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Hulk smash eye strain and tension headaches!

Behold, Vision! Sight is friggin amazing. The eye is amazing, the brain integrating visual data is amazing. Just the whole thing is friggin amazing. Take it away Bill Nye! But, the eye, like any other part of our body, can become stressed, fatigued, overused and under-nourished. And this, leads to–dun dun daaaaa–eye strain and tension headaches (ominous echo). In fact, stressed out eyes can lead to many unpleasant experiences, and these results, while not life threatening, can even become chronic:...

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7 Minutes to Vibrant Health–Warm-Up Exercises

As a personal trainer and stress/wellness expert, people often share with me their health situations. And, I almost always encourage some form of physical movement, embodiment or just simple warm-up exercises. Yet I cannot tell you how many times the response I get when suggesting this is some version of ‘I just don’t have time to stop and stretch. I’ve got too much to do.’ Well, in the name of being an excuse-destroyer, I have created a simple, quick and...

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Mr. Data’s guide to habit hacking your brain and life

Greetings fellow andriod, and welcome to your positronic brain! I, Lt. Commander Data of the U.S.S. Enterprise, have the distinction of training you in the proper and full use of your state-of-the-art synthetic brain, specifically focusing today on the technique of ‘habit hacking’. Your positronic brain comes fully equipped with the ability to rewire itself, should you find that you are exhibiting thoughts or behavior counter to your intentions and desires. This innate ability of habit hacking operates on the...

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Mr. Rogers–The unique philosophy of a real-Life Superhero

So, this is obviously a man that needs no introduction. Furthermore, this is a man that spoke more eloquently than I do; so I will save you from trying to give my own voice to his deep philosophy of love, acceptance, peace and justice, and let him speak for himself. The guiding philosophy of Mr. Rogers: • We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say “It’s not my child, not my community, not...

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Cymatics–Directly experiencing wuwu hippie-dippie ‘energy’

I remember the first time I saw a demonstration of Cymatics–the study of visible sound and vibration. I was speechless for the entire video, goosebumps and hair standing on end. It wasn’t just the impact of visibly ‘seeing’ sound; it was the perfectly complex geometries that seemed to spring out of the background, giving immediate structure and complexity to the otherwise randomized sand particles. In that first experience, I realized I was seeing how energy was already and always moving around us. I...

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Your inevitable yoga ceiling, and how to shatter it

It’s Inevitable At a certain point in your yoga journey, you will reach this transition. For some sooner; for others later. But you will reach it. Let me give a context: Defined one way, yoga is the development of energy awareness and control for the purpose of realizing freedom, AND the resulting freedom itself. I will say again: yoga is the awareness and control of one’s energies for freedom. The most dense form of your energy is your physical body,...

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‘Stroke of Insight’–Jill Taylor’s Amazing Ted Talk

A neruo-biologist watching herself suffer a massive stroke that almost kills her. An experiential ebb-and-flow between egoic individuality and collective consciousness. An 8 year journey of recovery. A mind of science deeply impacted by the experience of spirit. This is one of the most incredible talks I have ever experienced. We are the live-force power of the universe, with manual dexterity and two cognitive minds. We have the power to choose, moment by moment, who and how we want to be in...

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