Aria

I have a good friend who is young (25) and has been diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis and she decided to not use the medication the doctor prescribed. She is now looking into what other options she can use, I asked her what and she says anything. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions, herbs, meditation etc. I just want others to help us see options we cannot see. Thank You

Hello and welcome those are good words.

Hello and Welcome. I like Biology and Psychology. Used to like Chem but not the Organic Chemistry class I took. Enjoy the insights the forum offers.

Lately this past year my hands seem to get cold very easily. I though it was due to low blood pressure, but I have seen a nurse lately and they say I am perfectly fine. Another friend said that it may be due to energy blockages and told me how to open them but I haven't been successful maybe because I am not understanding what I need to do. I was thinking of seeing an acupuncturist, but I thought I would see what people think and suggest.

I'll check that out. I've been mainly using flaxseed oid lately due to gallstone problems. Wow. Probably many of those. This past year I've been turning my life around in many ways. Including losing weight. I was unhealthy for so long and now I eat more local organic foods or just more fresh in general at the moment and running three times a week and walking more. It's kind of like meditating. I learned of it from a friend who practices Toltec stuff from Theun Mares books. I am starting the first stage where you teach your body to relax and then you watch your thoughts allowing yourself to fall into just feeling. Then dreams arise out of it. They've shown me meaningful things whether its from someone coming to me and talking about what I am concerned about or hearing music and starting to sing my harmony to its song.

Thank you lol. For some reason I hadn't thought to look at past threads. I used to meditate everyday but now its on and off because I am practicing dreaming right now. I've been meaning to restart meditation fully again though. I can tell I need to.

Wow Maykea brought Drew back =0 lol. Interesting dream.

Yeah, I dropped by his blog and he thinks he is banned. We'll see if he comes by again. He is also a huge advocate of meditating full lotus too. I meditate full lotus, and thats how I found this site because I was googling full lotus. It helps me have better posture and focus better. But lately I've been practicing dreaming. I reall like your enthusiasm in learning, lol, we are similar in that way. I dive into learning especially when I love something.

Hello and welcome! May we join you?

That makes sense. lol. Its especially hard as a female playing online gaming. Not fun going against the groups that just want to be mean. Ah well, I fun anyways. You kinda just understand and let it go but there are bad days. The forums I've been on haven't been that bad though.

Hellooo and welcome. I am new too and yes meditation is a great place to start. Especially for my head that can run a million thoughts per second and needs to calm down at times and get a clear view on things. So have fun and watch all the interesting people on here cause they know a lot of things. <3

Hello and welcome, your books are very insightful.

Welcome indeed. Interesting article. I like to try and go against conditioned responses actively. I do meditate though and it probably helps lots. Its called not doing.

Hello and welcome sniff around and you'll lot's of interesting things to learn about here.

To allow myself to blossom. To acheive freedom. To relax. To allow my energy to move. To one day share my knowledge I learn with others. <3

Welcome to the home of Taobums <3 that was an epic intro.

Maybe you are a fox too? lol. Yeah. The reason I started ovarian breathing was because a friend said it would reduce the energy loss. I tried starting last year but didn't keep up so didn't feel any results. I just started again so won't see anything fully for 3 months. I don't care for stopping menstruation because I want to be able to appreciate the natural process our female bodies goes through. Even though it isn't fun at times lol.

I don't know if I would want to trick my body. The female body follows a life cycle every month that goes through destruction and creation. This allows you to renew yourself every month. If your body thinks its pregnant all the time then you never renew yourself and your body and mind get confused. I don't know what ovarian breathing does but its suppost to help stop menstruation too and I've been trying that and its been lessening the symptoms so far, but technically I haven't been too stressed either.

I had the similar thought that a clapping hand is always alone. Then I got curious and put the question on my facebook and a friend answered "Gross". I stared at it baffled but laughed. Totally different answer than I was expecting.

Yes, I met one singer when I was in choir and we were performing with an orchestra and he was a prima donna and it intimidated all us youngins and no one could say anything to him. Me and my sister were able to at least say he sang very well. lol Going from a calm collected clarinet player to brooding over guitar. wow. lol. I love guitar and hope to finally pick one up one day.

I have researched foods that help dissolve the gallstones and the change in diet helps a lot right now. So we will see when I feel its time to try something. I'll probably talk to a doctor to get pictures first too. But for now I know the stones are probably still too big to do anything, but thanks for showing me there's another alternative, cause I totally refuse to give up an organ.

Hello, only be fear the trumpet players cause they reside in their own world. Actually I like that. I play the flute.

Hello and welcome You helped your gallbladder??? I had a gallstone attack last November and I refused surgery cause why would I let people take out an organ that could be helped? I mainly avoid fatty foods but I'll have to look through that article when my brain can handle it more. I want to get rid of the gallstones now that I don't have pain anymore and now that I know how to just eat healthy lol.

Learning to trust what you feel is something I am practicing all the time. It seems to be something lost in society cause of the need for higher education, but following what you feel is following what you know even if you don't know it yet and that is a way to gain true knowledge instead of just studying a book. Its easier for females to follow their feelings than males cause we are naturally chaotic which is also why we are great multitaskers. Kinda why it took 15min to type this and I forgot what else I was going to say lol. Raz you feel like a wolf