November 17, 2008 – 6:00 am
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I am fortunate to once again have Dorian from “Buddha of Hollywood” as a guestblogger here today. This is the second half of his thoughts on Relaxation Meditation. Many thanks to Dorian for the 2 guest blogs here at Postcards from the Funny Farm. I enjoyed his stuff so much I debated releasing a [...]
November 10, 2008 – 2:59 pm
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That title is a quote from Michael Stipe of the band REM in the song, Finest Worksong. Got two days off (post weekend) and I was thrilled about it. I figured, here’s an eternity of time to get everything I need to get done, done! Well, after the first day it hasn’t quite worked [...]
November 10, 2008 – 6:00 am
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When I ran across Dorian’s Blog “Buddha of Hollywood,” I was instantly curious. Since I live so close to Hollywood and know a few “oddballs” that have come out of that town, I figured I had a tiger by the tail with this blogger. Since then we have exchanged emails a few times and I [...]
By Damien Riley
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Posted in Health, Psychology, Self Improvement
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Also tagged blogger, brain, energy, knowledge, meditation, optimism, Psychology, Relaxation Response, rest, therapy
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October 16, 2008 – 6:00 am
Water is a place we can turn for stress relief and healing. We come from water when born so it’s natural for us to feel calm in it.
September 15, 2008 – 11:25 pm
I have to share with you: the recent heavy topics here like bipolar and setting serious goals have been taking a toll on me. From time to time I like to take a sideline from those highly important yet highly taxing posts. Today I want to tell you about a furniture store online: Legacy Classic [...]
I have been doing a lot of online writing for hire, blogging, and playing with my kids. Mostly, around here, what that entails is swimming! We love our new swimming pool and if I had my way I would live in it 24/7. Today was an example of how much good it does me.
Have you ever tried visualization to reduce anxiety and relax? It’s really not too difficult. The steps are something like this:
1) Put some music or nature sounds on your CD player and close your eyes. Then
2) visualize yourself in nature.
3) Imagine your favorite wild animals all around you and yet it feels [...]