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ARTArticleTake A Different Path With Your Marketing And Try Video MarketingIt is hard to argue with results, and that is why video marketing has gained such a massive following in recent years. The thing to keep in mind, however, is that without sufficient knowledge of the topic, it can be hard to make it work. Study the advice that follows and make video marketing a part of your strategy today.ARTArticleTake A Look At These Great Self Help Tips!The support you need to move yourself forward in life, can come from within if you know how to access it. Using the tips and advice mentioned in this article, you can begin a journey of self help that enables you to live life to its fullest and direct your efforts positively.
Learn to recognize the signs your body is giving you. This is a great way to develop on a personal level. If you are not paying attention or ignoring signals such as hunger, thirst, tired feelings, and sleepiness you are depriving yourself of things you may need.ARTArticleTake a Walk, Step Out For FitnessIf you're spending this time of year rooting for sports teams as they finish their seasons, it's important to take a page from their playbook to work out regularly. Now don't get nervous. You can start exercising at your own pace, gradually building up to a more intense workout. Now that the days are longer, with more daylight after work, vow to step up your fitness plan. One of the easiest options is walking, something we're all familiar with. If you've included exercise in your lifestyle, walking can be one more option for staying fit.ARTArticleTake Care Of Your Health With These Simple Nutrition IdeasMaking sure you get the right nutrition for your body is a cornerstone of not just physical, but also mental health. Just how to do this, when even advice from experts seems to change so frequently, can be perplexing. In this article, we're suggesting some ideas and hints to help you get the nutrition you need.ARTArticleTake This Advice To Become Successful At Your Home Based BusinessAs the economy continues to falter, more and more people are turning to entrepreneurship and home based business to make their living. If you are considering a career at home or in self-employment, consider these helpful strategies and tips to increase your earnings and achieve success. Arm yourself with knowledge before attempting to start your home business enterprise.ARTArticleTake Your Marketing To The Next Level With VideosHave you ever thought about the power of video marketing? You can utilize the many different techniques to help advertise your products and grow your business. It's a powerful tool, and you need to know all the right knowledge in order to use it effectively. Continue reading for some helpful advice regarding video marketing.ARTArticleTantric Qigong, Mindfulness, and FlowTantric Qigong, Mindfulness, and Flow
Mindfulness, which is often thought of as a Buddhist concept, is really about being Present. Presencing is one form of self-inquiry (which can be done as a meditation or as coaching) as is Tantric Qigong. These art forms are about getting out of your head, your mental analysis, comparison and judgment, and becoming present to what really IS.
It sounds simple, and it is. However, this is not very easy for most people.ARTArticleTantric Qigong, Taiji, Multiple Sclerosis and the Immune SystemTantric Qigong, Taiji, Multiple Sclerosis and the Immune System
Multiple Sclerosis is a condition where one’s immune system dysfunctionally attacks the fatty sheath that insulates nerves. Just like an electrical wire that has been stripped of its insulation, one’s nerves start to short out. The nerve impulses never reach their terminus, which causes those afflicted to begin to lose coordination.
There is still no conclusive etiology for Multiple Sclerosis, though statistically the group at greatest risk consists of Caucasian women born in the northern United States.ARTArticleTaoist Emission Control and The Seasons“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born, a time to die;
A time to plant, a time to reap;
A time to kill, a time to heal;
A time to laugh, a time to weep…
A time to build up, a time to break down;
A time to dance, a time to mourn…
A time you may embrace;
A time to refrain from embracing.”rn–Ecclesiastes 3:1-5, adapted by Pete Seger
“Everything in the universe is made of Yin and Yang.
Yang will settle through Yin, and Yin will expand through Yang.
Yin and Yang integrate and move together.
So a man will become arouseARTArticleTen Tips for Keeping Peace in the Family during the HolidaysTen Tips for Keeping Peace in the Family during the Holidays
By Phyllis Goldberg, Ph.D. and Rosemary Lichtman, Ph.D.
Media images of the holidays are often exaggerated and, before you know it, you're trying to conform to unrealistic ideals. Combined with the added pressures and demands on your time, this can lead to emotional overload. Just remember that nothing is perfect.
Now that the holiday season is swiftly approaching, perhaps you're worried that your dysfunctional family dynamics will surface as soon as you get together.ARTArticleThai Massage: The Stress BusterStretch me! Open me! Move me! If you listen well, your body is constantly communicating with you in a language that we often ignore. When we are tired, or after hard work, it is common to get up, stretch, and take a deep breath to relax. This exercise helps to rejuvenate the body by letting the joints breathe, relaxing the body and mind, and allowing us to go on with life.
What many people do not know is that when the body is in motion, it is in a natural relaxed state. Unlike conventional massage, Thai Yoga Massage keeps the recipient’s body in motion during much of the massage.ARTArticleThe “Hardgainer’s” Guide to Guaranteed Muscle GrowthThe “hardgainer” gripe is common among skinny guys everywhere. It’s time to put it to rest.
Some guys believe that their bodies are genetically programmed to stay scrawny and weak, regardless of how hard they train or how much they eat. Sometimes they turn to steroids and sometimes they just quit.
While it’s true that some people naturally have an easier time gaining muscle than others due to hormone levels and genetic predispositions, nobody is doomed to have a forever-frail physique.ARTArticleThe 3rd Chakra and The Spiritual Function of YearningThe Spiritual Function of Yearning
The first three chakras compose a unit; a triad of our animal drives. At this stage in our evolution, it is easy to observe that, as a species, humans are still controlled by these animal motivations. There are certainly many enlightened buddhas, saints, and prophets that have appeared over the millennia, but the vast majority of people are still centered within their animal heritage, though we can see that humans have certainly invented many complex variations of the basic animal instincts.ARTArticleThe 3rd Chakra and the Spiritual Purpose of PowerThe 3rd Chakra and the Spiritual Purpose of Power
Americans love power. It is our god. Well, ok, money and power. The American Dream is based on a certain level of self-sufficiency and freedom. Empowerment and the liberation of the spirit have been characteristics of many of the original and often iconoclastic immigrants to North America, some of whom emigrated because of spiritual and political oppression. The founding fathers understood that within a context of a certain degree of social cooperation, the American spirit required a high degree of personal freedom.ARTArticleThe 3rd Chakra, Romance, Eros, and AgapeThe 3rd Chakra, Romance, Eros, and Agape
If material acquisition, pleasure, and power cannot fully sate our most secret yearning what can? Romantic love comes closer to assuaging this questing of the soul. It is of a higher vibrational level than the mere competition for survival, status, and advantage inherent in the money and material chase.ARTArticleThe 3rd Chakra: The Power, The Key, The GateThe sense of yearning is a coded message that the soul is sending to our ego. Yearning takes on different characteristics depending on one’s state of evolution, one’s level of consciousness. To the individual awakening to higher consciousness, first the physical necessities must be met. Then desire drives us until the social / emotional domain is filled. Yet a yearning remains. It cannot be satiated by any quantity of money or sex, romance or power. We desire to attain these things, yet when we do we eventually remain unsatisfied.ARTArticleThe 3rd Chakra: The Tower of Ego & The FallThe 3rd Chakra: The Tower of Ego & The Fall
The Tower of Egor
The over compensation for survival challenges and the perception of lack in the material or emotional realms leads to the quest for dominance. This makes sense on the animal level as the best hunters or providers will ensure their own survival and pass on their genetic material. If you are say, a wolf, this can benefit others in your pack because the alpha male really can only eat so much of a kill; the rest is shared by the pack. In the human realm this is often not so.ARTArticleThe Art of Being PresentThe Art of Being Present
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mou
for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. –Buddha
What moment do we have other than this?
The past is an illusion long gone. The future is not yet made manifest.
Each moment of our lives lands as a dew drop upon the lotus. Delicate, unique, irreplaceable. To look upon it with full attention and unfettered gaze reveals its precious and inimitable perfection.ARTArticleThe Best Online Video Marketing Advice You Can FindDo you wish that there was a way to promote your business while making use of visuals? If so, then you're in luck, as there is one technique that you may be interested in trying. The technique is called video marketing and through the following article, you'll learn how to use it through an array of tips.
Do not neglect the sound of your video. You need to invest in a quality microphone if you want to record yourself. If you want to talk while demonstrating your product outside, get a lapel microphone. Do not hesitate to use some soft music if there are some silences in your video.ARTArticleThe Best Search Engine Optimization Tips OnlineWhile preparing to launch a new website, or updating a current one, spend some time working on optimizing the website so that it ranks well in the search engines. It takes some time, but the return on investment can be huge. Read this article for tips on how to easily make changes to your website that can ramp up your visibility on the web.ARTArticleThe Best Way To Lose Weight"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step..."If you fail to plan, you plan to fail". "Knowledge is power." Inspirational quotes are great for motivation but they will do nothing for you if you don't take action!ARTArticleThe BIG Cholesterol ConIf you have elevated cholesterol and or take statin medication, you need to read this.
Mostly we all think cholesterol is bad for us, this is because it’s what we have been told over the last 50 years or more.
Cholesterol is often described as “artery clogging” and is used as an indicator of heart disease, and it is that relationship we will look at today.
Most people believe the less cholesterol they have in their diet the better.
What would you think if I said nothing could be further from the truth?ARTArticleThe Deadlift and Your Lower Back: Harmful or Helpful?For some, deadlifting is synonymous with low-back pain. Is this fact or fiction?
In the ‘70s, top powerlifters like John Kuc, John Cole, and Don Reinhoudt had outstanding deadlifts, with personal bests around 900 pounds. The deadlift was considered the king of compound exercises.
These days, many powerlifters choose to compete only in the bench press, and for those that compete in all three (bench press, squat, and deadlift), the deadlift takes the back seat because of assistance gear that can add hundreds of pounds to their bench and squat, but nothing to their deadlift.ARTArticleThe Fast DietYou know people ask me about all kinds of diets. The Grapefruit Diet, the Atkins Diet, the Palm Beach Diet, the Mediterranean Diet, and the list goes on. These days the questions are about the fast diet currently the diet of the day that is popular in Britain. The diet like many of the country's exports is growing in popularity here in the United States. I don't endorse a particular diet, but I do try to give you the skinny on what a particular diet is all about.ARTArticleThe Following Guidelines Will Help You Build MuscleMany of us begin on a fitness regimen but few of us follow through and actually reach our goal. Getting fit can be a challenge, but if you have the right motivation and right advice it can be accomplished. This article will help outline some tips on reaching your fitness goals.
If you're just starting to workout, train then drink a pint of protein shake or milk. According to a new study, beginners that used three sets of six exercises and drank a pint of protein immediately after training to failure, gained 5 lbs of muscle within just 8 weeks.ARTArticleThe Importance Of Nutrition In Your LifeAlthough humans are living longer than ever before through advances in technology, you will find that technology also makes it easier and more convenient to eat unhealthy food. Making the healthy choice to eat nutritional foods is important to living longer and feeling better. There follows a list of hints that can help.ARTArticleThe Masks We All WearDon't we all wear masks at one time or another, pretending that everything is OK? There are many reasons people may act out this charade. It's not uncommon to hide personal pain, because putting it on display for all to see can be embarrassing and even destabilize relationships. Yet studies show that using denial as an emotional defense and 'acting as if' everything is fine can actually shift your feelings in a more positive direction. And keeping a 'stiff upper lip' when you feel powerless may, in fact, result in your having more control over a difficult situation.ARTArticleThe Piano Teacher Knows All?This is always the season, when the kids go back to school where moms have to do a lot of juggling in the family schedule. Does this have stress management written all over it? I should say so! Stress management is particularly useful and needed at this time of the year. Stress management is vital to get you and me through the first few weeks of school to get all organized and back on a schedule from the lazy, hazy days of summer.
I had called our piano teacher to see about this year’s schedule for my boys. Unfortunately, the times we had last year were not quite going to work this year.ARTArticleThe Purpose in our PainIn my dealings with chronic pain, something very important shifted at some point. My practice had been focused, up to that time, on relaxing in order to make the pain go away, thank you very much. I recognized at some point (at the point of utter exhaustion, to be precise), that acceptance and surrender are a much more powerful place to come from. Why? It indicates a willingness to be with the body, as it is, in the moment. It doesn’t mean giving up at all. But there is a softening toward the pain. Taking the message to heart and working with it.ARTArticleThe Real Battle We Have to Win to Get Into ShapeBefore you can build the body of your dreams, you need to learn how to defeat the only force that can really stop you.
“I’m going to really stick to this training program and diet and completely change my body!” thinks the wannabe athlete. “Oh man, I need to tweet about this before I forget.”
Twitter is loaded, 140 characters are carefully crafted, and the announcement is sent.
“I probably should write a quick blog post about it, too,” he or she thinks.
A few hours later, a few thousand words are posted, and a few minutes are spent basking.