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   Image by Steve Weaver 1. Mobile Phones For years there has been debate about the effects of radiation from mobile phones. The debate is still not settled. The newest evidence is that the radiation from the phones does affect your skin. A new study completed by the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) [...]

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Evan on May 7th, 2007

In our culture yang (the active) is usually valued more than yin (the receptive). This leads to us needing to have more yin in our life. Firstly, this means getting enough sleep. Secondly it means injecting a little more yin into our day. The worlds most popular way of doing this is meditation. This is [...]

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Evan on May 1st, 2007

Qi gong is a health practise engaged in by huge numbers in China. It may well be the reason why some many Chinese people are able to maintain good health well into old age. And you can do it to. But first a little background. What does “qi gong” mean? “Qi” roughly speaking means energy, [...]

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Evan on April 22nd, 2007

Flowing from yin to yang The way Traditional Chinese Medicine sees health is as the flow of yin and yang. These concepts apply in every part of our lives. Here we will just take a quick overview of what they mean for our health. From this perspective it is not only the ‘amount’ or ‘balance’ [...]

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