Archive for July, 2011
Sensual Nutrition – Body Freedom
Your body is a remarkable gift from the Creator, a vehicle through which the spiritual can experience the material; that is what a body is for. As spirit in physical form, you can celebrate and explore the sensory joys of this gift. Come to your senses-all of them. Absorb right here, right now what you see, hear, smell, taste, and touch. Direct sensory stimulation is nourishment for your body, sensual nutrition, another kind of food without which it cannot thrive and be free. The freedom of the senses is the freedom to experience pleasure and feel desire, to know you are truly alive.
Body Freedom enables you to behold and be warmed by the brightest light of all, the consuming light of love shining from your sweetheart’s eyes. It allows you to revel in the husky whispers and throaty moans that are music to a lover’s ears. To freely devour succulent kisses from pouty lips tasting of fruit and honey. To sniff hungrily and absorb the distinctive scent that is uniquely your beloved’s. To touch and touch and touch with fingers, palms, lips, and tongues, then to lie at ease in each other’s arms, safe, secure, sympathetic, blessed….
Sadly, you might not perceive your body as a biological marvel, a sensory gateway, the temple of your soul. Like many, you might have forgotten your Body Freedom, been indoctrinated to view your body as ugly and sinful, a prison that will never be beautiful enough or strong enough, will never measure up no matter what you do, that constantly betrays you with its shameful desires and ultimately keeps you separate and lonely. All bodies are naturally beautiful because they are the earthly home of your eternal soul, but this is not likely the message you most often hear. Your body perception is under attack on multiple fronts. For instance, many religious teachings perpetuate negative body images, either decrying the body as unclean and shameful or dismissing it as a distraction from higher purposes. If you want spiritual purity, you are exhorted to ignore your body’s wants and wishes.
From a commercial perspective no body is ever quite beautiful enough. You are bulldozed into seeing your physical self as an ongoing renovation project. From skin tone to hair color, from breast and penis size to length of leg and girth of waist, from laugh-lines to crow’s feet, there’s always room for improvement. Under continued social pressure you might come to see your body through tainted eyes, developing an emotionally and physically damaging dissatisfaction with your natural form. You might give yourself and others self-sabotaging messages that continue to erode your Body Freedom.
Desire for the “perfect” body might lead you into life-threatening eating disorders as it has about seven million women and one million men in the United States. Or it might entice you into the cosmetic surgeon’s office for procedures ranging from botox injections to chemical peels, from liposuction to breast augmentation, from hair transplants to facelifts. Cosmetic procedures are multiplying by leaps and bounds. In 2004 alone, American cosmetic surgeons performed more than 11.9 million procedures, up 44 percent from 2003 and a whopping 465 percent increase from 1997. Perhaps you might even be tempted to join the ranks of the thousands in both the United States and Britain who apply to be a contestant on reality shows such as “The Extreme Makeover” or “The Swan.” These very popular television series (almost 11 million people watched the 2004 season finale of “The Swan”) feature the ultimate in body redesign, employing teams of specialists-plastic surgeons, eye surgeons, cosmetic dentists, hair and makeup artists, stylists, and personal trainers-to radically alter the participants’ appearance. The premise, as outlined on ABC’s website, is to give participants “a truly Cinderella-like experience by changing your looks completely in an effort to transform you life and destiny, and to make your dreams come true.”
People try to make their bodies beautiful so that others will love them, admire them, reward them, and accept them. It would be better to learn simply to love your body and so to become free and loveable in it. However, it’s often easier to blame your equipment and try to make it conform to someone else’s ideal than to learn about it, to listen to it, and to honor it for yourself.
Excerpted from our new book Sensual Love Secrets for Couples: The Four Freedoms of Body, Mind, Heart and Soul, by Al Link and Pala Copeland, Llewellyn, 2007
What is the Difference Between Hydrocollators and Thermalators?
When a person is injured due to exercise, sports, or other activity, the use of heat or cold is a common treatment employed in their physical therapy sessions. The use of heat is a non-evasive and helpful means of treatment. The use of heat therapy promotes an increased blood flow to the injured tissue. The flow of blood delivers oxygen and nutrients to the injured area while decreasing muscle spasms, alleviating pain, and relaxing the muscle tissues. Heat is available in many forms such as hot and moist compresses, dry or moist heating pads, hydrotherapy, and silicate gel packs. Two popular methods used in heat treatment for injured muscle and tissue are Hydrocollators and Thermalators.
Hydrocollators
In physical therapy, a hydrocollator is a liquid heating apparatus that is used to heat and store ‘hot packs.’ The hot packs are used to treat physical conditions such as muscle spasms, sprains, and bruised tissue. They are often used to prepare an injured area for a deep tissue massage. A pack is heated to about 65
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Healthy, Homemade Dog Food – Transform Your Dog’s Diet
Healthy, homemade dog food has been gaining in popularity in recent years. Because of the pet food recall in 2007, many dog owners are looking for an alternative to feeding their dogs commercial dog food. Healthy, homemade dog food may be the way to go.
Many people argue that dogs only eat meat. Who ever saw a dog or wolf eating leaves out of trees like a deer, or berries off a bush? It makes sense, right? But, if you really think about it, carnivores eat plant-eating animals. That includes the animal’s stomach and intestines, which contain the plant nutrients it consumed. In fact, it’s often the first part the animal goes for. It’s the magical way carnivores get their plant-based nutrients! Is it a little clearer now?
Dogs need meat, vegetables, whole grains, and starch in their diets. They really do! This can include beef, fish, turkey, chicken, brown rice, potatoes, carrots, beans, spinach, celery, and peas. This will supply your dog with all the protein and carbs he needs. It sounds like the healthy foods people eat, right? Actually, it’s important to avoid onions, garlic, macadamia nuts, grapes, raisins, chocolate, and corn because they are harmful to dogs. Keep this list handy when you are researching healthy, homemade dog food recipes because, as I just demonstrated, it can be confusing.
When you change your dog’s diet to healthy, homemade dog food, you will notice that your dog has more energy, a shinier coat, clearer eyes, and looks healthier. You will be increasing his life span and ensuring that he will have fewer illnesses. This will lower your vet bills significantly.
As you can see, healthy, homemade dog food is a smart alternative to commercial varieties. You won’t have to worry about pet food recalls, you pick ingredients that contain the nutrients your dog needs, and he will be healthier than he has ever been.
Pharmacy Technical Jobs – A Sensible Career
We have heard the term before, Americans are resilient. True enough, resilient and resourceful, through all types of situations. The pharmacy technical jobs, are ways to make the recession practically disappear in your life. With many places allowing us to yearn employment in this field, jobs within companies like the CVS and their job application, or the Walmart application, and of course there is the Target pharmacies just to name a few.
Why is the pharmacy tech job a sensible career? Well for one the pay is pretty good, especially if you have had your share of the minimum wage. You have to realize though that this is not an entry level position, and you do have to put some effort into getting certified, it does not equate to the studying and hard work of say a law degree or a doctor’s degree. Of course, the money is not on that level either. But for some of the technical schools out there that offer a degree in the area of pharmaceuticals, there is also a nice allotted some of money that has stemmed from that good old U.S. bailout money, this money has channeled its way into many of these trade or technical schools, and is yours for the taking, so long as the studying part of the equation is met, and most of these schools will get you to sign to a commitment of some sort.
The pharmacy tech job, is technical in nature and it would require you to complete the levels of training before the certificates are issued, not unlike any other trade or technical school. But it is rewarding in the sense that, it is not a job like a tire threader, not meaning to insult that trade. Is the job rewarding? Yes, it is. Additionally with all the constant talk of the President’s health reform, you know that in there somewhere, is the fixation of the medical field and the pharmaceutical field. Once you are certified in the pharmacy tech job, most of these institutions that offer these trade certificates and degrees, will also assist you in the placement of a job in the field. As always I would like to thank you for reading, and I wish you much success in all your future employment endeavors.
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Options for Back Pain Treatment Success
Suffering with back pain is something many people do not need to do if they take the time to get proper treatment. There are a variety of therapeutic treatments available to people who suffer from different back injuries and choosing the correct combination of therapies is a key component of any treatment program.
Nearly everyone suffers through back pain at least once in their life but for chronic sufferers the best place to start the treatment process is by visiting a medical professional who specializes in back injuries and their treatment. Back pain can be a frustrating and debilitating condition that can literally affect your ability to lead a normal life. If this is you then there is never a better time then now to pay a visit to your doctor to start the healing process.
Once a diagnosis is made you and your doctor can start working on a proper back pain treatment plan. Therapy options will probably include pain relief in the form of pain medications or something more exotic such as acupuncture. Physical therapy and chiropractic care will also be options to consider which can both not only relieve pain but also help prevent future injuries.
Back injuries tend to be very painful so the first thing most people seek is relief from their suffering. This first step in the treatment process is pain relief. This can be accomplished with pain killers such as NSAID\’s like ibuprofen, which also work as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic\’s such as acetaminophen (Tylenol), and for severe pain opioids like morphine. Muscle relaxants may also be used to help control muscle spasms which can be very painful.
Chiropractic care or physical therapy would be the next step in the treatment process. These two therapy options can help to further relieve the pain and are also designed to help avoid future back problems. Good chiropractors and physical therapists will be able to teach back pain sufferers how to prevent back injuries with proper exercise, posture, and stretching techniques.
Being smart about taking care of your back is an important treatment regimen. By avoiding activities that aggravate back problems, learning to properly lift heavy objects, using a firm mattress to sleep on, and using correct posture back injuries and pain can become a thing of the past.
Because back pain is normally caused by a physical problem it only makes sense that if we fix that problem the pain will go away. By using the proper back pain treatment techniques for the problem causing the pain one can not only gain relief but also cure the cause of all the suffering.




