Archive for January 2011
Three Mental Aspects To Olympic Athlete Training
January 21, 2011 | 
Author Having grown up in a ski resort town, I was one of those people who wanted to become an admired athlete. The rigors of being a hopeful Olympic athlete training to make the Olympic team encompasses much more than the obvious, like possessing physical ability. It goes beyond physical strength. It goes beyond diet. It goes all the way to sacrifice and mental toughness.
The first key is getting mentally ready. People discover that changing their habits is difficult. Thus, the mental aspect of being ready to stick with an intense training program is the first thing to overcome. Getting into excellent shape, eating well-balanced meals and taking excellent care of your body is a daily practice of knowing you can do it. It all starts with believing you can.
Posted in Mental Health | 
Tags: Aspects, body, changes in life, diet, idea, mental aspect, mental decision, mental toughness, olympic athlete, ski resort town, Training, way | 
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A Primer on Indian Incense
Referred to as the ‘Agarbatti’ in Hindi, as well as in other since time immemorial, incense has been used for medicinal purposes and for gracing religious rituals. Indian incense has a very long history, finding a mention as early as 5, 000 BCE, where the Vedic literature’s have brought the significance of incense to light. Indian languages, Indian incense is known for the rich tradition, and it has also been a frontrunner to establish the value of incense at a very early age.
Posted in Aromatherapy | Tags: atharva veda, Ayurvedic, form, hindu practices, Incense, indian incense, religious rituals, rig veda, tool, use, vedic texts, way | 42 Comments »
Five Things You Need to Know About HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – better known as HIPAA – went into effect in 1996. HIPAA does a number of things including helping workers keep health insurance coverage whenever they lose or change a job. One of the most important aspects of HIPAA, however, deals with privacy…and it has an impact on everyone.
HIPAA – for the first time – created a set of privacy rules which dictate how, what, where, when and with whom any personal health information can be shared. Essentially, HIPAA established a set of guidelines to minimize the chance that your personal medical information will be disclosed to someone who shouldn’t see it.
The Right Treatment for Microtia
Atresia is a congenital condition where a body cavity or passage is deficient or abnormally closed. It is widespread because it can take many forms such as esophageal atresia, duodenal, biliary or aural atresia and others. The last one is probably the most common and it refers to the absence or incomplete formation of an external ear canal which means that both the external and middle ear may be malformed, but the inner ear and auditory nerve are usually normal. The external auditory canal and structures in the middle ear fail to develop completely and therefore, there might be varying degrees of severity of this condition. In its most severe form, there is no identifiable ear canal and the middle ear and ossicles may be absent or show significant underdevelopment.