Archive for March, 2006

Relaxation Practice

Let yourself go! Yawn, stretch, and rub your eyes as if you are sleepy and tired;.

Cut Down on Sodium in Your Diet

It is practically common knowledge that eating too much salt can wreak havoc on blood pressure. But how can we eat with flavor and at the same time cut the amount of salt in our foods?

Mind Chatter

When you meditate, you may begin to encounter material that seems to come between you and the experience of being, just as you may encounter layers of sediment, algae, fish, and debris on your way to the bottom of a lake.

Finding the Right Teacher of Meditation

Whatever your expectations and preconceptions, you may need to set them aside when you look for a teacher because he or she may appear in a guise you don’t anticipate.

Cut Blood Pressure with Food

Having healthy eating habits as a lifestyle is not only good for looking and feeling your best, it also is the best way at keeping your blood pressure under control.

Beta Blockers

Beta blockers were thought to be less effective for the elderly, but this is no longer considered the case.

Meditation Tension Technique

The best way to relax the body is to tense it first, and thereby to equalize the flow of tension all over the body.

Living a Life of Love Through Meditation

Meditation practices will help aid you in living a life of “love” each and every day.

Diet Tips to Help Lower High Blood Pressure

6 diet tips to help lower your cholesterol and ward off high blood pressure.

Taking a Break from Your Thoughts

The first thing you need for correct meditation is a right mental attitude, particularly one of listening.

Meditation Instructors

Look for a meditation teacher.

Eating Habits

Changing the way you eat isn’t always easy. Here are 3 health ways to change your eating habits.

Diseases Caused by High Blood Pressure

Here are 3 diseases caused by high blood pressure.

The Essence of Yoga

Relaxation is essential to true yoga, and without it there is no chance of happiness, peace, or health.

Meditation for You

Meditation encourages an inner mental spaciousness in which difficulties and concerns no longer seem so threatening.

Meditation and the Three States of Consciousness

Meditation, properly speaking, begins once the thoughts and emotions have been silenced.

Perceptions of Reality

The terms self-image and self-perception convey a concrete idea.

Improve Your Voice Quality and Tone

The way in which a person speaks can contribute either positively or negatively to a perception of magnetism.

What Gives a Person Value?

Our feeling good about ourselves is related to our unique human aspects, our character and personality. Some of the unique human character traits are love, honesty, courage, humility, generosity, and empathy.

Excessive Use of Alcohol or Drugs

Many people find that alcohol makes them feel better and increases their confidence.

Living After Meditation

Learn to live more superconsciousiy. This means to live with meditation-born awareness.

Positive Self-Esteem Reduces the Chance of Co-Dependency

The term co-dependence initially came into use in reference to a family member, usually a spouse, of an alcoholic or other chemically dependent person.

Making Others Feel Good Through Flattery

An important step in becoming an effective flatterer is to understand why flattery helps you establish better relationships with others.

Tailoring a Self-Help Program for Our Children

The principles for overcoming social anxiety and low self-esteem you read about for adults also apply to young people.

Do Children Outgrow Shyness?

Many children are shy; though most will overcome their shyness without special help.

Taking Meditation with You to Work

With tight deadlines, performance reviews, and the threat of downsizing, today’s highly competitive work environment places extraordinary pressures on employees and managers alike.

Effects of Social Anxiety in Children and Adolescents

Recent national surveys find that approximately 5% of children and adolescents in the United States have social anxiety disorder.

Making Positive Choices in All Areas of Your Life

Research shows that positive thinking and self-confidence is increased by getting involved with engrossing activities.

How Get in Tune with Your Senses During Meditation

Smell: You can enhance your sense of smell by exploring the particular nuances of your favorite scent, a flower, or fruit, and the sensations of breathing it in.

Low Self-Esteem and Medication

Are you considering medication to treat your social anxiety and low self-esteem levels?

Getting to Know Your Breath

Breathing is a classic focus for meditation.

Getting to Know Your Aura

While seated comfortably, rest your hands in your lap and turn your palms to face each other.

Creating Your Own Meditation Mantra

Start by singing or humming the vowels in any way that occurs to you, at any volume, speed, or pitch. Just get a playful.

Seeking to Be Recognized

The feeling of being unimportant can be so devastating that some people take drastic measures to make sure that their presence is recognized.

Concentration Through the 3rd Eye

There is a great significance in concentrating at the point between the eyebrows.

Anger & Low Self-Esteem

The judgments that people make when they are angry are frequently far off the mark.

Help Your Shy Child

Shy children are often pleasant. They are quiet, obedient, and rarely get in the way.

Benefits of Meditation

Meditation teaches you how to cultivate qualities and skills that naturally contribute to making you better at your favorite endeavor, whether it’s sports or business, gardening or studying, or simply washing the dishes or sweeping the floor.

The Importance of Saving

How can ordinary, even low-income, if not poor, Americans become rich?

Identifying 5 Anxious Thoughts

When you’re overloaded by anxious thoughts that diminish your confidence in yourself, you tend to see things as more negative than they really are.

Which Is Financially Easier: Renting or Buying?

While owning a home is a wise financial move for the vast majority of Americans, there are a few scenarios where it is probably better to rent than own.

Unintentional Negative Programing

The connection between unintentional negative programing and our self esteem.

A Positive Outlook: Become Your Own Coach!

Looking for more confidence and higher self-esteem? Then how about being your own motivator?

Magnetism & Confidence Through Flattery

Call it graciousness, charm, politeness, good human relations, positive reinforcement, office politics, obsequiousness, making others feel good, or sucking up—whatever the name, confident and magnetic people do it consistently.

Treating Extreme Low Self-Esteem & Depression

People with feelings of inferiority and low self-esteem are likely to feel depressed. To alleviate this depression, they must correct their self-image.

Applying Meditation to Everyday Activities

Anything you do or experience can provide you with an opportunity to practice mindfulness.

5 Benefits of Meditation

For many of the same reasons that meditation helps to facilitate healing, it also enhances performance.

What Can You Do to Help Your Child’s Decreasing Confidence Levels?

It can be very difficult to watch your child endure social situations that cause so much suffering on his or her self-esteem levels.

Marshmallows, Resisting Temptation, and a Satisfying Life

The difficulty of resisting short-run temptations for the long-run gains of enjoying a more satisfying life, as well as doing better materially, has been born out in experiments with children.

Why You Feel So Bad When You Should Feel Good

Where does this negative attitude toward oneself come from, and why is it so prevalent?