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Forest Bathing: The Road To Wellville Less Traveled. A Pre-19th-Century Practice Revived In 80s Japan That Improves Your Health. -All With Just A Calm Stroll.

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Exercise, Mind/Brain

Forest Bathing: The Road To Wellville Less Traveled. A Pre-19th-Century Practice Revived In 80s Japan That Improves Your Health. -All With Just A Calm Stroll.
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1880s or 1980s, Good Ideas Never Get Old:
In our technologically-advanced time, we have a bad-tendency toward disqualifying thoughts & theories that have come before us.

-Especially in the Sciences, old traditions that don’t have a big corporation behind them are looked at as Hokum, Superstition, & Snake-Oil.

But are they really?

Well recently, the scientists of (data) !Crazy Japan! came together and found actual scientific proof for a practice that saw it’s heyday back at the end of the 1800s.

-Getting outside and groping communing-with nature;…

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Video: I Once Was Lost, But Now Am Found. The Best & Healthiest Reason For Travel Or Vacation

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Video: I Once Was Lost, But Now Am Found. The Best & Healthiest Reason For Travel Or Vacation


Zen And The Art Of Metaphysical Maintenance:
So we’ve talked before about the actual, real health benefits of Happiness.

Recently, it’s been shown that people who take regular vacations actually live longer, happier, and healthier lives.

And in one post, we mentioned some of the specific ways you improve the “effectiveness” of a vacation.

But here, The School Of Life raises the surprising, yet philosophical idea of specific types of vacations as a kind-of symbolic “food”,

Or better yet: Nutrition For The Soul…

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Video: Jason Headley’s “F*ck That” Meditation Is Short But Fantastic, Foul-Mouthed Stress-Relief For Your Real Life

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Video: Jason Headley’s “F*ck That” Meditation Is Short But Fantastic, Foul-Mouthed Stress-Relief For Your Real Life


The 3rd School Of Meditation We All Needed:
So over the years, we’ve learned a lot about Meditation.

From ancient shamans and their wild claims, all the way to present-day experts like Eckhart Tolle.

And all the while, the discipline has preached a serene, near-wordless detachment in its suggested-state.

It hasn’t been until now that a more purpose-built school for the trials of modern life has taken Meditation into the realm of something practical & liberating.

Jason Headley’s “F*ck That” school of thought…

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Video: Dr. Mike Evans’ 10+ Mental Breaks You Can Take To Get Through A Bad Week. +BONUS 4!

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Video: Dr. Mike Evans’ 10+ Mental Breaks You Can Take To Get Through A Bad Week. +BONUS 4!


10+ Tips To Help Yourself Get Through Tough Times:
So in this video, Dr. Mike asks, “What if You’re Having A Tough Day, Or Week?”

You might be sad, anxious, regretful, overworked, temporarily-flummoxed, etc.

And there are many real Sources to consider, like: Depression/Anxiety, & also many involved-Solutions like: Problem-Solving, Stress-Management, Mindfulness Meditation, or Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.

BUT! Sometimes people want the most easy & simple “get through the day/week”-type advice, just to simply make it through.

So here’s what he says are his best “Easy-Version” tips…

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Ancient Tradition Vs. Modern Science: How Deep-Breathing Works For Anxiety & Calms You Down

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll

Ancient Tradition Vs. Modern Science: How Deep-Breathing Works For Anxiety & Calms You Down
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What’s Old Is New Again, Especially If You’re Anxious:
Recently, an interesting mashup of old and new science has happened in the health space.

Modern medicine can’t cure one thing, so people try an old thing.

Science does an investigation, finds one old supplement is snake-oil and another isn’t.

But for thousands of years, health-nuts from far-eastern yogis right down to your Mom have often advised one thing for Anxiety: Take A Deep Breath.

And science may have just figured-out why…

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Video: $75k And A Zip-Line To Some Acid-Dropping Spider Monkeys On St. Bart’s, Brah! Doc Mike Evans On The Science, Myth, & How Of Happy

Filed Under: Bio-Tech, Mind/Brain, Video

Video: $75k And A Zip-Line To Some Acid-Dropping Spider Monkeys On St. Bart’s, Brah! Doc Mike Evans On The Science, Myth, & How Of Happy


What Good Is Health Without Happiness?:
In this video, our old friend Dr. Mike Evans tackles one of the most important results & goals of good health.

Happiness!

What good is a robust physical health if your Mind isn’t along for the party, right?

Well, Dr. Mike goes on to sketch out several of the Sources, Variables, and Misconceptions in this video,

-And most important of-all: What you can Actually Do to improve it!…

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Stress Researchers: Healthy Eating Isn’t Enough. You Have To Treat Your Heart & Mind Well, Too.

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Disease, Mind/Brain, Nutrition

Stress Researchers: Healthy Eating Isn’t Enough. You Have To Treat Your Heart & Mind Well, Too.
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Eating Healthier Is All You Need, Right?:
For awhile now, at least since the “Margarine is groovy!” 1970s, we’ve all been told to eat healthier.

We then made up for all the hydrogenated oils with a new addiction to Olive Oil in the pasta-fantastic Big 80’s.

And despite the recent ethical-sourcing commercials at Chipotle & Panera, it turns out we neglected one thing: Literally & Figuratively, Your Heart.

Because no matter how healthy you eat, what you put the Figurative one through could be a real problem for everything else…

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Video: Cracked Takes A Crack At An Honest Antidepressant Commercial + Bonus!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll, Video, Vitamins/Supplements

Video: Cracked Takes A Crack At An Honest Antidepressant Commercial + Bonus!


The Drug-Pushers Are Here For Your Soul:
In this video, Cracked’s Honest Commercials touches on a little bit of our problems with drug companies.

This time, for Antidepressants.

It’s a bit drier and more ironic than their normal stuff, but a lot of it is dead-on.

Especially about switching medications, the placebo effect on mood disorders, incomplete understanding of depression-mechanics and their brain-chemistry roots,

And most of all, Marketing psychoactive drugs to individual consumers…

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Note: For informational purposes only. Should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis or substitute for professional care.