Archive for the ‘Alternative Medicine’ Category

Energy Efficient Sauna Heaters Today Or In The Future

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

With all the debate about green energy the sauna might be in your home’s future. Many people like the sauna to relax the body and even to relax the mind. One episode of the animated program King of the Hill featured men in a sauna.

The new age native American new age healer in the program charged the men to use his sauna. He explained it released the mind from the hang ups of the day that prevented to truth of their lives from coming out. The men started to sweat and then started to hallucinate. One man sees himself driving a motorcycle through a huge donut. He figures it is weakness for junk food that will lead to his demise. One man who works as a pest exterminator is killed in his hallucination by a giant insect. One man with nothing to hide sees himself making a sale at his job.

He is making a sale of a propane grill and he is satisfied in his dream in the sauna. His dad however is having a more difficult time. He is a war vet and is seeing the enemy he killed over sixty years ago. He panics and runs out of the sauna and blames his son for taking him in there.

However you want to use your sauna is up to you. But in any case it is a great way to relax and sweat out your cares and concerns. You can have a wood burning sauna installed. If you have wood to burn then this might be a good option. Others would not want to clean up or the problem of having to find the wood to burn.

And they would like a temperature control which is not available on a wood burning sauna. If you want a cleaner solution you can go with a gas burning option. It is cleaner to run but you will have a higher gas bill. But it comes with a temperature gauge to control the heat. But you can also have a temperature setting with an electric sauna and save money on your gas bill.

It will be interesting if solar panel saunas are in our future. This is a technology that gets more and more press time. The country talks of going green. Solar energy is great if you can effectively harness the power of the sun, collect it, store it and use it.

This would be a cost effective alternative in the long run. It would be perfect to run your sauna if you can convert the power of the sun into a home sauna. It would be a great way to relax and to keep your mind and body healthy. And it would be a great way to save money on your gas bill. You would not have to worry about where to get the wood you need to run a wood burning system. Of course you would have the initial cost of setting up the solar panels but in the long run you would save money on your energy bill.

Yoga Therapy and Meditation

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

Yoga-inspired postures, breathing techniques, and meditation may help reduce stress-related hormones and circulation to the lymph system, which controls the white blood cells. Yoga may also fight depression and assist in reducing bad lifestyle choices.

A study completed at the Osher Center for Integrated Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, discovered that following three months of yoga/meditation, HIV patients had lower viral loads, greater CD4 T-cell counts, less stress/anxiety, and even improvements in mood!

Extrapolating further than just yoga and meditation, other systems such as Ayurveda of India and the more well-known traditional Chinese medicine, offer valuable therapy modalities such as acupuncture, acupressure massage and also natural herbal remedies. All of these support immunity and relaxation.