THE TERM 'HOLDING ON' ~ Veronica via April Crawford
Posted: 20 Aug 2013 07:45 PM PDT

innerwhispers.org

"The term "holding on" is often used in the physical as a definition of strength.
It says clearly that by doing so, one achieves a level of accomplishment when people, events, and things are being difficult, or are simply inappropriate.
The grip upon the energy, however, can be exhausting. Often one becomes so focused upon the "holding on", that the true nature of the moment becomes lost to all who are participating.

We suggest that it is important to sense into the energy of what is being held, to see if it is truly a good opportunity to expand and grow.

Always feel the vibration of what you encounter in your day. Assess as quickly as you can the nature of the energy as it interacts with yours.

One knows very soon in the exchange if it resonates well with the self. Give yourself permission to say "no thank you" should it feel wrong. There is no reward in holding on to something that does not expand your awareness and soul.

Be strong enough to let go. The "holding on" will not serve you or the event. Having that awareness increases your chances of meeting up with a better matched energy at a later moment.

Become sensitive to this process as you move through physical reality. If you feel blocked, keep moving towards the ability of knowing.

You will regain the ability. Loosen your grip upon that which affects you negatively. Hanging on will not change the nature of the person or event.

Let it go.

Once you have, the clarity will return.

Let it go.

The true example of soulful strength.

Let it translate into your physical reality.

It is possible."

-VERONICA

• Totally ’80s Toad
Inspired by the Trapper Keeper, this Costa Rican variable harlequin toad (Atelopus varius) is all dressed up for ’80s night every night (and days, too). Maybe that’s why the species is known by some as the clown frog. Or maybe it’s because males lack vocal sacs, so attract females with funny moves, like leg and head twitching, foot stomping, and hopping in place. Due to the pet trade, habitat loss, and a widespread fungal infection, these toads have recently become endangered.

• One Smug Hunter
Picture this: You’re a field mouse, minding your business, doing whatever it is field mice do during bitter North American winters. You think, oh, maybe I’ll go for a walk, work up a sweat. As you creep out of your hole, and the morning sun hits your eyes…boom! You’re dead, killed by a great gray owl that hurtled headfirst into the ground to snap you up for breakfast. According to National Geographic, the largest owls in North America are able to hunt in this fashion because of “large facial disks that funnel sound to their ears. When the plunge succeeds, the hunter wriggles out of the snow then carries the prey to a safe spot for eating.” Researchers estimate that 20,000 to 100,000 great grays live in Canada and the U.S., with similar numbers in Europe and Asia.
Photo: Joel Saget/Getty Images

• Hummingbird Glam Shot

With their phenomenal hover and their iridescent feathers, hummingbirds are probably the closest thing we have to fairies on Earth. But those feathers, known as "gorgets," aren't meant to charm people. They're used to attract lady birds—and to threaten intruders. Because hummingbirds spend so much energy in flight, they have to feed on nectar and insects almost all the time, and since they have to eat so much, they're always having to fly. In fact, these birds fly so much that their feet aren't well developed, and they have trouble walking. However, they're such adept fliers that they can do so backwards, up, down, to the side, and, of course, forward. With 338 species, hummingbirds are one of the largest families of birds. While most hummingbird populations are doing fine, 34 range from critically endangered to threatened.
Photo: Kenny P./Getty
Info source: hummingbirdsociety.org and wbu.com

• Playing Defense
While it may look like some strange self-soothing habit this lizard got into when it was young, the truth is that this armadillo girdled lizard is in its defense pose, presenting its spiny backside to a potential attacker while protecting its softer underbelly. Found along the West Coast of Africa, these lizards often live in groups as large as 30 individuals, which is unusual for reptiles. Because of its striking appearance, the armadillo girdled lizard is threatened by illegal pet trade.
Photo: Grundlingh F./SARCA Virtual Museum
Info source: Arkive.org

• Crab Crossing
Christmas Island, known to conservationists as the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean, is home to anywhere between 50 million and 120 million crabs. Each year, these pinching guys and gals make an annual crawl to the ocean to breed. Problem is, they have to cross several roads to get there, resulting in an estimated 500,000 deaths each season. In 2009, national park officials conjured up a seemingly obvious roadkill remedy—build a land bridge. "What we've got is what we call crab crossings, which are essentially an open-ended cattle grid," said Max Orchard, a ranger, to ABC in 2009. "We found out quite early in the piece that the crabs wouldn't go through a normal culvert system because they think it's a big burrow and there's a big crab at the end that's going to chomp them if they go into this dark hole."
Photo: Courtesy Christmas Island National Park

• Itchy Eyes
A 19-year-old Japanese macaque monkey named Monday—how great is that?!—scratches her eyes while suffering an allergy to pollen from the cedar tree, at Awajishima Monkey Center on March 26, 2012, in Sumoto, Hyogo, Japan. Macaque monkeys are the only animals besides humans and raccoons that wash their food before eating it. Unlike us, they do it for flavor, say scientists—these red-faced critters like the taste of saltwater on their dinner. They are also capable of developing different accents, much like humans.
Photo: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images

The Saddest, Scariest Sound Ever—Global Warming (VIDEO)

Young cellist Daniel Crawford orchestrates a new way to reveal the devastating effects of climate change—through music.

July 3, 2013

Click on link below:

http://vimeo.com/69122809

Are you an avid environmentalist actively searching for an alternative to data tables and scientific reports through which to get your daily dose of global warming news and updates? If so, then listen up—seriously, you need to hear this one.

University of Minnesota undergrad Daniel Crawford has crafted an innovative way of interpreting graphs and data into a one-man concerto—his composition allows its listeners to feel the planet's toasty metamorphosis.

According to Ensia, the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment magazine, Crawford used surface-temperature data from NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies to create a data sonification that transforms climate records into musical notes.

In Crawford's resulting "Song of Our Warming Planet," each ascending halftone represents about 0.03°C of planetary warming. Each note represents a year from 1880 to 2012, and the notes are portrayed over a range of three octaves. The coldest year, 1909, is embodied by the lowest possible note on the cello, open C.

The culmination of the cellist's conversions is a two-minute song that begins in the cello's lowest range, progresses through to the 1940s in the mid-register and peaks in the highest recorded temperatures of the 1990s to now.

If scientists' predictions are correct—that global temperatures will rise by 1.8°C by the end of the century—the resultant musical notes, according to Crawford's calculations, will be beyond the range of human hearing.

In laymen's terms? Only dogs can hear the notes of our screeching fate.

The wonders of the world: Eight bizarre natural phenomena

Nature can behave in peculiar ways - and the following list only proves this. From destructive supercell storms that are terrifying to behold to the incredible sight of the Northern Lights, here are a few examples of nature's most peculiar phenomena.

This awe-inspiring picture is of volcanic lightning while the Shinmoedake volcano in Japan erupts. The reasons behind the phenomenon are not well understood but scientists believe it occurs when charged fine ash particles emitted from the volcano clash with ice particles in the clouds - which in turn creates lighting. (Photo by Sipa Press/REX)

Bioluminescent shores: The stunning blue glow seen in the waves here in California is the result of an algae bloom (or red tide). The other-worldly aqua colour is a product of the marine microbes which have gathered there, called phytoplanton. The micro-organisms glow blue when affected by stress - such as the presence of a surfer or when waves crash onto the shore. (Photo by KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/REX)

The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights as it is more popularly known, has inspired millions of people to travel to the far north to see the shimmering spectacle. The beautiful dance of light occurs when particles from the Earth's atmosphere collide with charged particles from the sun. A similar occurance occurs in the southern hemisphere, called Aurora Australis. (Orn Oskarsson/Solent News/REX)

This menacing cloud is a supercell storm. It is a thunderstorm with a mesocyclone - a rotating movement of air. A supercell storm forms where cold dry air meets warm moist air. It can produce tornadoes, hail the size of golfballs and heavy rain. The destructive phenomenon can last for several hours. (Photo by Marko Korosec/Solent News/REX)

'Sun dogs' - halos, often with bright spots, that forms in the sky around the sun - behave in a similar way to rainbows. This beautiful sight is caused when sunlight is bent after hitting ice crystals in a cloud. The ice crystal acts as a prism and separates the sunlight into different colours to form a sun dog. When rainbows form it is because raindrops, not ice crystals, act as a prism. (WestEnd61/REX)

Fire Rainbow: The technical term is 'Pileus cloud' and it appears when sunlight passes through ice crystals in a cirrus clouds. If the light and cloud particles are perfectly aligned the crystals behave like a prism and refract the light - in what looks like a rainbow. The sun needs to be very high in the sky for this phenomenon to occur. (KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/REX)

Red tide (or algae bloom) may look like the scene of a massacre - but it is when colonies of algae grow rapidly - causing the water to turn a deep red. Red tides can be harmful to marine life, birds and even people, either due to toxins produced by the algae, or a lack of oxygen in the water. (KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/REX)

They may look like normal clouds but Asperatus Clouds are so rare they were only proposed as a 'new' classification of cloud in 2009 after extensive study. Typically found in Iowa, they look storm-like, resembling the surface of the sea, but they tend to disappear without a storm forming. (FLPA/Andrew Bailey/REX)

Best Ever 3D Buddha Image Stereogramme - Optical Illusion

http://thebuddhasface.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/best-ever-3d-buddha-image-stereogramme.html

• Totally ’80s Toad
Inspired by the Trapper Keeper, this Costa Rican variable harlequin toad (Atelopus varius) is all dressed up for ’80s night every night (and days, too). Maybe that’s why the species is known by some as the clown frog. Or maybe it’s because males lack vocal sacs, so attract females with funny moves, like leg and head twitching, foot stomping, and hopping in place. Due to the pet trade, habitat loss, and a widespread fungal infection, these toads have recently become endangered.

• One Smug Hunter
Picture this: You’re a field mouse, minding your business, doing whatever it is field mice do during bitter North American winters. You think, oh, maybe I’ll go for a walk, work up a sweat. As you creep out of your hole, and the morning sun hits your eyes…boom! You’re dead, killed by a great gray owl that hurtled headfirst into the ground to snap you up for breakfast. According to National Geographic, the largest owls in North America are able to hunt in this fashion because of “large facial disks that funnel sound to their ears. When the plunge succeeds, the hunter wriggles out of the snow then carries the prey to a safe spot for eating.” Researchers estimate that 20,000 to 100,000 great grays live in Canada and the U.S., with similar numbers in Europe and Asia.
Photo: Joel Saget/Getty Images

• Hummingbird Glam Shot

With their phenomenal hover and their iridescent feathers, hummingbirds are probably the closest thing we have to fairies on Earth. But those feathers, known as "gorgets," aren't meant to charm people. They're used to attract lady birds—and to threaten intruders. Because hummingbirds spend so much energy in flight, they have to feed on nectar and insects almost all the time, and since they have to eat so much, they're always having to fly. In fact, these birds fly so much that their feet aren't well developed, and they have trouble walking. However, they're such adept fliers that they can do so backwards, up, down, to the side, and, of course, forward. With 338 species, hummingbirds are one of the largest families of birds. While most hummingbird populations are doing fine, 34 range from critically endangered to threatened.
Photo: Kenny P./Getty
Info source: hummingbirdsociety.org and wbu.com

• Playing Defense
While it may look like some strange self-soothing habit this lizard got into when it was young, the truth is that this armadillo girdled lizard is in its defense pose, presenting its spiny backside to a potential attacker while protecting its softer underbelly. Found along the West Coast of Africa, these lizards often live in groups as large as 30 individuals, which is unusual for reptiles. Because of its striking appearance, the armadillo girdled lizard is threatened by illegal pet trade.
Photo: Grundlingh F./SARCA Virtual Museum
Info source: Arkive.org

• Crab Crossing
Christmas Island, known to conservationists as the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean, is home to anywhere between 50 million and 120 million crabs. Each year, these pinching guys and gals make an annual crawl to the ocean to breed. Problem is, they have to cross several roads to get there, resulting in an estimated 500,000 deaths each season. In 2009, national park officials conjured up a seemingly obvious roadkill remedy—build a land bridge. "What we've got is what we call crab crossings, which are essentially an open-ended cattle grid," said Max Orchard, a ranger, to ABC in 2009. "We found out quite early in the piece that the crabs wouldn't go through a normal culvert system because they think it's a big burrow and there's a big crab at the end that's going to chomp them if they go into this dark hole."
Photo: Courtesy Christmas Island National Park

• Itchy Eyes
A 19-year-old Japanese macaque monkey named Monday—how great is that?!—scratches her eyes while suffering an allergy to pollen from the cedar tree, at Awajishima Monkey Center on March 26, 2012, in Sumoto, Hyogo, Japan. Macaque monkeys are the only animals besides humans and raccoons that wash their food before eating it. Unlike us, they do it for flavor, say scientists—these red-faced critters like the taste of saltwater on their dinner. They are also capable of developing different accents, much like humans.
Photo: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images

Judith Dagley ~ Choose Love As Your Looking Glass ~

Submitted by FatherMotherGod... on Mon, 01/20/2014 - 09:07

Hello everybody,

This is another YouTube video with Judy Satori, with the activation from Toth. Very special and powerful! 

http://youtu.be/qSgk8-vr4A4

Love and Light to you all!

Louise

This Landscape in China Wasn’t Caused by Photoshop or Pollution (PHOTOS)

Zhangye Danxia Landform's colorful rock formations were created over the course of millions of years.

July 7, 2013
Andri Antoniades

Zhangye Danxia Landform in China's Gansu province remains untouched by the country's environmental ills. (Photo: Melinda Chan/Getty Images)

Almost every country is guilty of causing some amount of pollution, but if any one nation has become the most notorious for it, that would be China.

With its algae-infested waters, a scarlet river, excessive coal consumption, and air quality so dangerous it could be described as lethal, China has understandably gained a reputation as the Wild West of environmental ills.

That may be why this month the Chinese government declared it would put a stop to polluters—by killing them. Not all of them, just the most serious offenders. The rest will reportedly face fines and detention.

It’s about time (for the fines, not the executions) because the nation is quickly losing what’s left of its natural beauty. One area that’s remained seemingly untouched by any pollution is the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park, which sits in the Gansu province.

hangye Danxia is known for its saturated color patterns, which are caused by red sandstone and mineral deposits laid down over the course of 24 million years.

The formations carved into the park, such as valleys, pillars and waterfalls, were shaped over millions of years by rains and winds.

Though the park is becoming a more well-trafficked tourist destination, parts of it have been protected under the UNESCO World Heritage Site, and for obvious reasons. China may still be figuring out where it stands on environmental protections, but the landform remains an ecological wonder in a country known for its environmental chaos.

(Photos: Melinda Chan/Getty Images, Unbelievable Info)

http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/07/07/zhangye-danxia-landform-china

These are quite fun to watch. There are so many videos on time travel. Blessings to all.

Real Time Traveller *PROOF* Evidence of Time Travel In Our Universe

http://youtu.be/1Gtf0yXLI7A

Published on 28 Apr 2013
These are a selection of Images i found hidden away in a Military archive in a Library. They CLEARLY show that this man is able to travel through time.

He
-Talks to his relatives
-Saves Lives
And appears almost everywhere.....

What do you think?

*Please Note this video is only for entertainment purposes and people can't really travel in time ;)*

Time Traveller Caught In 1937 Film 2013 HD

http://youtu.be/YZM3ufb588k

Published on 10 Apr 2013
Aliens Are Real: Undeniable Proof Here: WATCH HERE: http://www.yekra.com/sirius/#!/deploy...

Very interesting footage from 1938 (Filmed in 1937 and released in 1938) which seems to show a woman holding an unknown device to her ear. Its quite obvious she is talking into it, only question is what is it and who is she talking too? Footage credit to Petr Richter.

"Sirius Documentary" is a feature length documentary that follows Dr. Steven Greer -- an Emergency room doctor turned UFO researcher -- as he struggles to disclose top secret information about classified energy, propulsion techniques, and Extraterrestrials:

WATCH IN FULL HERE: http://www.yekra.com/sirius/#!/deploy...

Amazing evidence of a Time Machine caught on 1937 documentary

http://youtu.be/JUve3MFdkNY

Published on 13 Aug 2012
This is a clip from an old documentary on roads Look very carefully and you will see 100% proof that time travel exists

Time Travel - Man finds a coin from the future?

http://youtu.be/Y2Ib7n_UaaA

Published on 22 Dec 2010
A guy bought a newspaper and in the change he was given was a coin from the future, check the upload date of this video.

Time Travel - RAF Pilot Flies Through Storm, Comes Out, in Future

http://youtu.be/Q70vTbPXOLA

Published on 5 May 2012
An RAF pilot has an unusual experience. He flies over an abandoned airfield. Moments later, he flies over it again and sees the future. Did he travel to the future and back? What caused it? An anachronistic woman and child are seen on a road in Louisiana and they appear to be out of time and place. They are offered help and then their car just vanishes. A Swedish man crawls under the sink to fix a leak and goes to his future and meets himself. Are these stories true?

"Time Travel" has been discoveredl! Absolute proof? Or eerie illusion...

http://youtu.be/hHgmIXF6k00

Published on 28 Oct 2012
Not Photoshopped! The book is here: http://www.amazon.com/Cape-Scott-stor...

Like TEDx talks? Here's my personal story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lUHsF...

When I'm not finding cool books in old bookstores, I'm putting sealed decks of cards into unaltered glass milk bottles! http://blog.sendwonder.com/p/store.html

Please take a second and "Share" this video! What do your friends and family think?

And to everyone who has (shared it)- thanks!! This isn't really about scientific proof or trying to argue a point. It's about trying to tell a story (with no Photoshop!), the power of imagination, and the simple (yet almost forgotten) art of letting your mind go for a walk. To stretch the legs and visit places you've never been. Thanks for joining me.

And, on that note, I think this video is kind of like the lottery- no one seriously expects to win, but sometimes it's just fun to play and imagine! So if you believe in wonder, imagination, and letting go (if only for a minute & nine seconds), please 'Share' it with your pals!

P.S. Even though this is obviously just for fun; the book and picture are actually 100% real (no photoshop whatsoever!!)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Tim...

7 Ways to Adopt Color Therapy for Free!
Posted: 16 Aug 2013 01:25 PM PDT

By: Amanda Froelich,
True Activist.

Color therapy, or Chromotherapy, is an age-old practice that aims to aid bodily healing on all levels (mental, spiritual, and physical). Because light is comprised of all colors and human beings thrive when exposed to the full spectrum of hues (healing benefit of the sun, Heliotherapy), Chromotherapy is a unique way to further create harmony in the body, integrating what nature has to offer. Unlike expensive treatments, however, the great thing about utilizing Chromotherapy is that it is abundantly accessible in everyday life.

As radical as it may sound, Color Therapy is an age-old modality long since recognized as integral for health. Cultures that revered the human spirit (Native American, Egyptian, Oriental as examples) recognized that we, or humans and all of life, are energetic beings; this phenomenon can be shown with Kirlian Photography and proven with Physics, as all life is energy. When healthy and in balance, the energy – or aura- of an individual reflects vibrant health and emanates a full spectrum of color.

The premise behind using colors as therapy is to help awaken the different energy systems of the body (chakras) and restore balance. Because Oriental medicine recognizes that an energetic imbalance precedes any physical imbalance, this is cause to at least to strive to create bodily harmony, and including more vibrant shades into your life can help!

You can get your full spectrum of healing colors in just some of following free ways – there are no excuses not to improve your mood now with brilliant colors and experience the benefits of a full spectrum.

1. Get Sunshine
What better source of all colors than the brilliant, beaming sun which gives life? As a source of Vitamin D and a relaxing beam to bathe under, just be sure to use common sense in your exposure. You can use all natural lotions or products (like Coconut Oil) to protect your skin; also, do not stay out longer than necessary to protect yourself from overexposure.

2. Eat your fresh plant foods
Right away you may be thinking “that’s not free!” but truly there are no excuses; even harvesting your wild edibles (non-poisonous flowers, greens, and herbs) can be free! Utilize healing dandelion greens, grass, foragable trees, or grow your own foods which offer abundant supply of the most healing sources of colors!

Getting double the benefit by visually seeing the gorgeous colors and also eating them, you’re doing a body good with the nutrients, hydration, fiber, and high-vibrational fare.
What is meant by high-vibrational? The colors are frequency of light which we can see vibrate at an energetic level that is viewable to the human eye and the higher vibrational one’s body is (through healthy lifestyle choices and mindset), the healthier and more connected spiritually one seems to be.

3. Meditate on colors
A completely free practice, you can choose to become present and truly appreciate the colors in your house, in nature, or even some exotic patchwork at the store. It’s easy to pass by beauty, but by slowing down and being in the now, it’s a gift to relax and become more connected with all of life.

Freely absorb the resonating frequency of colors you are drawn to, etching out the perfect patterns and hues in your mind. YOU are color – you’re just re-exposing yourself to the beautiful vibrations of life.

4. Alter your backgrounds and themes
If you think about it, most people are exposed to a lot of garbage they subconsciously tune out. What impact does that have?

With such logic, it makes sense to change the little things you may not be aware you’re subjected to, such as the surroundings and colors on your technological toys.

Geeky it may be, if you’re wanting to utilize color therapy to it’s fullest, change the themes on your computer to reflect a beautiful array of hues; this way even when you’re not present to the art of color therapy, you’ll reap the benefits.

5. Play more stimulating music
Truly interesting, each note and chord is shown to resonate with a certain color or frequency of light. To get the most out of your healing aspirations and the therapy of music, play uplifting, colorful sounding tunes that inspire the heart and soul.

In this way you are exposing yourself to a different aspect of colors, but still gaining the same benefit. Mentally keep track of how you feel using peaceful, harmonious music instead of harsh, metallic (as an example) tunes. It seems even in studies the frequency of the varying types of music is good at supporting life or diminishing it – what type of waves do you want to subject your body to?

6. Love your Water
Water is an amazing compound of life which holds and reflects all the colors! Usually you can get it for free, although fluoridated and chlorinated is not the best option.

A great way to heighten your water’s colorful benefits is to use Masaru Emoto’s findings which show that the structure of water picks up thought patterns and can, like music, either benefit or destruct the health in one’s life. If you give powerful, positive thoughts to your water and ingest it, not only are you absorbing your color therapy but are using two holistic methods of living as a way to beneficially influence your health and happiness.

7. Get creative
The greatest thing Crayola ever did was make full spectrum colors for drawing available (despite toxic ingredients). To imprint the imagination onto a sheet of paper and utilize all the brilliant colors available merges two important therapies for healing.

Get your free (get someone to donate a 20 cent crayon box) drawing utensils and let inspiration flow. Imagine the most beautiful scene you’d like to depict and don’t leave one crayon/colored pencil/ marker untouched! Bask in the beauty of what you created, hang it up so you can always see it and use it as a repeat resource for your color therapy, and awaken your own happiness through positive creation.

It’s clear that in different modalities, there are practices less emphasized by science that are very practical and healing to include in every day life. Nature certainly offers many health benefits and by choosing to absorb the variety of colors in life, you could well be on your way to creating a happier, healthier you.

http://www.trueactivist.com/7-ways-to-adopt-color-therapy-for-free/

Beat sleep apnea naturally

Friday, August 16, 2013 by: Dr. David Jockers
Tags: sleep apnea, natural remedies, health

NaturalNews) Sleep apnea is a terribly uncomfortable syndrome where an individual is unable to breath effectively at night while sleeping. This condition not only impairs an individual's quality of life but greatly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease as well. Beat sleep apnea with natural lifestyle interventions.

Sleep apnea occurs when air is not adequately able to get through the respiratory tract, creating irregular breathing habits while sleeping. Central sleep apnea refers to a lack of breathing effort while obstructive sleep apnea happens when there is a physical blockage in normal breathing patterns despite regular efforts.

Sleep apnea is a dangerous condition

Sleep apnea is characterized by snoring, choking while sleeping and snorting when oxygen levels drop. The individuals are not able to get a deep sleep and they wake up groggy and tired. They often are sleepy throughout the day because they never get adequate rest.

The majority of individuals with sleep apnea are overweight, however, up to 25% are either normal weight or even under weight. For some, weight loss is a critical component to getting well, but all individuals with this disorder must work to improve their posture, breathing habits and diet. Untreated sleep apnea not only destroys one's quality of life but also leads to a greatly increased risk of stroke, hypertension, heart failure, irregular heart beat and heart attack.

Anti-inflammatory nutrition plan:

Food allergens and intolerances can cause an inflammatory process that leads to obstructive sleep apnea. Removing the most common food allergens, including gluten containing grains, pasteurized dairy, soy products, corn and peanuts, is essential. Many individuals notice an immediate change in their symptoms after removing these inflammatory foods.

The ideal diet should focus on good fats as the primary calorie source in the form of coconut, avocados, olive oil and sprouted nuts and seeds. Clean animal protein in the form of grass-fed beef and bison, wild fish and organic poultry should be consumed regularly. The nutrition plan should feature phytonutrient rich vegetables and herbs and low-glycemic fruit like lemons and berries.

Regular exercise is important for improving breathing mechanics

High intensity cardiovascular exercise and weight training is important for individuals with sleep apnea. Interval training where the individual works up to 90+ percent of their heart rate for periods of time challenges their respiratory tract to become stronger and more efficient. Weight training enhances muscle strength and improves the respiratory system to function well under increased intrathoracic pressure.

Chiropractic care is critical for full recovery

Most individuals with sleep apnea deal with subluxations in their upper cervical spine and often times, their lower cervical and upper thoracic regions. Subluxation is the term for misalignments of the spine that cause compression and irritation of nerve pathways affecting organ systems of the body.

One of the most common problems seen with individuals with sleep apnea is forward head posture. When the head is shifted further forward than it normally should, it adds additional stress and abnormal leverage on the lower cervical and upper thoracic spine, which house the nerves that control the respiratory pathways. This includes the pharynx, larynx, trachea and lungs.

Correct forward head posture and spinal subluxations

Corrective chiropractic care aims to address the forward head posture and subluxation problems. They do this through specific chiropractic adjustments to remove nerve pressure and corrective spinal exercises to balance and improve the postural deficits. This process minimizes physical nerve stress and allows for optimal nerve supply and proper breathing mechanics.

This is vitally important for individuals with sleep apnea to effectively address subluxation and most see remarkable results often in as little as a week with corrective chiropractic care. Others who have more damage in these spinal regions take longer to get over their faulty posture and sleep apnea.

Sources for this article include:

http://www.prlog.org

http://www.naturalnews.com

http://www.naturalnews.com

http://science.naturalnews.com

http://science.naturalnews.com

About the author:
Dr. David Jockers owns and operates Exodus Health Center in Kennesaw, Ga. He is a Maximized Living doctor. His expertise is in weight loss, customized nutrition & exercise, & structural corrective chiropractic care. For more information go to www.drjockers.com To find a Maximized Living doctor near you go to www.maximizedliving.com Dr. Jockers is also available for long distance phone consultations to help you beat disease and reach your health goals

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/041649_sleep_apnea_natural_remedies_health.html#ixzz2cAOIxpet

Your Shot: A sneak peek at National Geographic's contest submissions

National Geographic magazine turned 125 this month, with an anniversary issue devoted to the power of photography.

The magazine moves the birthday celebration off its pages with the October 1st public launch of a photo-sharing platform, Your Shot (NGYourShot.com), that allows photography fans to connect with photographers and editors around virtual assignments, get direct feedback on their work and participate in a unique photography-based community.

One of the magazine’s young star photographers, Cory Richards, will usher in the month as lead curator of the magazine’s first assignment on Your Shot.

Led by Richards and his magazine photo editor, Sadie Quarrier, the assignment invites photographers to share three images that convey how photography can help us explore our changing world. Throughout the assignment, Richards and Quarrier will provide photo tips and feedback on the images that are submitted along with direction on what they feel will best help tell the story.

Their favorite photograph will be selected to appear in a future issue of National Geographic magazine. Participants must join Your Shot, National Geographic’s free online photo community and storytelling platform, to submit photos to the assignment.

Here's a look at some of the offers for the first assignment, "Explore our Changing World" and links to the galleries of the photographers.

Smile From Mentawai Hunter -

Photograph and caption by Mohd Ismail, National Geographic Your Shot - Smile from Mentawai people

Bromo Tengger National Park -

Photograph and caption by Dennis Walton, National Geographic Your Shot - Nothing changes the landscape like a major volcano. I have visited Bromo Tengger National Park in Java, Indonesia many times. The usual drill is to climb to my favorite viewpoint in the early morning darkness and wait for sunrise. You never know what the new day will bring. This time it was an ash eruption of Mt Semeru highlighted by the warm colors of rising sun

Master of Disguise -

Photograph and caption by Graham McGeorge, National Geographic Your Shot - Eastern Screech Owls like to take over woodpecker nests that have been dug out over the years in pine trees, which are the main species of tree at this swamp. Fish and Wildlife also paint a white ring around the base of a tree that has active nests in order to avoid when conducting controlled burns. Screech owls can range in height anywhere from 8-10 inches, so you have to have a sharp eye to find these little birds of prey

Orange Liberty -

Photograph and caption by Joy Acharyy, National Geographic Your Shot - These kids were playing the ghats of Ganges in Varanasi, India. The moment this kid saw me with my camera, she posed with the huge flag in her hand and made my day

Alive -

Photograph and caption by Jonathan Tucker. National Geographic Your Shot - This is a self portrait I took of myself. This photo was taken under a glacier in Alaska. I hiked over two hours through swamps and up the side of a mountain to reach the Glacier itself. I spent around a hour walking on top of the glacier taking photos until I found this cave. The cave is formed from a waterfall from the mountain that meets the glacier. When I first walked in the cave it took my breath away it was so amazing and scary at the same time - especially when you hear the ice crack

Castelluccio di Norcia -

Photograph and caption by Mauro Maione, National Geographic Your Shot - The Plains of Castelluccio are a karst plateau of the central-alluvial (Umbria-Marche Apennines), located in the Umbrian side of the Sibillini Mountains at the foot of Mount Carrier, within the territory of the town of Norcia, near the village of Castelluccio, and the National Park of Monti Sibillini, and that is the bottom of an ancient Apennine lake, now dried up, and known for its karst features.8BIM

The Last Light -

Photograph and caption by Somnath Chakraborty, National Geographic Your Shot - On a lazy evening I took this frame in unknown lane at Varanasi. A surreal light effect i got when I was walking through this lane. perhaps he was returning from his job and allowed me to take this frame on request. I took at least five frames out of which this one is cleared most.

White Rim Storm -

Photograph and caption by Klaus Priebe, National Geographic Your Shot - During a visit to the Canyon lands during the monsoon season of 2013 I chased storms during the week and had this little micro thunderstorm head right at me. It was a magical moment with the sun peaking through the clouds to the west and the storm producing rain and a few lightning bolts as it passed by me. 8BIM

What a sheep! -

Photograph and caption by Andres Beregovich, National Geographic Your Shot - wandering through Isla Riesco, I bumped into this almost forgotten ranch. Talking to the locals was fun. Then I asked whether I could photograph some of the processes. I couldn't believe the size of this sheep when I first saw it. I almost couldn't take the picture cause I was so impressed. 140kg sheep (about 300 lbs) I've only seen this here.8BIM

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Here comes the rain - again: Britain battered as high tides cause more flooding

A fresh bout of flooding has caused more woes in the south and west of the UK. As the never-ending storm continues lethal waves are expected to batter the coast. Waves of up to 27ft have been recorded off Land's End, Cornwall. After high tides, heavy rain and strong winds flooded homes more severe weather is expected. The violent storm moving in from the Atlantic has brought travel chaos as commuters return to work after Christmas.

A giant wave crashes onto the promenade in Aberystwyth, Wales. (Reuters)

Shocked residents survey the scene in Aberystwyth - which looks like the aftermath of an explosion. Residents were asked to evacuate properties over the weekend due to the high tides and flood warnings. (REX)

Monstrous waves break on Porthcawl harbour, South Wales, watched by curious onlookers. (Ben Birchall/PA Wire)

Large sections of the promenade in Aberystwyth has been washed away by the sea. Concrete and paving stones have been dismantled and pounded into pieces while railings have been uprooted. Waves as high as 6ft left a blanket of debris and sand where the promenade once stood. (Photo by REX)

This 4ft emergency barrier was all that stood between residents of Avon Crescent, Bristol, and the encroaching River Avon. Many had moved their possessions upstairs as a precaution against possible flooding. Despite fears the water would break the barrier and flood the street the blockade, made in Sweden, held firm. (SWNS)

Sea spray thrown up by tumultuous waves conceals the harbour wall in Portstewart, Northern Ireland, from view. (Reuters)

Huge waves crash over the tops of houses at Lahinch, County Clare, Ireland. (London News Pictures/Rex)

Black storm clouds roll above the seafront at Falmouth, Cornwall, just after sunset. (SWNS)

A hotel on the promenade in Aberystwyth has taken the precaution of boarding up the ground floor windows. Concrete slabs are covered with a thick layer of sand thanks to the high tide. (Reuters/Rebecca Naden

Strong waves have gouged out a chasm from a section of the promenade in Aberystwyth. Authorities fear the structure could collapse into the sea at any time. (London News Pictures/Rex)

The A487 main road between Haverfordwest and St David's in Pembrokeshire is closed after a mountain of pebbles was dumped on the tarmac after the storms threw up ferocious waves. (Reuters)

Flood water smashes through a wall in Langport, Somerset. (SWNS)

For some the strong winds means rough waves - and an exciting ride. A windsurfer enjoys the stormy conditions and muddy seas off of Mudeford beach in Dorset. (Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

Sandbags are placed in front of a property on the seafront at Lynmouth in North Devon, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Waves crash against the railway embankment as a train edges along the coast at Saltcoats in Scotland. (PA)

Waves crash against Clevedon seafront, North Somerset. (SWNS)

During holiday season tourists enjoy the hot weather and sun as they paddle at the Plymouth Tinsdie Lido in Devon. But the view changed dramatically just a few months later...

The popular outdoor pool in Plymouth has disappeared under sea water in a picture taken January 3. The raised steps surrounding the pool have been engulfed in the flood and just the top of the water feature in the centre can be seen. (SWNS)

A road in Amroth, West Wales, has fallen into the sea after being repeatedly hit and eroded by the strong waves. (Rex)

In Harpingden, Hertfordshire, a freak hail storm lasting less than a minute covered this street in balls of ice. (Catriona Wightman/ Twitter)

Waves crash over the promenade at hightide in Saundersfoot, in west Wales in the early morning of January 3. (Reuters/Rebecca Naden)

High seas batter the Cobb at Lyme Regis, Dorset. (SWNS)

A car drives through flood water created by the River Mole bursting its banks at Jacobs Well, Surrey. (London News Pictures/REX)

Waves of up to 10m are expected to hit Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Residents of coastal towns have been warned to stay away from visiting the seafront to inspect the waves as it can be dangerous. (SWNS)

Council workers place sand bags on Plymouth's famous Mayflower Steps in the early hours of morning to prevent flooding. (SWNS)

Two children play by the Clevedon seafront in North Somerset, as waves crash against the railings. The Environment Agency issued severe flood warnings - meaning there is a danger to life. (SWNS)

Huge waves batter the seafront at Porthcawl in South Wales. The Met Office has also warned of wind and rain in Scotland and Northern Ireland. High tides are expected in Northern Ireland and residents of Belfast have been warned that parts of the city could be evacuated due to flooding. (SWNS)

A sunny day in Gloucestershire but heavy rain over the New Year have caused the River Severn to break it's banks near Tewkesbury Abbey. (SWNS)

A flooded street in Salcombe, Devon. The worst of the severe weather is expected to affect Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wales. (SWNS)

Strong winds and a tidal surge cause waves to crash down on Plymouth's historic waterfront. The Environment Agency has warned flooding could endanger lives. (SWNS)

Eight ways to protect your privacy online

There are some ways you can take to protect your privacy in this climate of mass surveillance – and here we offer eight. Nothing, however, beats collective action and a bill of digital rights

Jon Lawrence and Sean Rintel

theguardian.com, Tuesday 3 December 2013 01.23 GMT

Step one: Use a password manager. Photograph: Lasse Kristensen/Alamy

The current climate of mass surveillance has led many people to ask if there are ways to protect their privacy online. There are, and Electronic Frontiers Australia recommends the following steps to minimise your individual online security risks.

Bear in mind two points. First, much of the information available from our near-ubiquitous Internet access is easily accessible not just to intelligence agencies, but also to online service providers, their advertisers, people who might want to steal your identity, and, increasingly, anyone with reasonable technical skill.

Second, a significant amount of online security risk is social, not technical. Easily guessed passwords used across a number of services and so-called "social engineering", in which a victim is tricked into providing login and/or identity information. For both issues, make security a conscious choice.

A password manager makes it easy to have a unique password for every site and ensures that if one service is hacked, other services will not be vulnerable. Some are free, many are low cost, and they are available for all platforms, including mobile.

GPS: Your mobile provider is able to identify your approximate location using cell towers. If you have a smart device with GPS enabled, much more precise location information is available to a whole range of entities, including your platform provider and app developers.

Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi broadcasts detailed information about your device, the apps on it, your location, and Internet usage. Disabling Wi-Fi except when you are using it will prevent promiscuous broadcast of personal information. Power management apps will help you avoid having to remember by turning Wi-Fi off whenever the screen is dark, which will also maximise your battery life.

In the digital world if a service is free then you are the product. Many free services and apps collect detailed information about you that allows them to sell highly-target advertising. Next time you download a "free" app, check the information it is asking to access, and decide if this app really deserves those privileges.

Never display your full date of birth. It is a key piece of information that many providers use for verification. The same goes for telephone numbers, especially if you lose your telephone and are trying to re-create your contact list.

Consider using a pseudonym on social media sites. You can also use unique email addresses for each website you join. Most online email providers allow you to do this by appending extra letters (eg "fb+") to your existing email address. This will make it difficult for strangers to search for you on social media sites and if you start receiving spam at that address, you’ll know exactly where the spammers found your address.

If you have a work email account, keep it for work only. Your employer has the right to access your work email account, so you really should keep your private emails separate. This will also save you the significant trouble involved in telling all your contacts and updating all your logins if/when you change employers.

You might also consider creating multiple social media identities: work, very private, and "publicly" personal, with different names and different contact lists as much as possible.

Encryption is the process of encoding information so that it is only intelligible to those given access to read it. Many online services, such as Facebook, Twitter and Gmail, now offer encrypted connections. Ensure that your browser uses an encrypted connection wherever it’s supported by installing the "HTTPS Everywhere" plug-in. Email is an inherently insecure communications medium, but there are options available for encryption, such as Pretty Good Privacy. Unfortunately, your email messages will only be encrypted if the people you are communicating with also use a compatible encryption service, so this limits its usefulness.

While these measures can provide you with some individual protections, the fact remains that the most powerful action is collaborative.

Globally, we should demand that all countries focus efforts on implementing the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance. These are 13 principles that set out for the first time an evaluative framework for assessing surveillance practices in the context of international human rights obligations.

In Australia, citizens should also be demanding a much more fundamental and long-term solution: a bill of digital rights. Australians deserve a set of principles that underpin decisions made about legislation that regulates online freedom, access, fair use, and privacy.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/03/eight-ways-to-protect-your-privacy-online

Pictures of the week: From a homemade boat in India to a colourful run in the Philippines

Here's our pick of the best pictures from around the world this week..

Hot lava from Mount Sinabung volcano spews skyward in Indonesia's North Sumatra province. About 20,000 villagers have been evacuated since authorities raised the alert status for Sinabung to the highest level. (Reuters)

Row, row, row your boat: A fisherman rows a makeshift boat to fish in the Bay of Bengal at Visakhapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh, India (Reuters)

The first koala joey to be born in the UK in May of last year finally has a name. Pictured here with a toy koala he was given a name after keepers found out he was male. He was christened 'Yooranah', an indigenous Australian term meaning 'loving'. (PA)

No longer the 'Windy City': This stunning aerial view over Chicago shows the 'Windy City' encased in ice as a weather phenomenon known as a 'polar vortex' wreaked havoc across vast swathes of America and Canada. (Hank Cain/@WCL_Shawn/Twitter)

A large wave crashes over the promenade at high tide in Aberystwyth, Wales, as Britain endured more floods and winds. (Reuters)

Students hold candles at a mourning ceremony for Run Run Shaw in front of a building donated by Shaw at the University of South China. The Hong Kong media mogul died on Tuesday at the age of 106. (Reuters)

The beauty of the Northern Lights in Whalsay, Shetland. The Lights can be seen as a green glow on the left. They were also seen in southern England and the last time they were so clear was 151 years ago.(SWNS)

Anglers cast lines through holes into a frozen river during an ice fishing competition in Hwacheon-gun, South Korea. The annual event attracts thousands of competitors where participants compete with traditional lures or with bare hands. (Getty)

Bright lights, big city: Visitors watch fireworks during the opening ceremony of the 30th annual Harbin International Ice and Snow festival in Harbin, in northeastern's China's Heilongjiang province. (PA)

Flying high: A participant prepares to fly a large tiger-shaped kite at the 26th International Kite Festival in Mumbai, India. Kite-flyers from numerous countries participated in the day-long festival. (PA)

'What are you looking at?' The Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary Hospital in Queensland, Australia, has been inundated with tiny flippers at the start of the New Year. 18 short-neck turtles, no bigger than a 50p coin, have recently hatched at the sanctuary. (Rex Features)

Participants throw coloured powder in the air during the 2014 Colour Run in Manila, Philippines. The event was founded in the U.S. in January, 2012, as an event to promote healthiness and happiness by bringing the community together. (Rex Features)

I came acros this video of an interview with Judy Satori today and found it very special. I want to share it with you. It is about how Judy's work started and evolved, what Light Language is and at the end there is a special message and activation from St. Germain. Link http://youtu.be/bvhl5CiKS_E

Love and Light

Louise

Hello everyone.

In 2012, my sister left our earthly plane.

She had a rough number of years with medical problems of multiple unexplainable natures, and after divining permission, I wanted to do a Reiki healing session for her life, and all past and future lifetimes.

The intention that I set for the session was "I intend that this healing will provide healing of all physical, mental, emotional and spiritual challenges, at all times in the lifetime of __________________, born _________, died _________, and all past and future lifetimes, as it is in her highest and greatest good."

The session itself is a combination of Usui Reiki, New Usui Reiki, Kundalini Reiki, Gold Reiki, Imara Reiki, and Karuna Ki Reiki.