and so little time to even go about during the day.
2. Should I really change?
Is what you’re doing [...]
Let Your Nose Lead You to Better Meditation
“Look in the perfumes of flowers and nature for peace of mind and joy of life.”
– Wang Wei, 8th Century
Our sense of smell is one of our most primal senses — linking mood, memory, emotions and sensuality. Have you noticed that certain smells take you back to a specific moment of time? That some smells [...]
The Benefits of Aerobic Exercise
Aerobic exercise benefits your body in numerous ways. Aerobic exercise increases your heart rate while you take in sufficient oxygen. To do this properly, you must keep moving without rest for a sufficient length of time. Any kind of movement that raises your heart rate and encourages breathing will work: walking, running, dancing, skating, boxing, [...]
Continue Reading...Walk for Your Life
By Edel Jarboe
There is a common misconception that walking is not exercise. A lot of people believe that in order to be healthy and to lose weight, you need to do high impact exercise. Luckily, this is not the case. Studies have shown that walking provides great overall cardiovascular fitness, reduces the risk of cancer [...]
Changing the Way You Think
You can make a determined effort to know the way you think. This can be done by drawing inferences from past experience. You can know why you have a fear for a particular activity or object by delving deep into the way you reacted to that fear or object. This will give you a better [...]
Continue Reading...Healing Energy
You have probably come across exotic-sounding terms such as “chakra,” “prana,” “aura,” and “tantra” in your course of reading books on spirituality, sex, and healing in the New Age literature section of the bookstore. But what’s the real scoop behind these exotic vocabularies?
Are All Energy Healings the Same?
Chakra or energy center is a term used [...]
Top 10 Reasons to Exercise In The Morning
by Greg Landry, M.S. (© 2001)
If I had to pick a single factor that I thought was most important in a successful exercise or weight loss program, it would be to exercise first thing in the morning – every morning! Some mornings, you may just be able to fit in a 10 minute walk, but [...]
Thoughts on Memory
You know the old saying — “an elephant never forgets.” Whether that’s true or not, it is clear that the mind of an animal can be substantially large in its learning capacity, using memory to perform amazingly in many ways.
With humans, we’ve discovered that memory can be shut down, temporarily or permanently, depending on how [...]
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A Spirit Journal
O.K. With this post I’m going to make the following assumptions about you, dear reader.
You’re a writer — why else would you be reading a blog with “writer” in the title?
You spend a great deal of your time writing (or in other writing support activities).
You make a good deal of your income from your writing.That [...]
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What Is Physiotherapy?
Not too long ago, I was working on my chiropractor’s website. One of the pages I did was about “physiotherapy.” I asked him what the difference was between physiotherapy and physical therapy, because they didn’t look any different. He told me they were the same thing, but only a physical therapist can provide physical therapy, [...]
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What is Mental Health? Key Concepts
Since this section of The Holistic Writer is all about the mind, I thought I’d cover some basics of mental health. A healthy mind is free to be a creative mind that supports your writing talent.
Definition
Mental health is defined as a state or condition on which an individual feels a sense of well-being. This gives [...]
