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July 22: The Peak of Yang Energy — Finding Balance During the Hottest Energy of the Year
July 22: The Peak of Yang Energy — Finding Balance During the Hottest Energy of the Year Every season has a gift. Nature is always teaching us how to live in greater harmony, if we are willing to listen. On July 22, we arrive at one of the most important energetic turning points of the
The Power of the Summer Solstice: How to Harvest this Powerful Vitality Energy
Summer Solstice Wisdom: When Yang Reaches Its Peak and Yin Begins to Rise Each year, around June 20th or 21st, we experience the Summer Solstice—the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. While astronomically it marks the sun’s highest point in the sky, spiritually it represents something even deeper:
Set Your Sights on the Moon
Set Your Sights on the Moon The moon has always held a mystical quality for human beings. It has fueled our dreams and imagination for millennia. For thousands of years we humans dreamed of going to the moon. The phrase “shoot for the moon” once meant dreaming big and setting your sights on the impossible.
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How Probiotics Contribute to Your Health
How Probiotics Contribute to Your Health Probiotics are foods or supplements which contain friendly bacteria. They improve gut function and protect against many diseases. The gut contains many bacteria. From a Qigong standpoint, having an increased amount of friendly bacteria will help balance digestion energy. Information about Probiotics There are
How to Supercharge Your Health with an Alkaline Diet
How to Supercharge Your Health with an Alkaline Diet An alkaline diet, which contains fruits and vegetables, can help preserve muscle mass, reduce cardiovascular risk factors, relieve chronic lower back pain, benefit bone health, and even improve memory and cognition. Humans require a pH blood level between 7.35 to 7.45 to survive.
The Benefits of Fiber: How it Helps With Digestion
The Benefits of Fiber: How it Helps With Digestion High fiber diets have numerous reported health benefits. It is a widely recommended healthy diet. Here are some health benefits high fiber diets have been associated with1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8: reduced risk of type 2 diabetes reduced risk of certain forms of cancer reduced risk of
How to Detoxify Your Body
How to Remove Harmful Chemicals From Your Body Through Detoxification In the USA, an estimated 2000 new chemicals are introduced into foods and consumer products every year, many of which have not been tested for negative health effects1. How your body gets rid of a substance depends on the particular chemical2. The liver,
How to Prevent Free Radicals from Damaging Your Health
How to Prevent Free Radicals From Damaging Your Health with the Help of Antioxidants You have often heard that fruits and vegetables are good for your health. This article will help explain why. Free radicals are chemicals that are capable of damaging cells and genetic material. They come from the food you eat,
Energize Your Qigong Practice
Energize Your Qigong Practice Spring Forest Qigong Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another. ~Albert Einstein Do you know what E=mc2 means? For many of us “non-scientific” types, this was a complicated equation to understand in school, but as Master Chunyi Lin has taught us, we