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Kava Kava Tea for Anxiety
As someone who has an interest in herbs, and nutrition in general, and is also one of those left-wing anti pharmaceutical types, I was very interested to read about Kava Kava AKA Piper methysticum. There are shed loads of studies showing that it significantly reduces anxiety; and depression. Safety concerns appear limited to liver toxicity if…
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Kratom Tea Review
Apparently it’s really effective for relaxation, and headaches, but you have to be really responsible with it. It’s supposed to have a similar effect to codeine (I read that codeine is physically addictive after 11 days of continuous use as well, so that’s off the proverbial table). Kratom can apparently make you constipated, and if you…
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Yoga Infographic
Nice little infographic from Furniture@Work The one thing that does my tree in about working in an office all day, is how stiff my glutes up to my neck are. The stiff neck can give me pretty bad headaches. I’d recommend moving about as much as possible, and demanding an assessment from an Occupational Therapist;…
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The Power of Now Summary & Review
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Great book – quite intense; I wouldn’t recommend it for your first spiritual psychological type book. A better book to start thing with would be Dale Carnegie’s Stop Worrying and Start Living book, for example. “YOU ARE NOT YOUR MIND” – is the general jist of the book.…
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Too much Weights, Not Enough Speed Work
Some issues I’ve had from doing weights, and then attempting to move onto martial arts. This is a criticism of myself, and nobody else. 1. Tight Muscles I don’t know the exact science around this, but I’m guessing, the bigger your muscles are, the less room they have to move around the muscle sheath and…
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CrossFit Vs Bodybuilding
Just a quick run down / brain dump of my thoughts on the two and their pros and cons Disclaimer – This is all written tongue in cheek, please don’t take offence. Crossfit Pros 1. Olympic Lifts make you a beast. I’ve never known someone who does Olympic Lifting (a foundation of Crossfit) seriously, who…
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Dalai Lama – The art of happiness – Summary & Review
This book is written by a psychologist / psychotherapist who spent time, interviewing the Dalai Lama over a number of days. He mixes in the perspective of Western Psychology with the views and teachings of the Dalai Lama and Buddhism. Which makes it a bit more practical – assuming your a Westerner. Some things…
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Love your Enemy
Robbed this concept from my Dalai Lama book… If everyone is constantly nice to you, if your life is comfortable all the time, then you are likely to be a horrible, angry and just a general bellend. Ever noticed how people born with incurable diseases, and disabilities tend to be really positive and all round…