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Become a Backhealer…

LAY ON YOUR BACKLay on your back with your arms and legs relaxed and the palms turned up. It is best to lie in a warm comfortable spot. Develop a space where you will practice on a regular basis. It is good to practice in the same space so your mind will begin to develop habits of relaxation just by being in the space.

Scoliosis was named from the Greek language and means “crooked”. The spine of someone having scoliosis is crooked from side to side not from front to back. It looks “S” shaped in one of more sections and not straight up and down. Most of us have some scoliosis, or crookedness, in the spine.

1).  Coffee is acidic. It is the acid in our muscles that creates pain for us and an increase in the amounts of acids may makes it difficult for us to remove. 2).  Coffee is dehydrating by interfering with our body’s ability to use water. It is also a diuretic meaning it causes the body to lose water. When we are dehydrated our muscles do not glide properly over one another and all cells of our bodies do not function correctly. We are 70% water…

Canadian Food Inspection agency recalls 135 beef products – glad to be vegetarian       Here is the list: Sold at retailBrand    Product    Size    UPCBest Value    10 Beef Burgers    1 kg    7 71212 88103 8Best Value    20 Beef Burgers    2 kg    7 71212 88104 5Best Value    40 Beef Burgers    4.54 kg    7 71212 88108 3BV Balance    Lean Sirloin Beef Burgers    852 g    7 71212 88123 6Calgary Stampede    Western-style BBQ Sauce Beef Burgers, 3.2 oz    725 g    0 66669 53213 9Calgary Stampede    Western-style BBQ Sauce…

The sciatic nerve is our largest nerve and exits the spine and runs through the butt muscle down the leg. Your back pain may begin in the spine or in the butt and ranges from mild to excruciating which may cause trouble in walking. To ease this pain release the piriformis muscle which compresses the sciatic nerve in the butt. Release: Sit on the end of your kitchen table and push into the middle of the butt with the table. This will release this piriformis…

The cobra posture is highly effective to relieve back pain from bulging or  herniated discs. It acts to create space in the front of the body while gently adjusting the discs back into the spinal column. The posture can be performed by anyone that can lay on the floor. To perform the posture: Lay on your belly with ankles and legs squeezed together. Hands are placed directly under your shoulders. Slowly reach your upper body up to the sky without pressing with the hands. Use the abdomen…

The Backhealer Breathing System LAY ON YOUR BACK Lay on your back with your arms and legs relaxed and the palms turned up. It is best to lie in a warm comfortable spot. Develop a space where you will practice on a regular basis. It is good to practice in the same space so your mind will begin to develop habits of relaxation just by being in the space. LIGHTLY CONTRACT MID POINT BETWEEN THE PELVIS BONES It is important to lightly depress the muscles…

Breathing and muscle tone are automatic functions controlled by the small brain that lays at the base of the skull. Both form patterns based on how we use our body. If we are always in tense situations or do a great deal of weight training our muscles learn to set their tone at a greater intensity. If we are constantly breathing shorter breaths because we experience circumstances in our lives as stressful our breathing patterns will become patterned into shallower breathing. We can reset these…

If your body is too acidic; which my be experienced as inflammation and pain, eat less acid forming foods and more alkaline forming foods. If possible food should be organic and raw. If you cook your food use low heat and longer cooking times. Alkaline Forming Foods – eat more of these Hemp seeds, figs, pumpkin seeds, lima beans, apricots, green apples, spinach, turnip, beet tops, raisins, almonds, carrots, dates, celery, dates, cucumber, cataloupe, lettuce, watercress, pineapple, peaches, grapes, bananas, watermelon, millet, brazil nuts, coconut…