Scientists Say This Is The Most Relaxing Tune Ever Recorded [Audio]

This eight minute song is a beautiful combination of arranged harmonies, rhythms and bass lines and thus helps to slow the heart rate, reduce blood pressure and lower levels of the stress. The song features guitar, piano and electronic samples of natural soundscapes.

A study was conducted on 40 women, who were connected to sensors and had been given challenging puzzles to complete against the clock in order to induce a level of stress. Different songs were then played, to test their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and brain activity. Continue reading

Scientists Prove Organic Food More Nutritionally Rich Than Conventional, GMO Crops

“. . . rely on small, organic farms more than Big Ag prototypes; it’s often the little guy who cares for his carrots and Swiss chard like he would his own children . . .” – C Sarich

OrganicProduceIt’s always interesting when biotech shills spout a bunch of their credentials on posts about GMOs, complaining that there is no scientific proof that genetically modified organisms are bad for our health, bad for the environment, or bad for food sustainability. But here’s something positive. In researching the true nutrition of food that is grown organically (without pesticides and herbicides, as GMOs are), one scientist that is well respected in her field found some revealing evidence showing how non-GMO, organic foods are better for us. Read on to learn more.

Many GMO-advocates are probably aware of the fact that genetically modified crops contain higher levels of pesticide residues than conventional crops. But what about organic vs. GMO when it comes to nutrient content? You can argue with a biotech scientist all day long, and they’ll tell you there is no difference, but they are flat wrong. It’s no straw man – there is real evidence that organic produce is better – in a number of ways.

You can blame it on a Stanford study that started this whole debacle. Their meta data did tell us that:

“. . . published literature lacks strong evidence that organic foods are significantly more nutritious than conventional foods.” 

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From Stress To Joy — Practicing The Sense Of “Enough”

“When you bring your attention back to the senses, to the felt experience of the present moment, you are disconnecting from the default neural circuits that will fuel your energy toward “not enough” and help down shift you to “plenty” or “yes, simply enough”.” – J Zehr

StressToJoyWhat drives our anxious mind? One of the keys can be found in our “default circuits” or the neural circuits — the thoughts and feelings — that incessantly run as the semi-conscious backgrounds of our inner lives.

These default circuits are “wired” into our inner lives by repetition and experience and resemble a mental virus we pick up from our culture or family. Our default circuits are like the little man behind the curtain running the great and powerful Oz. They might run the show, but they are fueled by implicit memories: unconscious or barely conscious fears, lusts, hostilities, passions, cravings, repulsions and the like.

In myth and fairy tales, our default circuits show up as the bad guys, the evil ones, the spirits and energies that will seduce or bully us off track, deep into the woods, and then abandon us or eat us alive.

Default circuits can keep us in a mysterious trance, and one of the key trances we all share is the one of “not enough”. Continue reading