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Do you feel you have lost your bliss lately? You keep looking for it, hoping to find it somewhere. Nope….it’s not in the bottom of your laundry basket…..I looked in the closet too…..I can’t find it anywhere. Life can get pretty crazy. The demands of work, school, kids, social engagements and the mundane day to day tasks can sure make all the Zen in your life seem like it has gone M.I.A.
Zen, bliss or “your happy place” can be so many different things, objects or people. Maybe your Zen is petting your cat, laughing with a friend, taking a hike or just sitting quietly staring at a wall. (Hey I don’t judge) It’s important to make those things a priority. Finding some bliss is good for your soul and your health by lowing stress levels and releasing feel good endorphins. Not only does this lower stress but it will help you become more present in life. It’s like a little nap for your soul.
Whatever it is, I encourage you to make time to “Zen” out. Take moments to breathe, clear your mind, relax and just be.
If you need a little help in this department we have several bliss experts at The Dragontree. Whether you come in for a foot soak, massage, facial or just stop by to chat, walking in the door is sure to bring you some peace. Schedule your bliss today.
-Christy (Back of House Manager, The Dragontree NW)
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Unwind Your Hair And Make It A Cut Above
We often focus on how stress affects us physically, the tiredness, lethargy and general malaise it causes, not to mention the lack of energy, zip and pep we lose when haven’t had a good night’s sleep or are simply under increasing amounts of pressure due to our hectic workloads and busy social lives. One of the tell tale signs of a body and mind that is strained, is lacklustre and dull looking hair. Here’s how to look after and maintain your crowning glory and keep it looking vibrant and vital.
Stressed hair
According to the leading
hair loss expert, there seem to be two key things that people become concerned about when they’re stressed and it starts to show in their hair, they are:
1.) Loss of hair
2.) Hair greying
Whilst scientists seem convinced that stress can most definitely affect hair loss, the jury is out on whether it can affect how quickly it greys. It seems that in some people, stress might well cause the acceleration of how quickly the hair loses its color, but there really aren’t any specific studies that show this to be a definite fact.
On average, someone with a full head of hair will have about 150,000 strands (give or take a few!) and during the course of a normal day, without even realising it, you’ll lost anything up to, or just above 100 of those. At any one time about 90% of all the hair on the head is in what scientists call a ‘growing phase’ and your hair can, on average grow anything up to 1 inch per month. These phases can last for between 1 – 3 years, after which time your hair will go into a ‘resting period’, which will typically last for a few months and allows it to slow down and regain nutrients and strength from your body.
Hair loss
When you’re under stress, this growing phase can become disrupted and your hair might go into a premature resting period. What happens then is, instead of continuing to grow; your
hair starts to shed. This can come on very suddenly and it can actually be quite a shock to look in the brush or on the pillow in the morning to find clumps of hair there. It’s at times like these; people go to their Doctor and are very often prescribed medications like
propecia or rogaine to help with the symptoms and to try to restore some of the loss. These are great treatments that can help to give a lot of lost confidence back and work to try and block any hormonal problems that might be triggering off long term hair fall. However, alongside looking into conventional medicines and therapies, there are lots of holistic ways of helping your hair regain optimum health and to shine with vitality.
Ways to help your hair look its best
Head and scalp massage: Stimulation of the head and the scalp can help to both relax you and also encourage hair growth to begin again. Relaxation allows the blood to flow freely through the body, which in turn encourages the nutrients and goodness from the food you eat to travel to where it is needed. If your scalp is getting enough nutrients and you feel calmer, your hair stands the best possible chance of growing strong again.
Using the right products: Hair that is cared for with the right kinds of products is more likely to look and feel healthier than hair that is constantly abused or mistreated with over styling, processing and coloring. Choosing a
great shampoo that is gentle, infused with natural ingredients and packed with moisture will effectively clean your hair without stripping it of it’s natural oils and help to leave your scalp in great condition too. Deep conditioning can really help your hair and scalp too, especially if it’s done with natural oils like virgin coconut, olive or argan oil. Take a small amount, work them into your hair and scalp, leave them for at least 20 minutes or even overnight and then shampoo out.
Look into supplements: As well as making sure you’re getting all the nutrients you need from your diet, one of the best supplements you can take to help with hair loss and hair growth is Zinc. This essential mineral is found in lean red meat, shellfish, leafy green vegetables and eggs, but can be taken in a supplement form. Look for either Zinc Picolinate or Chelated Zinc and aim to take around a 15mg dose per day. Other essential nutrients that play a part in hair growth are Biotin and Seleniuim. Biotin can be found again in eggs, leafy green vegetables and nuts, whilst Selenium is primarily found in Brazil nuts. Eating just three of these a day provides you with your entire recommended daily amount of this mineral.
Be gentle: Don’t over brush your hair, don’t tug at it, and don’t aggressively rub it. Wherever possible let it dry naturally and only use heat styling tools on their coolest setting and with a good quality, natural based styling product. If you’re a regular at the hairdresser for coloring, why not think about switching to something a little more natural or organic? There are many nature based dyes on the market – including things like Henna and Indigo, which provide color and deep condition for stressed out hair. You may also consider
face slimming with injections in Melbourne to refine your image even more.
Don't forget, if you look after your hair, it will look after you!
-Jennifer Lewis
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Last week I wrote about forgiveness as the ultimate psychological cleanse. The emphasis of the article was on forgiving other people, because most of us have plenty of work to do in this area, and it’s pretty easy to identify the resentment we have toward others, whether it’s our parents, ex-lovers, and bosses, or more distant relations, like Dick Cheney and Monsanto. But I believe the massive submerged part of the resentment iceberg is all about ourselves.
In my opinion, whether we’re aware of it or not, we blame ourselves for everything about our life that isn’t the way we think it should be. Like I said, this portion of the iceberg is usually hidden, so I expect many people will disagree with me on this. I didn’t believe it until just a few years ago. Before then, I would have told you, I’m not someone who blames myself when things go wrong.
But through my meditation practice, I gradually discovered a wellspring of self-blame, shame, and guilt within myself. It’s not that these feelings just arose in me; I unearthed them. They’ve been there since childhood. And my sense is that they’re not just my feelings . . . they belong to all of us. The focus of this self-blame is so broad that I believe it’s simply an inevitable product of the way we socialize each other.
Probably, it stems from an early time in our lives when the people around us began to teach us about the world. There were so many words, labels, and behaviors to learn, and the goal of every lesson was to be right. When we named the color, or peed in the right place, or ate all our food, we did it right and got the reward of praise, love, and approval. And when we drew on the wall, or hit someone, or had the wrong answer, we didn’t get this reward. Maybe we even got disapproval or anger.
And since most of this positive and negative feedback came from our parents – the people responsible for our very survival – we naturally made being right one of our highest priorities. We became experts at being – or at least, appearing – right. Two important secondary behaviors developed from this training. First, we taught our subconscious to habitually identify wrong things – in us and in others – because it’s at least as important to know what’s wrong, and to avoid being wrong, as it is to be right. Second, we learned to internally preside over the judgment of our own behavior. By policing ourselves, scolding ourselves, and withholding approval from ourselves, we could get better at presenting only rightnessto the world.
As we moved into the school phase of life, this training became more rigorous. Our teachers and peers joined in on the process of critiquing us, and we began to see that certain things about us could be wrong that we never thought about controlling before – like the size of our body, or the color of our skin, or the way our hair looked. And if we were brought up in a sin-based religion, we were likely taught that, despite being “created in God’s image,” we had messed up really bad. All of this served to strengthen our internal critic.
But our self-criticism has been such a constant thing that many of us barely even notice it. Even in psychologically healthy folks, I’d guess that there are dozens of thoughts each day that go something like: “I’m not working fast enough,” “I should be thinner,” “There’s something wrong with me,” “I shouldn’t have said that,” “I should have done that differently,” “I should be better at . . .,” “I should be more accomplished at this age than I am,” “I’m a mediocre parent,” “Why am I so bad at making money?,” “I’m not doing anything impressive,” “I’m not very pretty,” “I screwed up my life,” and more. Self-blame thoughts like these make us less happy, and they cause us to withhold approval from ourselves, even if they don’t seem so bad. Even if we think, “But it’s true.”
Forgiveness – continual forgiveness, where we just let ourselves and the world BE however we are – is the means to liberation. There’s a line I love from A Course in Miracles: “God does not forgive because he has never condemned.” All the condemnation comes from within our own minds, and forgiveness is the ultimate cleanse.
I believe that a big part of our personal evolution is about letting more and more love into our lives. We can all have as much love as we want, but we restrict it from certain areas of our lives because we don't accept them or we think they should be different. So, there are these dark nooks and crannies in our consciousness where we haven't let the love in. The more of those we have, the less light, free, joyful, and spontaneous we feel. They're like sandbags weighing down our hot air balloon. And when we forgive, it's like cutting the strings.
When we start forgiving habitually, not only do we begin to experience a lightness and freedom that for many of us has been absent for decades, but we also begin to recognize just how powerful we are. Even if we’ve been exploring personal development or spirituality for a while, we’ve probably had an outlook that amounts to looking for and appreciating the goodness in each situation. Perhaps we’ve even come to realize that there’s a certain lightness to be found in every circumstance. But when we start living forgiveness, and we shed mountains of blame, a new understanding may emerge: we don’t need to find the goodness in every situation; we bring the goodness to every situation. You are the light of the world, as soon as you choose it.
Be well,
Dr. Peter Borten
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Do you feel you have lost your bliss lately? You keep looking for it, hoping to find it somewhere. Nope….it’s not in the bottom of your laundry basket…..I looked in the closet too…..I can’t find it anywhere. Life can get pretty crazy. The demands of work, school, kids, social engagements and the mundane day to day tasks can sure make all the Zen in your life seem like it has gone M.I.A.
Zen, bliss or “your happy place” can be so many different things, objects or people. Maybe your Zen is petting your cat, laughing with a friend, taking a hike or just sitting quietly staring at a wall. (Hey I don’t judge) It’s important to make those things a priority. Finding some bliss is good for your soul and your health by lowing stress levels and releasing feel good endorphins. Not only does this lower stress but it will help you become more present in life. It’s like a little nap for your soul.
Whatever it is, I encourage you to make time to “Zen” out. Take moments to breathe, clear your mind, relax and just be.
If you need a little help in this department we have several bliss experts at The Dragontree. Whether you come in for a foot soak, massage, facial or just stop by to chat, walking in the door is sure to bring you some peace. Schedule your bliss today.
-Christy (Back of House Manager, The Dragontree NW)
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