Enhancing Your Athletic Performances with Halotherapy

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Enhancing Your Athletic Performances with Halotherapy

Have you ever watched an Olympic sporting event or a World Championship and wonder why a specific athlete won the event? In some events, the difference between first and last is a split second. Every athlete wants to perform well and win the event. Each athlete is looking for a competitive edge that can put him or her over the top.

And one of the ways that an athlete can increase his chances of success is by optimizing his breathing patterns and lung capacity. Salt Therapy can be applied to professional and amateur athletes as well as weekend warriors by helping them achieve their best performance through increased lung function and stamina.

There are many drawbacks to having poor breathing patterns including the increased probability of injury while training or during competition, increases muscle soreness, dehydration and muscle cramping. Halotherapy counteracts these negative effects by removing mucus, reducing bronchial hyper responsiveness and clearing out an athletes lungs

Athletes arent immune to respiratory conditions and pulmonary conditions. Airway obstruction is a blockage of respiration in the airway that can be caused by viral infections such as croup or swelling can reduce athletic performance. And for those athletes that have allergies or respiratory conditions such as asthma, salt therapy is a 100% natural, drug-free solution that is has been used to treat people with for many centuries,

Breathing purified air improves, rejuvenates and removes impurities from the body and boosts the immune system through the use of dry aerosol of salt micro particles and minerals. National sports teams in Eastern Europe and professional sports teams like Australias St. Kilda Football Club, the Saints, use salt therapy to obtain positive effects including increased recovery time between games. A salt cave in Bochnia, Poland has a speleotherapy unit with an underground sport-field and basketball court. Theres even a salt cave that specializes in Equine Salt Therapy for equine athletes, http://www.equinesalttherapy.com.

Athletes find out that optimal breathing pattern allows them to achieve better performance, using less of their air reserves to achieve outstanding results. When the body is working within its normal parameters it can sustain higher performance levels. Its just the opposite when it isnt operating within its optimal levels and athletes have less stamina and endurance. Athletes that compete in events that require high levels of stamina including long distance and cross country running, ironman events, wrestling etc should consider integrating Halotherapy into their regular training routine.

Endometriosis Part XVI - Types of Essential Oil Help To Treat Endometriosis

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Endometriosis Part XVI - Types of Essential Oil Help To Treat Endometriosis

Endometriosis which grows somewhere else other than the endometrium also reacts to hormonal signals of the monthly menstrual cycle by building up tissue, breaking it, and eliminating it through the menstrual period. As we know essential oils play a very important role in treating some kinds of disease. In this article, we will discuss how types of essential oil helps to treat endometriosis.

A. Bergamot
I. Definition
Bergamot is a small and roughly pear-shaped fragrant citrus fruit native to southeast Asia.It has been used as a ingredient for grey tea in treating malaria. The essential oil--beromot is an extraction of the tree.

II. How essential oil--bergamot effects women with endometriosis
1. Liver tonic
Essential oil--bergamot is said to contain liver tonic chemicals that help to increase liver in maintaining the insulin levels in carbohydrate metabolism by stimulating or stopping the pancreas production of insulin, thereby decreasing the food and sugar craving for women with endometriosis during menstrual cycle.

2. Digestive system
It also enhances the production of stomach acids which help to digest and absorb the vital nutrients that are lacked in women with menstrual cycle as we mentions in some articles.

3. Nervous system
Essential oil-- bergamot also is a excitotoxicity that is the pathological process by which nerve cells are damaged and killed by glutamate and similar substances, thus it helps to reduce tension of nervous system caused by over active brain cells resulting in decreasing the effects of endometrial symptoms.

4. Immune system
It also increase the body immune system by increasing the liver function in defensing the invasion of foreign invasion such as bacteria, virus and forming of radicals and endometrial implants and adhesion.

5. Anti spasmodic
Essential oil bergamot is also an anti spasmodic, it helps to decrease the over active muscles including the uterine muscle resulting in decreasing the heavy blood flow and menstrual cramps.

B. Chamomile Roman

I.Definition
Roman chamomile is plant belongs to the anthemis nobilis, the family species of Asteraceae . It is also known as English chamomile, sweet chamomile and garden chamomile. It has been used in traditional medicine in treating nervous disorder. Pure essential oil--chamomile roman is made from essential oil steam distilled from chamomile flowers.

II. How essential Oil--chamomile roman effects women with endometriosis
1. Nervous system
Essential oil chamomile roman is said to have calming effects for women with endometriosis during menstrual cycle. By reducing the tension of nervous cells caused by over producing of levels of estrogen, it helps to relax the brain cells resulting in lessening the symptoms of endometriosis such as muscle tension, emotional and physical stress, anxiety, etc.

2 Dysmenorrhea
By reducing the tension of over active muscles caused by nervous disorder, it helps to reduce the abdominal muscles including the uterine muscles resulting in decreasing the menstrual cramps during menstruation.

3. Blood cleansing
Essential oil--chamomile roman is also a blood purifier. By purifying the blood in the circulatory system, it helps to bring more oxygen and increase the production of red and white blood cell resulting in increasing the immune system fighting against forming of endometrial implants and adhesion as well as reducing the risk of anemia for women with heavy blood during menstruation.

4. Digestive system
It is said that essential oil- chamomile roman helps to increase the function of digestive system in absorbing the vital vitamins and minerals during menstrual cycle.

5. Pre mnestrual syndrome
By reducing the muscle tension before ovulation and menstruation, it reduces the symptoms of pre menstrual syndrome caused by over active uterine muscle as resulting of hormone imbalance.

C. Clary Sage
I. Definition
Clary sage essential oil is extracted from Salivia Sclarea of the Labiatae family and is also known as Clary, Clary wort. It has been used in traditional medicine in treating muscle pain.

II. How essential oil--Clary sage effects women with endometriosis
1. Nervous system
It is said the essential oil--clary sage is nervous system tonic medicine, it helps to relax the tension of brain cells that causes depression, stress, insomnia and deep seated tension.

2. Menstrual pain
it also helps to strengthen the liver function in fatty acids metabolism thereby it reduces the risk of over active uterine muscle resulting in menstrual pain for women with endometriosis during menstrual cycle.

3. Heavy menstrual blood flow
Essential oil-Clary sage contains geraniol, asubstance that help to strengthen the liver function in fatty acids metabolism thereby it increases the transportation of oxygen and nutrients for our body cells need resulting in lessening the risk of heavy menstrual flow caused by breaking off small vein in uterus.

4. Immune system
Essential oil-- Calry sage containing linalool, is a natural terpene alcohol substance. Since linalool also has antioxidant properties it helps to increase the function of immune system in limiting damage from oxidation reaction resulting in lessening the risk of endometrial implants and adhesion. It also contains caryophyllene which is antiseptic, thereby it helps to destroy the microscopic organism usually a bacteria or virus, that causes diseases.

D. Cypress
I. Definition
Cypress essential oil is from Cupressus sempervirens of the Cupressaceae family and is also known as Italian or Mediterranean cypress.

II. How essential oil---cypress effects women with endometriosis

1. Respiratory system
Essential oil- cypress helps to increasing function of respiratory system by inhibiting glandular secretion that may partially block the air which is needed for oxygen absorption resulting in increasing the oxygen levels in the blood that are necessary for cells in the body.

2. Nervous system
Essential oil--cypress contains sabinene, a substance is said to helps in sympathetic or parasympathetic functions, thereby it helps to control and smooth muscle contraction, such as regulating cardiac muscle, resulting in lessening the tension of nervous system's symptoms including uterine muscles and menstrual pain.

3. Heavy blood flow
It is said that essential oil- cypress also helps to increase the elastic of capillaries wall resulting in reducing the risk of broken off of the small veins in the abdomen resulting in lessening the risk of heavy menstrual blood flow.

4. Digestive system
It also helps to increase the stomach acid in digestive system resulting in increasing the absorption of essential vitamins and minerals for women with endometriosis because most of them are found to have some kinds of vitamins or minerals deficiency during menstrual cycle.

E. Fennel

I. Definition
Essential oil--fennel is also known as fenkel and Roman fennel, it is extracted from foeniculum vulgare var. dulce, which is a sweet fennel of the Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) family.

II. How Essential Oil--Fennel effects women with endometriosis

1. Respiratory system
Essentail oil-- fennel containing a-pinene and limonene help to purify the air in the lung resulting in maximum the oxygen absorption that is vital for regulating the brain cell function. Without enough oxygen, it causes symptom of fatigue, dizziness, tiredness, etc.

2. Antispasmodic
It is said that fennel also helps to release tension of nervous system resulting in lessening the muscle pain including uterine muscle that causes symptom of menstrual pain.

3. Emmenagogue
Since it is also a mild emmenagoue, it helps to increase production of blood and red blood cells that are essential for women with endometriosis and with heavy blood flow during menstruation.

4. Immune system
It is also a liver tonic medicine, it helps to improve liver function in protein and fat metabolism resulting in increasing the function of immune system in fighting against the forming of free radical and endometriosis implants and adhesion.

5. Constipation:
Essential oil- fennel is also laxative, it helps to improve the movement of stool resulting in lessening the menstrual cramps caused by endometrial implants and adhesion attached to secretion organs.

F. Geranium
I. Definition
Essential oil--geranium is extracted from the plant Pelargonium odorantissimum, of the Geraniaceae family. It contains the compose of various chemical constituents, including a-pinene, myrcene, limonene, menthone, linalool. It has been used in traditional medicine in treating nervous disorder.

II. How essential oil--geranium effects women with endometriosis

1. Nervous sytem
Essential oil-geranuim is said contains chemicals that helps relieve the tension of nervous system including the hormonal production of adrenal gland resulting in lessening the symptoms of endometriosis such as emotional and physical stress, mild depression and anxiety.

2. Poor circulation
Is also helps to release the blood stagnation that causes poor circulation resulting in increasing blood blow in the body including the blood flow to the abdomen that helps to release the menstrual cramps and heavy period blood flow.

3. fluid retention
It is said that essential oil--geranium helps to in crease function of the lymphatic system resulting in reducing the risk of fluid retention in the body tissues.

4. Menstrual irregularities.
By helping the fat and protein metabolism of the liver, it helps to balance the production of estrogen and progesterone resulting in lessening of menstrual irregularity.

5. Hormone balancing
Essential oil-gerunium also works on the adrenal cortex that helps in fatty acids metabolism and has a balancing effect on the hormone system resulting in lessening the period pain caused by over production of certain hormone in the prostaglandins family.

G. Helichrysum

I. Definition
Essential oil--helichrysumis extracted from Helichrysum angustifolium of the Asteraceae (Compositae) family and is commonly known as everlasting oil. It has been used in traditional medicine in treating liver congestion.

II. How Essential Oil--helichrysum effects women with endometriosis
Essential oil--helichrysum contains some main chemical components such as a-pinene, camphene, b-pinene, myrcene, limonene.

1. Nervous system
Essential oil--helichrysum is antispasmodic, it helps to reduce the muscle tension caused by over active of brain cells in electrotype transmission of information resulting in reducing the muscle cramps in the abdomen for women with endometriosis

2. Diuretic
It also is diuretic that helps to increases function of lymphatic system resulting in decreasing the symptoms of water retention in the body tissues and breast tenderness caused by imbalance of ratio of potassium and sodium during menstrual cycle.

3. Circulatory system
It is said that some substances in the essential oil--helichrysum helps to improve the liver metabolism of fatty acids resulting in reducing levels of bad cholesterol in the blood steam. Thereby it helps to increase the levels of oxygen and nutrients in the blood that reduce the risk of hormone imbalance which causes symptoms of endometriosis.

4. Liver congestion
Liver congestion is caused by the qi stagnation in the abdominal region. By releasing the flow of qi, helichrysum improves the function of liver in fighting against inflammation caused by endometrial implants and adhesion.

5. Digestive system
Essential oil--helichrysum is also a digestive system tonic medicine, it helps to improve the digestive function in absorbing the nutrients that are necessary for the body of women with endometriosis needed. Deficiency of nutrients are common for women with endometriosis during menstrual cycle.

H. Lavender
I. Definition
Essential oil--lavender is also known as Lavandula officinalis, it is extracted from lavandula angustifolia of the lamiaceae family. It has been used to relieve tension of the nervous system.

II. How Essential Oil--Lavender effects women with endometriosis
Essential oil--lavender contains chemical components of a-pinene, limonene, linalool, cis-ocimene, trans-ocimene, etc.

1. Nervous system
Essential Oil--lavender has a soothing and calming effect on the nerves, thereby it helps to relieve the nervous tension that causes symptoms of endometriosis including depression, panic, hysteria and it is effective in treating headaches, migraines.

2. Menstrual Cramps
Since it helps to improve the function of nervous system, it reduces the muscle tension in the body including the uterine muscle resulting in lessening the menstrual cramps.

3. Anti-inflammatory
Essential oil--lavender contains a-pinene and limonene that help to increase function of immune system that is important to fight off the inflammation of endometrial implants and adhesion.

4. Insomnia
Insomnia is one of the symptoms of women with endometriosis, it is either caused by menstrual cramps or over active brain cells that have kept them at wake at night. Essential oil--lavender is said to help to calm the brain cell and reduce menstrual cramps resulting in lessening the risk of insomnia.

5. Bowel disorder
Essential Oil--lavender is said to helps to move the stool in the large intestine that acts as a laxative resulting in lessening the pain caused by endometriosis implants and adhesion attached to secretion organs.

6. Respiratory system
It is also a respiratory system tonic, by increasing the blood circulation to the lung that increases the lung function in absorption of oxygen resulting in lessening the problems of bronchitis, asthma, colds, laryngitis, halitosis, throat infections and weakening the immune system.

I. Nutmeg
I. Definition
Essential oil--nutmeg is also known as myristica officinalis and it is extracted from myristica fragrans of the Myristicaceae family. It has been used as a reproductive system tonic medicine in traditional medicine.

II. How Essential oil--nutmeg effects women with endometriosis
Essential oil--nutmeg contains main chemical components of a-pinene, camphene, b-pinene, sabinene, myrcene, a-phellandrene, a-terpinene, limonene, etc.

1. Antispasmodic
Essential oil--nutmeg helps to improve the tension of nervous system in controlling the muscle action in the body, thereby it reduces the over active of uterine muscle resulting in lessening the endometrial cramp for women with endometriosis,

2. Digestive system
Essential oil--nutmeg is said to help in inhibiting the bad microorganisms in the digestive system. Over growth of bad microorganisms causes over production of its waste resulting in increasing the risk of toxin accumulation and weakening the liver function in defending against foreign invasion and endometrial implants and adhesion.

3. Emmenagogue
It also has an emmenagogue by increasing the blood flow to the pelvic area and uterus that helps to bring on menstrual flow and reduce symptoms of endometriosis caused by amenorrhea.

4. Laxative
Essential oil--nutmeg also acts as laxative that helps to move the stool in the large intestine resulting in reducing the risk of constipation and pain caused by endometrial implants and adhesion in secretion organs.

J. Rose Otto
I. Definition
Essential oil--rose otto is also known as Bulgarian and Turkish rose, it is extracted from the damask rose - Rosa damascena of the Rosaceae family. It has been used in traditional medicine as sedative for nervous system.

II. How Essential Oil--Rose Otto effects women with endometriosis
Essential oil--rose otto contains the main chemical composition of citronellol, phenyl ethanol, geraniol, nerol, farnesol and stearpoten with traces of nonanol, linalool, nonanal, phenyl acetaldehyde, citral, carvone, rose oxide, etc.

1. Nervous system
Essential oil--rose otto has been used as a sedative medicine to calm the over active nervous cell resulting in reducing symptoms of endometriosis including muscle tension, anxiety, emotional and physical stress and depression.

2. Constipation
It also acts as laxative medicine that helps to to induce bowel movements or to loosen the stool resulting in lessen the pain caused by endometriosis in the secretion organs.

3. Liver
Essential oil--rose otto is also a liver tonic, it helps to increase the liver function in synthesis of carbohydrate that helps to bring energy to the body need resulting in reducing symptoms of endometriosis including tiredness, fatigue and sleeplessness.

4. Emmenagogue
It is also emmenhagogue that help bring on absence of period and reduces menstrual cramps caused by blood stagnation in the abdominal region by stimulating the blood flow in the abdomen.

5. Digestive system
Essential oil--rose otto is said to help to improve the digestive function in absorption of vital nutrients that are always deficiency for women with endometriosis during menstrual cycle.

6. Uterine tonic
Since it is uterine tonic, it helps to maintain the normal of function of uterine muscle and reduce the heavy blood flow and menstrual cramps.

Since endometriosis is treatable and manageable by natural remedies and a self help course, if you have endometroisis, please look on the bright side.

I hope this information will help. If you need more information or insurance advice, please follow my article series of the above subject at my home page at:
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Emotional Detachment And How To Overcome It

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Emotional Detachment And How To Overcome It

Emotional detachment can be referred to an individual who cannot connect find or connect emotionally with others or themselves. Such individuals cannot perform in a social gathering and might eventually sink into a nervous breakdown. It is very important for an individual to get professional help in order of overcoming this emotional condition. There are quite a number of therapies out there that have been conjured to help individuals overcome such; most of these therapies come as personal development cures. Emotional detachment is often linked to some or all of these signs

Anger

Anger can be a very difficult vice to kick out. Individuals who have had previous problems which have led them to this state will always tend to isolate themselves from other people. This is because they are able to react differently to even small issues like jokes. They may be emotionally detached as they do not know how to handle their anger.

Grief

Grief can be a difficult issue to deal with especially when has lost someone they were really close to. They may not know how to deal with their loss and they may find themselves keeping to themselves. However for individuals who go through this state their friends and family can take note of this and recommend better options for them to take like dealing with experts who can teach them how to let go and move on with their lives.

Stress And Depression

Individuals who have stress may find themselves emotionally detached in the long run. This is because they are so immersed in their own problems that they cannot find time to socialize well with others. This at severe situations will cause depression. Once depression sets in they might find themselves getting an emotional breakdown.

Loss Of A Job

If an individual loses there source of income it may lead them to a state of emotional detachment. An individual may be confused and be out of options. This can be more difficult if they have responsibilities they need to take care of. These signs are easy to detect. When an individual is getting emotionally detachment they should seek the help of a professional before they get an emotional breakdown.

People who overcome emotional detachment must find in themselves ways to forge ahead with their lives. Accepting life situations however hard they may be is often a big step in emotional cure. It is also very important to understand influences of the brain when seeking for any therapy; successful individuals note that the brain is the central controlling organ of each and every activity in the human body. Looking for therapies which influence the strength of the human brain in affecting cure to emotional detachment is the only permanent way of getting rid of the sickness. There are quite a number of places where you can get good information about how to cure emotional detachment, when seeking more information on these always make sure that you get information from good reputable sites which have a reputation of displaying factual information.

EMDR A Powerful New Therapy for Healing Emotional Pain

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EMDR A Powerful New Therapy for Healing Emotional Pain

EMDR was developed 13 years ago to deal with the after effects of trauma. It was used and tested mostly on Vietnam Veterans who were suffering from intrusive memories from the War. Since then, it has become increasingly popular due to its ability to move the process of psychotherapy along at a swift pace. Not only does EMDR take the emotional charge off a traumatic event from the past; also, the meaning of that earlier event changes, leading to new self concepts and behaviors.

As the process evolved and became more widely used, therapists realized that they could use it on any troubling event or memory from the past. In my private practice, I work with many "everyday traumas" that cause people to have limiting beliefs about themselves. A child is so vulnerable to its environment in the first 5 or 6 years, that it often gets messages from events about itself;for example...I'm too big/small, lazy, stupid, the "wrong sex", and deficient in some way, don't deserve love, am powerless, am a disappointment.

All of these beliefs make sense to the child's mind, and they need to be explored and understood in that perspective before they can be released to make room for more realistic perspectives and beliefs about the self.

WHY IS EMDR SO EFFECTIVE IN UNEARTHING TRAUMA, AND THE RESULTING SELF LIMITING BELIEFS?

Bessel van der Kolk in discussing the research of Martin Teicher (Teicher et al, 1997) points out that with the new brain imaging technology, we have found that trauma, and the recalling of traumatic experiences occurs in the right hemisphere of the brain and to the exclusion of the left hemisphere. Regular "talking therapy", without EMDR uses language to process memories. Given that the left hemisphere becomes inactive when a traumatic memory is recalled, it is understandable that verbal therapies have a non-verbal body focus, which seems to stimulate inter-hemispheric activity.

WHAT IS THE PROCESS?

The client is directed to hold a troubling image in awareness, with its accompanying sensory experiences, and the distorted negative belief (i.e. I am bad, it was my fault, I'm powerless, and I don't deserve love). Along with this is used alternate bilateral brain stimulation (by eye movements, sound moving from ear to ear or tapping). As the client follows this process, observing his feelings, he experiences a letting go of the feelings and the symptoms that developed as a result of this event. He then is free to live in the present, and feel safe again.

HOW EMDR CAN BE USED WITH PAIN AND HEALING.

I was using EMDR with a patient who had Multiple Schlerosis to help her regulate her pain and emotional state. We began by focusing on the pain, along with a picture that represents the pain and where in the body the pain was felt, along with the level of disturbance of the pain (from 1 to 10), 10 being the worst it could be. The patient holds all this in awareness, along with the belief about the self they feel as they look at this scene.

She focused on the pain she felt in her ankle, and rated it at a level of disturbance of a 7. The picture was her collapsing onto the floor, when her ankle was too weak to hold her up. The belief she had about herself was "I can't take care of myself".

As we did the EMDR processing while she closed her eyes and tried to hold all these things in her awareness, she saw her self as a child being blamed in an angry way by her mother for not taking care of her younger sister when she was just age 6. Her sister fell out of her high chair and injured her face badly. As we stayed with all these parts of that experience, she had many new thoughts and awarenesses about what the appropriate responsibility roles of her parents and herself at that young age of 6 had been. She then began to release the feelings of her own "Badness" and the shame that she had felt from this. This shifted her feeling of unworthiness of having anything good happen to her.

We now needed to work on the pain again in her ankle. As she focused on it, using the EMDR stimulation it came down from a 9 to a 4, in intensity. As I would ask her the level of intensity of her pain, she would report what thoughts were going through her mind. She pictured many scenes from growing up where she would stop herself from expressing what she wanted or felt, in order to please others. I asked her to step into the scene she was picturing as the grown up adult of today and to help that child (her younger self) by asking the child what would she have needed to make that painful situation a little easier. The child's answer was to know that she was valued. This adult part of my patient was able to re-parent that child part of her in exactly the way the child needed it. The amazing thing I have found from working in this way for 13 years, is that when we simply ask (in a sincere, caring way) those parts of us that are so needy, what it is that they needed then, then we can give it to them, energetically, through our intention.

As we kept reprocessing and desensitizing other incidents she reported a level of pain that varied from 3 to 7. She was much more aware of the pain levels she had, and we built in ways for her to reduce her level of pain with imagery that she could use at any time she wanted.

The other thing that can be done to reduce pain with EMDR is just to focus on the pain using the alternate bi-lateral simulation. This changes a person's experience in their body.

There is much reserach to be found on EMDR on the web. Start with www.emdr.com and www.emdrportal.com. My web site also has articles about EMDR at http://susan.quintal.net.

Eliminating Criticism From Your Relationship

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Eliminating Criticism From Your Relationship

Famed relationship expert and researcher, Dr. John Gottman, uses science to determine the main predictors of divorce or instability in a relationship. Criticism is one of the primary behaviors that destroys relationships.

Criticism feels like an attack, but sometimes you may not see it coming until it has already hit you.

So what are the Antidotes to Criticism?

1. Learn to recognize Criticism in all its subtleties:

Words like "you always" or "you never" lead into Criticism with an air of finality. Even merely describing your partner rather than yourself can sound critical. The underlying tone is "What's wrong with you?" One benefit of counseling is that the therapist can help couples notice Criticism and steer them towards repair.

Once you recognize Criticism, you can use simple devices to build awareness and change habits. This includes cautions, such as asking yourself, "am I giving my partner the benefit of the doubt here? and "what is it I really need or want right now?" This can be followed by thinking "turn what you're saying to focus more on describing yourself."

2. Transform your Criticism into a Complaint and Bid:

Using the soccer ball metaphor, Criticism is equal to you kicking your partner around, rather than the ball.

A Complaint allows you and your partner to see the problem as outside of either one of you, and kick the problem around, gently back and forth, until the issue is resolved or at least better understood. Complaints convey, "You, I love. This problem, not so much."

You can soften a Complaint with appreciation or by giving the other person the benefit of the doubt. For example, say things like: "You may not be able to do anything about this," "I'm sure you didn't realize or mean to... ," "I appreciate your help with this."

Complaining focuses on your experience rather than your partner's actions. Statements begin with "I feel" or "I think" rather than "You are" or "You do" statements.

If your Complaint includes a Bid for what you need or want, you are helping your partner know how to respond more effectively. In fact, I've often found going straight to making a Bid for what you want or need is even more effective than making the entire Complaint.

3. Make a Repair:

Repairs can come from either the speaker or the listener in the interaction

The speaker may have started with "what were you thinking?" or the made statements that began with "you did," "you didn't," "you need to" and "you should." The speaker can make a Repair by saying, "Sorry. That came out too harshly." "Whoops, can I try that again?" Or, "What I meant to say is: I need/want/would appreciate it if... "

The listener can help, too. An effective Repair can also sound like the listener saying, "I'm feeling criticized. Could you please try saying that differently?" Or, "I need you to speak more softly/kindly to me."

Get Help:

This 3-step method to eliminating criticism from your relationship may seem overly simplistic. However, trust me, it works! Over time, my private therapy clients have seen positive, noticeable improvements in their emotional, mental and physical relationships with their loved ones.

While private therapy is not a feasible option for many couples, a couples weekend workshop is an time and cost effective way to improve your relationship - no matter where your relationship presently stands.

The Art and Science of Love, a Couples Workshop, developed by the Gottman Institute, is a unique weekend workshop experience for couples because it presents methods and teaches skills - such as how to eliminate criticism from your relationship - based on proven research and drawn from what the Masters do.

EFT for PTSD Effective Treatment For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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EFT for PTSD  Effective Treatment For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

PTSD begins with a traumatic interruption of our experience of reality. Our usual sense of safety and well-being are violated and replaced by intense feelings of fear, horror and helplessness, overwhelming whatever coping strategies weve developed for everyday stress.
Whether this is the result of a single, discreet incident or a long series of terrible events, we have to keep on living and the simple demands of day-to-day life dont stop just because we are in shock.
Unable to discharge the intense negative emotions, our psyche instead attempts to repress the traumatic memories, to quarantine them away from conscious awareness. Unfortunately, this walling off of the trauma requires enormous amounts of psychic energy to maintain and is not usually very successful. The feelings dont just go away, rather they simmer and fester below the surface.
Those with PTSD often find themselves triggered by small, seemingly random things. It might be getting caught up in a crowd, or perhaps the smell of a particular spice in a Vietnamese restaurant. A car backfiring, or the expression on a strangers face. These apparently innocent stimuli are tied to the original memory and cause a breach in the protective wall. This may set off flashbacks, or surges of anger, fear, panic or depression.
Trying to prevent this kind of triggering, some PTSD sufferers become reclusive or even phobic, obsessively avoiding certain situations or people. They may turn to alcohol or other numbing agents, in an effort to shut down their fight or flight reactions. This often leads to a downward spiral of dysfunctional and deteriorating relationships. Close family members are often traumatized as a result.
For some, the effort to maintain the repression begins to cause memory problems, lethargy, trouble concentrating, insomnia or emotional numbing. So much effort is going into isolating the trauma that little energy is left for normal life.
Unfortunately, most conventional talk therapies require the client to remember, verbalize and discuss their memories and feelings. This process and runs directly counter to the clients powerful subconscious need to stay safe through repression, and offers only a very gradual discharge of traumatic emotions.
Well meaning therapists may do more harm than good by strongly re-triggering traumatic memories and strengthening the related neural pathways. Instead of discharging the negative emotions, they become more deeply entrenched.
One treatment method that has demonstrated very promising results for PTSD relief is EFT (emotional freedom techniques). EFT or tapping operates on the premise that all negative emotions are a disruption in the bodys energy systemthe same network of energy meridians that acupuncturists use.
Instead of using needles, the EFT practitioner has the client tap on specific acupuncture points with their fingers, while focusing on negative emotions, physical sensations and recollections. When applied properly, the technique often provides immediate relief. Repeated rounds of tapping may bring about a complete discharge of the negative emotional intensity associated with a particular memory.
This doesnt mean the memories disappear. To the contrary, they may become more clear and detailed. They simply lose any emotional content. Feelings like fear, or anger, shame or grief seem to fade away. This process often seems to make room for insight and compassion. Follow-up, even months later typically shows no return of these negative feelings.
One great advantage of the EFT process is that it can work without re-traumatizing the client. All certified practitioners are trained in the tell a story and tearless trauma techniques that specifically avoid flooding the client with emotion.
EFT is also remarkably effective. To fully discharge one specific memory may take, on average, anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour. These seemingly miraculous results are possible because EFT addressed the root of the problem: the disturbance in the clients energy system, rather than hashing over the memory itself.
As specific memories are discharged one after another, a generalization effect begins to take place, and similar memories begin to lose their intensity automatically. In other words, if a combat veteran has 100 traumatic war memories, it may only be necessary to tap on ten to twenty of them for complete relief.
EFT has been used effectively for combat vets, police, fire and paramedics, victims of rape and violent assault, survivors of natural disasters, accidents, terrorist attacks and childhood abuse. As traumatic memories are collapsed the energy that was going toward repressing them is restored, and many related problems, including physical complaints, tend to spontaneously resolve.
EFT is a relatively new technique and is still considered alternative and so may not be covered by most health insurance plans. However, given the lack of effective conventional treatments for PTSD, EFTs track record of immediate relief may make it the best and most cost effective approach for many PTSD sufferers. And because many EFT practitioners can work over the phone, sessions are accessible to almost anyone.

Effectiveness Of Ayurvedic Medicine For Eczema Skin

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Effectiveness Of Ayurvedic Medicine For Eczema Skin

Eczema is a term used in the medical science that denotes multiple skin problems. These may include itching, irritation, inflammation, redness and burning sensation on the skin. Even there may be appearance of scaly patches on the skin. Allergies are chiefly responsible causing this type of skin condition. The sufferer keeps on scratching the affected areas of the skin so as to soothe down the discomfort caused due to itching, irritation or inflammation. Even sometimes, there is bleeding from the skin at some points due to constant scratching. People who are highly allergic towards certain foods, pollens, allergens present in the environment or dander from animals are at high risk of suffering from eczema. This skin condition may attack any of the body parts. People of all age groups and genders may get affected by this skin condition.
Treatment for eczema with ayurvedic medicine

Keeping in mind the severe discomfort associated with the condition of eczema, ayurvedic medicine world has made varying researches and formulated certain medicines in the form of remedies or products. Ayurvedic medicine for eczema skin aims at eradicating this skin issue from its root cause so as to prevent its recurrence.

a. To soothe down the irritation and itching on your skin, you may use organic cold pressed virgin coconut oil. It is one of the safest and most effective ways to heal your skin without causing any harm to the skin in any manner.

b. Acute symptoms of eczema may be relieved well by topical application of strong brew of chamomile tea. It is prepared by steeping the fresh dried chamomile herbs for around 15 minutes. You may repeat the same process 2-3 times in a day to have effective relief from the discomfort associated with eczema.

c. Topical application of aloe Vera gel by mixing the same with Vitamin E oil on the affected areas offers great relief from the symptoms of eczema instantly. It is due to cooling and soothing effect offered to the skin.

d. Chaparral herb which is commonly known as Larrea tridentate in botanical science is rich in antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties and hence helps in offering relief from itching, inflammation and any types of infections on the skin. Add small amount of tincture obtained from this herb to the bathing water to have effective relief from eczema.

e. Borage or better known as Borago officianalis in botanical science is rich in Gamma linolenic acid. The oil extracted from this herb may be applied topically on the affected areas so as to keep skin hydrated. At the same time, repair of the damaged skin cells is also accelerated with the help of this oil.

f. Similarly, essential oil extracted from Cajeput herb is also helpful in eradication of eczema from the skin. It is due to presence of active chemicals such as alpha-terpineol, benzalhedyde, cajeputol and limonene in the oil obtained from this herb.

g. Take three organic carrots and boil them after removing the upper skin. When carrots become soft make a paste and apply the same on the affected skin areas. Wait for around 15 minutes followed by rinsing with cool water and pat dry after that

You can also get rid of this skin condition using ayurvedic medicine for eczema skin in a natural and safe manner. Thus do not forget to follow these natural remedies in place of other harsh chemicals for betterment of your skin. Side-effects free treatment is always safe and can be more efficient as compared to other methods. One should opt for all natural and organic cures for treating various skin ailments.