Breathing is more essential to our lives than our needs for food, water, and shelter. Nothing else matters when we don’t feel like we’re breathing properly. For this very important reason, getting to the bottom of any breathing problem will help the rest of your life be much more enjoyable. Let’s look at breathing problems … Read more
Whether you’re the type of person who’s bought numerous pillows to seek out just the right one or one who has kept the same dusty pillow for decades, you’ve likely given in to the adage that the “right pillow matters” in getting quality sleep. What about tossing everything aside in favor of no pillow at … Read more
Imagine being swaddled in comfort, feeling as though you are being hugged all night long while you sleep. This is the feeling that weighted blankets, also called “gravity blankets,” are giving many of their users. Let’s explore the potential health benefits of weighted blankets. The best weighted blanket is made from soft materials and contains … Read more
Magnesium is an essential mineral similar to sodium, calcium, and potassium. Like other minerals, magnesium works best in the form of a chemical salt mixed with some other component. Magnesium carbonate combines magnesium with the chemical salt of carbon and three oxygen atoms. Magnesium citrate involves magnesium combined with citric acid. So which is better? … Read more
What Is Melatonin? Melatonin is a small molecule made in the pineal gland inside the skull. The pineal gland isn’t part of the brain but takes its messages from the hypothalamus. Under the influence of the amount of light we experience during the day, melatonin is released to help settle the brain down in preparation … Read more
If you’ve ever been told to “just breathe,” you may have wondered if there was any benefit to it or if perhaps you were just wasting time breathing until you felt better. Scientists have weighed in on the issue and have recently discovered that how we breathe strongly affects our physical and mental health. We … Read more
If you’ve heard anything about REM sleep, you probably know it means the same thing as “dream sleep.” While it is possible to dream without being in REM sleep, the REM sleep stage is when most of us experience that strange fantasyland experience called “dreaming.” The term REM means “rapid eye movement” – a typical … Read more
Neck pain is one of the more common types of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Most of us tend to hold tension in our upper chest and shoulders, so it makes sense that this can lead to pain in these regions. If we make things worse by sleeping poorly, the natural progression is to see more neck … Read more
What is it about opening the curtains on a sunny day or seeing the shift from dark winter months to bright sunny days that just lift your mood and change your outlook? Light seems to hold power over us to help us feel better, but is there any science behind light and its ability to … Read more
Have you ever thought about the possibility of unseen energy flowing through us? That maybe, somehow, we aren’t meeting our potential because we are blocking the full potential of our energies. Interestingly enough, the believers of Hinduism and Buddhism have long thought about, and explained, these mysteries of human existence. In this article, we’ll learn … Read more
