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People have a special connection with their pets, as evidenced by the thousands who would not leave their dogs and cats behind in order to evacuate to higher ground. This sacred bond of unconditional love is a natural starting place for healing after tragedy, for the victims and for the rest of us, too.
After you send in your money, donate clothes or open your home air max 90 sale outlet , there is one more thing you can do to help: meditate. Even more helpful, you can meditate with your dog.
Meditation is compassion in action, and it isn't just for the esoteric few. Meditation is a profoundly practical tool that enhances everyday life. It decreases blood pressure, heart rate, and the production of stress hormones kids air max 90 outlet , promotes relaxation and sharpens mental focus, all of which are of great help in modern society. But regular meditation has the power to transform panic and powerlessness into healing on a global level.
Scientists have recently studied distance healing, the practice of using intentional meditation to promote physical healing for a person, animal or plant that is miles or even thousands of miles away. They've found that distance healing works. In the same way that meditators in the studies improved the health of people with heart disease, meditating with the intention of improving the lives of the hurricane victims can help the continuing recovery effort and affect victim's lives beyond meeting their material needs.
There is no one right way to meditate. Many meditation traditions utilize single-minded focus mens air max 90 outlet , or devoting full attention to a particular thing such as the breath, a word, or the light of a candle. The Dalai Lama meditates on compassion, and that is why compassion seems to emanate from his pores.
One of the most powerful ways to meditate is in a group. When two or more are gathered together united with a single intention, their efforts combine synergistically womens air max 90 outlet , meaning that together they have a greater effect than each person meditating alone.
But what if you don't have another person to meditate with? James Jacobson, author of How to Meditate with Your Dog: An Introduction to Meditation for Dog Lovers, presents a simple, non-dogmatic meditation method that shows how to use the love that a person has for his dog as a synergistic force in meditation. When doing an intentional meditation like healing for the hurricane victims, sharing your meditating time with your dog creates a stronger intention than if you were to meditate alone.
Does meditation replace donations of money nike air max 90 outlet , time or work? Of course not. But it augments them. Regular meditation enriches our everyday lives and provides hope and healing in times of crisis.
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A healthy, properly functioning immune system is absolutely vital to good health. It is the key to the healing process from the tiniest scratch - to the most complex virus. Even the aging process is intimately linked with the immune system.
Compromised immunity leaves us vulnerable to disease and impairs our ability to heal properly and age well.
SIGNS OF IMPAIRED IMMUNE FUNCTION
CANDIDIASIS YEAST INFECTIONS
RECURRING INFECTIONS
CHRONIC FATIGUE
LISTLESSNESS
CHRONIC DIARRHEA
SLOW WOUND HEALING
ALLERGIES
INFLAMMATION
People who have more than 2 or 3 colds or infectious illnesses per year are likely suffering from weakened immunity
WHAT IS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM?
The immune system is a complex system of interactions involving many organs and glands as well as substances such as bone marrow, white blood cells, lymphatic vessels and serum factors in our blood. Our immunity dependson all these components functioning together.
HOW DOES OUR IMMUNITY BECOME IMPAIRED?
Unfortunately, modern life is full of things that tend to depress our immune systems.
PESTICIDES
CHEMICHALS IN HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS
FOOD ADDITIVES
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS
OVERUSE OF ANTIBIOTICS
POOR LIVING HABITS
STRESS
IMPROPER NUTRITION
CHEMOTHERAPY
Also many disorders have been linked to improper immune function including thyroid deficiency air max 90 outlet sale , diabetes, rheumatic heart disease, reheumatoid arthritis, lupus and pernicious anemia.
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