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Her Heartbeat is Ours

Do you feel your connection to Earth? Her heartbeat is connected to us in ways that are only starting to be understood. More scientifically called the Schumann Resonance, this “heartbeat” is an electromagnetic wave that circles Earth’s circumference. It is closely connected to and communicates with our brains.

This from a Gizmodo post, The Earth has a heartbeat we can see from space:

“The wavelength is the circumference of the earth (or twice the circumference, or three times, or four, and so on). This means that the troughs of these waves will always line up, as will the crests. When crests combine, they get bigger. And with lightning hitting the earth over four million times a day, these waves keep getting the boosts they need. The waves don’t sweep across the surface of the earth. Instead they’re like standing waves, that just pulse at their troughs and crests – a resonant heartbeat.”

The Schumann Resonance (the base atmospheric electromagnetic resonant frequency is 7.83 Hz) is closely in sync with our Alpha brain waves (8 to 12 Hz). Alpha waves “are dominant during quietly flowing thoughts, and in some meditative states. Alpha is ‘the power of now’, being here, in the present. Alpha is the resting state for the brain. Alpha waves aid overall mental coordination, calmness, alertness, mind/body integration and learning.” (From What are Brainwaves? – Brainworks, Train Your Mind.)

The scientific study of the full effects of interference with the Shchumann Resonance ELF waves on our well-being is still in its infancy. But, studies to date suggest that when human vibration is out of sync with the Earth’s resonant heartbeat, we are not in a prime state of health. There are many articles outlining the interference and possible detrimental effects played by our synthetic technologies. There are also theories that staying in alignment could play an important part in the future expansion of our collective human consciousness.

But, why not let yourself be the judge? Start noticing how you feel when you spend too much time around TV, computers, cell phones, etc. And comparatively, the next time you’re out in nature, really tune in to how the images, colors, and sounds are affecting your mind and body.

Listen to the Earth’s heartbeat. She is communicating with you, so get to know and feel her language. Whether you realize it or not, she is calling you back to your organic essence.

Healing Power of Trees

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Do you know that trees have the power to heal you? The Japanese know it! They are avid tree lovers and forest bathers. You heard it right! Bathing in trees, spending time around them and soaking up all their great energy.

Trees are powerful medicine

Major studies and experiments have been conducted in Japan to measure the positive effects of trees on humans. The results astound in terms of physical and emotional health. The benefits include improved immune system, lower pulse rate and blood pressure, and reduced incidence of depression. Have I piqued your interest? To find out more, go to this Quartz blog post: The Japanese practice of ‘forest bathing’ is scientifically proven to improve your health.
After you read it, you may just become the next tree bathing convert!

Forest bathing moves West

And lest you think this is just some ‘flash in the pan’ fad, I’m here to tell you, no it is not. In 1982, forest bathing integrated into the national health program in Japan and the studies quoted on health benefits go back as far as 2004. Tree bathing is lately being embraced in our Western culture as an antidote to stress.

A brief excerpt from the Quartz article:

“Julia Plevin, a product designer and urban forest bather, founded San Francisco’s 200-member Forest Bathing Club Meetup in 2014. They gather monthly to escape technology. “It’s an immersive experience,” Plevin explained to Quartz. “So much of our lives are spent interacting with 2D screens. This is such a bummer because there’s a whole 3D world out there! Forest bathing is a break from your phone and computer…from all that noise of social media and email.”

As far as I know, no one has figured out how to bottle this yet. And I hope they never do! I urge you to scout around soon for some trees, and let them work their magic.

They’re waiting for you…

Begin with Love

Love is the fundamental center of our universe. Hate and fear try to worm their way in and take over, time and time again. Experience says that when they do, the best of the human spirit tends to rise up and say “no”.

Do you desire to build a better world right now? Make a personal pledge to always begin from a place of love and the results will astonish you. The dark has no real tools to defeat love. Loving yourself enough not to hook into your own dark side is a very strong beginning. When we succumb to our own dark thoughts, we are letting the controllers of this world divide and beat us.

Inspirational Love Quotes:

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
~ Martin Luther King Jr.

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
~ William Shakespeare

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
~ Paulo Coelho

“Where there is love there is life.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi

“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.”
~ Zelda Fitzgerald

“If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”
~ John Lennon

“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and can accomplish much. and what is done in love is done well.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh

Photo of Van Gogh’s “A Wheatfield with Cyrpresses”

Living Consciously

Do you feel lately like you’re being swept along against your will in a tidal wave of “fate”? The dictionary’s definition of fate: “The course of someone’s life, or the outcome of a particular situation for someone or something, seen as beyond their control.”

We are part of everything around us, including those big events seemingly out of our control. We do have a say in our destinies, but, this requires firstly that we start living consciously.

The bigger the external problems seem, the more apt we may be to engage in denial or escapism. Confronting what is uncomfortable may seem like too much work in the short term, “I’ll deal with this tomorrow…”, but in the long run that’s how we claim our lives and start living them intentionally and fully.

There is no time like now to claim your life.

This article offers interesting thoughts and tips about living consciously: The Importance of Living Consciously

Photo courtesy João Cabral, Pexels

A Reverent Life

Reverence for life feels like it is in short supply these days. We are each instruments of change. When we love life and embrace the beauty, when we make that an essential part of our lives every day, our lives become sacred. We bring reverence to the world.

Inspirational Quotes:

Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. ~ Rumi

“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

“Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

True spirituality breathes reverence into every act and deed.” ~ Marjorie Pay Hinckley