Stand Still, Be Fit? For Martial Arts & Health (Part 9)

Posted by Guy in Fitness & Exercise, Martial Arts, Pain Management on 26. Nov, 2010 | No Comments

If you have been following all the way to part 9 congratulations, you are one of the few who are capable of taking control of your own health. Look forward to the 5th and final standing position, filmed on the island of Hong Kong. Professor Yu also explains how Zhan Zhuang is one of the [...]

Posted by Guy in Health Psychology/Motivation on 19. Feb, 2010 | No Comments

by Dr Ben Kim What’s the most powerful step you can take to dramatically improve your health? My answer is this: Learn how to effectively manage emotional stress All of my clinical and personal experiences over the years have me convinced that no other single factor has more influence over your health. Not diet, not [...]

How Healthy Is YOUR Exercise?

Posted by Guy in Fitness & Exercise on 14. Dec, 2009 | No Comments

Lets get this straight, any exercise is better than NO exercise, but in some cases the wrong type of exercise is nearly as bad on a stressed out poorly fed over-worked human. How Healthy is Your Exercise? Exercise helps take off weight, increase energy and prevent depression. It also can be a source of stress [...]

Better Health as Science Discovers the Secret to Happiness

Posted by Guy in Health Psychology/Motivation on 23. Nov, 2009 | No Comments

Adapted from an interview with Robert A. Emmons, PhD University of California, Davis urprise: Research suggests that becoming more grateful could make each of us 25% happier — and that being happy is the key to a longer, more successful life. Our lives do not just seem better when we are happy — they actually [...]

You can ‘Burn’ Stress habits into your Brain

Posted by Guy in Health Psychology/Motivation, Nutrition & Lifestyle on 17. Oct, 2009 | 1 Comment

Guy’s comments – In this adaptation of an article from the New York times by Natalie Angier, the concept of modern day stress is dicussed, and though the experiments have been done with animal subjects, it mirrors research on Neuroplasticity and brain retraining that have been done recently by other groups. Essentially chronic or continual [...]