The fine art of healing with hands is something quite dear to my heart. It is something that has come naturally to me since I was a small child, and I began playing with the energy in my hands, and sensing how it moved when I focused and used my breath. Many years later, I took up a regular yoga practice, as it proved to be a wonderful cross training for my dancing during the 'off-seasons'. One day, while practicing my Warrior 2 pose, I began to feel large pulses of energy down my arms which ... Read the Post
Healing with Your Hands :: A Forgotten Art (by Nick Polizzi)
How Meditation Gives You a Better Sleep
If you've been reading my blog for any amount of time, then you will know that I am a huge fan of meditation. In this post, I will be touching on the benefits that meditation holds for your sleep and sleeping patterns. The practice of meditation can help you get the sleep you need – a deeper and more refreshing sleep will make you feel more refreshed and alert the next day. Meditation can also help people who have trouble falling asleep by relaxing the muscles and the mind so that sleep comes ... Read the Post
8 Great Tips for Designing the Life You Desire
Most of us have a fairly solid idea of what we want our lives to be on a daily basis, and where we would like to be in a week, month, year, or many years from now. Have you considered creating a life plan? Many of us have clear ideas of what we'd like to accomplish with our time here. Maybe you already have your life all planned out. Maybe you don’t. For many of us, once we change careers, go back to school to figure it all out, get married and have children, we can find our time being all ... Read the Post
How Knitting Can Be Therapeutic
Had you asked me a few years ago, I never would have thought about how therapeutic knitting can be. It is certainly a wonderful tool for keeping us in the present moment, and in so doing, it even eases stress, depression, and can soothe chronic pain. The effects of knitting, and many other crafts, are not that far off from the positive and healing effects of meditation. If you are a knitter already, then you certainly don't need me here telling you why it can be so good for you! But if you ... Read the Post
Ancient Methods to Still Your Wandering Mind
When your mind is careening from one thought to the next, it can be incredibly difficult to focus, meditate or even simply keep your mind on the road while driving! Especially as working parents, those of trying to keep our work and businesses flowing while raising children, we can feel pulled in a multitude of different directions, and be left wondering if we’re actually getting anything fully done in any department. In order to streamline focus, and bring some peace to our daily activities ... Read the Post
How to Create Your Zen Garden
Do you want a space within the vicinity of your own home to allow creativity and tranquility to flourish? A Zen garden can be used to help you meditate, find quiet and solitude. You can also enjoy a Zen garden for its simplicity. Traditionally, a Zen garden is comprised of sand and stones. Depending on the scale, you might also choose to plant a few trees or small plants. Zen Garden Building Step #1 Decide on the scale. Zen gardens come in all shapes and sizes. You can create a desktop ... Read the Post