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Numerous studies have proven the benefits of Positive aspects of regular meditation.

Few of them are,

• Lower blood pressure
• improved concentration
• decreased stress
• reduced anxiety and depression symptoms
• And many others also.

It has been proven that different types of meditation provide similar benefits in terms of physical or mental health. Senior Home Health Care Services is playing a vital role, keeping people mentally satisfied and relaxed with meditation.

1.  Better Focus and Concentration

Better focus on the present can be achieved by having mindfulness meditation which can also increase your concentration towards other daily life tasks.

A study was carried out by Harvard Medical School in 2011. They tried to find out the results of mindfulness meditation on your brain, and they were able to find a link between processing new information and mindfulness.

Positive results were achieved in which development in the brain's learning, memory & emotional regulation parts was found, and this research includes 17 people who had an eight-week meditation program.

2.  Strengthen Dignity and Cognizant

It is also found that discovering positive attributes of your personality and more profound self-reflection benefits or positive aspects of mindfulness meditation.

 Mindfulness helps increase self-awareness by increasing the ability to examine one's thoughts and feelings without judgment.

It can help the person having social anxiety, as per research at Stanford University. In Cognitive Psychotherapy Journal, a study was published in 2009, in which two months of meditation of 14 participants took place who was suffering from social anxiety. The results were terrific that improved self-esteem and decreased anxiety were reported after the program was completed.

3.  Reduce Stress

Cortisol can also be kept in control by mindfulness meditation. It is a stress hormone that keeps you in relaxation mode. 

Mindfulness meditation was an effective way to reduce stress in more than 200 studies back in 2013.

There is a meditation in which you keep on repeating sounds or words so that you can keep your self-focused which is known as Transcendental meditation, as a result of which you can achieve a level of stillness and stability.

 It was found that Support staff and teachers who were doing transcendental meditation could reduce their psychological distress in a study conducted in 2019.

To measure the participant's level of burnout, depression, and stress, researchers used stress scales. People who were doing meditation twice a day for 10-25 minutes over four months seven-step transcendental meditation course resulted in minimizing the stress and burnout.

4.  Manage Anxiety or Depression

You will be less likely to use your head on anxious thoughts that will increase your stress, and it can be controlled by having mindfulness meditation.

Jama Internal Medicine reported in 2014 that anxiety and depression could be controlled by mindful meditation, and it can be used for the treatment of mental illness.

The same study reported positive effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy, which integrates the meditation of mindfulness. Using this therapy, a person can reduce the issues or problems like not having a night of proper sleep, less appetite, a bad mood, and calm their mind and other aspects of depression.

5.  Fight Addiction 

By having this meditation, a patient can control the brain's receptors linked with alcohol addiction & drug addiction to reduce the craving of these things. 

"That awareness is compelling because it can allow us to ride the urge or the craving… without getting overcome by it," Davidson says. "We can notice the urge, notice that it's there, but we don't have to give in to it."

It was discovered that mindfulness meditation could help prevent future relapse in patients with substance use disorder, as it generates therapeutic effects that help the brain regulate pleasure experiences.

6.  Control Pain

Doctors also say that mindful meditation is part of the extensive pain management plan. As a result of a study across 60 trials and more than 6500 participants, it was declared in 2020 that pain reduction was found in people who suffered from acute, post-surgical, and chronic pain.

7.  Boost Up Your Kindness and Loving Nature

Circuits that promote altruism decrease unexpressed or unconscious bias responsible for prolonging harms stereotypical, enhancing emotions of people get strengthen through behavior loving-kindness meditation.

To initiate a meditation of loving-kindness, you think of a loved one and wish them happiness. You can know to share this happiness with other people also.

You can use a simple phrase that you silently repeat to yourself, like 'may you enjoy happiness' as you hold that person in your mind. 

In a nutshell, Mental and physical health can have many benefits from meditation. If any person is willing to improve their focus, deal with depression, addiction, or chronic pain should experience it, and it is dead sure that they will have positive results.

This is something I have been doing for many years and I feel that it has been a huge factor in my development and nourishing of my healing abilities, along with the maintenance of my own health.

What I am referring to is Meditating with a Tree. 

You know that feeling when you go for a walk or spend time in a forest; how relaxed and balanced you feel during and after.

That is because you are taking in some of the healing energies available to you.  So, what if you took the time to place your hands on a healthy tree and allowed yourself to feel the energy that it wants to share with you on an even deeper level?

This is what I do.  More specifically, I ask if the tree has a message for me, if it has a healing for me and if it has anything it wants to share with me.

You see trees have spirits too, they are alive, and they communicate through frequency.  Once you attune to the frequency you can understand their language. But that is for another conversation. 

If you want to increase your life force, as in help your body be and feel healthier, heal faster from illnesses and injuries, become more adaptable to stress, increase your intuition and simple become more resilient I recommend doing this simple of act of Meditating with a Tree.

The act of Meditating with Trees has a long history and there are many great people throughout history that proclaimed they gained healing power and enlightenment via meditating with a tree.

Two specific people are Buddha and Jesus Christ. 

How I Meditate with a TREE 

The way I meditate with a tree is I look for a strong healthy tree somewhere where I will not be disturbed (this can even be in your own yard).  I stand in front of it placing my hands on the trunk in a comfortable location with my eyes closed.  I breath naturally and allow myself to feel the energy of the tree. 

The more you do this the more sensitive you become to the subtle energy of the tree. 

If you have never done this before I recommend using the same tree daily to develop a relationship with it.  You will be amazed that overtime you will feel the love from that tree before you even touch it because it will be projecting to you when you are close by and even from further distances. 

To help deepen your relationship with the tree ask it questions like the ones I wrote above.  Along with asking it, “is there anything I can do for you?”  Trees love it when you give back to them.  This can be as simple of projecting love to them or visualizing them healthy. 

If you are hearing for the first time, it might sound strange.  But, think about it, you have nothing to lose.  If anything, you have much to gain. 

I’d love to hear from you.  Let me know if you have ever meditated with a tree and what your experience was like?

Levothyroxine (generic for Synthroid) is one of the most prescribed medications in North America and it’s for Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid). 

Underactive thyroids appear to be an epidemic, but why are they so prevalent?

Let’s first get clear what a healthy thyroid does. 

Your thyroid produces hormones to regulate metabolism, healthy growth and development of your body.

On an energetic level your thyroid creates balance within yourself that creates a sense of calmness and shields/protects your body from negative energy like other people’s negative influence.    

So, what’s going on….  Why do so many people have an underactive thyroid?

On a physical level the thyroid becomes imbalanced from:

• Consuming too many foods and substances that create disharmony in the body.  These are things like excess animal protein (meat and dairy), rancid oils (found in processed foods, many restaurants, etc.), refined sugars and fluorinated water.
• Toxic exposure to things like heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides and insecticides.
• Radiation exposure.

On an energetic level I find people’s thyroids become out of balance via:

• Not being true and trusting oneself on an ongoing basis.
• Think low of oneself
• Lack confidence in one’s decisions.
• When one’s brain overpower our heart to make the right choice due to fear, worry, sadness, anger, past trauma, etc.
• Not Understanding that one’s voice matters.
• Not taking care of one’s health.
• Lacking healthy habits.  I.E. diet, exercise & sleep.
• Not trusting one’s gut feelings.
• Not speaking one’s truth.

How do you prevent developing hypothyroidism or heal from it?

The strategy for prevention and healing on the physical level are different.  But, on the energetic level there are many similarities.  Those being:

• Accept yourself for who you are.
• Focus on what you are good at and what makes you happy….  This naturally boosts confidence.
• Trust your gut feelings.
• Speak your truth.
• Make a point to do something each day that nourishes yourself.  Ex. Eating a healthy meal, telling yourself, “I love myself unconditionally,” going for a walk in the nature, etc.

Preventing Hypothyroidism:

• Adequate exercise.
• Healthy eating.
• Proper sleep.
• Cleansing to prevent toxicity build up.

Healing from Hypothyroidism:

• Discovering the root cause of hypothyroidism.
• Taking the right supplements to support healing.
• Detoxification to clear toxins and inflammation from the body.
• Dietary changes to support healing and a healthy thyroid.
• Exercising to support healing and a healthy thyroid.
• Ensuring healthy sleeping habits.
• Daily visualization to support healing.

If you need help overcoming a Thyroid imbalance don’t hesitate to ask…..  I’m here to help.

Heather Mills

Mc Cune, Kansas, USA

"Before working with Adam, blood work had shown that my thyroid levels were low. My doctor recommended I start taking a prescription thyroid drug. Instead, I did 2 Distance Healing Sessions with Adam. A few weeks later I had my blood work done again. My thyroid levels were back to normal.

I am so thankful that I did not have to resort to taking a prescription medication. Adam also discovered mercury toxicity in my body that was an underlying cause of other health issues I was dealing with. After removing the mercury, these issues were resolved. I'm so blessed to have found Intuitive Health Solutions."

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References:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3847753/

As a child and teenager, I suffered from severe irritability.  I felt like a ticking time bomb ready to go off if someone said or did something to trigger me.  It was rare if I didn’t wake up irritated and frustrated.

But these intense feelings I felt were the result of what was going on inside of me, creating perpetual stress.    

On an unconscious level I was attached to anger, frustration, fear and sadness to many people without realizing it.   

This was because at different points in my past I felt these people had hurt me through their words and actions. 

Though it was me that was still holding onto those painful experiences, because I didn’t know how to process them. 

Those experiences were kind of like undigested food rotting in my stomach, creating all kinds of different problems.

Those unprocessed negative experiences were telling my central nervous system (CNS) on an unconscious level to be in a state of fight or flight all the time, causing me to feel terrible.  

This made it very hard for me to relax and feel comfortable with myself and others. 

Physically, this affected my sleep, digestion and caused my body to feel tense and tight all the time.

At the time, I had no idea that I was still being affected from past experiences until I did this….

Quieted my mind and listened through meditation. 

When I first began meditating at age 20yrs old, I had a flood of negative feelings, thoughts and images arise to my consciousness.  It was quite scary and intimidating at first.  

But, I quickly learned an EXERCISE (listen to it below) that was centred around focusing on loving myself and other people. 

This powerful exercise helped me process the painful experiences, so I could finally overcome the pain they were causing me. 

It helped me to realize that I needed to forgive the people that hurt me and send love to them (including myself). 

All the negative feelings I was creating on a day to day basis were creating so much tension in my body that they were continually creating a toxic state for myself. 

As a result the physical, mental and emotional symptoms quickly resolved.

Clearing the stress in my mind also enhanced my intuition because it was no longer being blocked by stress and negativity.

When I decided to stop and observe, rather than reacted to every thought and feeling I experienced, it allowed me to create change.

Looking back at it now I find it amazing how simple it was to process the old emotional pain when I decided to let love in and let go. 

If you are anything like I was, the following Loving Kindness Exercise may be one of the most important things you do for your healing and moving forward with your life.    

Struggling With Hormone Imbalances?

When I ask you to think about hormone issues, what is the first words that come to your mind?

Endometriosis, pms, mood swings, weight gain, insomnia, pcos or even hair loss?

Those are quite common symptoms of hormone imbalances, but what are some of the other hormone symptoms you can have?

Let me name a few….

Fatigue – this is more common than you might think, and your hormones have a lot to do with it!

Low Libido – a lack of interest in sex, has a lot to do with hormones.  

Weight loss Resistance – Hormones definitely contribute to weight gain and weight loss resistance. 

Aching muscles and joints – Did you know that your hormones can actually cause you pain when they are imbalanced?

Hair loss – Hair thinning all over the head can be a sign of high androgens and other hormone imbalances. 

Ovarian Cysts – This is definitely a sign that your hormones are needing some balancing. 

Dry Eyes – Yes, dry eyes can also be caused by hormones. 

Anxiety and Depression…

Hot flashes, insomnia, mood swings, water retention, cramps, constant colds, and many, many more…….

So, what can you do about it?  

First and foremost, I suggest learning the differences between testing your hormones with blood, urine and saliva.  

Yes, they are very different.  

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BLOOD, URINE AND SALIVA TESTING!

BLOOD

Blood is an accurate reading of what is happening at one point in the day. It is great for testing the overall picture.  Blood or serum is great for testing peptide hormones and total hormones such as Follicle stimulating hormone, LH, prolactin, insulin and even thyroid hormones (if the free form is included). 

But, for sex hormones no distinction is made in blood between bound hormones and free hormones (the hormones your body can use). 

Women have three different kinds of estrogen in the body: estradiol, estrone and estriol.  In blood they are only tested as one hormone.  Meaning we can’t tell the difference between the good and bad estrogens in the body by evaluating blood. 

This can lead to misleading results!  

It can cause hormones to appear completely normal or even high normal. Remember blood is only testing the total of your three estrogens. 

But, if the free hormone level is low (your available hormone or usable hormone) you can still feel like a hot hormone mess.  Even if your doctor has told you that your hormones are normal!

Serum hormone testing also does not measure estrogen, adrenal or androgen metabolites.  So, it does not show how those hormones are breaking down in the body and how well the liver’s phase one and two detoxification is working.   

SALIVA

Saliva has become really popular over the years. Saliva is non-invasive and quite easy to do.  The benefit to saliva is that it allows for multiple collections over a 24 hour period, or even an entire month.  This allows you to see abnormal hormone patterns, such as shortened luteal phase (the second half of a woman’s cycle), or even cortisol patterns over the entire day. 

A Saliva test measures free hormones (your usable hormones or bioavailable hormones), which makes it a better measure then blood for evaluating hormone profiles.  

Remember blood is measuring your total hormones and only at one point in the day, which does not give you a good indicator of hormones that may dip or spike during certain times in the month. 

Saliva is a good measure of Estradiol, estrone, and estriol, progesterone, testosterone and DHEA.  But, saliva does not show steroid hormone metabolites. This is limiting as it does not show you how your hormones are breaking down, or if they are being reabsorbed.

URINE

The 24 hour urine hormone test is the preferred method for testing hormones. It tests for hormones secreted at night, like cortisol and melatonin as well as growth hormone.

Got insomnia or sleeping trouble? This test can show you why!

Urine testing measures unbound hormones, reflecting the bioavailable hormones or the hormones that are available for use right now!

The advantage of urine testing is the ability to measure hormone metabolites. It will show your estrogen levels good and bad, and whether they are metabolizing down a pathyway that can be carcinogenic.  Urine will also show how Androgens are metabolizing in your body, whether they are going down the pathway that will cause hair thinning and androgenic alopecia etc. 

Urine testing can show the balance of protective “good” estrogens, compared to harmful or “bad” estrogens and whether your treatment protocol is working. This is huge!  No longer do you have to wonder if you are getting anywhere with what you are taking!

Urine hormone testing measures both phase 1 and 2 liver detoxification.  It shows how well the liver is metabolizing estrogen, among other hormones and how well the liver is functioning, which is huge in everything from hormone imbalances to depression and anxiety.

Urine is also an excellent test to evaluate adrenal health and function.  It not only measures DHEA and DHEAs, but measures cortisone and cortisol, telling us the status of your adrenal glands and if adrenal fatigue is an issue. 

In my opinion, urine is the gold standard of hormone testing.  

BEING VULNERABLE

I tested my Urine hormones a year ago.  It led me to some eye -opening discoveries. 

I found out that my liver’s phase two detoxification was quite low (I suspected as much) and that my estrogens were beginning to metabolize down a carcinogenic pathway.  THIS IS HUGE.  Essentially, this test allowed me to begin treating this issue before it became significant.

Blood would never have been able to show me this. 

If you would like to discover your hormone profile, as a Functional Medicine Practitioner, I have begun offering these tests. 

You can email me at [email protected] to find out more or sign up for a Functional Medicine Consultation here to test your hormones.

In good health, 

Keri Fulmore

Medical Intuitive, Functional Medicine Practitioner & Author

Have you ever noticed how good you feel when you spend time in nature?  If you do not know what I am talking about, it is time to get out into nature.

Nature is in a constant state of UNCONDITIONAL LOVE and it gives without expecting anything in return.  Unconditional love is what all the great sages and healers like: Jesus, Buddha, and even Mother Theresa embraced.

We have a lot to learn from nature.

Albert Einstein understood it when he said, “Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better.”

I have noticed, in general, people who spend little time in nature have more health issues.  Is there a connection?  Personally, I believe there is and you might think so after reading the scientific health benefits below.

First, I would like to share with you how nature has favourably impacted my life.

I find time spent in nature helps return me to who I am….my natural, balanced state…. I believe nature does this for everyone.

It happens because being in nature, naturally, aligns you with the healing vibration of unconditional love.  When in a state of unconditional love, your stress melts away and your body can heal much faster.

You breathe in more oxygen, as well as, therapeutic scents of trees and plants.

8 Things Nature Has Taught Me

1. Slow down and enjoy the moment
2. Unconditional love
3. Inner peace
4. Forgiveness
5. Adaptability
6. Energy Medicine
7. Herbal Medicine
8. Wild Food

The famous Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu said it well, “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

I like to walk in nature every morning before I start my day.  Also if I have had a particularly stressful day, I like to go into nature as it is naturally therapeutic.  I have also found my intuition has been enhanced by spending time in nature.

For years, I have been intuitively guided to daily spend time in nature in order to balance myself and improve my health.

And guess what, science has done several studies that prove this is exactly what is happening.

Scientific Health Benefits of Nature

• Improved short-term memory
• Restored mental energy
• Stress relief
• Reduced inflammation
• Better vision
• Improved concentration
• Sharper thinking and creativity
• Anti-cancer effects
• Immune system boost
• Improved mental health
• Reduced risk of early death

If you are struggling with any health issues, I challenge you to daily spend time in nature and see how much your health improves.   

All health issues are a sign the body is out of balance and not in its natural state.

Positive Improvement of Health Issues With Time Spent In Nature

• Memory problems
• Mental fatigue
• Fatigue
• Autoimmune disorders
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Depression & anxiety
• ADHD & ADD
• Cancer
• Hypertension
• Myopia (nearsightedness)

If you want to enhance your health… get out into nature.  Its therapeutic benefits are FREE!

I would love to hear any comments you have about nature.  Share them below in the comment section.

* Click here to read scientific studies done on people in nature. 

"Healing is accomplished the instant the sufferer

no longer sees any value in pain."  

~ A Course In Miracles

Have you ever wondered if STRESS is the reason for your HEALTH ISSUES?

You try to keep your level of stress, but you still find yourself stressing about what to make for dinner, juggling work and kids, paying your bills on time and even trying to fit in some needed  “me” time. 

Have you noticed that you just don’t feel as alive or happy as you once did? 

Your body is telling you that it needs rest, you are fatigued, not sleeping well and even find yourself a little irritable, but you keep pushing yourself anyways.  

Your body is silently beginning to give you warning signs that you need to unplug and tune in! 

I know I have been there before.  In fact, I believe that stress is what brought about my very own health storm.  Learning to unwind the after effects of stress, has been one of my greatest healers.

So, if you feel emotional turmoil more than you feel happy, it's time to listen to yourself and do something about it!  

The Scoop On Stress

Stress really is all about your perception of life and your experiences.  It is often related to your feelings of:

• Anxiety
• Irritation
• Hopelessness
• Helplessness
• Despair
• Self -judgement
• Resentment
• Insecurities
• Self-doubt 

Over time, these negative feelings and emotions become compounded and can trigger chronic stress. 

Stress is the number one reason for illness these days, and your body’s symptoms are often just signs and signals that something is wrong.

Negative emotions and feelings have been known to drain energy and wreak havoc on the body.

These emotions trigger the body's stress response and autonomic nervous system to a cascade of stressful hormones.

Stressful hormones not only lower your immune system, but they also weaken your digestion and steal your sex hormones and deplete them.  This leads to a chaotic rhythm of your heart. 

What is a Chaotic Rhythm of the Heart?

When your heart and brain have poor communicating, physical issues begin to show up in the body. 

People often treat these symptoms with medications, nutritional supplements, diet changes and even new exercise programs. 

The truth is, nobody wants to feel awful or imbalanced. 

The trouble with only treating your body on a physical level is that usually your results are not sustained.  If the original thought patterns and stressors is not dealt with, new symptoms often arise.

I know for me, I had to learn to tame my self judgement and learn acceptance so that I could surrender to the things I could not change.  It was a process of letting go, that brought me greater healing.

Your approach to healing needs to incorporate all levels for permanent healing.

Symptoms Of Stress

Stress has a laundry list of symptoms that manifest in the body over time.

A chronically stressed person can have any of the following symptoms and sometimes multiple symptoms.

They are...

• Fatigue
• Brain Fog
• Memory and Concentration issues
• Weight Gain
• Hormonal Imbalances
• Thinning hair
• Blood Sugar Regulation issues
• Inflammation
• Autoimmunity
• Digestive Issues (the gut is our second brain and closely linked)
• Sluggish Detoxification Pathways
• Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
• Musculoskeletal imbalances and Misalignments
• Cardiovascular issues
• Respiratory issues
• Anxiety

The list is long and certainly this is not an exclusive list.

Stress showed up in my body as chronic pain.  This triggered an even bigger stress response which eventually created a lot of hormonal imbalances for me.  I had burning pain, which created weight gain and sluggish detox pathways.  This was all from stress.

As you can see Stress can truly create many issues in the body and not something you want to let take control of your life and body!

Remember: illness is just a reminder that you have stepped away from wholeness.  It's finding your way back to that which will bring about TRUE HEALING.

"The miracle comes quietly into the mind

that stops an instant and is still"

~ A Course in Miracles

5 Steps To Quiet Your Mind and De-Stress For Better Health

Breathe  - Take time for yourself each day to slow down and focus on deep breathing.  Deep slow breaths have actually been proven to turn down the sympathetic nervous system or stress response and engage the parasympathetic healing response. 

It takes a few minutes each day to achieve a peaceful state through our breath.  

I have incorporated deep breathing into my everyday routine.  It brings about a sense of peacefulness and an abiltiy to cope with stress like I have never had before.

Visualize Love and Happy Memories  - One of the best ways to improve the communication between your heart and your brain is to sit quietly each day, or whenever you are feeling stressed, and visualize a happy, joyful, loving memory.  It can be something that you hold dear in your heart, or something you make up.  All it has to do is bring you that warm feeling in your heart.  At the same time breathe in deeply and slowly. 

I also find it helpful to smile while doing this.  It has been proven that a smile will release your happy hormones, even if it is a fake one! 

According to the HeartMath Institute, healthy heart and brain communication is beneficial for improving Heart Rate Variability. As a result, communication between the heart, brain and nervous system are enhanced. 

They have proven that positive emotions are associated with a specific physiological state called coherence.  When your heart and brain are in coherence you will have improved physiological functioning, emotional stability and mental performance.  So in a nutshell, better heart brain coherence equals less stress and negativity.

I have used the HeartMath clip in my meditations and deep breathing exercises to monitor how relaxed and peaceful my body is.  I have found it a great tool for showing me when I am stressed and how to better relax.

Make Time For Yourself – In today’s busy and hectic world, it is even more important to take time out for yourself.  Create time by...

• Taking an uninterrupted bath
• Going for a walk in nature
• Meditation
• Spend time with your friends

Getting out of your routine and remembering to have fun is what this is all about.  With more joy comes less stress, and a healthier immune system.

For me, daily walks on my own are a time to reflect, be one with nature and they bring me a sense of peace.

Let Things Go – In the past I used to get caught up in the small things.  Like whether or not the dishes got done, or the mess the kids left behind.  I realized that those things didn't deserve my energy.   I have gotten into the habit of using a great destressing technique called, Will this matter later.

The technique is done when stress arises by asking yourself, “Will this Matter Tomorrow?”  If the answer is no, then I do something that will bring me joy instead.

Count Your Blessings – I used to get caught up in all the things that were wrong with my life, and all the things I did not have.  Focusing on those things only intensified the amount of stress I had."

To change this I made a Gratitude List.  I wrote down all the things I am thankful for.  I focus on that list every day and add things when appropriate.  It reminds me that I have so much to be happy about.

Are there things that you do to combat stress and your inner thought demons?  I would love to hear from you!  Leave me a comment below.