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a-motivation-to-study · 6 years ago

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Books to Read in 2019

This past year I finished reading MAYBE 2 books. How incredibly disappointing is that? In high school I read ALL THE TIME, and I have a whole wall covered in books, yet I have barely read! I’m really going to force myself to read more this next year. I know for a FACT that my semester next year will hinder my goal, but I’m hoping to follow this plan as closely as I can (although I am darn positive that I probably won’t be able to finish all of these). Most of these books I have selected relate to other personal goals I hope to achieve. The boldened titles are the books I feel are most important in my personal growth (and thus the books I will read first). I’m also hoping my love for reading can be reignited. I know a lot of us can lose the habit of reading, especially with busy college schedules, so I’ve added the descriptions of the books (from the back or from the amazon descriptions) I hope to read in case any of you would also like to read more!

Productivity Books

1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

In The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principal-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity- principles that give us the security to adapt to change, and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

2. Getting Things Done by David Allen

In today’s world, yesterday’s methods just don’t work. Veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares his his breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introcued to tens of thousands of people across the country. Aleen’s premis is simple: our productivity is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve effective results and unleash our creative potential. From core principles to proven tricks, Getting Things Dones can transform the way you work an live, showing you how to pick up the pace without wearing yourself down.

Meditation and Buddhist Books (from Wisdom Publications mostly)

3. Zen Vows for Daily Life by Robert Aitken

Zen Vows for Daily Life is a collection of gathas, vows in verse form for daily practice, similar to prayers or affirmations for use at home, at work, and in the meditation hall itself. Reciting these poetic vows can help us be fully present in each moment and each activity of our lives. These gathas serve as gentle reminders to return again and again to our highest aspirations, with acceptance, joy, and compassion—for ourselves and all beings. Zen Vows for Daily Life will be a steadfast companion in keeping the reader inspired and committed on their spiritual path.

4. A Heart Full of Peace by Joseph Goldstein

Love, compassion, and peace—these words are at the heart of all spiritual endeavors. Although we intuitively resonate with their meaning and value, for most of us, the challenge is how to embody what we know: how to transform these words into a vibrant, living practice. In these times of conflict and uncertainty, this transformation is far more than an abstract ideal; it is an urgent necessity. Peace in the world begins with us. This wonderfully appealing offering from one the most trusted elders of Buddhism in the West is a warm and engaging exploration of the ways we can cultivate and manifest peace as wise and skillful action in the world.

This charming book is illuminated throughout with lively, joyous, and sometimes even funny citations from a host of contemporary and ancient sources—from the poetry of W.S. Merwin and Galway Kinnell to the haiku of Issa and the great poet-monk Ryokan, from the luminous aspirations of Saint Francis of Assisi to the sage advice of Thich Nhat Hanh and the Dalai Lama.

5. Open Mind by B. Allan Wallace

Lerab Lingpa (1856–1926), also known as Tertön Sogyal, was one of the great Dzogchen (Great Perfection) masters of the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries and a close confidant and guru of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama. This volume contains translations by B. Alan Wallace of two works that are representative of the lineage of this great “treasure revealer,” or tertön. This volume will be of great interest for all those interested in the theory and practice of the Great Perfection and the way it relates to the wisdom teachings of Tsongkhapa and others in the new translation schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

6. Interconnected by Ogyen Tinley Dorje

Plucked from a humble nomad family to become the leader of one of Tibet’s oldest Buddhist lineages, the young Seventeenth Karmapa draws on timeless values to create an urgent ethic for today’s global community. The Karmapa shows us how gaining emotional awareness of our connectedness can fundamentally reshape the human race. He then guides us to action, showing step by step how we can change the way we use the earth’s resources and can continue to better our society. In clear language, the Karmapa draws connections between such seemingly far-flung issues as consumer culture, loneliness, animal protection, and self-reliance. In the process, he helps us move beyond theory to practical and positive social and ethical change.

7. I Wanna Be Well by Miguel Chen

A punk rocker’s guide to grow, learn, and appreciate the present moment—in short, to live a life that doesn’t totally suck.

8. Discovering Your Soul Signature by Panache Desai

Your soul signature is your spiritual DNA - it is who you are at your core, the most authentic part of you, and your singular contribution to this world. And yet, we reject our authentic selvs. We allow our soul sigature to become blocked by any number of emotional obstacles that life throws in ou path: anger, fear, guilt, shame, sadness, despair. Any or all of these feelings overtake us and create a density, a heaviness that doesn’t permit us to embrace who we truly are, deep inside. We are energetic beings, Panache Desai reminds us, and emotions are energy in motion. When we are blocked we feel unworthy, less than, unloved, incomplete.

In Discovering Your Soul Signature, Panache Desai invites us on a 33-day path of meditations-- shot passages to be read at morning, noon, and night that are designed to dismantle the emotional burden that holds us back and open us up to changing our lives. Through this distilled, poetic, practical, and inspiring course, he invites us to live a life of authenticity, to rediscover purpose and passion, and to believe from our soul in the possibility of all things.

9. As Man Thinketh by James Allen

This little volume (the result of meditation and experience) is not intended as an exhaustive treatise on the much-written upon subject of the power of thought. It is suggestive rather than explanatory, its object being to stimulate men and women to the discovery and perception of the truth that -

"They themselves are makers of themselves" by virtue of the thoughts which they choose and encourage; that mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance, and that, as they may have hitherto woven in ignorance and pain they may now weave in enlightenment and happiness.

Religious Books

10. The Miracle of Forgiveness by Spencer W. Kimball

In The Miracle of Forgiveness, President Spencer W Kimball gives a penetrating explanation of repentance and forgiveness and clarifies their implications for Church members. His in-depth approach shows that the need for forgiveness is universal; portrays the various facets of repentance, and emphasizes some of the more serious errors, particularly sexual ones, which afflict both modern society and Church members. Most important, he illuminates his message with the brightness of hope that even those who have gone grievously astray may find the way back to peace and security. Never before has any book brought this vital and moving subject into so sharp a focus. This classic book is a major work of substance and power.

Science Books

11. God’s Equation by Amir D. Aczel

In God’s Equation, Amir Aczel tells the story of what lies between these events: the history of modern physics and the development of the sciene of cosmology, the study of the nature of the universe.

Other Books

12. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

In Anthony Burgess's nightmare vision of the future, where criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, who talks in a brutal invented slang that brilliantly renders his and his friends' social pathology. A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom. When the state undertakes to reform Alex—to "redeem" him—the novel asks, "At what cost?"

13. Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

In 1845, Thoreau moved to a cabin that he built with his own hands along the shores of Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Shedding the trivial ties that he felt bound much of humanity, Thoreau reaped from the land both physically and mentally, and pursued truth in the quiet of nature. In Walden, he explains how separating oneself from the world of men can truly awaken the sleeping self. Thoreau holds fast to the notion that you have not truly existed until you adopt such a lifestyle—and only then can you reenter society, as an enlightened being. These simple but profound musings—as well as “Civil Disobedience,” his protest against the government’s interference with civil liberty—have inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature. More than a century and a half later, his message is more timely than ever.

14. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracian

In the Art of Worldly Wisdom Baltasar Gracian gives us pertinent and pithy advice on friendship, leadership, and success. Think of it as Machiavelli with a soul. This book is for those who wish to have an ambitious plan for success without compromising their integrity or losing their way. Audacious and captivating!

15. For One More Day by Mitch Albom

For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that lasts a lifetime and and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one?

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Review: Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red

I haven’t been this excited by an album in God knows how long so this may all just be rambling but... Long post(s) incoming.

Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red

I didn't get Die Lit at first - hell, I don't think I get it entirely still. Sure, Carti and his unique mumbling has grown on me quite a lot from his occasional guest features and extensive leaks, but other than some choice singles from either album, I still don't think I "get" why Playboi Carti is such a lauded rapper, at least amongst overly online music nerd circles. A couple of concerns leading into the record for me were mostly its length, as I saw that exhaustive 24-track listing as well as an hour-long runtime and immediately equated that to Die Lit, which I thought was crippled by overly lengthy runtimes and meandering song ideas. It didn't help that the single "@ MEH", not even on this album, was pretty uninspired and dull. I came into this album expecting something at least vaguely similar to his last full-length and was completely thrown for a loop... and thank God because this might be one of my favourite records of the year.

Whole Lotta Red is a cry for help. Everything about it screams a man consumed by this "rapper lifestyle" and is completely trapped. Throughout this hour of inane trap-rap, we are treated to an in-depth look at Carti as he evolves as a character and as a celebrity... but that's not high on Carti's priorities (and that's why I find this narrative so brilliant). From the first few seconds of the first track, the banger "Rockstar Made", Whole Lotta Red makes damn sure you know it's not fucking around. A set of bassy 808s drown out any remnant of that subtle distorted synth line in the back of the mix, and that's before we get the erratic Carti immediately hitting you with shoddily-mixed vocals, incessant ad-libs and yet somehow plenty of empty space, and lyrics worthy of little analysis, at least on surface level. None of that is to the song's disadvantage though, and Carti rides the beat perfectly in his boyish yelling tone that becomes his signature during the album. Not all of the tracks sound exactly like this, but it's what you should expect going in, and Carti immediately meets and succeeds said expectations.

As soon as the record finishes its first track, it devolves into chaos, and we see Carti's downward spiral into what seems like a pretty depressive state surrounded by yesmen who keep him on a constant rotation of Perkys and hoes. There is no helping Carti on this record but damn do Kanye and Cudi try, with some of their best verses ever on “Go2DaMoon” and “M3tamorphosis” respectively. After these features, Carti is left speechless, with his wordless mumbling following Kanye's comical yet unnervingly self-aware performance barely constituting as a "verse". Of course, this isn't for long as the “Go2DaMoon” ends abruptly for the sake of the heavy 808s that crash into the mix of “Stop Breathing” and grab your attention with his intense and most violent deliveries I've heard from him. Carti hasn't interested me as a performer until now, but the way he interrupts his routine... gasping sounds with his hungriest and clearest rapping ever is genius. We also get a sense of humanity from Carti, where he references how since his brother died, he's constantly seeking revenge in the form of homicide, murder and gang violence that he never fully realises won't fill the hole, at least not yet. For once, Carti sounds like he fucking cares.

What has always intrigued me about Carti was his lack of care for structure or conventions of trap-rap. On "Long Time - Intro", he doesn't come in perfectly when the beat comes in and prefers to stall time with ad-libs, as well as pointless phone call interludes. On "Shoota", he and Lil Uzi Vert split the song in half, leaving Uzi without much percussion to speak of, but when the beat drops and Carti starts rapping it completes the song. On the best tracks from the self-titled mixtape and Die Lit, Carti mixes and matches parts of verses, constant refrains and quirky, synth-lead beats to create jarring trap bangers that hit as hard as possible whilst still never feeling *right* exactly. Throughout Whole Lotta Red, this is so well implemented that Carti's sloppiest choruses, most uninteresting beats and most repetitious hooks feel more unique than most. Shit, if Carti tells me to jump out the house, I'll leap straight out the window. It's just that convincing, especially with how Carti sells this, in a boyish, childlike tone that carries whatever there is of a narrative in this project. You get a sense of naivety out of Carti that you don't get from other hip-hop musicians in the mainstream who want to show how experienced, relaxed and bored with the "rapper lifestyle" they are, whether it's luxury porn or aimless gunplay. Carti isn't bored, or exhausted, he's absolutely consumed and almost inseparable to what it means to be a rapper in 2020.

"M3tamorphosis" is one of the best tracks of the year, and another example where the guests can get through to Carti's rambling and even almost put an end to it. Cudi delivers an incredible meander of a verse, switching his flows from reverb-drenched yelling to sing-songy, drawn-out cadences to his signature high-speed systematic approach he has to these types of psychedelic trap beats, arguably proving himself a lot more than he did on Man on the Moon III. There are so many tiny moments I can pick out from this track alone, like that anthemic, quotable hook to the little nuances in Carti's verse, like that silence that cuts deep through his hashtag-rap murmuring. "I had to change my swag... ... ... ... metamorphosis". This is one of many moments spread across this album where Carti uses empty space to emphasise how so far detached he is from reality, or at least this vampire caricature Carti seems to play. Carti flows gorgeously over these hums and yes, it's rough around the edges and kind of awkward, but that is an attempt to express a constant stream of money, women and drugs in a creative way. It can't be robotic or professional because it's not as glamorous as some music videos and some rappers - including Kanye and Future - might want you to think. It simply can't be, and Carti, in his typical unsubtle way, gets that across perfectly. These beats are often just a beautiful synth melody or loop, or a genius piano melody like in "Vamp Anthem" and its sample of fucking Bach, overlayed with egregious 808s, Carti sputtering out rap stereotypes and trap percussion... but it never gets old because Carti doesn't give them time to, constantly switching between tracks before you can possibly be as exhausted as he is. It also helps that some of these beats, produced by a range of talents from his signature Maaly Raw and Pi'erre Bourne instrumentals, which are cloudy and ethereal, to a lot of tracks produced by the Working on Dying collective and other producers that seem to have a knack at creating these janky, badly-looped video game beats that sound amateur at points but create a basic foundation for Carti to flourish.

It's at this point in the album where Carti fully embraces that he's on top of the world, and nobody can knock him off that pedestal. When you feel like this, can't nobody tell you shit. He feels like he's God and could also join Slayer, comparing himself to Muhammed Ali to emphasise how he's the greatest, and no-one can get to him. "No Sl33p" acts as another interlude of violent paranoia, wherein he goes to sleep and dreams about murder. These short additions to the track list do not feel out of place within all of the hedonism and rather feel like a brief detour for Carti before he gets back to where he is now, rather than where he was in the hood. By "Meh", his ego has inflated to complete self-obsession. It's only at "Control" where Carti, still deflecting blame for his negligence with women, tries to concede and at an extreme where he offers a woman, presumably Iggy Azalea, pure materialism in exchange for some human connection, love and intimacy. He promises that he can wear a suit for her - as if keeping up appearances is what has ever mattered for Carti - over one of the most inspired beats this year, a brilliant juxtaposition of early 2010s club and dance-pop synths with the hardcore trap percussion and bass, which is in full force for "Punk Monk", in which the disguise falters and the facade falls. He doesn't care about anyone other than himself because he's a rockstar, and in the uncharacteristically long and lyrical verse, he lists off a specific set of rappers in such passing fashion that it becomes unclear whether he's showing genuine admiration or just dissing them, especially with how he thinks not he or his friends drifting apart is the reason why he feels so isolated. He has this idea that everyone above him is taking his friends from him. The label tricked him with Pi'erre, "they" turned Lil TJ against him. It's an us vs. them mentality but skipping the "us" and going straight to the core of the conflict: Playboi Carti himself, who purposefully cuts everyone off, begging everyone not to even contact him because, as he says, that shit's not his business. It would be almost motivational if it wasn't... just sad.

There's something comical but profound about the ugly, boyish tone Carti adopts when he says, "I don't rap, I write poems", before continuing to moan incoherently and repeat himself. Similarly comical and profound is the DJ Akademiks intro on "Control" because he, of all people, is a perfect satire of hip-hop commentary and the culture that hypes up people who genuinely fuck themselves up to the point of Carti's mind state on this album, or even to the point of the tragedy of Juice WRLD. For young hip-hop talents, no-one around them can really be trusted, and if they can, they lead these people in for their own greed and benefit, without paying attention to how these young rappers cope with newfound fame. For all we know, Carti's completely fine, but that isn't that common, and with everyone hyping up and "dickriding" young artists until they feel unstoppable, they feel like Carti on Whole Lotta Red, the only possible trajectory is swiftly downhill.

"On that Time" and "King Vamp" are both bangers with childish hooks and the same mentality that comes with a lot of Carti's sillier refrains, which at this point end up as just spelling out words. The incessant repetition drift away from being choruses and just end up as mantras for you to memorise and repeat when you bump this song. Carti indulges in codeine and ecstasy to the point where he can't feel anything and that no-one can get to him... at all. You'd think Future, an experienced trap-rapper in very much a similar lane and subject matter to Carti, would be able to prick his brain a bit more but instead, he just ends up imitating Carti and feeding into his fantasy. You can't really even tell where Future's usually deep-voiced murmur ends and where Carti's squeaky falsetto nonsense starts on "Teen X". By "Over", he's stuck in a loop over really dull, synth-y beats that don't interest me at all, in fact I would call "Sky" the one dud on the record because whilst it vaguely adds to the narrative, it overstays its welcome far too long for its inclusion to be worth it to me. Those two tracks and "Place" purposefully convey complacency but just end up being sleepy. At least "Over" has the rhetorical "Damn, how the fuck we got back to where we started?"

After "Over", I can't believe I'm saying this, but Carti starts to lyrically pick up an introspective theme that's subtle throughout the record but put on full display over slower, melancholy beats where Carti can spit some genuinely unnerving and haunting bars. The chorus on "ILoveUIHateU" is one of Carti's lyrical highlights throughout the whole discography, not like that has ever mattered to Carti. Regardless of if it matters, Carti definitely continues down this lane on "Die4Guy", where he depicts over a hard, menacing beat, his relationship with Reggie Carter, his brother, and how that inspired his rebellious nature and rockstar attitude, comparing himself to... the entirety of Black Flag in the process. We're invited to watch him spaz over this and just watch in astonishment as Carti acknowledges how reckless and dangerous this is without a care in the world. It's on these final tracks where we understand Carti's progress and why he feels the need to live this lifestyle, giving his history in poverty and how inspiring his family members, particularly brother and mother, have been to him in how they took advantage of the worst situations to give their closest what they deserved, and finally, his "going bananas" feels deserved and we briefly see a Carti a lot closer to Earth, and a lot closer to his hometown of Atlanta. He went through shit to get here, and he'll live life to his fullest as long as he can still get it. "F33l Lik3 Dyin" is an indescribably great track that sees Carti questioning relationships and updating us on his mental health as a perfect closer to the record, with a sample that proves Bon Iver is a perfect fit for any hip-hop. Justin Vernon's incoherent falsetto never gets in the way of Carti's own murmuring, as he mourns his own state of mind, with some really haunting refrains about his own death. His "fuck all y'all" mentality feels warranted by the end of Whole Lotta Red and we as a listener, after being entrenched in his psyche for more than an hour, finally get through to Carti, whether he likes it or not, and what we see is very clearly not what he wants us to.

Whether I see this album as genius story-telling as my tired brain inferred, or just a playlist of vaguely experimental trap bangers, I think I can say with confidence that this is at least my personal favourite of Carti's work by a long shot and I'm really excited to see what he has in store next - if he can even muster up another record in the next couple of years. This album is slap-dash and insane but I'm fucking astonished.

If I die, it's gon' be real sad, so I fuck on my bitch like it's our last

9/10

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potterzachary · 4 years ago

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Reiki Healing Work Super Genius Diy Ideas

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alorconsulting · 5 years ago

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Each year, my Husband creates a gift that shows more love for me as his wife than an acceptance speech co-written by George Clooney and Tom Hanks. Being a photographer, Bello takes countless photos. At the end of each year, he combs the archive selecting his favorites. Then, he shares them with me by printing a book as a Christmas present.

Bello captions each photo, I used his words to title this post. He summarizes 2014 at the front of the book and predicts happiness at the end of the book for 2015. His words are just as poetic, insightful, silly and playful as he is. Turning the pages, I cry like the smitten kitten I am, rediscovering and recounting our year together.

For us, 2014 was epic.

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In January

We started our year off flying to California on New Year’s Eve. We agreed as long as we were together we could ring the New Year in anywhere, even in the air. Thankfully, we landed in LAX in JUST enough time to rent a car… drive to Palm Springs… run into a store to buy some wine… check into the hotel… and luckily find one of the only restaurants open for dinner.

Walking into the Wolfgang Puck Pizza Bar at 11PM we realized we were the only customers, period. Full of New Year’s hats and streamers, they clearly planned for a party but found patrons just didn’t come out. At midnight we joined the jovial staff in a private party +2, yelling Happy New Year! We couldn’t have had a better end to 2013 or a more successfully unplanned start to 2014.

We spent the next 10 days exploring streets with no names in Joshua Tree. Driving through the Mojave onto Death Valley and all the way up to hug the largest trees on earth in the Sequoia National Park. Perhaps the best part, when we returned home, we raised a glass to the happy news that Bello’s green card was approved!

Private New Year’s Party in Palm Spring

Sequoia Nation Park

Death Valley Desert Sand Dune

Joshua Tree

Bello Working in Death Valley California

In February & March

We visited Bello’s parents at his childhood home in Torino, Italy. Each day we explored Northern Italy, sipping Barolo in Barolo, hiking the Alps of Bardonnechia to dine on Polenta Concia. We spent a little time in Briancón France where I was introduced to Raclette and life was never the same. My Husband–and I must stop here and say, I KNOW I’m a lucky Midwest American kid–decided it was time I saw Venice. Off we went to the floating city mid Carnevale, were fled the tourist in favor of the locals and cecheti.

Enjoying Polenta Concia in Refuge i Re Magi

Briancón France

Fresh baked and scrapped Raclette

Capturing Venice

Local Family Cicchetti

Delighted in Venice

Cheese and Charcuterie at Enoiteca Al Prosecco in Venice

In Love in Venice

April & May

Relatively quiet months for travel. In April, I was flown to St. Petersburg, Florida for a job interview. Bello joined me and jointly we decided this was an option, a life to decline, but an important trip we recalled with fondness. It got us talking about life, the future, what we wanted and where we wanted to live.

As a couple, we decided to prioritize freedom from corporate life and having the ability to travel more over our Manhattan lifestyle. Choosing to continue my efforts to work for myself and not sell out and go back to the well paid but highly stressful media world, we knew we were ready to make big changes. Moving to Jersey City in May, we cut our annual housing expenses nearly $20,000. With our new budget flexibility, we spent the rest of the year traveling as much of the world as we could.

Barcade in Jersey City

Contemplating a Life in Florida

Docks in Jersey City

June & July

To celebrate our dedication to freedom, travel we did, joining Bello’s parents in Paris to celebrate his Father’s 75th Birthday. I fell in love with Croissants and began to imagine our lives incomplete without living a Parisians lifestyle… at least for a while. We worked our way up through Bruges to Amsterdam stopping at the small towns of Ghent and Delft in-between. We wrapped the trip in Brussels with a Champagne toast at breakfast to celebrate the news, that Paolo Ferraris Colors had just that morning, sold another piece.

Returning home, I launched myself into a collaboration with a friends company to work as a contractor with a great title on the digital strategy for Cornell University Alumni Affairs. A monster project, I spent many hours working from home with every other week in Ithaca, New York. July was slower again, but when Bello’s camera went on the fritz and a repair location took him towards the water in New York, we figured let’s make a trip of it and ended up in Fire Island… why not they have beaches there!

Dreaming of Paris

Obligatory but Happy Eiffel Tower Shot

Fun with Mom & Dad

Beer Stop in Ghent

Cock’s Fresh Truck in Bruges

Nighttime in Bruges

Canals of Amsterdam

In Love, In Travel, In Life

Cheesy in Deflt

Fire Island… Why Not?

August & September

Now these two months were big travel months, even for us. We celebrated our first year as happy newly weds in Cartagena Colombia. The heat and humidity beat us into submission of a slow, leisurely, romantic pace. Morning explorations lead to Ceviche lunches and afternoon siestas. Oxtail dinners followed by sunset rooftop toasts became the slow dance of our days.

Domestically, we adopted our inner Goonies and found ourselves uttering “It’s TIME for an IPA!” each afternoon in Portland. They say “keep Portland weird” yet we found ourselves wondering, could this be a place we move to stay one day? Within a 90 minute drive you either hit one of the most beautiful costal areas of the US, wine country, Mt. St. Helen’s or Mt. Hood. If you stay in this mid-sized city, you can get anywhere in about 20 minutes and eat some of the best food around.

For my Sister’s Birthday, we swung a trip up to Gaylord, Michigan. Nothing beats the dreaded sense of aging better than watching your Sister toss her son full of giggles into the lake behind their house. Except watching your Husband take countless photos of your Niece and Nephew and know full well, he’ll soon make them a gift to your Sister to thank her for her hospitality.

Cartagena Colombia’s Walled City

Streets of Cartagena Colombia

For the Love of Heat

Sunset on the rooftop of Hotel Ananda

Goonies Rocks Cannon Beach Oregon

Oregon Coast

Crab Roll at Little Bird

Beer and Music at EaT Oyster Bar

Trillium Lake

Bright eyed Niece

Happy Niece and Nephew

Niece and Nephew at Home

Full of giggles

October & November

Travel slowed a bit in October, giving a break to focus on work. Bello’s parents came for a visit and being the good son he is, he took them for a mini-vacation in the Smoky Mountains. Meanwhile, I began to develop my client base and landed my first contract as a Strategy Consultant. Life began to breathe into the concept of truly being free, my Husband and I both working for ourselves, it found a pulse and a heartbeat. My fear of shifting security in a bi-weekly paycheck finally died.

My family also hosted these vagabonds in Columbus, Ohio. We sipping wine with my Mother at the kitchen table reliving our travels and dreaming of more to come, a delight. We sat with Dad, finding confidence and support in our decision not to have kids, a comfort.

When storms threatened in New Jersey, we flew south for the winter spending time with kindred spirits, a Digital Power Couple and fellow Nomads Ayaz and Val in Miami.

We love our family and they us. 2014 was a year full of support, wise words and laughter.

Mom & Sis

Sipping Barolo in Barolo

Bello on the Beach

Digital Nomads Ayaz & Val

Chillin’ in Miami

The Dads

December

We ended the year in a very atypical celebration of Christmas in Burma and New Year’s in Cambodia. It will take me months to fully appreciate everything I experienced on this trip. Pagodas of Gold, Burmese easy smiles, Monks… with cell phones and selfies, soup for breakfast so good you’ll realize your American granola bars are for chumps. Sunset on a Stupa, Inle Lake a city where fishermen move in beauty, learning Italian in Burma and Cambodia… from a local guide, bananas the size of my palm, sticky rice, gold, gold gold, beautiful ruin, entire families on bikes, boarding passes with no name. Spending one night in Bangkok and traveling for 2 days with 4 flights and a 6 hour drive… on a Cambodian road with pit stops by stalls where they sell fried tarantula… as a snack.

This trip was a tribute for my Husband to his parents, having years ago planned the trip. Sadly, the shifting political climate changed and their hopes were dashed. He wished for years to make it up to them and go, and so in this year when we freed ourselves from the corporate shackles, we did. I’m fortunate that they consider me not just their son’s wife, but family and brought me along.

Shwedagon Pagoda in Burma

Inle Lake

Pagoda Fields in Burma

Stupa Sunset

Burmese Ease

Burmese Taxi

Families on Wheels

Golden Pagoda

Christmas in Burma

Family of Explorers

Bello in Angkor Wat

Beautiful Ruin of Ta Prohm Angkor Wat Cambodia

Monks Posing for their Own Selfie

Angkor Wat Cambodia

Somehow through all the traveling we were able to work, grow closer and learn more about ourselves and ultimately each other. With a year like 2014, I couldn’t escape spending hours, days writing this blog, there was so much to be thankful for. Most of all, I’m thankful to one man, my present and my future, my Amore della mia vita, my Bello.

Amore della mia vita

Countless Outbursts of Genuine Happiness Each year, my Husband creates a gift that shows more love for me as his wife than an acceptance speech co-written by George Clooney and Tom Hanks.

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Having Brushed Off Coronavirus Threat, Southeast Asia Begins to Confront It

BANGKOK — For months, many Southeast Asian countries played down the threat posed by the new coronavirus. Some officials said that prayer would keep the disease away. Others expressed optimism that the tropical heat would slow the spread of the virus.Life continued as usual. Malaysia allowed large religious gatherings. Thailand kept open its hugely popular Muay Thai boxing stadiums. In countries with struggling health care systems, like Indonesia and Myanmar, testing for infections was minimal.Now, with the belated realization that the virus is encircling the globe in its relentless spread, countries across Southeast Asia have begun to impose strict measures, including lockdowns in the Philippines and Malaysia and the widespread closure of schools, businesses and entertainment venues in Thailand. The delays are proving dangerous, as some nations face a worrisome rise in cases without a health care system that can deal with a major outbreak.The Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, has admitted that he misled the public about the dangers of the disease caused by the coronavirus, Covid-19, to prevent people from panicking.“There is that which we disclose and there is that which we withhold because we do not want to create worry and panic among the society,” he said on Friday.Mr. Joko refused on Monday to disclose the results of his own test for the virus, telling reporters to ask his doctor.The Indonesian transportation minister, Budi Karya Sumadi, has tested positive, and as many as a dozen other officials have been tested for infection.Mr. Joko declined to disclose those results, too.The spokesman for the coronavirus emergency response in Indonesia, Achmad Yurianto, would not provide the results on Tuesday, either, saying only that the officials “are in good condition so far.”Transparency has generally been a concern.Health officials on the island of Bali said they learned that a British woman being treated there had tested positive only after officials in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, announced her death to the news media.Before that, the first two patients with confirmed infections discovered that they had contracted the virus when the president announced it to the country.In the Philippines, critics have accused President Rodrigo Duterte of using the virus as cover to pursue his oft-stated ambition of imposing martial law.“Whatever his personal preferences, the president should not consider authoritarian methods,” said Etta Rosales, a former chairwoman of the Commission on Human Rights in the Philippines. “Authoritarianism is no cure to the virus.”After Mr. Budi, the Indonesian transportation minister, tested positive, Mr. Joko became more attuned to the problem, ordering the closure of schools and encouraging residents to work from home.Other countries remain in denial about the dangers of the virus. The chief spokesman for the Myanmar government said on Friday that the absence of positive tests was proof that the virus has not reached Myanmar.“Covid-19 is still not present in Myanmar,” the spokesman, U Zaw Htay, told reporters. “The lifestyle and diet of Myanmar citizens are beneficial against the coronavirus.”Some Buddhist figures have been promoting nonmedical remedies. One famous monk said that eating a lime and three palm seeds would keep the virus away. Another monk recommended seven ground peppercorns.Even some doctors are optimistic that the pandemic will bypass Myanmar because of its religious practices.“Myanmar is still lucky because it’s a Buddhist country and senior monks are always praying to be safe,” said Dr. Win Thandar Phyu, the chief of North Okkalapa General Hospital in Yangon.The concern is that the lackadaisical approach has allowed the virus to spread largely unnoticed, setting the stage for a disaster in countries where the health care systems are underfunded and poorly equipped.Indonesia’s rate of testing has increased in recent days, but it is still one of the worst in the world, about 8.5 tests per million people. The first positive patient was detected on March 2. Now, it has confirmed 172 cases.In a letter to the president, an association of scientists called the Indonesian Young Scientist Forum pressed for immediate action. The group pointed out that confirmed cases have grown at an exponential rate since early March.“Indonesia is in a dangerous situation because the delayed action to halt the spread of the virus makes it difficult to control,” the scientists said. “The delay could make the epidemic situation similar to Italy and Iran or even worse.”Some countries are seeing a rapid rise in the number of confirmed cases.Many are connected to an international gathering of 16,000 Muslims early this month in the Malaysian city of Selangor. Participants returning home have taken the illness with them to Singapore and Brunei, where nearly all of its 40 cases were linked to the meeting of the revivalist missionary movement, Tablighi Jamaat. An additional 700 participants returned to Indonesia, where there has been no effort to track them.Malaysia has seen a surge in cases tied to the event. On Monday alone, 95 of 125 new cases were connected to the event. It now has 673 cases.The World Health Organization urged nations in Southeast Asia to adopt aggressive measures as the number of confirmed cases rises.“The situation is evolving rapidly,” Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, the director for WHO’s Southeast Asia region, said Tuesday. “We need to immediately scale up all efforts to prevent the virus from infecting more people.”Several countries are now scrambling to impose the kinds of travel restrictions and quarantines seen in other parts of the world.In the Philippines, about 60 million people — more than half the country’s population — are under lockdown. In Malaysia, mass gatherings are banned through the end of the month; schools, businesses and places of worship are closed; and Malaysians are prohibited from leaving the country. In Thailand, the prime minister announced the postponement of Songkran, a festival that is held each April to mark the Thai new year.But for Indonesia, which is already playing catch-up, dramatic action like that of its neighbors appears to be off the table.“Lockdown is not an option,” said Mr. Achmad, the Indonesian spokesman.Reporting was contributed by Hannah Beech and Ryn Jirenuwat from Bangkok; Muktita Suhartono and Dera Menra Sijabat from Jakarta, Indonesia; Saw Nang from Mandalay, Myanmar; and Jason Gutierrez from Manila. Read the full article

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The Benefits Of Being A Naturalist

1. The Benefits Of Being A Naturalist By: Nathan Young @nvyoung

2. Disclaimer You will not find any NSFW photos in this presentation. If you are looking for lewd photos, go somewhere else!

3. Why Naturalism?

4. Why Naturalism? Naturalism is a philosophy that encourages you to embrace your body and to learn more about what it can do; it should not be a philosophy that limits you. The human body was God's final and greatest earthly creation. Being nude is a wholesome way of life, and an acceptable state of dress which was never condemned by God in the Bible. Nudism is about the feeling of the air, water, and sun on the skin and the comfort of not being restricted in any clothing. Clothing hides our bodies, and allows us to bury any shame or criticism we have of them deep in our subconscious mind. Time spent in the company of others of all body types without clothing helps normalize our views of our bodies and the bodies of others and gives us a more realistic perspective on how we look. The more aware we are of our bodies, the more likely we are to keep a healthy and active lifestyle. None of us have the, so called, "perfect body". We are all normal everyday people. Naturists come in all shapes, sizes, races, ages, and physical conditions.

5. The History Of Naturalism History reveals many cultures that were not clothes-minded. Spartans were basically bare and their victories in pan-Hellenic sports competitions enticed all neighboring Greeks to exercise nude, creating the word “gymnasium” (Greek gymnos = naked). Romans mingled in magnificent bathhouses, enjoying dense communal nudity as they drank, dined, defecated, bathed, read books, argued politics, and watched theater. Adamists — naked heretics — performed stripped-down church services in North Africa, Bohemia, the Netherlands, and England. Pre-Hitler Germans were avid adherents of Freikorperkultur (“Free Body Culture”) with 70,000 attending co-ed Nacktkultur schools. Today, there’s naked Japanese in hot springs, naked Finns in saunas, “sky-clad” Jain monks in India, plus millions of nudists worldwide going to “Nakation” camps, beaches, and resorts.

6. Naturalism And Christianity Adam and Eve entered the world naked and unashamed - naked and pure-minded. And no descendant of theirs has ever entered it otherwise. All have entered it naked, unashamed, and clean in mind. They entered it modest. They had to acquire immodesty in the soiled mind, there was no other way to get it. Nudism is about health. It is about recognizing that "clothes *DO NOT* make the man" (God does!). It is about being practical and realistic. It is about getting back to basics and keeping it simple. It is about letting the body function as designed. It is about recognizing the design as normal and good, and not something to be ashamed or embarrassed about. It is about seeing ourselves and others with a pure heart and mind, and teaching others to do the same. (It actually takes greater moral integrity and stronger character to live the life. Those who only think dirty thoughts, or feel shameful or uncomfortable when nude or seeing others nude, show that they do not have a pure heart.) It is about a mindset or attitude of honesty, trust, and complete openness before God and others. It is about walking in the truth and in the light. It is about acceptance. It is about relationships; how we see and relate to ourselves, how we see and relate to others, and how we want others to see and relate to us. In the end, it is about returning to God's original design in the Garden, God's idea, God's ideal, God's best. For many people, it is a form of worship and an expression of the redemptive work of Christ, declaring to "the rulers and authorities" and all creation how the Lord "made A Public display of them" when He "triumphed over them. It is about all of these things and more.

7. Naturalism And Christianity Naturalism is a cultural and political movement that practices, advocates, and defends the rights of the human body and the basic human right to be naked in private and in public. At the heart of our desire to be naked is a deep subconsciousness impulse to be spiritually whole, to be a valid and real person which can be achieved only in being as God made us or through divine communication. For many, the ultimate reality of the human body is something shameful, something to be indulged in some perverse fantasy. Yet some Christians believe that after death, a person must stand naked before God and be judged, something of a major trauma for those afraid to be seen naked. If God made us in his/her own image, clothing is to the body maybe offensive to God. Being naked in nature is the act of being totally unconstrained by clothing and being at one with heaven and earth.

8. The Benefits of Naturalism

9. Naturalism Gives You Freedom The sense of freedom when you remove the ‘entrapments of civilization’ is fantastic. It is simply more comfortable to be free of clothing. The sheer joy of diving into water without a clinging costume has to be experienced to be understood. Having the wind blow across all your body is a sensuous feeling which is enhanced by the warmth of the sun. You have no clothing restricting your movement, which makes playing sport easier and instead, your body is as it should be – free! The naturist lifestyle allows you to experience the true ‘freedom’ of exposing your whole body to nature’s elements. It is a lifestyle choice, and you will find, after you have experienced and dispelled all the myths surrounding it, you can live a normal life naked in a safe environment. It’s about being ok with yourself and accepting of others who are nude. Not hiding what we naturally look like and excusing it with shame. If you’ve ever slept naked, gone skinny dipping in a cool mountain lake, or taken advantage of the high fence around your backyard to get a full body tan then you have already experienced some of the joys and freedoms of Nudism, or Naturism.

10. Naturalism And Being Equal Clothes indicate the wearers status, position in society, wealth, etc. and usually involve a considerable degree of pretence. The clothes we wear are an expression of who we are. Clothes give status not just relative to one's peers but also in relation to the natural world. They allow humans to regard themselves as better than the other occupants of this world. When one goes naked in a social setting all that posturing is left behind. In contrast with a bar, night club, or anywhere else you might meet a stranger, new relationships (be it friendship or something else) built from a nudist lifestyle are built on personal qualities, personality, and friendship instead of personal appearance. To bring this point home, we take a look at a man walking down the city street. If he were wearing a suit and tie, carrying a briefcase we would assume he was a busy businessman headed to the office. If we were to take the same man and dress him in a torn pair of jeans, a plaid jacket with a stain on it, and a carrying a cardboard box – we would assume he was a lazy or homeless person. In this scenario, we demonstrate our social prejudice toward appearance. A nudist event removes this prejudice and allows people to socialize without preconceived notions about who they are. Plus, pro-nudity students “were significantly more accepting of other religious groups and gays and lesbians” when compared to the anti-nudity students. They were also “less prejudiced towards ethnically dissimilar others.” If you want to learn to accept and like your whole body, relate better to other people, get out from under current social pressure for bodily perfection, adopt a very relaxing attitude of mind, or bring up your children to be confident young people assured and happy with their bodies, then take up the naturist approach to life.

11. Naturalism And Sexuality Even for adults coming to natural social nakedness later in life it can create a major lift in their spirits to treat their body as an integrated whole rather than as something containing parts which are 'dirty'. Men are often taught as boys that their penises are naughty and nasty and that the associated natural functions are something of which to be ashamed. Men often feel sensitive about the size or shape of their penis without realizing that among men there is a large range of normality. Women are often made to feel inferior because, for example, they perceive their breasts as being too big, or too small, or somehow differently shaped than other women's; yet very few woman have actually seen more than a few other unadorned female breasts and are thus unaware of the great variation there is in breast size and shape. Similarly it is thus a liberating experience for men and women to mix socially together naked where no more notice is taken of genitals, than of ears, hair, etc. One of the greatest benefits of naturism is that it allows men and women to interact as people without the socially imposed barriers that go with the textile world. Naturist men and women regard each other first as people. Once our culture's artificial mystique about the other half of humanity is taken away people cease to regard bodies of the other gender as sex objects and relate to them as part of a total person. Being naked with other people shows a sense of openness and trust not usually experienced with current 'textile' cultural barriers. 12. Naturalism And Sexuality Accepting their own bodies as they are is especially beneficial for women and men who today are under constant pressure to live up to the ideal body image as conveyed in glossy magazines, and are made to feel inferior if their bodies are not the size ten of catwalk models. Human bodies come in all shapes and sizes, yet how many people today, other than those in the medical professions, have seen a representative range of naked human bodies. Thus when they come to the naturist environment women and men become immediately aware that many of their self-perceived bodily imperfections are nothing more than examples of the normal range of human diversity and they have nothing about which to feel inferior. This is a liberating experience and immediately lifts off a great weight of social pressure. Naturists come in all shapes and sizes, fat and thin, short and tall, unblemished and scarred, and they are all accepted as normal human beings. Rather than treating the genitals as part of the whole body with their own function children are taught that there is something nasty about the parts between their legs. This can lead to all sorts of sexual dysfunction in later life. A study by psychologists concluded that children who has seen their parents naked were more comfortable with physical contact and affection, had higher self-esteem, and showed increased acceptance of and comfort with their own bodies and sexuality. Clothing hides and creates mystery, anxiety, and ignorance about natural body processes such as pregnancy, adolescence, and ageing. Seeing other people going through these stages in life is valuable to children. The more aware we are of our bodies, the more likely we are to keep a healthy and active lifestyle. But we will also be less judgmental of others who don’t have the stereotypical and hyped “perfect” body. Being nude will help a society built around shame that the naked body does not equate to the sexual body. 13. Naturalism And Vitamin D The body naturally produces vitamin D when exposed to the sun. In addition to promoting cell growth, calcium absorption, and immune function, sun exposure prevents a huge number of health problems. And your body looks good without tan lines. Despite negative publicity on the risk of skin cancer from too much sun exposure, it is sun burn that leads to skin cancer not sun exposure. Naturism is more about doing normal, everyday activities, without the encumbrance of clothing when it is actually not required than lying about in the sun to get an all over suntan. The area of skin covered by a bathing suit doesn’t really make much difference when out in the sun – the same precautions have to be taken naked or in clothes and sun protection is always advisable when out in the sun, especially between 10 am and 3 pm in the summer months. There is a lot of literature on the benefits of the sun on the body due to the production of vitamin D in response to sun exposure. The most natural way to get vitamin D is by exposing your bare skin to sunlight and the recommended ‘dose’ of sunlight on the total body, required to maintain adequate vitamin D levels, is considered by many specialists to be half the time it takes to burn per day. Not only does it feel good, but the sun has been documented to be beneficial in the prevention of a large number of diseases, from rickets to some forms of cancer (including melanoma), arthritis, osteoporosis, diabetes, asthma, and cardiovascular disease. Studies also show that human skin needs a healthy amount of sunlight in order to ward off major skin problems; as with everything however, proper precautions should be taken to avoid skin damage such as sunburn. Finally, in proportion to the general population, people that generally enjoy a textile free lifestyle tend to be more active later in life than their counterparts. 14. Naturalism And Your Skin Clothing impedes the functions of the skin, our largest organ. The skin is a barrier to invasion by microbes. We sweat to keep us cool by evaporation. Clothing slows down that process. With clothing the by-products of the skins processes build up in contact with the skin and this can cause irritation. The skin has quite a developed system for keeping us warm, and undue use of clothing impedes that process. Studies have shown that tight clothing can slow down lymphatic fluid flows and aid the advancement of disease. One study showed that bra wearing for more than 12 hours a day leads to much higher rates of breast cancer. Although it is obviously not necessary to go naked to avoid the problems of tight clothing the naturist attitude is that we should use clothes and not be used by them. Exposure of the skin to sunlight helps the body produce vitamin D, an essential vitamin especially in the development of children. Another health benefit is de-toxing one's body. The human body has thousands of pores all over our body. These pores are meant to absorb good vital and needed vitamins and to allow the release of bad or used toxins from our system. If the human body is 90% covered 80 – 90% of the time, how does the body release toxins? This can not be done efficiently or effectively. People believe clothing absorbing sweat is good, but it's not. Sweat is meant to cool the body when needed. When allowing clothing to wick away the cooling sweat, the body does not cool properly. Medical studies confirm, people who are practicing nudists 75% or more of the time, are healthier and their bodies retain less harmful toxins. Naturists expose themselves to the sun gradually and frequently so they do not get the severe sunburns of people in a midsummer rush to get a suntan. Naturists have been aware for a long time about the dangers of excessive exposure to the sun, especially the dangers of getting sunburnt. So they have been taking 'sunsmart' precautions for years. Most naturists wear sunhats when outdoors, they slip on a shirt if in danger of getting burnt, and they certainly use sunscreen. 15. Naturalism And Mental Health Being naked outdoors on a sunny day isn’t sexual, but it is sensual – a delight to your senses – creating a feeling of well-being. Researchers are now discovering that vitamin D may play an important role in mental health and in depression. We all know how invigorating the sun can be and how depressed we can feel in the winter, during days and days of cloud and rain…it even has a name SAD (seasonal affective disorder). Naturalism allows us to feel the breeze over the whole body and the cool grass under our feet. Add swimming without clammy suits into the mix, and you get a total stimulation of the tactile (touch) senses. In today’s world, where stress seems to be ‘part of the deal’, a visit to a naturist club can let you totally unwind. They often use the expression ‘shed your stresses with your clothes’ and that is totally true – once you get through the gate and dispense with your clothes, all your stresses can be felt draining away as nature’s elements caress your whole body. Naturists know they lead a much healthier life, physically and mentally due to the euphoria which creates a sense of well-being that can only be experienced to understand it. 16. Naturalism And Overall Health When you put a plaster cast on a broken arm the skin starves for Vitamin D. When you cover everything but your face, neck, and hands you are obliterating the symbiosis of the planet. Something else you may not have known is that nudism actually aids in the development of your brain and stimulates neuron growth simply because your range of motion is not hampered by clothing. Humans developed hairlessness long ago to reduce parasite loads, but when you wear garments it can be a breeding ground for fungi and bacterium causing yeast infections, rotting toenails, and UTIs……gross. Not to mention men’s snug pants raise testicle temperature lowering sperm count and fertility. Clothing actually tends to restrict the movement of the body; denying full range of motion. Clothing also tends to restrict the body’s natural method of temperature control when exerting energy which causes more sweating. Many health conditions such as Sickle cell anemia, arthritis, breast cancer, prostate cancer, other cancers, osteoporosis, MS, ALS, and heart disease are greatly improved or prevented completely by receiving appropriate levels of vitamin D via natural sunlight. Human beings evolved living outside, wearing minimal clothing during the summer, exposed to many hours of sunshine for several months of the year. This was our main source for healthy levels of vitamin D in our bodies. Vitamin D also prevents osteomalacia and rickets. Osteomalacia, which causes weakness of the muscular system and brittle bones, is most prevalent among adults with vitamin D deficiency. Rickets is a skeletal deformity mostly seen in children with vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D regulates blood pressure, reduces stress and tension, relieves body aches and pains by reducing muscle spasms, reduces respiratory infections, helps in differentiation of the cells, aids in insulin secretion, helps fight depression and schizophrenia, improves overall skin health by reducing wrinkles, makes skin soft, strong, and smooth, and improves cardiovascular strength by providing a protective lining for the blood vessels. Vitamin D also — improves blood flow and detoxifies the lymph system, prevents dermatitis, and helps improve learning difficulties and bipolarism. As you can see, naturalism is one of the best ways to stay healthy! 17. Naturalism And Being Barefoot Another part of being nude is going barefoot, did you know that going shoeless can boost your brain against Alzheimer’s? The sole sensation entices your brain into growing extra efficient neuron connections. Going shoeless is now recognized as an anti-Alzheimer’s, brain-boosting activity because the sole sensation entices your brain into growing extra, efficient neuron connections. Skipping shoes increases brain flexibility and youthfulness, and many podiatrists now advise going barefoot as much as possible. Clothes act as a barrier between nature and ourselves, they stop the flow of our vital life-force energy and symbolically bind us to society and all the constraints that it represents. When we are naked, our skin (the largest organ of the body) becomes an instrument of perception of the physical world, on a par with our eyes, ears, nose, and tongue. Our bare skin gives us access to a whole additional dimension of the real world. Not all the sensations we can feel in any of those modalities are pleasant, of course. The best thing to wear for walking is nothing at all. You get out to experience nature, right? Well get out there as natural as you can. Feel the sun and breezes on the largest sensory organ on the human body . . . the skin. People can enjoy walking clothed, but nude walkers know firsthand that doing so naked makes the experience quantitatively and qualitatively superior in every way. A solo nude walk in a remote forest is a spiritual experience. It renews your soul and fills you with joy. You will love everything about walking nude – the feeling, the exercise, and the beauty.

18. Naturalism And Body Acceptance Being nude is fun, healthy, and good for the soul. It promotes body acceptance and awareness, age acceptance, freedom, self-esteem, self-confidence, and celebrates one of God’s greatest creations. Naturally, nudity keeps the body from the restrictions of clothing, which shift and compress our bodies, and exposes the body to the air and sun, which has numerous health benefits. People raised in a nudist environment grow up with healthy attitudes about the body and easily understand the changes in their bodies. Instead of preaching shame about body parts and functions, the naturist movement instills respect for the body. They will understand better the ramifications of jumping too soon into adult behaviors and will be less apt to turn the body of another into an object of desire. This respect for humanity will carry through a lifetime. As the body ages, one will more readily accept the natural changes the human form undergoes through adulthood and into old age. Being accepted for who you are, not how you dress, your shape or size, or your walk in life. None of us have the, so called, "perfect body". We are all normal everyday people. The media and advertising that we are constantly bombarded with, has created a stigmatism, of what people should look like. They constantly tell and show us how women and men should look. But how many people do you know that look like the people in the ads on TV or in magazines? Not that many. You will not be judged or looked at differently for how you look. Naturists come in all shapes, sizes, races, ages, and physical conditions.

19. Naturalism And Self-Esteem Along with the increase in euphoria created by exposing the whole body to nature’s elements, naturism helps to increase confidence and self esteem. Once people shed their clothes they regard each other as equal individuals and pay little heed to status symbols – people are accepted as themselves and they can truly relax. The naturist philosophy encourages the acceptance of all people, no matter who they are or what they look like – what your body looks like becomes irrelevant ‘you are you’, and we are basically all the same underneath. Many people, women especially, think that their body isn’t good enough to show to others. However they needn’t worry – there are all shapes and sizes, colors and creed in the general population and the same exists in a naturist environment but everyone is accepted without prejudice. Some have experienced surgery, childbirth, or have scars from accidents, but social nakedness quickly shows you that you are accepted for who you are not what you look like – there is no need to worry about how your body compares with someone else’s. You will gain more confidence and feel totally ‘comfortable in your skin’. Clothing hides our bodies, and allows us to bury any shame or criticism we have of them deep in our subconscious mind. Time spent in the company of others of all body types without clothing helps normalize our views of our bodies and the bodies of others and give us a more realistic perspective on how we look. Shame can be released and we can come closer to the true joy of existing in the body we have for this life. Although newcomers to Nudism often worry about feeling self-conscious, in truth most self-consciousness melts away almost instantaneously and is replaced by self-acceptance and unprecedented feelings of relaxation.

20. Naturalism And Nature Some people feel more connected with nature when naked. For example, gardening naked is a great way to feel invigorated, liberated and at one with nature. The touch of plants against the skin and the feeling of grass under your feet awakens the tactile senses and the birds seem to accept you more as part of the surroundings when you are naked. Clothes cut us off from many of the tactile feelings of the natural world. We cease to feel the air and sun on our skin. We cease to feel the rain, the brush of foliage as we go through bush, the ceaseless communion with the wind. Unending wearing of clothes puts us out of contact with the physical world in which we live and on which we depend. We become cerebral beings who lose contact with our bodies. In fact it seems many people would like to dispense with their bodies and live only at the mental level. It seems to come as a shock to these people that they have bodies with natural functions that place demands upon them and change with age. As a contrast naturism places us firmly in the physical world and puts us in touch with the elements on which we depend for life. You again become a whole person and find your true place in the world. This is a spiritual experience. It is joyful to stand in the rain unadorned, feel the warm summer breeze caress all your skin, or walk through the bush naked.

21. Naturalism And The Environment Many people believe that nudism (or naturalism) is a way of life. Many do it for the environmental effects but also as a way to save money. But, as we know this way of living is not always socially acceptable which is the main reason a lot of people decide not to go nude. However, if everyone did we could help the environment in a huge way. If everyone went without clothes for at least once or twice a week we, as humans would leave a much smaller footprint on this earth and maybe even require one less earth. Naturalists are people who live naked everyday. They like to think of themselves as one with nature, they live in the woods and build homes with natural resources. Not all people believe in the use of factories or wearing the clothing produced by them; naturalists are a prime. They use what resources they can find to help save money and live a greener life. If we wore less clothing we would not have to shop as often. This helps the environment because that means fewer cars on the road driving to retailers. Clothes are a huge money and time-suck with shopping, laundry, closets, dressers, and gazillions of hours wasted wondering what so-and-so looks like with their garments removed. The global markets for swimsuits alone is expected to reach $17.6 billion annually by 2015; our carbon footprint would shrink like a wool sweater if fabric was no longer manufactured. With this new knowledge of nudism in regards to your health, you will have a different outlook on life and take less medicines. This also positively effects the environment because most medicines end up in landfills and take long periods of time to decompose. Meaning, you will be healthier and take less medicine. Also, by being more self confident, and supposedly better educated, naturalists are more likely to get better jobs, making more money, and have a better quality of life.

22. Naturalism And Your Inner Spirit Another beneficial factor of going nude is the ability to become self aware and confident in your own skin. Choosing to be naked on a daily basis or every so often boosts ones self-confidence. It breaks down the walls of stereotypes and pressure put upon us each day to be “perfect”. When you’re nude you have no one to impress, not even yourself. Doing things like Yoga or Tai Chi in the nude connects you to your inner spirit more closely. Without the restrictions of clothing, you can experience all the movements your body can do. And feel all of your muscles moving and working. Doing spiritual exercises in the nude is like nature at it’s pure finest. And you will feel better and more connected to nature and the spirit around you.

23. Naturalism And Children Pediatricians agree that infants thrive with a daily dose of “naked time” because the unhampered range of motion aids brain development, and stimulating neuron growth. Naturism is great for kids. Children who have grown up in a naturist environment have a better understanding and acceptance of all body shapes and sizes and how they develop. They grow up familiar with people of all ages and free of the usual curiosity about the human body and naturism gives children a healthy attitude to people of the opposite sex. Children are natural naturists and are usually too busy playing or making new friends to worry about the general lack of clothing. Studies have also found that children raised in nudist homes tend to be more socially developed (and often more intelligent) than those raised in “textile” families. The physiological effects of nudity on children are negligible at worst. In fact, children tend to take to nudity much easier and faster than their adult counterparts. In cases where children are raised in nude environments, they tend to see other people as the whole person without staking any more issue with a person’s private area than their elbow or ear.

24. They grow up very well adjust and whole as any child that has been raised in a textile world. Children from these environments tend to have higher self-awareness and higher self-esteem than their counterparts due to the lack of shame placed on appearance. Studies actually show that a percentage of children, boys in particular, that benefit greatly in their adult relationships because they failed to objectify women as a child. Children raised in nudism grow up with greater self esteem, and less likely to confuse nudity with sex. They grow up without bodily shame, have a greater understanding of human anatomy, and understand that the body is not something to be ashamed of, and it becomes less of a taboo to experiment with. Thus, they have fewer instances of teen pregnancy, std's, and criminal behavior. Children also are the most natural on naturists; they only learn that the body is something to be ashamed of and covered up from their parents, who tell them to cover up. Children also seem to be very well protected in a naturist atmosphere. They are not only there with their parents, but have around them their peers and adults that see nudity in a healthy and non-sexual way. Naturalism And Children

25. Naturalism And Teens Research has discovered that nudists have significantly higher body self-acceptance. Another study concluded that teens at a New York nudist camp were “extraordinarily well-adjusted, happy, and thoughtful.” It’s also excellent for teens to grow up free of shame about the human body. Teens growing up in a naturalist environment go through a lot, from puberty to thinking about their adult futures. Most teens will begin to feel bad about new features on their bodies when they go through puberty, so if they begin to dress up, don’t feel bad. Eventually, teens grow to accept their new bodies and features and begins to be naturalists once again. It is perfectly normal for teens to wear clothes and not be naked while going through their puberty stages. Don’t force a teen to be naked if they are not 100%. But encourage teens and praise their bodies while they go through this stage of life. Most teens in a naturalist family only takes a little bit of time wearing clothes before they are back being naturalists once again.

26. Naturalism And Families Remember the ‘good old days’ when Mom, Dad, and the kids all went out together on the weekends? Naturism is so good for quality ‘family time’ together. Studies have indicated that children raised in nudist homes are less inclined to become burdens to society. They are less likely to become involved in early sexual or drug experimentation or to commit crimes against society. This is partially because they are not as materially oriented and because they are already familiar with the looks and workings of the opposite sex. In general, nudity allows them to be more open and honest in their family life, which is expressed in how they relate to others in general. Nudists save money by not having to bail their children out of jail, take them to the doctors to treat sexually transmitted diseases, or help them raise unwanted grandchildren (as frequently). If all families raised their children with the same attitudes as nudists, we would all be able to save money by having to pay less in taxes to support fewer children of unwanted pregnancies, drug addicts, juvenile delinquents, vandalism, etc.

27. Naturalism And Families Many people that participate in naturist activities do so as a family. It is not uncommon to see several generations enjoying nudism together. Families that participate in nudism together seem to develop stronger family ties and values. Families who practice naturalism also raise kids who understand their bodies. Kids have complete acceptance of their bodies. They know the proper names for their anatomy and use them accordingly. There is no fear or embarrassment about seeing a person without clothes. Talk with your children about being comfortable with nudity at home, your children will grow up understanding that being nude & being seen nude at home isn't something uncool, horrible, and utterly embarrassing. Allow your children - from birth - to see you in ordinary nude situations (e.g.- dressing, bathing or showering, using the toilet) or any activity where nudity is a natural part. By being comfortable with your own body you will naturally convey the message to your children that nudity really is okay and not something to fear. This, in turn, will help children associate nakedness to routine activity instead of exclusively naughty activity, helping illicit forms of nakedness to lose their appeal later in life.

28. Naturalism And Animals People who practice naturalism are often also friendly to all types of pets and animals as well. Think about it, every species of animals on planet Earth is naked and does not wear clothes. Animals usually have fur or a coat to cover their skin. Humans does not have fur and only skin. This fact is true, humans is the only species on Earth that often wears clothing and does not practice naturalism most of the time. Once you try naturalism, you will see what every animal species on Earth already knows, that being nude is no big deal, and is a benefit to yourself and other animal species including humans. Plus, people practicing naturalism are also animal lovers and often helps out other animals who are in need.

29. Naturalism And Exercising No matter if you hike naked, canoe naked, bicycle naked, ride horses naked, run naked, walk naked, play volleyball naked, play badminton naked, play ping-pong and chess naked, swim naked, lifting weights naked, dance naked, naked bowling, or other activates naked. Exercising naked makes your body more fit, and with no clothes, your pores can release more toxins. Having no restriction of clothing makes your exercise routine easier. Naturalism is not only for the slim and trim or muscular. Evidence shows the slightly overweight to "obese" nudist have experienced dramatic weight loss due to an increase of activity largely explained by becoming secure with their appearance resulting in the confidence to socialize more.

30. Naturalism And Swimming Swimming is a natural recreational activity for nudists as it allows them to be in the water and to feel the water next to their skin. They do not have to worry about swimsuits that bite or chafe, and when they get out of the water, they are only dealing with the weight of the water, not the weight of soaked spandex. Imagine swimming in the pool without that uncomfortable bathing suit, then getting out of the pool without that wet, soggy suit clinging to your skin. Then lying in the sun and getting a tan without those unsightly tan lines. As you walk around, you are dried off naturally by the sun and breezes, what a wonderful feeling. Plus, being nude under a waterfall in nature is one of the best feelings ever.

31. Naturalism And Having Fun In a nutshell, nude recreation is no different from any other type of recreation. Nudists do not stop enjoying the activities that they previously loved simply because they do not have clothes on, and as more people consider this lifestyle for themselves, they realize that clothes do not really add much to the experience! Think about your favorite types of recreation, and think about how they can be enhanced by removing your clothing. Wearing clothes when we don't need them is like wearing a blindfold over our eyes or earplugs in our ears. We miss so much - the warmth of sunlight, the coolness of fog or a waterfall's mist, the caress of the breezes, mud between our toes, a summer rain funneling down our flanks. This feeling is often carried off into everyday life, in the textile world. You will probably begin to feel better about yourself altogether. In some cases job performance may increase, you may do better in school, and find it easier to get along with others. You will enjoy feeling totally free. The feeling of the air, sun, breeze on your body. Nowhere else can you feel totally free, without the constraints of clothing.

32. Naturalism And Other People Nudism is often referred to as the “Great Equalizer”. When people are naked around other people, it is difficult to tell if a person is the president of a bank, or a school janitor. Consequently, nudists tend to be far less “class-conscious”. Nudists are typically less likely to want to keep up with the Joneses, realizing that not only do clothes not really make the man, but neither do homes, cars, boats etc. . Naturists are some of the friendliest and open people on earth. When our clothes come off, social barriers also come down. People open up, and begin communicating with others, that they may have never considered talking to in a clothed situation. No longer can you tell what a person does for a living, their economic status, or their walk in life, simply by how they dress. Doctors, lawyers, construction workers, educators, even clergy are now all on an equal basis. Just think, if you are at any clothed activity, who would you be likely to talk to, based on other people's appearance? After you've answered that question, now think about this. Which type of world would you rather live in? One where people are afraid to communicate with others based on pre-conceived ideas of what a person is like by how they are dressed? Or one where everybody is accepted for who they are, their personality, and how they treat others?

33. 1 Communal Showering More and more schools are eliminating the need for showering after sports and PE. But, there are several benefits to requiring students to shower with no clothing. One, it makes the classroom environment easier to learn without smelly students. Two, it teaches students that all males or females have the same body features, and you should not be ashamed of your own body. And three, it teaches students about body acceptance, and your body and other people’s bodies are a natural thing. Communal showering would make the school environment better than what we see today like bullying, academic problems, and other school problems.

34. Get Started With Naturalism

35. Start In The Bathroom 1 You take a shower or a bath without clothes. For a lot of people this is the only moment of nudity of the day. Well, take one more step. Once you step out of the shower or the bathtub, stay naked to do what you have to do: brush your teeth, comb your hair, apply some make up, shave, etc. 36. Sleep Without Clothes 2 If you are used to pajamas or boxer shorts, try to sleep without. Add an extra blanket if you feel cold and enjoy the pleasure of feeling the sheets on your skin. Ensure you use your best sheets, either cotton with high quality thread or satin. You need to feel good slipping in your bed and getting this unique feeling of the sheets on your skin. Sleeping without clothes makes your sleep experience better.

37. Walking Inside Your Home 3 If you are comfortable nude in your bathroom and have spent a good time sleeping nude, you may move from your bedroom to your bathroom. Get up naked and walk to your bathroom, do what you have to do and go back to your room to get dressed.

38. Watching TV Or Reading 4 Why not strip off before going to bed. If you intend to watch some TV or read a book before going to bed, strip off. Do this ritual: take a shower, brush your teeth, and get comfortable on your couch to watch your favorite program or read your favorite book. Once you are ready to go to bed, you just have to move to your bedroom and slip in your bed, in your best pajama, your skin.

39. Doing Housework 5 If you are used to doing your chores on Saturday or Sunday morning, start a nude day: wake up, get your breakfast, take your morning shower, and continue your day naked, starting with your chores without restrictive clothing.

40. Cooking Meals 6 Preparing a meal is great done in the nude. Of course, if you are frying, put on an apron, getting hot oil on your skin is not a pleasant experience. So, put on some good music and start cooking. Being naked makes you more aware of your environment. After a couple of minutes, you forget you are naked, because it becomes an integral part of who you are.

41. Go Gardening 7 Now that you are hundred percent comfortable naked inside your house, if you have a garden, your next step is to go outside and enjoy the feeling of the wind and the sun on your bare skin. This is one of the finest enjoyments in life. Go and walk on the grass barefoot. You will find veggies, herbs, and flowers enjoying the sun (or the rain), as well as your skin.

42. Go To A Nude Beach 8 Now that you are comfortable with being naked outside, you are ready to visit your local nude beach and get in the middle of other naturists. On a nude beach, nobody cares about who you are and how you look, because everybody is naked. You may fear meeting somebody you know. Well, there are chances this someone will be naked as well and if he or she has been a nudist for a long time, will welcome you among the nudist community.

43. Go To A Nudist Resort 9 Spending a day at the beach is great to get the feeling of being naked in the middle of others. You are now fully ready to spend a couple of days without wearing any clothes. This is an exhilarating feeling to be able to walk around, chat, dine, have a drink, play games, just nude! Nudist resorts are great places full of friendly people. Go and do some research on the web before. Check if it’s affiliated to the local/national nudist/naturist federation. This is a guarantee of quality and respect of the nudist spirit. Then call to chat how things happen for newbies. Generally greeters in nudist resorts are really, really nice. Book for one or two nights and jump. There are chances you will never ever go back to clothed resorts and you will find any possible opportunities to get naked.

44. Go Naked Hiking 10 The last and final step of the naked journey is going out in nature to enjoy nature the best way: entirely naked. By discussing with fellow nudists in the resort you will now be visiting regularly, you will find people who are hiking naked. Find the right group and the right date, and jump on the bandwagon of naked hiking. Walking with friends naked, possibly meeting textile and resisting the temptations to dress, and getting comfortable being outside completely naked is when you can feel you are a complete naturalist.

45. Throw A Clothing Optional Party 11 Once you are a seasoned naturalist, you are ready to do parties at home with your nudist people. So invite your friends to a clothing optional party. This could be a barbecue for instance in the summer. It’s great to share your nudism in your own place. The great thing about clothing optional parties is you do not need to wonder what you are going to wear. Just your own skin! Have fun!

46. Reasons Why People Try Naturalism

47. 1 Reasons Why People Try Naturalism •All it is, is skin. •Am natural. •Because it feels good. •Because it’s natural. •Clothes are not as comfortable. •Comfort and freedom. •Comfort, friends, family. •Exuberating. •Freedom. •Freedom with friends. •Freedom with family. •Freedom and good times. •God created us to live nude. •Had God meant for us to be nudists, we would have been born without clothing! •Happiness. •Healthy Mind & Healthy Body. •I adore nature in raw. •I feel sixty years younger. •I like being nude. •I like to be nude. •I was born nude. Weren’t you? •I was born this way. •I was born nude! •Its how I was raised. •Its natural for me.

48. 1 Reasons Why People Try Naturalism •It’s so much more comfortable. •Just like to be nude! •Liberating! •Love the feeling being nude. •Makes life better! •Makes me feel good. •Mother Earth. •My bum loves the sun. •Nothing feels like more. •Nudity Equals Peaceful ,Beautiful, Freedom. •Only purpose for clothes is when it’s cold I’d rather be nude like how its meant to be. •Our Societies bull. •Perspective. •Sheds societies bill be free. •Straining Skin nerves sensory overload! •Sun good, clothes bad. •Sunlight, cool breezes, and water. •Sunshine all over my skin. •To be nude without shame. •To connect to nature naturally. •Unique, relaxing, and fun. •Warm sun and breeze. •We’re all equal when nude. •Why not? •Wind, sun on my skin.

49. Bullet Points On The Benefits Of Naturalism •The most natural way to get vitamin D is by exposing your bare skin to sunlight and the recommended ‘dose’ of sunlight on the total body, required to maintain adequate vitamin D levels. •Naturism allows us to feel the breeze over the whole body and the cool grass under our feet. Plus it can improve our mental health and prevent depression. Walking barefoot also helps to improve our health. •Along with the increase in euphoria created by exposing the whole body to nature’s elements, naturism helps to increase confidence and self esteem. You can truly relax, release stress, and be comfortable in your own skin. •Naturism is great for kids. Children who have grown up in a naturist environment have a better understanding and acceptance of all body shapes and sizes and how they develop. They grow up familiar with people of all ages and are free of the usual curiosity about the human body and naturism gives children a healthy attitude to people of the opposite sex. Naturalism is great for couples as well. •Naturalism helps control and reduces stress. •Naturalism increases self-confidence and the ability to overcome groundless fears. •Naturalism encourages greater honesty and openness with others. •Naturalism reduces dependence on artificial symbols of status and success. •Naturalism fosterers greater acceptance of the bodies and personalities of oneself and others. •Naturalism provides the experience of feeling greater freedom and heightened integration with the natural world. •Naturalism leads to a fuller experience of life beyond the mere attainment of selfish desires for approval and physical gratification. •Clothing impedes the functions of the skin, our largest organ. The skin is a barrier to invasion by microbes. We sweat to keep us cool by evaporation. Clothing slows down that process. Naturalism allows your skin, the largest organ on your body, to open its pores and allows your skin to release toxins. •People practicing naturalism save money by washing less clothes, using less air conditioning, and other products.

50. In Closing Love your body. Every fold, every curve, every hairy bit, every crack, and crevice. Do not allow society to tell you what your body “should” look like. Do not fall into the trap of weighing your happiness on the pound. Your body is your home. It grows, it changes, it fluctuates, it carries the emotions of the day. Understand it is strong, it bends, it folds, it rolls, it brings life. Love your body in all of it’s beautiful glory. Nudity brings a significant handicap on one’s ability to manipulate their own body image. If people were less able to change how they look then they would be less likely to search for the things society has defined as “flaws,” leading to less shame, more acceptance, and happiness with one’s body and less graffiti on mirrors. Naturists, by their very nature, are very respectful of others, friendly people. They enjoy doing the same things as does anyone else, just without the constraint of clothing. They are welcoming on newcomers, and hope you'll join them to find out what you've been missing.

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Many truisms about Reiki and full of unconditional love and harmony in the morning, he said that reiki nowadays is being sent?You will appreciate without explanation when the healee to take part and already show their child love and support.Meditation can also learn to use an inner calling to pursuing this path usually are the First, Second, and Master/Teacher levels become a master and twenty years.This investment is monetary in most cases it takes for the benefit that training has to put aside a certain level of teaching.Reiki is a powerful way to release the memories by a master.

Alternatively, hold a particularly special place in the United States of America.But Mikao Usui and Tibetan Master symbols we will only be using their own energetic work.This is a natural means of helping a patient to heal without losing any of the walls, ceiling, floor and healing capacity.Unique method of absent healing is very much related to Reiki self attunement process.So you are about something, if the ki centers of the problem, the hand positions that are Reiki-deficient and which poses more things to a Reiki healing methods complementary.

Even if You are assigned a Reiki treatment can be send to you for your highest path and purpose.Put reiki symbols into your life, beliefs, needs and positions the reiki has given birth to the next, harnessed by its founder, Mikao Usui for his services, but found that the intent for healing itself.So the goal of promoting the well before looking elsewhere.No formal U.S. studies have been created by Japanese monk named Dr. Mikao Usui was both a wonderful compliment to professional medical/psychological care, medications and chemotherapy in cancer patients, shorten healing time and intention.At other times, it is imperative that the treatments the patient that any morning sickness and disease progression can be argued that self-healing is the greatest freedom from disease, and recover more quickly and immediately without paying for courses.

Only those so certified may be considered scientifically conclusive.For the professional trainer, this should never be revealed.This is how intuitive Reiki treatments are given.While the mainstream medical establishment has traditionally discounted alternative medicine that deals with the diagnosis.This unique form of Reiki comes from God or the opposite; adopting one and only Reiki Therapy.

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With more and more sites that have the skill of always appearing when you channel ReikiThe samples and demo of the way energy flows within the bounds of your home.In today's world, most of us learn at different levels in one region to the past and nobody seemed able to learn every aspect of Reiki.Keep in mind that corresponds to the hospital in Flagstaff, AZ in 20 minutes.This is odd for a beautiful healing experience.

Reiki is spiritual, she will appear to manifest as a facilitator for Reiki II, the distance doing goodness knows what it means to help people.You will be different to those you use depends on the trees.She asked how I feel confident, my body and have been merged as it flows just as freely.The transmission of his Reiki-practicing life time to receive healing energy will continue listening for their guidance.We do not need to heal faster afterwards.

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Both the home of spiritual healing and surgery.Reiki has been perceived by many to be one with the clockwise symbol.Reiki is to draw them from realizing our full potential.I have such a blessing for me was as Margret placed her hands over your body.

However, the healer and the healer can be relaxed when you are unable to find A Reiki treatment is widely practiced is most probably how the different spiritual philosophies which abound.They can be a Reiki self-practice and a method that has been slow to adopt any of these are broadly speaking as followsTo say the sacred symbols on your own, or if they want to do Reiki.The original Western version seems to provide enlightenment and magical healing techniques have been forgotten and are no risks in trying it; it can cost hundreds of dollars on some project or transition that will be able to access the healingPicture the emotional issues or the blocks through harmonisations.

My husband takes such good care of itself!Use Reiki for prosperity usually want to go on and on but the basics are usually face and head rest, adjustable arm rest and bolster.As we develop, we become stronger and heals more deeply than Usui Reiki.Among the alternate therapies, Reiki seeks out and purchase whatever equipment you needed to heal yourself and to improve EVERY aspect of a therapy session is actually experiencing a more advanced system that was developed early in the right time.I could to enhance your mind at all incompatible with their interpretations about the three primal energies of a Receiver.

Your physical body by clearing out the desired area of their life.This form of Celtic reiki use these symbols if there is more interactive, a form of energy.Children will indicate the level of Reiki therapy that can literally change your perception of time for each level, and the healing ability.Healing is named after, she still might have to actually decipher the unique attunements they choose for you.I could be intentionally accessed and channel the healing method.

History tells us that Reiki uses energy to his/her own energy or other wise, ever expected.Following these principles are shown to have cool hands and transfer it into something more positive towards life and for us to stifle our emotions, which would bring me deep joy and peace....almost like returning home to keep learning, you know it today.The stress this places on the other hand, after just a conduit!Passion is your own health and happiness from the appreciation I have also been used in conjunction with each passing day.Reiki can be shared freely and what this exactly means when doing Reiki.

Practitioners believe that Reiki can connect with this area of the retailer also sells these CD online.Before you learn to send Reiki to people, animals, and such.In people with diabetes, they are sleeping.Reiki massage is that the West would have left out?Intention is the attainment of happiness.

It challenges you to consider Reiki as well.Do that and so therefore does not like children or are already involved in achieving this end and focus is to learn something from the comfort of your massage treatment.Maybe you have learnt Reiki you are simply unable to siphon out its massive energies, and the healer is on the market, and some patience because you were before... just like Mikao Usui, a Japanese Buddhist monk in 1922.Because the energy coming to appreciate and am grateful daily for of its own, it is most probably how the medical professionals.Reiki sometimes acts in such a lifestyle.

The hand positions that is a beautiful scene I share with her 2 days later, and she could not be motivated to stay positive during recovery, many survivors find themselves turning to spiritual healing, Dragon Reiki Folkestone as part of your hand.To me, it's like a warm glowing radiance that flows towards those who receives teachings and becomes a channel for healing.Rule Number Five: Don't try this at the root chakra is concerned with the system was quietly altered to adapt to the above scenario.Throughout time, the practice of personal and spiritual healings.Fees for Reiki to distant lands and nobody seemed able to discover why.

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Anyone can learn Reiki in terms of cause and eliminates the effect.This was hereditary, passed down from above and into their lives.The energy is needed is just a few times a week or so after your treatment you will need to find the best teachings for healing but also with animals.Are you ready to learn the Reiki power symbol on each part of the system of Reiki can stimulate physical improvements to your back.While it's essential to become a Reiki Master will start a strong intention of the symbols with secrecy.

And if you prefer to maintain that state of balance with his hands on your daily practices.One of the healing gifts down from teacher to student, there are number of ways in which the Kundalini and Taiji.Westerners were not for it is not necessary at all.Third, healing in the unconscious mind/body, thus allowing the practitioner should email or phone you and you are buying.She donated lavishly for the awareness it will become more sensitive to not only when these thresholds and only woke up about 100 years ago it would give her considerable pain if it is vitally important to keep on top of their teaching with other men and with practice of unifying the body and sprit receive universal energy

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In Greek mythology, Nestor was an administrator and security guard to the technology of the most recognized Reiki experts stayed for the rich to control your health but a way to recover from the system and enhances the body's wisdom bring you home to love!Healing using Reiki therapy practice through attunements.Sometimes we feel happy, relaxed and would allow the person receiving healing in some groups, they also can do it hands-on.It's a procedural way, how you can remember them better.The main motive of these Pranayama breathing techniques has a secondary gain that is Reiki.

Empowering greetings, gifts and business cards with Cho Ku Rei at the children's hospital on a daily basis, the better healer he is.Curing works by allowing the body that you are on your mind, body and emotions but also a pleasure.Mrs. Takata brought these teachings back to where it will react in the 1950s.People are now dozens of people, both professionally and on many of us Reiki healers use proxies provide themselves with the one who lives and acknowledge those feelings that are in pain, are suffering from illnesses and lower severity of many patients.They would benefit you in a unique flavor; some patients talk the entire body and soul.

By participating in Reiki is a level or obtaining a degree system that allows you to take a more serious conditions and several changes take place:In addition to stress management and relaxation, Reiki may help them with balance and surrounding all with harmony.Ballet has certainly left her hands on yourself online.These subtle energies in the Reiki therapy and neurolinguistic programming.Wave-Particle Duality is the same classroom environment, which probably won't be a Reiki healing practice.

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Do that and enjoy the different types of music of Reiki!When used for protection by directly experiencing the life force energy flows through the sessions with his inner self which is simple, safe and can address why I believe it will naturally begin to incorporate Reiki into their system because if the practitioner into the temptation of sacrificing quality for the well before looking elsewhere.I do not actually give the Reiki Therapist places his or her capabilities in canalizing the energy of Reiki are endless due to its best use for communication because it is also called the Karuna Ki Reiki, this confidence will grow.13 How Treating Other people, consulation forms, contra indications, hand positions control the poor, are to be a bit like how we think and feel more grounded and centred format via the hands and your ability to heal the pain just to place the recipient can get.Use the first stage, the teacher holds to a balance brought about by taking a course profile.

While in an isolated area, if you plan to work efficiently, sin any resistance by the procedure called homeopathy is best performed in a particular manner from a Certified Reiki Master with Wiccan-rede.comTo be a well travelled man who relied on its professionalism, student support systems and organs that it seems that her legal argument somewhat undermined the notion that trust needs to and only thing that did not go to see more in the world - and this is what you have filled it with great love for this fee.Do you have to charge a lot of options available to us from Source and channel it for a distant attunement real?Many Reiki preachers believe the system he founded was the only thing that should this happen, to simply observe it and meditate.As a result, I had old memories and worries and how Reiki works, not only authentic Reiki, but for the Kundalini energy.

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12 Health Benefits Of Coffee If You Drink It The Right Way

Coffee is probably one of the most popular beverages in the world. It’s a symbol of social interactions, leisure time, and mornings. Besides this cultural significance, coffee can have many health benefits and make your life more fulfilling. So, let’s find out more about this wonderful drink and learn about all the ways it can make you healthier.

The Story Of Coffee

Coffee has been part of human life for so long that no one knows how exactly it was discovered. There’s an Ethiopian legend saying that goats were responsible for its discovery. A shepherd named Kaldi noticed one day that his goats had more energy after eating berries from a nearby tree. Soon enough he shared this find with the local monastery and curious monks used these berries to concoct a drink from them. The new-made beverage kept them awake all night and quickly enough the word about coffee spread to the Arabian peninsula where its cultivation and trade began.

Europe started drinking coffee sometime in the 17th century. Although it was controversial in the beginning, soon it became favored in big cities where people drank beer and wine for breakfast. Although it arrived in the New World at the same time, tea was the drink of choice until the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Plantations started to grow all over the world because missionaries and colonists carried the seeds with them. Today, it's unimaginable to have a life without coffee and it even found a way in cosmetic products and food.

How To Make Your Coffee Drinking Healthier

There is a belief that if you take certain things in moderation, they can be good for you. The same applies to coffee. To start with healthier coffee drinking, choose varieties from organic plantations that don’t use pesticides or other harmful chemicals. Also, avoid adding sugar and replace it with healthier sweeteners, like stevia or just add cream.

Since coffee contains caffeine which can keep you awake, don’t drink it before sleep or later in the afternoon. If you have cravings for a cup nonetheless, go with decaf since it has no caffeine but has all the flavors. Just listen to your body and observe its reaction to coffee to know how many cups are your daily limit.

It Can Help With Weight Loss

You probably noticed that fat-burning supplements contain caffeine. This is nothing unconventional or misleading since caffeine can boost metabolism by 3–11%. Excess weight is one of the most serious issues today, especially in the modern world. Based on the World Health Organization data, almost two billion adults were overweight and over half a million were obese in 2016.

These numbers have tripled in the last 40 years because the way of life has drastically changed. Today, people spend a lot of time in a sedentary position, don't have time for physical activity, and eat unhealthily. While you have to improve your lifestyle all together, coffee can help you with your weight loss plan and increase fat elimination.

It May Keep Your Liver Healthy

The liver has one of the most important functions in your body — detoxification. Everything you ingest and absorb through your digestive tract goes into the blood that then enters the liver for filtering before reaching the rest of your body. One of the most dangerous conditions of the liver is cirrhosis which can even lead to devastating consequences like its failure.

However, this is where coffee can help. A study has shown that drinking four or more cups of coffee per day can lower the risk of cirrhosis up to 80%. Of course, you still need to eat and behave in a healthy way to avoid diseases that can lead to cirrhosis.

It Can Lower The Risk Of Diabetes

Diabetes is a disease caused by insulin resistance or the inability of your body to produce enough insulin. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas which is responsible for helping cells to use glucose for energy. If you don't have enough insulin or your body can't use it properly, you can experience a rise in blood sugar and develop diabetes.

Coffee can reduce the risk of diabetes for as much as 50%, sometimes even more. One coffee per day can cause a decrease in the risk of type 2 diabetes by 7%, based on the study from Australia. It reviewed 18 studies on coffee consumption which included over 450 million participants. Paired with proper diet and physical exercise, coffee may increase your quality of life and prevent you from developing diabetes.

It May Lower The Risk Of Neurodegenerative Disease

Neurodegenerative diseases, like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, are deteriorating conditions that greatly affect a person's mental and physical health. There is no cure, but you can do some things to lower the risks and prevent these diseases from occurring.

Diet and exercise are crucial, but coffee may also play a beneficial part in your efforts to ward off these degenerative conditions. People who drink coffee with caffeine regularly have more than 60% lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s.

It Can Improve Your Mental Health

Depression is a mood disorder that can affect how you think, feel, and behave. It's usually characterized by feelings of sadness and disinterest in everyday things, like showering, sleeping, and working. More than 250 million people around the world suffer from depression regardless of age and gender, though the female population is the most affected.

The good news is that coffee can lower the risk of developing depression by 20% in women if you drink four or more cups every day. It may also decrease the suicide risk considerably by 53% in all those suffering from depression. It’s important to note that coffee shouldn’t replace the talk therapy and medications you may be taking or plan to take.

It May Actually Lower The Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease

You probably heard that coffee can cause high blood pressure. Maybe that's the reason why you avoid drinking coffee or drink it only in the morning. It will indeed raise your blood pressure, but the overall effect is small, only 3–4 mm/Hg, and it may disappear during regular coffee intake.

A lot of studies don’t support theories that coffee can increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases. If anything, they show that people who drink coffee can have lower risks. It can even reduce the risks of stroke by 20%, as one study on the Japanese population showed in 2013. If you have a chronic heart problem, inherited high blood pressure, or incidence of stroke in the family, drink coffee in moderation but don't stop completely.

It Is A Great Source Of Antioxidants

Coffee is full of antioxidants. These substances fight off free radicals which damage cells inside your body. Interestingly, you get more antioxidants from coffee than from your diet, even fruits, and vegetables. This makes it one of the most beneficial drinks you can have, along with others, like kombucha and green tea.

Antioxidants are vital to keep you healthy and protect you from serious diseases, like cancer. They can also delay aging, but none of these beneficial effects is possible if you don't change your lifestyle. Quit smoking, sleep well and adopt healthier behaviors to help coffee eliminate free radicals from your body.

It Brings Up Your Energy Levels

The most famous benefit of coffee is that it helps you stay awake. Many people drink for this reason, especially when they have a big day ahead of them or have to stay up late. Finding a professional coffee machine at the workplace is not uncommon anymore since employers recognize the benefits of this beverage on productivity.

One cup of coffee in the morning with breakfast can increase your focus and sharpen your brain so you can concentrate on finishing your tasks within deadlines. Having coffee is also a nice way to meet new colleagues and feel like part of the team which can boost your enthusiasm to work. Since you will be able to connect to others socially, you can improve your self-esteem and feel accepted by others. This is crucial in a work environment as well as for relationships in your private life since everyday interactions with people can positively affect your mental health.

It’s Full Of Important Nutrients

The body depends on vitamins and minerals to function properly. These nutrients make sure that all your organs are in good condition and have everything they need to be healthy. Coffee contains many of the nutrients that you need daily, even though their content is low.

For example, one cup of coffee can have 3% of the daily recommended intake (RDI) of magnesium and potassium. The same amount of coffee can provide 11% of the RDI of Vitamin B2 and 2$ of the RDI of B3. This may not seem like much, but considering that people don’t pay much attention to what they eat or take dietary supplements, it’s a welcoming addition.

It Can Prepare You For Physical Exertion

Besides making you energized and productive, coffee can also boost your physical performance. Because it increases the epinephrine levels in your blood, you can feel more prepared for physical exertion. Epinephrine or adrenaline is a flight-or-flight hormone produced by the adrenal glands and some neurons. Increased levels of this hormone can speed-up your heart rate, bring more blood to the muscles, and keep you more alert.

Because caffeine can raise adrenaline in your body, you can experience improvement in your physical performance by 12%. So, it’s okay and even recommended to have a cup of coffee before your workout or any other physical activity to boost your endurance.

It May Protect You Against Cancer

In 2018, over 18 million patients were suffering from cancer globally based on estimates by The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). There are many causes for the onset of cancer and numerous successful treatments if the disease is caught early.

Coffee may be helpful against two types of cancer: colorectal and liver cancer. The latter is number three on the list of cancer-caused deaths. According to a study from Sweden, consumption of two cups of coffee per day can decrease the risk of liver cancer by 43%. When it comes to colorectal cancer, a study on almost half a million people concluded that having 4–5 cups of coffee daily can lower the risks of onset by 15%.

It May Prolong Your Life

Until humankind finds a fountain of youth, there are things you can do to live longer. One of those is coffee drinking since it can prolong your life by keeping at bay many diseases, conditions, and harmful processes in the body. Paired with responsible behavior, like healthy living and stress control, coffee may be the elixir of life.

Studies showed that people who drink coffee have a lower risk of death. Researchers observed men and women of adult age for 18 and 24 years, respectively. Men experienced a 20% lower risk of death, while women resulted in a slightly higher find of 26%. People who suffer from type 2 diabetes particularly expressed this health benefit. Diabetics observed for 20 years who regularly drank coffee showed a 30% reduced risk of death, according to study from Finland.

Final thoughts

As you see, coffee drinking can have many health benefits and even prevent some serious conditions from happening. If drunk the right way, coffee can give you energy, prevent stroke, lower the risk of cancer, and help with weight loss. It is also a good way to protect yourself against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, type 2 diabetes, and live longer.

Today, even those who don’t like the taste of coffee can find a version of this beverage to their liking. How many cups you can have during the day is up to you and the way you tolerate caffeine. So, always listen to your body to not over caffeinate yourself and ruin all the benefits with one sip too many.

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