Keep It Simple Sweetheart – K.I.S.S Approach
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The acronym “Keep it simple stupid” or “KISS”, has been used for decades by the military, business schools, medical schools, and in countless other areas where unneeded complexity should be avoided at all costs. In the military, adding complexity where it’s unnecessary to complete a mission will get people killed. Adding complexity to a business venture where it is not required will often get you fired or see your company go down in flames. Adding complexity, or looking for complex answers to simple problems, in medical settings can cause a loss of life or unneeded suffering. I am sure my readers have also experienced situations in which complexity added to situations that didn’t require it, led to disastrous results.
One area where most people fail to follow the KISS system is in their approach to fitness, nutrition, or supplements. In fact I find people seem to gravitate toward adding complexity to their approach when it comes to building muscle or losing fat. Read more…
The mindfulness and awareness that yoga practice assists in cultivating for the individual is an inexpensive (or virtually free) form of therapy, coping, healing, exercising, and strengthening for the physical body, the mind, and the spiritual soul.
In our Western society and culture, we are raised to follow an expected path that does not necessarily leave time or energy to enjoy the life we are living. Yoga and meditation offer us that time and opportunity to experience the awe, beauty, and true emotion of our lives. By practicing mindfulness it is easier to prioritize what is important in our individual lives, and to recognize what is not worth stressing or worrying over.
The Expansion of Yoga
As yoga became popular in Western countries, it also became a popular form of fitness; the meditative benefits and self-awareness that stem from the practice are what kept it popular. In 1893 yoga arrived in the United States with the Parliament of Regions held in Chicago. Read more…
Reiki (Ray-Key) is a Japanese healing technique. It is used to increase energy, reduce stress, prevent illness and promote healing.
Reiki is administered by “laying on hands” and is based on the idea that an unseen “life force energy” flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one’s “life force energy” is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy. Reiki can be performed on yourself or by others.
About Reiki Healing
Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use. It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness and malady and always creates a beneficial effect. It also works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery.
Usui Reiki Ryoho (Usui Spiritual Energy Healing Method):
Reiki (which means, ’spiritual energy’) Ryoho (which is, ‘healing method, therapy, remedy, cure’)-is the original name(s) attributed to Reiki by Mikao Usui. When Usui achieved satori(enlightenment) on Kurama Yama, he developed a system of wellness and spiritualgrowth, which he called Usui Reiki Ryoho, Reiki Ryoho or Reiho, for short. Read more…
What is intermittent fasting?
In general, fasting is when someone willingly abstains from some or all food, drink, or both for a certain amount of time. For most medical purposes, a person is assumed to be fasting after 8-12 hours.
Intermittent fasting (IF) is a period of food abstinence alternated with a period of eating. It could include alternate day fasting, or fasting once or twice per week. Common types of IF include:
- Full-day fasting. For example, “Eat Stop Eat” recommends two days of fasting each week, from one dinner to the next. It’s a 23+ hour fast.
- Many research studies have examined alternate day fasting, or ADF, in which research subjects (human or animal) eat normally one day, then abstain from food the next. During the eating day, subjects usually eat ad libitum, or as much as they want. This typically results in a caloric surplus on the eating day.
- Partial-day fasting with an evening “eating window”. An example is the “Fast 5”, in which eaters consume their required calories for the day in 5 hours, fasting the other 19; or the “Warrior Diet“, in which eaters undereat or fast for 20 hours, then deliberately overeat during a 4-hour period in the evening.
- Partial-day fasting with an “eating window” that is timed around training if possible. The Leangains approach, for instance, is aimed at people with a relatively higher level of activity, and suggests an “eating window” of 8 hours (for men) and up to 10 (for women).
IF should not be confused with another popular form of modified fasting known as caloric restriction (CR). This is a diet in which total calorie intake is reduced to around 60-80% of maintenance without a reduction in nutritional requirements. Unlike IF, which as its name implies is done intermittently, CR is done consistently, with calories reduced on a daily basis rather than every other day, once or twice a week, or randomly. Read more…
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