Enjoy a Stone Massage–in the Comfort of Your Own Home

Heated stone massage has become a popular form of massage therapy. 

It was officially developed in 1993 by massage therapist Mary Hannigan of Tucson, Arizona.  One has to wonder if she was inspired by a touching a desert rock heated by the scorching sun to her skin!  She has trademarked her unique format of heated stone massage, but each spa offers its own version.

While the “official date” may be 1993, heated stone massage has roots dating back 5,000 years to ancient cultures from throughout the world, including India, Europe, Native American and Mezo-American. 

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How to Render Your Home as Relaxing as a Spa

When it comes to home spa design, some key factors are elements that soothe the senses:  lighting, scent and sound.  By making a few little adjustments in your home, you can render it just as relaxing–if not more so–than a professional spa!  

* Lighting

The first trick in home spa design is subdued lighting.  Too often, our homes are outfitted with bright, harsh overhead lighting.  This is especially true of overhead fluorescent light fixtures; their lighting is glaring, unnatural and downright unflattering. Some people are even highly sensitive to fluorescent lighting; it causes them stress or upset.  Try to completely avoid overhead fluorescent lighting except in garages or other utility areas. 

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Anti Aging Supplements - The Whole Truth

By: Bell Samantha

In my youth I do not give a darn to those physicians and health specialists. Now that I am getting older, I’m beginning to think about how to keep my body in peak physical condition as I age.

I know a lot of people who take anti aging supplements , but I am not sure that it works wonders like they like to say. It seems like it might be just a temporary craze.

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The Battle within - Free Radicals and Antioxidant War!

By: Darrell Miller

Our bodies are made up of trillions of atoms and molecules, ever day these atoms in our body wage war between life and death. Breathing oxygen the basic necessity for life promotes free radicals also known as radical oxygen species (ROS).

With every breath of oxygen we take, our body circulates oxygen through out itself and as this oxygen passes through various metabolic functions the oxygen will bond with hydrogen, carbon and other elements that can easily be eliminated from the body, but in some cases the oxygen can lose an electron and become unstable also known as a free radical.

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Aging is a Mistake

By: Raymond Francis, DSc, MSc, RNC

“Aging is a mistake,” said Dr. Deepak Chopra. Actually, aging is worse than a mistake, it is a catastrophe. Aging reduces quality of life and causes so-called “diseases of aging” such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, and arthritis. Making yourself old and sick is not a sensible choice–it is a mistake.

Each disease, even a cold, accelerates aging, makes you sicker, and causes more disease. Then our physicians manage these diseases with treatments that create still more aging and disease. It’s a vicious cycle, and we have to learn how to break that cycle.

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