I read this morning in NOW Foods’ weekly newsletter that melatonin is lacking in breast cancer patients. Melatonin is the hormone produced by the pineal gland, that pine-shaped gland of little known function that resides deep inside our brains. René Descartes called the pineal gland “the seat of the soul,” describing it as the site [...]
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For the last little while, my toes have been cramping through the night. I’ve woken up in the mornings and realised that they are sore. I didn’t do anything about these cramps and basically ignored them! Not sensible I now realise. Then I realised that I wasn’t taking calcium and magnesium with my daily supplements. When [...] Here’s a link to my littlest granddaughter’s favourite song to go to sleep by! Best of health, naturally, Have you noticed when you are on holiday or retire or reach any other stage when the timed commitments (like meetings and appointments and deadlines) fall away, that we stay up later and get up later and altogether defy the 24-hour clock? It’s been shown through experimentation time and again that our diurnal clocks lengthen when [...] Deepak Chopra’s book, Restful Sleep, is a storehouse of wonderful advice about improving one’s sleep habits. I’m not sure if I will be able to follow it all, but it’s certainly interesting. On page 19 is this Ayurvedic saying, “Sleep is the nurse of all living beings.” Isn’t that so? It’s always first on the list of [...] Merriam-Webster.com’s dictionary has a neuro-programming definition for entrainment as “software to optimize brain function.” Actually, I see it’s more than a definition: it’s a link to software that optimizes brain function. Anyhow, I have a sleep CD that came from Jacper – the person, not the place. Jacper actually lives in Richmond, British Columbia. And his [...] I find it very confirming that there is agreed-upon wisdom from three different sources about the natural instinct of our bodies to heal themselves. Hippocrates said, The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Deepak Chopra, M.D. explains that, if we can recognize our doshas and keep them in balance, [...] A Neem Oil foot massage just before lying down for the night helps deepen sleep. The neem tree is also known as “The Village Pharmacy” or “The Blessed Tree.” How do you like this picture? This has been a crows’ summer. Day after day, from around 4:30 a.m. on, many hours before most folks are ready to wake up, the crows are at it, high in the catalpa trees, their claxon caws announcing their carrion ways. |
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