Meditation and Breathing – Suggestions for Beginners

Years ago, during a rough patch in life, I started seeing a behavioral psychologist to deal with some anxiety issues and insomnia. Part of his sessions often consisted of a guided meditation, where he would speak to me in gentle tones while I lay on the sofa, breathing deeply. The meditations were probably a good 20 minutes or so, and frankly, I wondered if perhaps these sessions were just a way for my therapist to get a break from listening to my life nonsense, but I found them very relaxing and left afterwards feeling calm and refreshed, two feelings that didn’t come naturally to me.

After one session, my therapist complimented me on my breathing. He noted that I could slow my breath down and take very long, deep breaths that helped me reach a different state. Higher consciousness? Maybe. Calm and relaxed? Definitely, at least during and for a bit after the meditation. He asked if I had learned this somewhere. I told him about the years I had spent taking Kundalini Yoga from a prominent LA teacher. It wasn’t daily training, just a class or two a week with a bunch of other students in a studio or in the instructor’s living room. Continue reading “Meditation and Breathing – Suggestions for Beginners”

The Benefits Of Marrying Chinese Brides!

There is a strong tendency these days for many males to marry Chinese brides, however, many men are unsure of Chinese women and their true character, and what their marriage to a Chinese woman will be like. This is understandable bearing in mind the culture difference and a lack of understanding of the Chinese culture. Many men wonder if it’ll be a risk that may be financially and emotionally detrimental.

With this is mind, I decided to write this article based on my experience of being married to a Chinese woman and having lived in China for over eight years and having dated a broad cross-section of Chinese females. Firstly I should say that the culture difference does lend itself to some misunderstandings that can cause quite a few problems and disagreements in the marriage when the wrong type of Chinese bride is chosen. This means that in the first place you should understand the differences thoroughly before making a commitment. Continue reading “The Benefits Of Marrying Chinese Brides!”

Frugal Travel Tips For Beijing, China

Beijing, home of the 2008 Olympics, has more to offer it than simply an Olympic venue. Sites such as the Forbidden City and The Temple of Heaven charge an entrance fee. Other sites such as the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs require, in addition to the entrance fees, an excursion outside the city. However there are ways for the frugal traveler to reduce costs.

The Great Wall

Seeing some sections of The Great Wall is a must (to see it all takes years). It is located outside of the city and getting there can be costly. English language tours are costly. Chinese language tours? A tenth to a fifth of the cost. Chinese language tours in minibuses leave from the street just south of the Great Hall of the People off Tian’anmen Square every morning. Tickets can be purchased from the booth on the pavement before departure. We stopped at four different sections of the wall, Badaling the most popular, commercial and crowded, and three others where we were the only people we could see.

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Why Does My Blue Heeler Lick Me All The Time?

Question: I just moved into my aunts house where she has this blue heeler. He loves to constantly come by and lick my legs. I was told maybe its the salt that we carry. He not only does it to me but everyone he can lick. Why does he do this? Continue reading “Why Does My Blue Heeler Lick Me All The Time?”

The Misunderstood Emirati

For a decade I have had friends from around the world who have visited Dubai and spoken to me about Emiratis – the natives of United Arab Emirates. Most of what I have heard were unpleasant and negative comments about the Emiratis. These have ranged from remarks about their hypocrisy, greed and vanity to outright accusations of racism, religious intolerance and corrupt nature.

And for a year now, I have lived in Dubai hoping to meet these Emiratis who have been inspiring such tales. And surprising, they don’t seem to exist. My fascination with the culture, tradition, language, religion and people of this region has made me observe, analyse and present these facts about the Emirati people. To me they are a nation of well meaning but heavily misunderstood people. Here is why. Continue reading “The Misunderstood Emirati”

Saving Money by Buying More

To this day I can still remember my first big grocery bill after we were married. It was about $200 and I cried on the way home. I didn’t get anything fancy-just the basics. We were poor newlywed students and food expenses were a necessary evil that I could not get around.

Buying groceries was my responsibility in the marriage and I was determined to live within our meager budget. I dove right into the challenge and years later found myself teaching community classes on “couponing” (“yes”, I had to tell my sisters, “couponing is a word”).

I no longer spend hours finding, printing, cutting and organizing coupons but there are some invaluable shopping principles I learned from those studies that I will never change. My favorite one is buying more to save more. Continue reading “Saving Money by Buying More”

The Artificial Coloring of Our Holidays

It’s that time of year again! Colorful confections are hitting the store shelves, and likely your kids, like mine, are begging to purchase those colorful sugar bombs every time you walk into the store. It’s such a constant battle that I try every way possible not to take my little critters shopping with me.

But don’t get me wrong. I’m all for kids having fun and enjoying the holidays we all remember growing up with. Packaged candy treats around this time of year of are one of them.

I know I wrote about this last year, but it bears repeating. My problem, besides the excess of sugar, is the amount of food dyes consumed. It’s just not good. And while you might argue that a small amount of colored candies for a short duration of the year is harmless, I’d like to persuade you otherwise. Artificial colors are a problem, and they are far more prevalent and far-reaching than you think. Continue reading “The Artificial Coloring of Our Holidays”

Advertising Tricks and Techniques

They Never Compensate For A Lack Of Confidence And Perceived Value In The Mind Of The Consumer

Most business owners and marketers – maybe even you – have been conditioned to try to learn little advertising tricks and technique… mostly because that’s the only thing being taught in any school. I have heard many people mistakenly say “teach me the tricks of the trade.’ This is sad because in reality, they need to learn THE TRADE… in other words, the principles of successful advertising – instead of just learning the TRICKS. Once you learn the basic principles, then you can move on to learning the techniques. There’s a good reason why all good teachers of marketing and advertising go through all the principle-based strategies before they move on to the techniques and tips.

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On Demand – The Culture Of Instant Gratification

Disclaimer – It may take you several minutes to read this in its entirety. I know your attention span will most likely opt out after reading this disclaimer, but if you commit to read through, you may have some food for thought to slow down and enjoy your weekend the way it is meant to be enjoyed.

We used to have more patience. A lot more patience. We were aligned with the rhythms of the seasons and of the day. Things were done slowly and with care; with intention and grace. Their used to be something called “pride of workmanship” and our hands were used to create beautiful things that stood the test of time. Continue reading “On Demand – The Culture Of Instant Gratification”

Divorce Ruining Your Self-Confidence? – Energy Drills Can Help!

Divorce can suck the life right out of you. Especially a nasty divorce.

Other people have the life sucked out of them by the FEAR of divorce, long before the relationship ever actually ends.

One subscriber wrote saying his self-confidence has been quite low since his divorce. We do have some things that can help here.

One of my friends was low on self-confidence and her husband was going to leave her. I taught her some basic radiant energy drills and also did a remote influencing dreamtime telepathy intervention on her and her husband.

She started having more confidence, started LIKING herself more.

Her husband started paying more attention to her too.

I’ve got another friend who did the energy drills, and not only did her confidence shoot through the roof, she started getting hit on by guys everywhere she went. One married woman even got PISSED at her, because the woman’s husband started hitting on my friend.

Whenever someone’s confidence is low, you can bet their radiant energies are also very low, and they most likely have massive energy reversals.

This can be fixed.

I’m one of those people who has to work on mine all the time. Just like you have to go to the bathroom on a regular basis, and when you do, it’s also appropriate to wipe, and then go wash your hands.

What’s funny, though, is some people do the radiant energy drills, and they don’t have the habits wired in yet, but they stop doing the drills.

Your wondering, perhaps, if I’m just making up this thing about “radiant energies?”

Well, radiant energies are very real. They are one of the energy systems that make up human beings. Donna Eden, in her book Energy Medicine, lists these parts of the human energy body: the meridians, the chakras, the aura, the celtic weave, the basic grid, the five rhythms, the triple warmer, and the strange flows.

So these radiant energies do exist, and they also have a profound effect on your health, your mental outlook, your self confidence, and your ability to attract others to you – including those you are already intimate with or those you would like to become intimate with.

I was doing the energy drills and had women (and also guys) hitting on me whenever I went out somewhere.

Some smoking-hot chicks started flirting with me at a fast food place I like to go to. One chick’s boyfriend got so pissed because SHE was flirting with me, he was ready to fight me over her.

I hadn’t done ANYTHING. I was just there. And got hit on by hot chicks.

So I’ve been busy lately and hadn’t been doing the radiant energy drills. Heck, they only take a few seconds to do. Less time than it takes to go to the bathroom, wipe, and then wash your hands. But I hadn’t been doing the drills because I was “busy”.

I went to the fast food place the other day, and one of those hot chicks comes in…

She started whining to her friends about me because I wasn’t any “fun”.

I hadn’t even noticed…I was just busy doing stuff.

But this smoking hot chick was annoyed at me because I hadn’t activated my radiant energies for her. She didn’t know about radiant energies or energy healing. She just noticed that I “wasn’t any fun.”

And that is something you are able to correct at the energy level where all attraction happens anyway, once you know how.

How would you like to influence others, and then have them PISSED at you until you gave them MORE of what they craved?

THAT will boost your confidence, let me tell you!

The good news is your confidence does NOT depend on what others do or do not do to you.

You hold the keys in your own hand.

One of the most simple and easiest energy drills to do is the front bridge circuit, sometimes also caled the heart radiant energy circuit or the “care bear” energy drill.

You basically trace a heart on the front of your chest, in much the same way that the “Care Bears” have a heart on the front of their chest.

You imagine the energy of liking flowing through you and out your hands and fingers as you trace hearts on your chest and around your body.

Doing that exercise on a regular basis – daily, as often as you need to – will help to activate your attractor field for romance.

That’s just one of the ways to get rid of fear of a failing relationship – and in many cases you can save a relationship, or in other cases you can begin to attract a better one.

These energy healing techniques work for men and for women and are the energy “building blocks” of how people are attracted to each other naturally, but once you understand how the energies of attraction work, you can use them at will to enhance your own relationships.

Source by Jim Knippenberg