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Spring is the time for your body to start anew and rid yourself of harmful toxins that may be affecting your daily life.

Everything from overeating, not resting enough and eating processed and refined foods can be putting your body out of balance.

Spring is the season to focus on your liver and gall bladder and return your body to balance and natural flow.… Read the rest

There are many things that we can incorporate into our lives that help us get better and

stay healthy. Helping our bodies to detoxify is an important part of any wellness regime.

Caring for our skin is one way we can stimulate the body’s natural mechanisms to

detoxify.

Skin discharges impurities from our body by absorbing oxygen and expelling carbon

dioxide and water vapor.… Read the rest

This simple meditation suggests that you “smile” to all of your internal organs and glands.

It is a way of saying “thank you” to your body for working 24 hours, 7 days a week!

Focusing your attention and smiling in this way can calm the autonomic nervous system,

revitalize the internal organs, and increase the flow of blood and Qi.… Read the rest

We are probably all familiar with a yo­yo dieter. This is someone who needs to shed a

few pounds, so they instill changes in their diet and lifestyle designed to quickly bring

about results. As long as they stick to a healthy plan the weight will start to come off. At

the first sign of weight loss, however, they begin to grow content and abandon the very

strategy that helped them in the first place.… Read the rest

Billions of dollars are spent every year looking for the cure to disease, whether cancer,

AIDS, heart disease, or any of the other devastating afflictions that perpetually plague us.

While the noble efforts of these research scientists are certainly appreciated, perhaps our

focus has been a bit skewed. It is not suggested that we give up on the quest for

effective treatments, but rather that we bolster our understanding of creating and

maintaining health.… Read the rest

Buying an automobile is probably one of the biggest financial investments you’ll make.

When you consider all the hard work that went into your purchase I’m sure you would

agree that it only makes sense to protect your investment so that you get as much return

on it as possible. You understand that even though your car runs great, performs

magnificently, and looks wonderful on the outside it is imperative that you keep up with

regularly scheduled maintenance to keep it running smoothly.… Read the rest

There’s an old metaphor about a frog in boiling water. If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling

water, he will immediately jump out because of the sudden, drastic change in

temperature. If, however, you put a frog in a pot of tepid water and slowly bring it to a

boil, the temperature change will be so subtle that the frog will never know what hit him as

he boils to death.… Read the rest

It is estimated that approximately 3% of the population has a set of concrete, written goals. If the full impact of goal setting were realized, and more importantly the results it produces, we would undoubtedly see more people engaging in it.

In a follow-up study of one prominent university’s graduating class, the 3% of graduates with written goals outperformed
the other 97% combined!… Read the rest

The holidays are a big part of the fall and winter months. This is often a time to reconnect with family and loved ones, to attend social events, and celebrate your beliefs.

­Unfortunately, it can also be a time of extra commitments, nonstop activity, and pressure to get it all done. This can result in a lot of stress both mental and physical.… Read the rest

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, health is achieved by living in balance with nature and the seasons. Winter, the season of the Water Element, is the season for slowing down, reflecting, and conserving our resources. We all feel this tendency, but we don’t always listen to our bodies.  In the Western culture, being active is rewarded and expected.… Read the rest