Dental Fillings: They are toxic, the FDA finally admits
Amalgam fillings in our teeth are toxic and harmful to our health, America's health regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has finally admitted after claiming for years that they were safe. In an official statement, which has been posted on the FDA website, the regulator admitted that mercury-containing dental fillings "may have neuro-toxic effects on the nervous systems of developing children and fetuses."     View more

Improved Health Care Access Tops Women's Wish List
According to the Harris poll, women put better access to their primary care physicians at the top of their wish lists. In fact, 68 percent of women surveyed rated same-day appointments as "very important" or "extremely important." On the other hand, only 40 percent of women considered evening or weekend appointments an important piece of their access to health care. View more

Losing our Faculties: A simple way of keeping our mind sharp
All of us worry about losing our mental capacities as we grow older - but there's a very simple technique we can adopt that will help keep us sharp, researchers have discovered this week. They have found that our exposure to bright light can help ward off dementia. For people who already have early stages of the disease, bright lighting can slow its progress by 5 per cent, which can mean the difference between living at home and having to move to a care centre.      View more

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Simply Well - "Work Well" - John W. Travis, MD, MPH
People tend to lose sight of the value of their work, getting so caught up in the details that they forget what they are doing or why they are doing it. In "Work Well" John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H., provides tips for making changes in your relationship to your job so it will satisfy you more deeply.     View more

Healthy Computing: "Connect to Your Feet" - Erik Peper, Ph.D.
Immobility is one of the major contributors to discomfort at the computer as well as increased weight gain. People who unknowingly wiggle and move often tend to be less at risk for obesity and illness. Practice wiggling and moving through out the day to avoid immobility and chronic low level tension. Do the following movement to reduce immobility and tightness and observe how there is a link between your hand and your foot. Practice interrupting habitual tension patterns when you Connect to Your Feet.     View more

There's a Yogi in the Kitchen: "The Yogi's Secret Ingredient" - Siri Ved Kaur Khalsa
Regardless of what ingredients are used, if the cook's consciousness is not prayerful, loving, or joyful ... that food will not be a healing food. Period. It is important to have a state of mind that is free of anger when you are preparing any meal. Instead be filled with heartfelt love for those (including the self!) who will be eating the food, joy in its preparation, and, most importantly, a sense of the Divine coming into the food. In "The Yogi's Secret Ingredient" Siri-Ved Kaur Khalsa shows why restaurant food becomes so tiring. It only satisfies the belly; rarely does it elevate, nurture, and heal.      View More

Echoes of Silence: "Finding Our Way" - Robert Rabbin
Within each of us is a ray of light, streaming toward us from within our own depth of original being. When this light finds and penetrates our heart, we stand in that perfect moment on the true path of our life. This true path is what we are each looking for in everything we do and everything we pursue. In "Finding Our Way" Robert Rabbin talks about those who follow the path and those who turn away.     View more

Wellness Inventory Certification Training - Summer & Fall Intensives
The Wellness Inventory Certification Training Intensive is a comprehensive weekend program that accelerates your own personal growth process, offering you an opportunity to make real changes in your life, while providing competence in delivering the Wellness Inventory assessment and life-balance program. The intensive provides a unique coaching skill-set to maximize the program's effectiveness in helping your clients change their lives. Weekend intensives are offered in Asheville, North Carolina August 22-24 and September 26-28, 2008.
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Living with Intention Workshops
Los Angeles, CA USA July 11-13, 2008
Portland/Vancouver, Washington USA August 8-10, 2008
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Organization: Living The Field
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'Living with Intention' is the first of a series of workshops being held by Lynne McTaggart, author of bestsellers The Field and The Intention Experiment. The workshops bring together the latest discoveries of quantum physics with spiritual practices in an exciting new synthesis for conscious living. They will teach you how to harness the power of intention in your everyday life and become your own master of intention.

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