1% versus 99%
What is the difference between the 1% and the 99%? What do you mean by 1% and 99%, anyway? If you look around, you'
Featured Essay — Neurofeedback
Neurofeedback: Is it science or expensive placebo?
You sit in front of a screen. Electrodes on your scalp. You watch a movie that plays smoothly when your brain waves hit target patterns and pauses when they don&
“True balance is not a destination of stillness, but a dynamic engagement with the forces that pull us.”— nira
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Toe Spacers - have you used them?
Have you used a toe spacer? Someone asked me. A toe-spacer? My mind was racing. In the realm of foot care and overall well-being, toe
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Calibration - the most important skill
Calibration could easily be the most important skill you've never heard of. Calibration is the notion of knowing how much to do. We
HRV - what is a good score?
HRV is a measure of how your heart is working. So what is a good HRV score? For those who are not familiar, HRV, or
Trauma - Its effect on sleep
Trauma is defined as a deeply troubling or disturbing experience. What is the role of trauma in your sleep? Does trauma affect the quality, nature,
Fat - what is so wrong with it?
Over the past ten years, I have spoken extensively about excess fat being a medical issue, not an optical one. Fat, what's so
Germline Gene Editing
The scientific community is developing a new form of gene editing called germline gene therapy. If you have never heard about it, now is the
Mortality -Reflect on Yours
"A person who has not comprehended the doctrine of the Buddha is infatuated by long life and considers himself as immortal, even though he
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Monks in Disguise
"A monk may be stained with defilements, bereft of self-control and awareness of reality. Such a monk, though he may wear the'stained