http://site.rapunzelgifts.com/blog1 Gifts That Inspire a Personal Journey Towards Peace and Enlightenment Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:00:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en -- By Richard A Masla ND Ayurvedic therapy is a truly holistic approach to achieving and maintaining wellness based on thousands of years of scientific study. Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old healing tradition from India that teaches us how to enrich our lives by staying in harmony with nature. Here is a very ... http://site.rapunzelgifts.com/blog1/2008/02/11/an-introduction-to-ayurvedic-theory/ Anyone Can Create Them -- By Leiah Bowden It isn’t so meaningful that we can write or speak. It is meaningful that we want to, that we want to bridge the gap between inside and outside, and on the bridge find release and relief from isolation. Tonight I created an ... http://site.rapunzelgifts.com/blog1/2008/02/11/energy-portraits-show-us-our-authentic-radiance/ -- Suhn Ki Energy Center What is it that makes our hearts beat and lungs breathe in and out? What is the power that creates and moves the billions of cells that form and sustain our bodies? We call this invisible force Ki or Vital Energy and it manifests itself as ... http://site.rapunzelgifts.com/blog1/2008/02/11/ki-and-health/ -- By Irene Tamaras What Are ESSENTIAL OILS? Therapeutic-grade Essential Oils are special medicinal healing substances that are extracted from various healing plants. Essential oils were used by ancient cultures including Ancient Egyptians for the treatment of illnesses and for religious rituals. At first look, essential oils appear so simple, but they are ... http://site.rapunzelgifts.com/blog1/2008/02/11/the-benefits-of-essential-oils/ -- by Cheryl Woodruff For many baby-boomers, Taoist wisdom brings to mind Bruce Lee’s “Fists of Fury” and the world of forbidden warriors. Yet, it was David Carradine’s portrayal of the exiled Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine, the mystic who wandered the American West in the 1972 hit TV show ... http://site.rapunzelgifts.com/blog1/2008/02/11/ki-energy-training-taoism-in-the-21st-century/ -- By Richard A Masla ND Ayur means life and Veda means knowledge. Ayurveda is the science of life. If there was a life handbook given at birth guiding us to a healthy and happy life, included would be several chapters on the science of Ayurveda. This ancient healing system ... http://site.rapunzelgifts.com/blog1/2008/02/11/ayurveda-living-in-harmony-with-nature/ -- By Irene Tamaras Anyone suffering from chronic pain knows how difficult it is to live with and how easily it is to turn to pharmaceuticals, but this is not a good solution for the long-term. At 39, I have suffered with chronic pain from a back injury for 12 years ... http://site.rapunzelgifts.com/blog1/2008/02/11/alternative-medicine-for-chronic-pain/ -- by Dr. Margaret Paul Kendra had been depressed on and off for the last three years before consulting with me. "I've tried various medications and they help somewhat, but I still feel depressed. I've tried psychotherapy and it also helps a little but not enough for me to feel ... http://site.rapunzelgifts.com/blog1/2008/02/11/a-powerfulmethod-for-healing-depression/ -- By Leiah Bowden We know that “to heal” means “to make whole.” We heal ourselves when we allow our authentic being to manifest its perfect self in our lives, and we sometimes do this by making drastic changes in our lifestyle, but we do it on a less self-conscious ... http://site.rapunzelgifts.com/blog1/2008/02/11/healing-self-healing-the-world/ -- by Suzanne Falter-Barns If you've got a dream you're intent on pursuing, chances are you're going to bog down at some point. That's just the way dreams are. In fact, there's a little known rule about this called the Second Rule of Thermodynamics, which states that sooner or later ... http://site.rapunzelgifts.com/blog1/2008/02/11/thirty-minutes-that-will-save-your-dream/