Saturday 16 January 2010

All Your Options For Spa And Beauty

By Pete Malcolm

Spas are places that have been around for centuries as centers for beauty and health. Spa and beauty treatments just keep growing in technique and popularity. People used to think they were so refreshed from spas because of the high quality of water there. Mostly it is the relaxation quality that made people feel better and therefore look better. As years went on people began to realize that taking the time to pamper themselves was what they needed and what spas provided.

Spas, on top of giving you a day off to get away from it all, spas offer a wide range of beauty treatments to help you look and feel your best. Massages are a must-have. Your soft tissues carry much tension built up from your day to day activities. You can carry it in all parts of your body, from your scalp to your feet. By relieving these knots, your entire body and confidence will recuperate.

While you are at a spa, take advantage of facials. You can prevent much damage by having a good skin care regimen at home, but only at spas can you get the full benefit of hard core skin care. There are certain techniques, equipment, and lotions that are simply too time-consuming or expensive for you to do at home. You can have skin steams, extractions, exfoliation, masks, peels, and creams.

Other beauty treatments can round out your trip. Manicures, pedicures, and many types of waxing. Though women are the most popular consumers of these services, men have started to use these, too.

Mud baths look like the silliest treatment, but they are one of the most beneficial. Not only do they help you take care of your skin, but they can help treat arthritis. It relieves a lot of tension in the body and is a really fun experience to have.

Steam is a leading tool, and one that most people cannot really control in their houses. This is why people need to go to spas--for the saunas and steam baths. They detoxify you through making you sweat. In this way you can make you lose weight and make you feel healthier. Steam baths are a natural part of these spas, since most spas were centered around natural hot springs.

If you want to learn healthy ways of living, this is an all-in-one place to go. You can visit with nutritionists to learn how to eat properly. You can learn fun ways to exercise like doing yoga. This is a way to take the best parts of the spa with you, all the way home.

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Telepathy - Communicate Without Your Normal Senses

By David A Andrews

What exactly is telepathy? Without getting into the technical information, the easy way to understand it is that your emotions or mental imageries can be transferred from one person or another. However what is special about it is you do it without saying anything, touching, tasting, smelling, or even hearing the other person.

We have been used to using language for such a long time that we find it hard to think of telepathy in the same way. However, there have been several scientists and animal trainers who are completely convinced that animals have the power of telepathy. While you would think this would be a crazy thought, they have amassed a huge amount of evidence to show this is true.

While humans in the West consider this to be a strange phenomenon, there are still primitive tribes around today who naturally use the power of telepathy. This way they can communicate with one another secretly.

Even if you have never considered it before, the truth of the matter is that telepathy is just a different language that can be taught and learned. We already acknowledge those who can't speak correctly or read as well as others, so we should also help those who can't develop their telepathic power. However, it is possible for everyone to develop them to a certain degree.

It's unfortunate, but our civilization has lost its ability to stretch the telepathic mind. Even though it's a natural part of the human brain, society has created a shell for most people to keep from using it.

When you hear people talk about the "sixth sense," they are often referring to things such as telepathy. Others may call it the "third eye," although there are subtle differences in these two phrases they mean basically the same.

You have probably already utilized your telepathic power and haven't even realized it. This is mostly because we consider these to be gut feelings or instincts. Maybe you just felt as though someone was looking over your shoulder, or you're worried about a family member all of the sudden. These things happen all the time and the end result is that you're usually right. It's amazing how we accept this in our world, but the mention of it being connected to telepathy and most people turn their head.

What you'll find is that our society has simply lost touch with the ability to utilize our telepathic power. How this began will probably never be answered, but it's believed that it was constantly down played by religions all over the world. Most predominantly were Christianity and Islam. They believe that this is the power of Satan and not a tool the human mind already has inside.

Sometimes there is nothing you can do when fighting a religion. Many people believe that all the religions have so much power over our society that most people have been taught to put no faith in telepathy. This is because it's believed that the Messiah, Savior, or Prophet has to the natural abilities to do something of this magnitude.

While we aren't trying to offend anyone, you have to ask why religions would be so distrustful of telepathy. Our own opinion is that if others possess a power such as this, they can challenge the leaders of the church. Since no one wants to lose their power, they keep everyone suppressed about the matter. Granted, it's not like this everyone, but when cases arise it's usually the reason.

Then of course if it's not religious talk, you can always turn to the scientific thoughts. Even though we do have open-minded scientists who believe in telepathy, there are some out there who think it's virtually impossible. The thought behind it is that you cannot taste or touch it, nor numerically measured. Believing this only keeps the positive thoughts at bay.

It's a big dilemma considering scientists have no problem accepting emotions and instincts. Are these individuals being prejudice? It's possible, but since scientists can feel emotions and instincts themselves, they consider this okay. When it comes to telepathy though, there is a lot left to be explained, so they don't acknowledge it.

Maybe it's just jealousy on their part. After all, most individuals hate it when something can't be explained, yet someone else can do it. When a phenomenon like telepathy comes along, it's much easier to tell us it's an instinctive response as opposed to an extraordinary power of the mind.

Maybe we can date back this loss as far as the Tower of Babylon story featured in the bible and the confusion that surrounded languages. Maybe it wasn't just language that was a setback; maybe people who used telepathy had this problem as well.

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How to Lose Stubborn Belly Fat and Get Six Pack Abs! - Lose Belly Fat Fast

By Veronica Carrillo

If you are working towards getting six pack abs, let me tell you that nothing could work to your advantage better than taking steps to lose the stubborn belly fat. Yes, I know that the fat on the belly is the toughest to budge, but believe me unless you make concentrated efforts to get rid of it, the horrid layer of flab would never let your carved out six pack abs to show. Let us take a look at how that belly fat can be got rid of then (because that would ultimately lead to those chiseled abs).

When someone who's never lifted weights before, or hasn't lifted weights in a long time, starts a resistance training program, they almost always see very rapid gains in strength without much of a corresponding gain in muscular size. This is because the body very quickly becomes more efficient at telling the muscle to contract.

This would benefit on two levels: first, adequate attention would be paid to fat loss while strengthening the midsection at the same time and second, you would have to spend lesser time on exercising overall.

Never Overdo The Exercise Bit You would come across innumerous aspirants for those six pack abs who spend 5-6 hours on exercising each day. The funny part is that, they still do not get to see results. The emphasis then must be on exercising appropriately rather than assuming time devoted to exercising as the yardstick to anticipate results. Six pack abs can be achieved only through concentrated efforts put in over time.

The way you inflict micro-trauma is to increase the workload on the muscle. The best method for increasing this workload I can very from person to person, but it generally follows the method of working the muscle to the point of failure. Most people, trainers included, will tell you the best method for gaining size is to do 3 - 5 sets of 5 - 8 reps working with 70 - 85% of your one-rep max.

Ensure The Right Nutrition For The System All weight loss efforts ultimately boil down to the right nutrition. Remember that the actual six pack abs can be achieved in the kitchen and not in the gym. So eat right to create a calorie deficit within and weight loss would follow on its own. Watch your calorie intake and eat nutritious foods. Cut down on trans-fats intake, avoid bad carbohydrates and maintain a healthy distance from fast foods. Instead switch over to healthy fresh fruits and veggies, and keep the system hydrated at all times. Consuming whole grains like oats, barley and nuts, green tea, eggs, lean meats etc. would also help. Make sure that you keep the above things in mind while chalking out your six pack abs regime. However, if you need some concrete well chalked out plans and methods for the same, I would suggest that you read through the below mentioned resource for an all-inclusive fat loss and body toning guide.

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Tips On How To Become A Wedding Photographer

By Ron Wong

You are creating something that people will keep for years to come. You are capturing a very special moment in people's lives. Your clients - the bride and groom to be - will want the best and will want the quality guaranteed. You can make a lot of money if you decide to be a wedding photographer. As well as the money though there is the risk that you must manage well.

If this is going to be your first wedding shoot you will want to make sure your contract is written up properly and a disclaimer included in it. A disclaimer is something that can prevent you from being sued later on. There are a few reason you should not be held accountable for and they are failure of equipment, miss placed pictures after they were sent away, and photos that do not develop properly. Otherwise you could get sued for breach of contract.

Now with that said you should also include how many pictures are to be taken and how long you will be photographing for and what hourly rate will be. Something else you should include would be the fees for developing and the fee of the album. Make sure you discuss with your clients what their requirements are. There could be a particular family member that they want photographed separately, or a certain group of people they do not get to see very often.

Make a list of all the pictures that your client's requested. Here are a few common ones, pre-ceremony, wedding ceremony, post-ceremony and reception. Discuss with the clients about which shots they want and who's going to be in the pictures. Not every client will be the same so pay attention to what they are saying.

A deposit should be made after you book your clients in. Fifty percent is reasonable to ask for an up front booking fee. This will make sure you are covered in the event of a cancellation. You should set a date when the remaining amount will be paid because you do not want to be bothering the bride and groom during the reception for payment! They would think you were unprofessional and wish they had hired someone else.

If you are developing your client's pictures yourself, Photoshop is an excellent photo editing program. You can enhance the photos with all sorts of techniques such as flaw removal, montage, changing the color to black and which or sepia, as well as other unique features.

Always look to see how you can add more value than what you said you would give. A special surprise will keep everyone talking and generating more business for you in the future. Think different. Imagine for example if you uploaded all their pictures onto a password protected part of your website so that they and their friends can login and view.

In the end doing bridal photography can be lucrative and fun as long as you build on your people skills.

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Growing Your Own Vegetables Is Better

By Susanne Marra

In the last decade we have seen changes towards homogenized and mechanized farming using hormones, additives, herbicides and continued use of pesticides as well as synthetic fertilizers and mass production. These practices are noticeable affecting mans health. In addition new diseases are spreading between humans and animals like swine and bird flu.

The World Health Organization produces reports to show how the use of chemicals and other products on food, coupled with the manufacturing processes involved, are actually a threat for our health.

If you can manage the room for a few pots or even a small outdoor garden, it is a great idea to grow your own organic vegetable garden. Today I'm explaining seven reasons for doing this:

1. There will be no additives in your produce. Organic food associations has done research that suggests that additives in our vegetables can cause migraine, heart disease,osteoporosis and hyperactivity.

2. There will be no pesticides or synthetic fertilizers used. These chemical products are applied to obtain crops all the time regardless plagues or weather conditions, and affect the quality of the vegetables. Pesticides are poisonous to humans.

3. Your vegetables will not be genetically modified (GM). Antibiotics, drugs and hormones are used on vegetables to grow more and larger ones. One of the consequences of this practice are vegetables which look all the same and are usually tasteless. In the end we end up consuming the hormones that have been used on the vegetables, with the potential risks for our health.

4. It is much more healthy for you to eat your own organic vegetables that you have grown. This way you can be sure your vegetables will not contain any of the chemicals listed, and you can bet they will be much healthier than anything you could find in the local market. You will not have to be worried that you are hurting your health since you will know you did not add anything unnatural to your produce.

5. Growing your own organic vegetables will provide you with much more tasty vegetables. Using pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, hormones and antibiotics cause vegetables to grow in an unnatural way and hurt the taste as well. Organic vegetables will enhance your cooking as they tend to have much better flavor.

6. By farming organically you will be being friendly to the environment. By not using pesticides and other terribly harmful chemicals on your produce, there will be no not harm the soil or the environment from the chemical components.

7. By growing your own organic produce you contribute to your own self-sustainability and that of the planet. Small groups have been formed whose members exchange the produce they grow. This helps to create a friendly environment and makes it a better place for everyone.

Eating organic products just means that you don't add anything to them that they would not naturally have. As you can guess, additives, fertilizers, pesticides or hormones are not ingredients of naturally grown food. To enjoy better health, try growing your own organic vegetables in some small pots on your patio.

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