Author: Kitty Norris
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Gratitude as a Health and Healing Practice
Gratitude as a Health and Healing Practice Gratitude Did you know that gratitude can increase your sense of positivity, compassion, and even strengthen your immune system? UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center explores how being thankful makes us happier and healthier. Check out the Expanding Gratitude Project to learn more about their current research, initiatives…
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“Things would go well for us if we would think positively about everything.”
Elder’s Meditation of the Day – November 24 “Things would go well for us if we would think positively about everything.” — Mary Hayes, CLAOQUOT Each of our thoughts are like individual seeds. These thoughts will plant our life garden. Whatever our thoughts, they grow in our gardens. Each day we will process about 50,000…
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Two Wolves
“My boy, there are two wolves that are a part of you,” Grandfather says to his grandson, as they walk through the forest. “Two? Really, two wolves? What are the two wolves, Granddad?” his grandson asks in awe. “There is the wolf, that worries, argues, doubts, and is filled with Fear.” Then with a beautiful…
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Practicing Gratitude
Practicing Gratitude Jade Small | September 6, 2014 | “If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” – Meister Eckhart Many days, I try to humble myself and hold a 2-minute gratitude session. I simply sit or kneel, with no distractions, close my eyes, and think…
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Is Quantum Entanglement Real?
SundayReview Is Quantum Entanglement Real? NOV. 14, 2014 Gray Matter By DAVID KAIS FIFTY years ago this month, the Irish physicist John Stewart Bell submitted a short, quirky article to a fly-by-night journal titled Physics, Physique, Fizika. He had been too shy to ask his American hosts, whom he was visiting during a sabbatical, to…
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How To Train Your Brain To Think More Clearly
How To Train Your Brain To Think More Clearly Geoffrey James, Inc. Nothing’s cluttering up this brain. According to the latest neuroscience, the human brain uses neurons in the left visual cortex to process written words as whole word units. The brain combines these words and their stored meanings to remember and understand information. Analytical thinking is…
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Do thoughts influence gene expression?
Do thoughts influence gene expression? Do different levels of the mind interact with our genomic machinery? IONS Scientist Garret Yount is a molecular neurobiologist who is working to find the answers through his research into the effects of consciousness on DNA. While studies have already shown that external stimuli like exercise can lead to long-term…