Why You Need a Paper Route

“I’ve noticed,” Mom said, “ever since you got your paper route, you haven’t been sick.”

Having a paper route in the middle of the last century meant delivering papers to people’s homes seven days aweek, 365 days a year in rain, snow, summer dog days, and excellent weathers. It meant, in my case, exercising hard for 45 minutes up to an hour and a half on snowy Sunday mornings in the dark.

“Where have I heard this before?” you inquire politely.

“That’s right – Younger Next Year and Harry’s rules. Thefirst rule is exercise hard six days a week. Exercising triggers the rebuilding and healing processes in yourbody.”

“But you were just a kid, so you would have been healthy anyhow,” You challenge.

“That’s the point. I was not healthy. I was a sickly kid in some ways. My new standard of health, post paper route,was noticeable because of the massive contrast.”

Since the beginning of the year, eight months now, I have been exercising hard seven days a week -- How’s my health been?

Conclusion – I have been much healthier than my norm. Thatis no colds and flu – more energy and good spirits. I have increased my exercise just enough to get this benefit. Iwas exercising hard already, just not enough to reach thetipping point.

I will see how this plays out in the future.

Here’s a question for you:

On my Sabbatical to Walla Walla, Washington, I noted thatWhitman College has just built a shinny new Fitness Center. What do you make of the name – Fitness Center. What’s themessage they are giving to the students, faculty, alumni,and Walla Walla with that title.

Is Fitness in?

Yummy Water? Fun Electrolytes, News from the Universe, Save the World

Are you sweating? It may be summer now where you live. If not, remember this for when it’s sweating season.

When you exercise six days a week as I have been recommending, you will sweat. You need to replace the fluids you sweat off. You can lose as much as a quart in a hard workout – drink water. Lots of it.

Don’t like water? Can’t stand the stuff? Hang on…

What else do you lose? If you peeked at the title of today’s piece you know. You sweat off electrolytes. Lick some sweat – it’s salty.

What are electrolytes, you ask? Mr. Dictionary says – 2. Physiology. any of certain inorganic compounds, mainly sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, chloride, and bicarbonate, that dissociate in biological fluids into ions capable of conducting electrical currents and constituting a major force in controlling fluid balance within the body.

The purveyors of sports drinks like Gatorade suggest you will benefit greatly by using their products. Others say just drink water and your diet will handle the rest. The researchers are undecided.

If you don’t replace your electrolytes what happens? Since electrolytes affect your muscles, heart and nervous system, horrible things can happen. But not likely for most people.

If you do replace or maintain your levels of electrolytes, you will most likely feel strong and vital. You will feel peppy even in the swelter. It’s a good thing.

My favorite way to boost my intake is to use Emergen C, a powdered product that fizzes when you add it to your water. It contains the alphabet of electrolytes and one gram of vitamin C in each packet. My naturopath recommended 1-3 packets a day for my general health. I do fairly well at complying.

Suzanne mixes one packet into quart bottle of water and finds this makes the water yummier. Improving the flavor of water with a tiny bit of glucose, researches say, gets you to drink more water. And that’s a good thing. Try it.

(I get the Lite version of Emergen C with even fewer carbohydrates.)

Vitacost is my favorite place to get Emergen C They have the best price, selection, and service. You can find it everywhere though.

Since table salt, NaCl, is the big player in your electrolyte soup of your body, you have a simple solution to loss of electrolytes -- add more table salt to your food.

Be salty this summer,

William

P.S. We get 90% of our vitamins and nutritional supplements from Vitacost.

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NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSE

One of my delightful clients reported how much she enjoys getting the News of the Universe. It reminds her and inspires her. I agree. It is one of the few things I read faithfully.

If you aren’t enjoying the News from the Universe daily, you can have it emailed to you on a daily basis at no cost. Read my review.

Mike Dooley has just redone his site. It looks good.

Here’s one I got recently that might inspire you –

Funny, {!firstname_fix}, how when one links job satisfaction to financial compensation, they're never paid "enough." Yet, when they see work as a way to dance with life, meet new people, and unleash the creative tiger within, they become very rich, indeed.
Every kind of rich, {!firstname_fix}.
The Universe


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SAVE THE WORLD – ONE MORE LYTE

You probably know you can save a bunch of money by converting to compact flourescent light bulbs. You may know that if the USA as collective converted we would have no oil worries. You also probably know the quality of the light was sickly at best.

Well no more. Save the planet. Stop oil wars. Have good light.

Popular Mechanics designed a test pitting seven common CFLs against a 75-watt incandescent bulb. To gather objective data, we used a Konica Minolta CL-200 chroma meter to measure color temperature and brightness, and a Watts up? Pro ammeter to track power consumption. Our subjective data came from a double-blind test with three PM staffers and Jesse Smith, a lighting expert from Parsons The New School for Design, in Manhattan. We put our participants in a color-neutral room and asked them to examine colorful objects, faces and reading material, then rate the bulbs’ performance.

Read the article and uncover the winners.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/home_improvement/4215199.html


Blessings,

William

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When you get up every morning are you making decisions based on:

A. What you enjoy most and what is best for the long term interest of you, your family, and your company? Or ...

B. What you have to do immediately to solve your cash flow crisis?

If you answered B, then chances are you are in desperate need of a turnaround.

The problem is, most businesses stay in a perpetual state of stress and desperation. It's just like a job where you live paycheck to paycheck, but only worse: you work longer hours for less pay.
That's where a turnaround comes in.

Real lasting business growth doesn't happen until you pull yourself out of that desperate "cash strapped" state.

See, if you're constantly putting out cash flow fires, you simply don't have enough time to make lasting changes in your business. It's simple human dynamics.

So, an intelligent turnaround quickly takes you out of that state. And puts you in a state where long term growth is possible.

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“What’s more fun than drinking beer, watching TV, and complaining?”

“What’s more fun than drinking beer, watching TV, and complaining?” my friend, Mac, asked.

This really is the question, isn’t it? How do you want to live your life?

I had a beer drinking, football watching life for more years than I’d care to admit. Eventually, the question arises – “What’s more fun than drinking beer and watching TV?”

What’s the life you most want to live?

What is the life you can wholeheartedly love? And how can you get it?

The Magic Formula - How to Magically Attract the Life You Most Want, reveals everything you need to achieve a life you wholeheartedly love.

Explore the benefits in detail, get the book, and live happily.

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Live long and prosper,

William

P.S. Even if you don’t want to get the book now, get the sample chapters. They will benefit you hugely. You’ll see. (Scroll to the summary at the bottom of the page.)

Two Magic Nutritional Supplements Zap Bad Guys

Two Magic Nutritional Supplements Zap Bad Guys

After reading Andrew Weil’s very useful book, Healthy Aging,
I decided to try some of his suggestions. (Just out in paperback.)

Weil favors Zyflamend, an anti-inflammatory supplement, composed of a half dozen herbs and other goodies. One herb included is turmeric, that’s right, the spice. It turns out that folks in India who eat a bunch of it have much lower incidences of Alzheimer’s disease.

Since I have some genetic predisposition to this inflammatory brain condition, I thought taking some would be a good plan. (It would be difficult to get enough in your food unless you shift to the full Indian cuisine of that region.)

They process the herbs used in Zyflamend in a way that preserves their effectiveness.

“OK, Andrew, I’m convinced. Now, where to get it?” I puzzled.

Google led me to Vitacost a new company for me. Vitacost sells a wide range of nutritional supplies at wholesale prices. They win awards.

“OK, I’ll try them.” I said. Their awards and their great prices easily swayed me.

You ask, “What about your old standby FitRx didn’t they carry Zyflamend?”

“No, they didn’t.”

My road tests with Vitacost prove to me they deserve my patronage. Clearly, I recommend them to you as well.


Here’s Why –

* Wholesale prices – no kidding.

* Good reliable delivery at a very reasonable price of $5 for any order – They ship around the world – different fees may apply, obviously.

* They offer a dynamite in-house line of products.

This story clearly illustrates – Dr. Weil recommends alpha lipoic acid (ALA) for several reasons. Primarily ALA promotes healthy cell function and may boost energy levels! Sign me up. (See below for more.)

So I thought I’d try it. My recent newsletter from Dr. Nancy Roberts recommended alpha lipoic acid for zapping free radicals. I checked it out at Vitacost and found their house brand, Nutraceutical Sciences Institute (NSI), was the best value. I tried a bottle and liked it. And continue to use their house brand and save big.

You’re a smart consumer, so you know that house brands often offer the best value – delivering good quality for the best price by cutting out the middle men/women.

* Vitacost has a free nutritional newsletter. OK, it looks like nothing but a bunch of ads, but I find the articles useful. I dump the rest. A recent article continues the good news for the inexpensive supplement alpha lipoic acid.

Research is showing that it helps to repair nerve damage associated with diabetes. Since diabetes plagues our modern world, especially in the USA, this supplement with its benefits is welcome. Various recommendations range from 300 - 800 mg? per day.

Certainly, sign up for the newsletter, and just delete what doesn’t serve you.

AS ALWAYS, CONSULT WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL WHO KNOWS YOUR HEALTH PATTERNS.

* You can also uncover a rich supply of nutrition information on the site. Scan the side bar on the left or use the search box. I trust their information as they base it on independent research studies.


MORE COOL STUFF

In the box labeled BROWSE in the left sidebar, you can find the newsletters and the Science / Health library – the science behind natural medicine.


YOU’LL BENFIT

Obviously, you would benefit from a five-minute exploration of the site and from these two supplements.

I use Vitacost for all my supplies, now. I only recommend that which I use. Clearly, you may wish to join me.

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DETAILS ON THE SUPPLEMENTS

ZYFLAMEND
Zyflamend promotes normal cell growth. The manufacturer, New Chapter, has extensively researched the herbal pharmacopoeia and international medical databases and discovered that the following time-tested herbs, properly extracted and blended in the correct proportions, contain at least 8 phytonutrients that may safely and significantly promote a healthy inflammation response.

Perhaps, in more detail than you’re curious about, you can read about the herbs:

Holy Basil (Ocimum sanctum): Contains ursolic acid, which significantly enhances detoxification and promotes a healthy inflammation response.

Turmeric: Unique curcumin phytonutrient complex, synergistic with green tea, significantly multiplying each herb's ability to promote healthy eicosanoid balance.

Ginger: Supercritical extract modulates both eicosanoid cascades and offers numerous anti-aging constituents.

Green Tea: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences report green tea polyphenols exert a beneficial effect on healthy eicosanoid balance. Major university database notes green tea contains 51 phytonutrients that promote a healthy inflammation response.

Rosemary: Dual extracts offer highly concentrated, full spectrum eicosanoid balance and support detoxification.

Hu Zhang (Polygonum cuspidatum): Richest known resveratrol source, with each daily serving delivering the approximate equivalent of six glasses of resveratrol rich wine.

Chinese Goldthread and Barberry: Unique berberine phytonutrient complex, naturally promotes a healthy inflammation response.

Oregano: Source of large number of phytonutrient modulators (31) according to USDA database.

Baikal Skullcap: Unique baicalin phytonutrient complex, naturally promotes healthy inflammation response.


ALPHA LIPOIC ACID

Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) is a vitamin-like compound with antioxidant properties. It promotes healthy cell function and may provide protective benefits against oxidative processes believed to contribute to degenerative diseases and aging.ALA has been called the "universal" antioxidant. Besides neutralizing unstable free radical molecules in the body, ALA may boost glutathione (one of the body's most powerful antioxidants) levels in cells. One of the most beneficial effects of ALA is its ability to regenerate other essential antioxidants, such as vitamins C and E, coenzyme Q10, and glutathione.ALA is also a co-factor for some of the key enzymes involved in generating energy from food and oxygen in mitochondria. It may enhance energy levels while also assisting the body with maintaining healthy blood sugar levels. (More help in the battle with type II diabetes.)

DO YOU ALIGN WITH YOUR STAR?

Imagine weeks of ever darkening days and longer nights. Finally, dawn comes on the 21st of December and no-one welcomes the sun, your star. Your ancestors welcomed it for millennia. Now it's your turn.

Christmas falls on the festival of light, winter solstice,
well they missed by a few days. One of my reverend friends said, "We don't know when the birth of Christ was, but we know it wasn't in December." So, why now? Because the festival of light is important and it makes for a good symbolic match.

Take this holiday season back from the merchants and the
inane TV specials and build an altar on solstice. I will.
I have in the past. When I build the altar, I feel in alignment with all there is. Peace on earth; good will towards men.

When you align deeply with the rhythms of your planet, your life takes on a new dimension of wholeness. Try it.

To help you play with this idea, I gift you with my highly collaborative e-manual, ALTAR MAKING - A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE TO DEEPEN YOUR CONNECTION TO THE SACRED. I want you to have this now, gratis so that you can use it for the solstice.

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William

P.S. Feel free to pass this on to anyone you feel would
benefit from it. When I wrote this book, my internal
guidance directed that I was to pass the book on without
fee, even though it's one of my best books.

The Floor Is Your Friend

There is a particular feeling of time stopping when you get your body down on the floor, whether it's to practice a lying-down meditation such as the body scan or to systematically work the body gently but firmly toward its limits in first this direction, then that, as we do in mindful hatha yoga. Just being low down in a room tends to clear the mind. Maybe it's because being on the floor is so foreign to us that it breaks up our habitual neurological patterning and invites us to enter into this moment through a sudden opening in what we might call the body door.

In hatha yoga practice, the idea is to be fully in your body as you bring awareness to the various sensations, thoughts, and feelings which come up while you are moving, stretching, breathing, holding positions, reaching or lifting with arms, legs, and torso. There are said to be over 8o,ooo basic yoga postures. One won't quickly run out of new challenges for the body; but I find I keep coming back to a core routine of maybe twenty or so postures, which over the years just keep taking me deeper into my body and deeper into stillness.

…Try getting down on the floor once a day and stretching your body mindfully, if only for three or four minutes, staying in touch with your breathing and with what your body is telling you. Remind yourself that this is your body today. Check to see if you are in touch with it.

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go There You Are

I don’t remember how many years ago I heard the phrase or which of my insightful colleagues whispered, “The floor is your friend.” But my whole self resonated, “Yes!”

You can use the floor to slip the bonds of stress. You can use the floor to explore your body. You can use the floor to expand consciousness. You can use the floor to change perspective. You can use your floor to expand your abilities to move gracefully. You can use your floor to heal aches and pains.

You can also use the floor for other beneficial activities such as Pilates, playing with children, smooching with your lover, doing crunches, or performing push-ups, but for now leave these activities for another time on the floor.

Allow me to remind you that you have had a long friendship with the floor, but you may have strayed into the higher regions in past years. When you were a child and into your teens, you spent time on the floor every day.

When did you stop rolling around on the floor? When did you stop reading on the floor? When did you stop sitting on the floor to talk with friends?

My colleague, Joelle Everett, shared this story with me passed on by a friend.

He went once to a conference at a well-known conference center -- an old one -- on the east coast. He knew, from being told, that he had been there as a small child, with his parents, so he expected to recognize something, but no such luck.

Sometime later in the day, he squatted down to talk to someone, and discovered that he recognized the space from that angle!

Paul (Joelle’s husband) and I also saw a neat film once, a tour of an empty house, filmed at a child's eye level--it was remarkably moving, stirring many old memories.

Isn’t that cool.

Get on the floor and see what you can see and feel what you can feel.

Tips:

• Use a carpeted floor, mat, folded towel or blanket to soften the surface or do this on grass for a real pleasure.

• Play relaxing music.

• Turn the phone off.

• Dress comfortably with freedom to move with as little or as many clothes as will do the job for you. Remember the floor is often cooler and as you relax, your body temperature will drop.


“What do I do when I’m on the floor, William?”

Go back to Jon Kabot Zinn’s suggestion above. See what you can see. Feel your body. Stretch. Play. Put your arms up towards the ceiling. Put your feet towards the ceiling.

Roll on the floor like a log with your arms tightly held to your sides. Try it with your arms stretched out as far as you can reach and point your toes.

Pretend you’re a dog scratching her back by rolling on the ground.

Pretend you’re a cat and reach out with your claws as far as you can – one at a time or all at once.


A Simple Exercise

Years ago, I turned my nose up at this one at first because it seemed too easy. I tried it anyhow and loved it. It is easy and that’s its advantage, you can exquisitely feel the floor and the feedback it gives you as you roll.

Here’s what you do:

• Lie on your back.
• Hug your knees towards your chest.
• Roll to the side, then roll back to the other side.
• Repeat as many times as feels great. Maybe, take a break, then roll some more.
• Feel everything in your spine. When I first did this, I lifted my head off the ground. Play with letting your neck relax, so that your head rests on the floor as you and it rolls side to side. Let the knees go first, and let the spine and neck follow.
• Feel the sensuous pleasure that you derive from the contact with the floor.
• Explore different speeds e.g. what happens when you make the movement really s l o w …
• Explore modifying the movements to get at other parts of your body.
• Imagine what a dog, cat, or other animal friend would do rolling on the floor.
• How would a kid do it?

Here’s a question for you – How does being on the floor shift your perspective? What possibilities show up that you didn’t have before?


The Power of Tennis Balls

Tennis balls, trigger points, and acupuncture, oh my.

When I suggest to clients that they lie on the floor and play with tennis balls, I sometimes secretly fear they won’t come back to see me anymore, not because they’ll think I’m too weird, but because I know how effective the tennis balls are at removing physical problems, stress, and fatigue. They might not need my hands on services any more.

Your most potent, energy restoring, stress fighting, body balancing acupuncture points and trigger points are spread out across your back. When you put specific, direct, sustained pressure on these points, you create a powerful healing and restorative benefit for yourself at no charge.

You don’t have to know where these points are located to take advantage of them. Google “acupuncture chart” if you want to know more about these points and how to locate them.

For example, this one is cool.


Here’s what you do –

• Grab a tennis ball and take it to the floor with you.

• Lie down on top of the tennis ball and roll to a spot that feels tender or uncomfortable, then stay there. You have found one of the useful healing points.

• Breathe slowly into the spot. Imagine it melting with each breath. Alternately, you can imagine it being filled with a golden liquid healing light as you breathe into the sensations. If it feels too intense, leave, roll to the next stop. If you enjoy the sensation, stay and absorb the simple pleasure of it.

• Keep rolling to new spots until you have explored your whole back including your hips and pelvis.

• You can do a little or a lot in each session. Play and explore to your hearts content.

• You can focus on just one trouble spot such as the tension in the upper back or hips. If you have a pain in your shoulder, for instance, concentrate on that area. Roll all over the area making minute adjustments as the body changes.

• Do it every day for a few minutes anyhow and feel how your body improves and becomes more flexible, fluid and powerful. You can watch how your life gets better when you do this on a regular basis. Focus on trouble spots and soon you will find them no longer trouble spots.


The Hidden Benefit of Presence and Perspective

Becoming fully present, being in the moment, being mindful frees you from stress. It’s a secret. Being present can heal almost any problem you have.

Everything you have done so far in this article has moved you to deeper presence. The following corpse pose strips this down to the bare bones and makes practicing presence a breeze. You will say too, “The floor my friend.”


Floating on the Floor

There is a knack to learning to float on the sea. A certain letting go is required.

Recall that body memory as you lie on your back, legs spread about shoulder width, arms spread to your sides about 45 degree, palms up. Like floating in the ocean, let go into the floor.

Start by taking three slow, deep, low in the belly breaths.

Now really feel the feedback you get from the floor. Feel where the floor is supporting you.

Let go into that support. Can you trust the floor to hold you up? Let go again. Did you notice any additional decrease in muscle tension as you let go this second time? I usually do.

Once more, let go again and float on the floor.

You can scan the whole body from toes to head and let go anywhere you want. And let go again. Let the floor hold you. It willingly holds you.

Bring your attention to your dominant hand. Can you feel the weight of your dominant hand as it lies on the floor. From the inside, can you feel the inside of your hand? Feel all the sensations in your hand. You may be surprised at how much you can feel.

Can you feel the life force in your hand? Yes?

Now feel for the life force in your other hand.

Can you feel the life in both of your hands at the same time? Let that experience spread so that you can feel the life force in your whole body.


Presence

Notice as you experience the body that you feel present. Your chattering mind has turned off, at least for a moment, and what remains is the profound experience of peace. Know that whenever you attend to your sensations in this way your chattering mind will shut of and you will be experiencing the ineffable presence.

You have the ability to change your consciousness.

The sensations you experience can be no-where else but right here, right now. You are nowhere else but right here, right now. You do not argue in your head about who was right and who was wrong. Fears have melted away. Regrets have melted away. You have no thoughts of the future or the past. All is well in presence.

This is the power of being in the present. Feels good, yes? Stress gone, yes? You now know how to get here anytime you want.

After you have played with feeling the energy in your hands and your body sufficiently, you will be able to feel the life force in your whole body anywhere, any time you choose.

“So what?” you querry. You can use this to be present and centered whenever you want. This is good.

You can use this when you want to listen deeply to someone. You can use this to center yourself before making presentation or having a confrontational conversation.

Being present changes your perspective. A new perspective can change everything and permit you to see possibilities and solutions to your life’s problems where none existed before.

This can lead to the deepest version of the cup half full.

What story could I tell here?

Cancer survivor Happy Rockefeller says this:
Once you have been confronted with a life-and-death situation, trivia no longer matters. Your perspective grows and you live at a deeper level. There’s no time for pettiness.


More Things You Can Play With

You can use these resources to expand possibilities, remove more stress, increase grace and ease in movement, and deepen your friendship with your floor.

Somatics by Thomas Hanna. Hanna has eight lessons that can keep you moving smoothly for the rest of your life. He writes with a bit of know-it-all authority, but the exercises will feel good, fun, and inviting. Explanations and illustrations walk you through, or should I say, “Roll you through.” After you have explored the lessons, Hanna offers a cat stretch of the highlights of the program. This five-minute routine works beautifully to keep you limber and connected. I use these daily now.



Yoga
In Seattle, every street has a yoga studio. You can probably find something where you live, too. Look for classes at fitness clubs, YMCAs, and the like as well as full-fledged yoga studios. Although I recommend you work with a teacher, your library will have tons of books, tapes, and DVD’s on yoga.

Pavel Tsatsouline
Note: These floor practices above do not replace Pavel’s Relax Into Stretch or Super Joints but work well in conjunction with his material.

Relax into Stretch : Instant Flexibility Through Mastering Muscle Tension. The two books cover different material and this one just focuses on stretching. It busts myths yet remains safe. I'd recommend it for everyone. This is THE stretching book.

Super Joints --Russian Longevity Secrets for Pain-Free Movement, Maximum Mobility and Flexible Strength If I were the king of the universe I would have ALL my patients over 40 enjoying these benefits.