Benefits of Stretching

Benefits of Stretching:
- increases vitality
- protects from injury
- increases flexibility
- strengthens the body
- improves muscle tone
- re-aligns the body so that it functions effectively
- regulates the internal organs, keeping all systems functioning efficiently
- slows the aging process
- enhances concentration
- fights depression

Stretching also assists in the elimination of lactic acid in the muscles that cause muscle cramps and post-training aches and pains. This is extremely important if you run or work out often, and by stretching fully after a workout you will increase your endurance and reduce post workout aches.

Stretching before a workout can do more harm than good; you should do a light warm up with dynamic stretching (such as walking lunges) before exercise and static stretching after.

Emotional Energy Centers of the Body

I. Throat Center - self-expression issues - lack of trust - inability to speak your feelings - lack of nurturingII. Burden Area - burdens and responsibilities - carrying a heavy load - weight of the world on your shouldersIII. Heart Center - grief, sorrow, sadness, and loss - emptiness of the heart or a lack of love - helplessness, aloneness, disillusionment - embarrassment, shame, humiliation - repressed feelings and disappointment - cruelty and meannessIV. Fear Center - fears and phobias - loss of control or the fear of losing control - giving our power to another person - relationships

Feeling a bit off today....

My friends,
Are you having a bad day?
Are you swimming against the current?
Sometimes you have to convince yourself
that things will be alright.
Things will work out the way they are supposed to.
Work hard and do unto others.
Because, people mean well.
Deep, deep down, they mean well.
Unfortunately,
those same people need to realize
and internalize that the same things they hate in others,
are the same things they hate in themselves.
It takes strength to say,
“I need to change. I will be different.”
A concept that has been around longer than I have.
Perfect yourself before you attempt
to perfect others.
Who cares what they say.
This is you life.
Basically, this is about more than just some awesome toe socks with animals on them.
Yes, when shit hits the fan…
I wear these with pride.
But, it goes deeper than that.
It is about doing what makes you feel good.
Once again, it is the little things.
And nobody gets hurt

Prefrontal Cortex

For a while now I’ve had this fascination with the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and the role it plays in learning, addiction, and those strange behaviors that make you scratch your head and wonder… “Why?”

To give you a brief description, this magnificent part of the brain is the gem of our evolution and the basis for our superb neural connections. 

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is responsible for:

-  abstract thinking and thought analysis

-  our active working memory

-  our ability to judge right and wrong, and foresee the outcomes

-  social control (and controlling sexual urges)

-  control over intense emotional impulses (the seat of good judgment)

-  short term and long term decision making; allowing you to plan ahead and create strategies. 

-  focusing thoughts and enabling you to pay attention, learn, and concentrate on goals

-  evaluating complex concepts and tasks