Getting enough sleep play a very important key in living healthy life. In this article, let's talk about benefits of getting a good sleep. Improve your memory According to Daniel Margoliash, a member of the sleep research team, getting enough sleep has three effects. It helps to improves memory, reduces depressed and restore memory. During sleep, the mind is busy. And while sleeping, you can enhance your memory andpractice the skills that you have learned during the day. When you try to learn something, physical or mental, you need to practice again. So that is reason why every time you wake up to continue the lessons you may feel remember longer. Live longer Sleep extra one hour reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke for at least six weeks. A recent study from Harvard showed that those who slept 7 hours and have extra a short sleep about one hour will get significant progress on cardiovascular. The researchers also said that sleep affects the ability to cope with … [Read more...]
Gardening in winter: why it’s a good time to start
We all know the feeling this time of year. Walking out the door of a morning to the realization that yes, it is well and truly winter. Even though your plants aren’t doing much in terms of growth, it does not mean that you as a gardener should hibernate. Many things can be done in Winter, so that you can get the most out of your garden in Spring and Summer. Winter is ideal to prepare you garden, and to catch up on the tasks you have been putting off. Use the time to add new additions to your garden, perhaps some new plants, an installation or a transplant – be creative! So where to start? Even though autumn is the best time for planting, winter is nearly just as favorable. The main contributors to successful planting are watering and soil aeration. A plant going from a pot (that gets watered every day and has good soil aeration) into garden soil that may be dry for extended periods of time, and be compacted with low aeration, may cause severe stress to the plant. It is true … [Read more...]
Building a more stable connection with the Earth
Sthira-sukham asanam (Yoga Sutra II.46) The connection to the Earth should be steady and joyful In this Yoga Sutra, we are told that our connection to the Earth should be steady and joyful. Sthira means steady or stable; sukham means joyful, centred; asana is the seat or connection to the Earth. It is the term used to describe the physical yoga practice of taking different shapes with the body but also can be taken in the broader sense of our interactions with the planet itself and all beings we share it with. Around 10,000 years ago humans began the great agricultural project, which has brought us to the critical juncture we find ourselves in today. We started to domesticate animals and grow crops. We stopped following herd animals and found ways to corral control them. We began to shape and control and change nature to suit our desires. What we didn’t understand is that we humans began to domesticate ourselves along with the animals we came to call livestock. We slowly … [Read more...]