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Products I Use? LifeWave!

You’re familiar with how taping words and numbers to your water bottle can change the structure of the water to create positive changes in your body? Well, now you can do the same thing with your body!

LifeWave Patches allow you to harness the power of phototherapy to create visible changes in your body.

So what is phototherapy? The science of phototherapy, which has been around for about 100 years, uses light to improve the health of the body. As far back as two thousand years ago, the ancient Greeks had a center for studying the effects of different colored lights on the body. Even the ancient Egyptians, who promoted health by focusing sunlight through colored glass on certain areas of the body, understood this concept.

There are various patches to address specific goals, but the first patch that I recommend to everyone is X39, to elevate, activate, and regenerate your cells.

X39’s patented wellness technology elevates the flow of your body’s innate energy, fostering overall wellness and an active lifestyle.

Check out all the LifeWave products on my website. In addition to the patches, check out the aromatherapy and skin care products!

Be sure to get in touch with me if you’d like more information or if you’re interested in becoming a LifeWave Brand Partner.

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Spirit, Mind, and Soul Self-Care

Does something on this list speak to you?  One simple change can create unexpected and amazing results.

  1. Begin to develop tolerance and patience. The first step to finding peace with society and improving your state of being is to practice tolerance for people and things around you that create anxiety inside your body.  When you begin to feel the stress or anxiety, take a step back and explore WHY the situation triggered the reaction.  Does it remind you of a past event?
  2. Meditate.  Schedule 5-15 minutes into your day for meditation. If you don’t like the idea of meditating, practice taking deep breaths once a day as you become conscious of your body. This can help with circulation and ease your level of stress.
  3. Volunteer.  Volunteering for a good cause helps your soul, but also provides benefit for others – a win-win situation! Find something you are passionate about volunteer your time (or money). There are thousands of charities and organizations that would love your help.  Spend a few hours at your local SPCA.  Go to a hospital and volunteer to hold the babies.  Donate time to the Salvation Army.  Collect day-old bread from grocery stores and deliver it to local food banks or soup kitchens.
  4. Write down your Thoughts.  Writing not only stimulates your brain – it also acts as a great de-stressor. Keep a journal and record your thoughts at the beginning or ending of each day. Find a journal that feels good in your hand, one that is a pleasure to see on the shelf, and that inspires you.  Invest in a well-made journal to stimulate your creative juices.
  5. Read.  Curl up on the couch or window seat with a good book. This simple pleasure can be relaxing, informative, or stimulating.
  6. Think positive thoughts.  You create your reality.  The thoughts you carry every day lead you toward your expectations.  Positive thoughts lead to positive results, just as negative thoughts attract more negativity. Surround yourself with positive energy and this energetic vibe will be infused into your lifestyle and daily habits.
  7. Plan ahead.  Life happens. Unexpected delays and obstacles can create frustration and anxiety. If you have created alternative options by thinking ahead to create a back-up plan, it will be easier to handle these annoying situations. Maybe leave the house earlier than strictly necessary to give yourself a cushion to allow for rush hour traffic – it might be nice to sit in traffic thinking “good thing I planned ahead”, rather than honking the horn and contributing to the road rage crowd.
  8. Adopt a pet.  A dog or cat can provide unconditional love and support. They will lift your spirits in more ways than can be expressed. Dogs can motivate you to exercise and are always around for a cuddle. However, before you consider a pet, make sure you have the financial security and freedom to look after the financial, physical, and emotional demands of the animal.  And if you decide they need more commitment than you can afford right now, you can always foster or volunteer with rescue group or the local animal shelter.   
  9. Be generous.  Share your knowledge, time, and wealth.  You might be surprised at the satisfaction you feel inside.  And the gratitude of the recipient of your generosity.
  10. Stimulate your brain.  Grab a crossword puzzle or enjoy the Sudoku in your morning newspaper on the commute to work. These fun little games are quick and help stimulate your brain to keep your mind sharp.
  11. Find daily alone time.  Between work, the kids, your spouse, and your friends, it might seem like you don’t get a single moment to yourself. Find that moment. This could just be shutting the doors and taking a 20 minute bath. You need to find time to reflect and relax and this is best done by yourself. If you don’t make yourself a priority, don’t be surprised if you eventually find out that you’ve lost yourself.  Or you find yourself so overwhelmed or fragile you feel like you might break.
  12. Pamper yourself.  Self-care includes getting rid of those daily kinks. A great way to melt your stress away is to pamper yourself with a deep therapeutic massage. If you cannot afford a monthly massage, then look to your spouse or partner and swap massages. Buy oil, light candles, and turn your living room into your own private spa.
  13. Drink tea.  Tea has calming powers that can do wonders for your spirit. Try chamomile or green tea and indulge in the tantalizing tastes and natural goodness.
  14. Smile and make eye contact.  Let your facial expressions do the talking. A smile and eye contact with a stranger can release a spark within you and can brighten up someone else’s day.
  15. Catch up with friends and family.  Sometimes our schedules get so busy that we simply cannot fit in time to reconnect with family and friends. It can be difficult to find a balance between between work and play. Maybe make a lunch date to catch up with your friends. It can be hard to stay in touch sometimes, but it’s important to try.
  16. Forgive.  Forgiveness starts deep within, and is one of the most important steps of self-care. It is important to find a way to forgive others, but it is even more important to forgive yourself.  Know that you did the best you could on any given day, and be gentle with yourself and your past choices.  You can create a better tomorrow from your new perspective.  Step away from that heavy burden and look toward the new future you’ve decided to create.

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Create Your Wellness Sanctuary

How can you create a home that feels like “home”? A place that you want to come back to every evening after a long day at work… Where you truly feel safe and comfortable, and can really relax and unwind… A place and a space that makes you feel peaceful, calm, and well.

There are a number of simple and cost-effective changes you can make to your home that will really help enhance your experience of your home as a wellness sanctuary.

  • One of the biggest health enhancers is to clear out all the junk.  Get rid of that stuff you no longer use, and de-clutter your living space. This will automatically give you a sense of spaciousness and relief, and will immediately help you feel more peaceful within.  You can donate your old items to a family that is in need.  You could sell some of that stuff online and make a bit of extra cash, thus increasing the wellness of your wallet as well as your home!
  • Stay organized.  Nothing ruins peace, harmony, and calm more than a cluttered house where you cannot find anything. This includes that pile of bills, and mail that is sitting unorganized in plain sight, and the piles of unread magazines that inspire guilt, stress, and helplessness.
  • Keep a clean floor. Floors that are dirty or cluttered with papers, towels, clothes, and miscellaneous junk make the whole room look unkempt, disorganized, and unsanitary.
  • Have comfortable furniture. This is key in if you want to truly relax when you get home. Furniture that looks good is great, but you will quickly regret a purchase made for looks alone when you can’t relax in your own home.
  • Remember the old adage “Cleanliness is next to Godliness”? Well, you don’t necessarily have to feel holy about it, but having a clean living space is healthy for more than just the reduction in germs and harmful bacteria.  It will smell good, look good, and feel fresh, all of which will help you to feel good when you are in it!
  • Talking of scents and smells, essential oils are a natural and health-giving way of enhancing the comfort of your home.  The scent of citrus oils adds a fresh, invigorating feeling while lavender helps you feel calm. Frankincense and myrrh are wonderful for promoting a meditative air. You can use a simple oil burner or make an air freshener with just a few drops of essential oil in a spritzer bottle filled with distilled water.
  • Another way to increase your comfort level, and therefore your capacity to relax, unwind and de-stress in your home, is to add “ambience”.  Soft music, soft lighting, candles, and beautiful art pieces can all add to a feeling of calm and tranquility.
  • Color schemes affect our mood.  Blues and greens are calming.  Reds, corals, and maroons make a room seem cozy and warm. Something to think about when you decide to redecorate.
  • Can you find one area, or room, to devote to your spiritual self? A small space, even an unused corner can be converted into a sanctuary reserved for prayer, contemplation, and connection with the Divine Source (whatever that means for you).
  • Growing living plants in the home will help keep the air oxygenated, and will introduce the presence of nature. Just remember to feed and water them!
  • Use a water filter for quality drinking water.
  • Opening some windows will help the circulation of fresh air.  It will keep your home from feeling stuffy, oppressive, and claustrophobic.
  • Growing herbs in the kitchen will bring a little bit of nature in from the outside and will help you connect to the earth in an immediate and practical way. It will also bring some wholesome nutrition to your kitchen table.
  • Natural light in your home, as much as possible, can enhance your mood and provide some vitamin D (although there is no substitute for getting outside every day).
  • Remember to laugh, spend time with, and hug those you live with, to increase the good vibes in your home.
  • If you live alone, invite family and friends over to share a meal.

Balance and harmony are key in making your home a healthy sanctuary and a beloved place to decompress.

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Mindful Meditation

Mindful Meditation for Brain Health

Introduction to Mindful Meditation

Meditation is a form of alternative medicine that has been associated with a number of benefits, specifically to the individual’s mental health, such as decreased stress levels and improved mood. Mindfulness, in particular, is a form of meditation that involves intense concentration and focus on the present.

Mindful meditation requires awareness of one’s thoughts and actions in the present, putting aside all thoughts of the past and the future.

Meditation in Holistic Care

No matter who you are or the stressors in your life, meditation is a sure fire way to improve wellbeing. Those who meditate will attest to its powers. Meditation masters can literally detach themselves from any type of chaos and outside noise by simply going into their minds and into a meditative state.

Enlightenment is often experienced by those who meditate. It brings them closer to their internal feelings, and who they are deep inside.

In holistic medicine, meditation is often used to treat those with anxiety, depression, and stress. It can help relax, calm, and provide a truly 100% natural and effective treatment method with numerous health benefits.

Here are Some Key Points to Remember When Performing Mindful Meditation:

  • Be aware of your own breathing – pay attention to the sensation of air entering your nostrils and leaving your mouth, and the rise and fall of your belly.
  • Let each thought come and go, without suppressing or ignoring each of them. Stay calm and focus on your breathing.
  • If you get distracted, simply follow your thoughts without being too hard on yourself.

Mindful Meditation Evidenced-Based Study

A recent study published in the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” online journal suggested that a few hours of mindful meditation or integrative body-mind training can help improve mood, self-control, and response to stress.

The study, which was published on June 11, 2012, involved 68 undergraduates from the Dalian University of Technology in China. The students were divided into relaxation-training and meditation-training groups. Each of the group underwent either a 30-minute relaxation training or integrative body-mind training over a period of two weeks, totaling 5 hours of training for each group.

Researchers of this study found changes in the brain’s “white matter”- a part of the brain’s anterior cingulate cortex – after performing mindful meditation after just a short period. These changes weren’t observed in the brains of those who underwent relaxation training. None of the participants from both groups had any previous meditation training experience.

A non-invasive, MRI-based technology known as diffusion tensor imaging was used to observe the white matter in the brains of the students, together with other imaging technology that measures the white matter’s ability to adapt and change.

The researchers focused on certain areas of the brain that were most susceptible to these physical changes, and measured these areas before and after mindful meditation training.

The white matter is an area in the brain that affects how it learns, and coordinates and relays information among the various brain regions. According to the authors, understanding the white matter in relation to training, learning, and human development can potentially prevent various mental conditions such as anxiety, ADHD, depression, borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia, and even addiction, disorders that all involve the anterior cingulate cortex of the brain.

The most common problem with meditation, just like with any other alternative form of medicine, is that scientific evidence is often lacking.

There is an argument that people who have practiced meditation may have been “conditioned” to feel positive about the therapy, and thus have responded favorably to the training.

This study, on the other hand, offers a quantifiable result that is based on scientific evidence. Because the actual structural changes that the brain went through were observed and measured, this breakthrough study opens up a number of new possibilities in the world of alternative medicine.