By Tracey Stover Meditation is the fifth pillar of this series – the five pillars of health. The pillars of breath, hydration, nutrition, exercise, and meditation are equally important to maintaining health. I sincerely hope this series of articles have provided insightful ways to promote your well-being. If the body is healthy, happiness is a…
The extraordinary gift of a human body. It affords us many experiences, and supports our happiness. As a Buddhist, we believe a human body is as rare as a 200-year-old turtle that surfaces the ocean once every hundred years that, as it comes to the surface, pokes its head through an oxen yoke floating by. Needless…
Welcome back as I continue to weave the tale about our precious human bodies. What we ingest and how we ingest it makes all the difference.In our exploration of extraordinary bodies, we must assess what we ingest. Do we really know what we are eating? Here is why: America’s farming soils are depleted of 85%…
By Tracey Stover Bear with me as I weave an inspiring tale about the miracle of water that you are. As we explore how extraordinary our bodies are, we can then access these amazing vehicles, and engage with all we are inspired to do. Oxygen plays an essential role, ranging from supporting the body’s metabolic processes,…
Bear with me as I weave an inspiring tale about the miracle of you and your body. Books are overflowing with strange stories of ordinary people achieving extraordinary feats of self-healing, endurance, and dignity, in the face of extreme harshness. When we are committed – passionate – we source from deep within, and transform the impossible into the possible. Every one of us is talented,…
After two years of pandemic stress, lockdowns, and mask wearing, most people are breathing shallow, contracted breaths. This is what happens under extreme stress. Pre-pandemic, the average person accessed 20-40% of their breath capacity, depending on whether they held trauma or were managing daily life stressors. Can you imagine what it is like now? It…