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by Dana Hutchinson: Learn more about the role of foods for gut health and protective immune homeostasis… For centuries, health practitioners have debated the origin of disease presentation in the human body. More than 2,000 years ago, the famous Greek physician Hippocrates claimed that “all disease begins in the gut.” Modern adaptations of this quote affirm that microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tract have an essential role to play in the regulation of human health.

Many spiritual traditions make a distinction between temporary spiritual experiences and a permanent, ongoing experience of ‘wakefulness’ or liberation. In the Hindu Vedanta tradition, this is the distinction between nirvikalpa or savikalpa samadhi (usually seen as temporary) and sahaja samadhi (usually seen as a stable, ongoing and permanent state of samadhi) (Feuerstein, 1990).

by Vanessa Lobue: What scientists know about “infantile amnesia.” Whenever I teach about memory in my child development class at Rutgers University, I open by asking my students to recall their very first memories. Some students talk about their first day of pre-K; others talk about a time when they got hurt or upset; some cite the day their younger sibling was born.

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by Walter Deriggio: Cellular DNA endures relentless injury through internal and external factors... A fundamental problem with aging is faulty DNA repair. As we lose our ability to repair DNA, illness and death ensues. If we could perfect internal DNA repair processes, we would become incredibly resistant to degenerative disease. Blueberry extracts have demonstrated robust DNA repair properties.

The umbrella term for the physical practices of yoga is Hatha yoga… There are many types of Hatha Yoga. The dynamic styles of Hatha Yoga which focuses on muscle tissues are considered to be yang style of practices. Yin Yoga focuses on more static tissues. The yin tissues are the connective tissues, like ligaments, tendons, and fascia. Since those tissues can not be strengthened as muscles, the aim is not building strength here.

by Donna Quesada: Of all the meditation retreats and spiritual workshops I’ve done in my life, there’s one that stands out. It was a long, intense and exhausting weekend in 2014. VIDEO Guided Meditation on Forgiveness with Donna Quesada There were moments where I was so tired, I just wanted to go home and lie down with my dog. But there were other moments that left me truly transformed. The most precious of those was a 31 minute meditation led by my teacher, Guru Singh, on guitar.

by Alan Lightman: Since at least 600 BC, people have been mesmerized by the concept of the infinite… Thoughts of the infinite have mesmerized and confounded human beings through the millennia. The concept of infinity remains a controversial and paradoxical topic today, galvanizing international conferences and heated scholarly disputes.

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” Although, anecdotal evidence like this exists that some species of turtles and other ectotherms — or ‘cold-blooded’ animals — live a long time, evidence is spotty and mostly focused on animals living in zoos or a few individuals living in the wild.