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Restless Leg Syndrome

7/2/2023

Those prone to restless leg syndrome may want to avoid carbonated drinks. To find out if carbonation is affecting you in this or other ways, go 2-4 weeks without all carbonated beverages, including naturally carbonated spring water, and observe for changes.
Update: Carbonated drinks can cause magnesium deficiency. Magnesium deficiency is behind a number of peculiar problems that women, in particular, face. Makes going carbonation-free even more potentially ideal.
Quality of Health Depends on Magnesium.

First published: 4/17/2019

Help for Anxiety and Panic Attacks

6/29/2023

Art by unknown

The causes of anxiety conditions are many, unique to each individual, and often a combination of physical, environmental, and emotional factors pinging off each other. There is an underlying, foundational cause, but it's not an easy solution. So, when in the throes of anxiety and you need emergency relief, there is a suitable, temporary solution.

My Morning Cocoa Coffee Concoction

6/10/2023

I’m often asked to share the recipe for my healthy morning cocoa coffee concoction, so here it is. The health benefits of raw cocoa and the lessons in the story behind the recipe is what makes the concoction worth drinking, not the taste of the thing, but there is comfort in the tasting. For your convenience, recipe is posted first, story follows.
Note: Health Warning Alert and Action Required.

How Often Should I Come Back?

5/15/2023

You’ve likely noticed something dramatic has changed after your first appointment and have asked, “How often should I come back?”

When it comes to setting your ‘return rate’ - I'd rather you decide your health and wellness priorities. This article is my guidance gift to you; please use it to your fullest advantage.

What Should I Know Before I Go?

3/17/2023

Massage Therapy is both an Art and a Science. There is a long line connecting those two and therefore a wide variety of massage therapists exist, from hard-hitting medical and sports therapists to esoteric energy healers. Fortunately, the needs of individuals are just as varying.
The trick is to find the right therapist for you and your circumstances.

Detox and Relax Bath Recipe

11/6/2022

Sometimes, there is nothing better than an old-fashioned remedy. One of my favorites is the Epsom Salt bath: excellent for soothing sore muscles, discharging stress, and recreating a feeling of well being and balance.

Sensitive People and Heart Disease

2/13/2022

Drawing of a stitched up, bandaged heart

Illustration by Victoria Borodinova via Pixabay

Twenty years ago, one of my teachers, a gifted empath, said to me, "Your heart has been broken so many times that it cannot survive another." I accepted her statement as the truth I knew it was, without realizing it could turn into, or be, a medical problem.

Freedom from Hidden Enslavement

2/6/2022

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Photo of woman feeling free in her body because she has no pain or restrictions from movement

Image Credit: Myriams-Fotos via Pixabay

Paula knows what it means to be blindly or covertly enslaved, which is why she's always been bit of a rebel with a cause. As a manual therapist, her main cause is to free her clients from bodily restrictions - and from dependence on therapists. Every client body that has been under Paula's hands has helped teach her how to get better at freeing the body. The biggest lesson learned from helping clients is that indoctrination, blame, complexity, diagnoses, and pressure are often smokescreens keeping us enslaved.
Examples of health-related enslavement:

Therapists who pressure clients into ongoing weekly appointments;
Believing that a diagnosis, like arthritis, means we'll suffer for life;
Confusing complexity with truth;
Blaming our own body as it if is working against us;
Refusing to learn and grow beyond what we were taught or told.

To begin to break free:

Test what was learned or heard, always seeking to improve upon it;
Instead of blaming our body, let us accept that it is here to serve us and wants to be healthy;
Remember that complexity is always founded on simple, universal laws like cause-and-effect;
See diagnosis as a means of communication, not a reason to stop seeking to better the situation;
Relentless pressure may someday manifest a diamond, but not all pressure is healthy or sustainable.

To be free take right action:

Seek out those who care about setting people free not creating dependency;
Be an attentive listener;
Believe yet still seek evidence;
Respond appropriate to the situation and your core values;
Do your best, admit your mistakes (even laugh if you can), and never give up on yourself.

To be free be brave.
Health problems can be scary, but they don't have to be if you see your own body as the truthful servant it is, asking for your help. Over time, these efforts build trust in self and the ability to help one's self, while reducing dependence on others. Let us be free.

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We Are All Victims of Unfairness

9/13/2021

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Those who truly know me would never accuse me of being narcissistic. And yet, … I have had my moments.

When I felt alone in the pain of extreme unfairness, I let myself be guided by well-meaning others into blaming my primary caregivers. But when I learned that I was not only alone, but in vast company, I let go of blame and started seeking understanding through the sometimes harsh light of truth.

When I found myself unemployed along with millions of others at the start of this pandemic, I started to act like an entitled victim when I couldn’t get a job despite being broadly and highly competent. Yet I knew it was inappropriate to lay blame even as I did so.

We all have moments where we slip and fall and don’t react like an accountable adult. Yet there are those who spend their lives feeling special and entitled while bitterly blaming others for all that has been denied them.

Whether we are immature adults part-time or full-time, each and every one of us is responsible for elevating ourselves into maturity. Our world is in great need of every adult doing their part.

I can think of no better spokesperson for self-maturity than Dr. Ramani, who manages to balance truth with vulnerability and courage in a way that can potentially move the mountain that is the suffering we have, all of us, brought upon ourselves. Life is challenging enough, let us not add unnecessary suffering to it.

Let us be good-natured and steadfast in the face of unfairness and adversity for it is the only path to freedom for one and all.

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Wind

8/23/2021

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Woman, strong and dark-haired, being and enduring wind.

Image credit: Khusen Rustamov via Pixabay

I am wind.
My wind cleanses.
My wind refreshes.
My wind topples the weak.
Wind despises stagnation.
Wind is not loud nor visible.
Wind is not judgmental but responsive.
I am wind.

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Restless Leg Syndrome

Help for Anxiety and Panic Attacks

My Morning Cocoa Coffee Concoction

How Often Should I Come Back?

What Should I Know Before I Go?

Detox and Relax Bath Recipe

Sensitive People and Heart Disease

Freedom from Hidden Enslavement

We Are All Victims of Unfairness

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