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Have you ever asked yourself why there is such disparity in price among natural skin care products and plant oils?
Probably you have based a certain amount of trust in the idea that the more expensive organic health products are, the better the quality and the better they are for you.
Which makes sense. But. Do you really understand why?
Probably you would want to know that when you economize on quality it might not simply be a matter of purchasing lesser therapeutic strength.
The truth is that even the most beneficial plants can produce oils that are harmful to your body when not processed and handled with sufficient care and attention to detail.
Known as the ‘Fat Guru‘, Dr. Udo Erasmus is a person who has become famous for ground-breaking research into nutrition. Author of “Fats That Heal Fats That Kill”, and largely responsible for bringing the words Omega 3 and Omega 6 into everyday conversation, Erasmus tell us that the most beneficial fats in oils are destroyed by light, air and heat, and that mass marketing production techniques are changing natural, healthy oils into an end product that is unnatural and even toxic.
Basically, heat processing produces greater quantities of oils more quickly but it also alters the molecules of the otherwise good fats within to become toxic and health-threatening.
While Erasmus is principally concerned with dietary information, the good essential fatty acids that are so crucial to a healthful diet are equally significant when absorbed by the body via carrier oils.
Our skin and body: muscles, energy, mood, immunity, hormone and repair systems… can all receive a direct dose of these elemental foods through a quality body oil.
Let’s take Sweet Almond oil as a case in point. A popular carrier oil in natural skin care and aromatherapy known to be rich in essential nutrients and fats. Always and without exception, an organic or healthful wild plant will produce a substance most compatible with the body’s natural composition.
So, you have your organic almonds. The whole ones are sold whole. Broken nuts are basically placed into a press to squash out the oil.
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Date Added: May 2nd, 2012
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As a parent, what would be the most overwhelming emotion when a child stumbles home, crying and covered in blood?
Has anyone ever witnessed an accident that didn’t increase their nervous energy and/or make them feel a sudden rush of gut-wrenching fear?
In terms of energetic healing, an accident scene can fast become a disaster zone. A vulnerable person already under stress can easily absorb negative emotions that will add to the burden on their body. This is why, regardless of the physical situation, the energy you bring to an accident can be just as important as your first aid knowledge.
A good friend recounts: “I was on holiday, and suddenly a man has a gaping hole in his leg from being spiked by a giant stingray. The local lifeguards were all agitated, saying they had to get him to a doctor or his leg would get horribly infected.
Meanwhile, it was really distressing to witness the poor guy writhe around and moan in pain, and his pale, shocked wife wringing her hands by his side. I felt compelled to help in some way. I spoke to him gently and ‘reminded’ him that fear and panic would increase his pain. I told him to breathe slow and deep and to send the energy of his breath to the centre of the pain.
He connected with me with a light of gratitude in his eyes and we shared a moment of humanity that was really touching. He visibly calmed and managed to concentrate on his breathing rather than his pain. I told him that he didn’t need to worry because he was healing himself already… and as his fear and resistance diminished, the risk of infection was less and less. When he left, he was much more composed and even cheerful.
I heard that he was doing very well a few days later.”
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Date Added: April 18th, 2012
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Having sex once a week or more is good for your health.
Granted, this is not groundbreaking news. But as winter looms large it certainly doesn’t harm to revisit some information and add a little lift to the prospect of months of cold, indoor weather.
Did you know, for example, that frequent sex boosts natural levels of a specific antibody to help us fight off infections? (Now, doesn’t that sound more enticing than the local pharmacy and reams of snotty toilet paper?)
Or, that the hormones generated by an active sex life can improve hair luster, skin vitality and nail strength, and can help to regulate menstruation, reduce pain and promote good sleep, as well as increase self-esteem and general motivation?
Not to mention the link to increased blood flow to the brain for better memory and mental capacity. The lowering risk of heart disease. And a generally stronger constitution for coping with stress. (Think about all those neurotic maiden aunts.)
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Date Added: April 10th, 2012
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In more ways than one, these are times of change. You don’t have to get spiritual or deep to agree. Let’s simply talk weather here for a minute. The erratic changes of seasonal transition are producing full on physical and sensory extremes. Surely, you have noticed? One minute freezing cold, the next minute almost balmy.
In terms of health and wellbeing these months present perhaps the greatest challenge of all to our natural resistance to sickness and imbalance. As a building will corrode and deteriorate much more quickly when exposed to the extremes of the elements, so too can our body’s fundamental construction be undermined by rapidly fluctuating temperatures and intense experiential shifts.
So how exactly is it that we catch a cold or a chill? What does it really mean to say that we are ‘under the weather’?
Interestingly enough, common medical wisdom is that there is no justification for believing that we can catch a cold virus from being exposed to cold, wet weather. And yet. Common sense and experience are not entirely diminished by a few controlled experiments.
Looking at traditional medicines around the globe, the balance of hot and cold can be found to feature as a primary consideration for both diagnosis and treatment of sickness. In Chinese medicine it is perceived as an extension of Yin and Yang – as part of the perpetual dualism that presides over and gives rise to all things. Individuals may be Yin dominant, which is cold. Or Yang, which is hot. The main premise of this ancient healing wisdom is that when Yin and Yang are in balance, the body will realize a natural state of good health. Or conversely, a disruption of this equilibrium will result in illness.
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Date Added: April 3rd, 2012
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Who really feels good about taking prescribed medicine with a whole page of small print on possible side effects?
What exactly is it about the modern medical process that so often leaves us feeling diminished and belittled?
Important questions, no?
But. If we step outside the box to invite a wider perspective of health and wellbeing into holistic healthcare – one that does not separate thoughts and feelings from the equation – there is a wealth of illuminating material offering answers that completely overshadow such questions.
In his bestselling book, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Dr. Gabor Maté MD reminds us that traditional medicines around the world have never separated the mind body connection… but that it has taken scientific medicine basically 2000 years to catch up and prove how emotional centers in the brain, responsible for responses and reactions, are indisputably linked with the physiological systems in the body: the immune system, the nervous system and the hormonal apparatus.
Which helps to explain why, as we awaken to a growing consciousness of the limitations of ‘modern’ medicine, it is the ancient healing wisdoms that are rising to the fore.
Chakra healing is the traditional wisdom practice based on the seven principle energy centers in the body that generate and connect energy flow, from the base of the body to the crown, in increasingly high levels of vibration. Each energy center corresponds to a particular area of human psyche and is connected with specific physiological functions.
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Date Added: March 26th, 2012
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Who hasn’t heard the horror stories about routine flu vaccinations provoking extreme and even fatal illness? If you haven’t, a quick 5 minutes on Google will soon bring you up to date.
On the other hand, who isn’t scared by the media frenzy that broadcasts the endemic or even pandemic effects of our increasingly evolved and resistant flu viruses?
Well, take a deep breath.
And let it out slowly.
Because there is a fundamental something you might miss if your brain is still looping out on the hype… vaccination arguments aside… it is a scientific fact that fear can cause sickness, and that sustainable health and wellbeing rests in balance and calm.
The truth is, there is much we can do to protect ourselves against any kind of disease, viral or otherwise, simply by developing a deeper understanding of our integral mind/body balance and innate healthy process.
There is a general wisdom shared by many sensible people in the natural health community that sickness is not something to be avoided. But rather something to be embraced as an integral part of our reality that can teach us and make us stronger in body, mind and spirit.
In ancient chakra healing, it is specifically respiratory illness that is connected to blocked heart energy. The heart… that affects our ability to love ourselves and others, to give and to receive love.
Is that significant?
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Date Added: March 9th, 2012
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Any time when modern living involves travelling for business, jet setting around the world on luxurious holidays or moving around the country for business, you can minimise and counter the effects travelling has on your body.
The Absolute Essential Travelwell Essentials collection is made from un-compromised organic extracts that directly complement our inherent capacity for healthful balance. You can tap into potent botanical healing and restorative properties to help counter fatigue, stress and physical discomfort.
Travelwell Inflight Relief Cream is a refreshing blend that helps to stimulate circulation, promote fluid reduction, cleanse and deodorise. Through light massage to hot and swollen feet and calves, you can significantly raise your levels of comfort and help to preserve your body energy for a smoother touch-down.
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Date Added: March 3rd, 2012
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It may be stating the obvious, but have you noticed that while a caffeine-charged drink may chase away the yawns, there is a significant sacrifice involved because you end up feeling less than balanced and generally more edgy?
Compare that to the possibility of a sustainable state of vitality and natural body health, and the pay off certainly seems a little out of whack.
So, we know: nice brisk walk out in the fresh air will always be a better proposition than yet another espresso. But, failing that, how about a concentrated blend of pure plant extracts, especially formulated to wake up the senses in collaboration with healthy body process?
Natural science experts at Absolute Essential have been doing some amazing work with essential oil synergies that yield impressive results, not least because the desired effects are promoted on a molecular level for integral benefit.
Revitalize, for example, includes cleansing, uplifting and restorative properties that specifically support natural processes of clarity, alertness and energy flow. As a scent it connects with nerve receptors at the nose to influence a refreshed dynamic, it can also be absorbed into the bloodstream through the skin.
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Date Added: February 25th, 2012
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If a glance in the mirror has sad, sore eyes staring back at you, no regular beauty routine is likely to change the outlook. Taking care of irritated eyes demands a gentle hand or you risk aggravating the problem yet further. Because of this, the safest first step to take is to avoid rubbing or even touching, and instead bathe each eye with a very simple, very pure eye wash.
From a natural healthcare company built on purity and organic integrity, Absolute Essential’s unique purified waters blend called Eye Soothe is probably the safest, gentlest product you could hope for.
It is an exceptional synergy of pure distilled waters imbued with the cooling, cleansing properties of pristine medicinal plants. Created at essential oil extraction of Chamomile, Rose and Lavender, these are medicinal-grade distillates with healing properties helpful to puffy or dry skin, broken capillaries, infection and itchiness – all in perfect dilution for the delicate waters and surrounding skin of the eye.
Whether the problem is allergies, tiredness, or general irritation, Eye Soothe comes in a gentle spray application that will refresh and cleanse the whole eye area to help restore natural comfort and equilibrium. And since it is also recommended for infants to help clean crusting and minor infections, rest assured it can be used for frequent applications with absolutely no danger of ill effect.
Eye Soothe RRP $34.95 is a pristine-pure, medicinal waters blend.
No short-cuts, no secrets. Absolute Essential is an eco-ethical company committed to the crafting of nature’s finest therapeutic ingredients.
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Date Added: February 17th, 2012
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There are times when a woman’s skin is subject to the forces of intense physiological activity and her skin care requirements can radically change overnight. As well as exceptionally pure organic moisturisers and toners, health care experts at Absolute Essential offer a unique way to enhance optimum natural process with ‘nature identical’ plant extracts that assist the body on a molecular level.
Just 5 drops of Feminine Balance RRP$29.95 (organic) pure blend, in a diffuser, bath, or massage oil, feeds active ingredients into the blood to support healthy endocrine function.
This means that we can actually promote a more even phase of transition to help with the extremes of dryness or greasiness that manifest during adolescence and menopause.
The blend is created with pristine essential oils and includes ingredients that are exceptionally tonic and balancing for skin health. These are medicinal-grade extracts that offer maximum therapeutic absorption and therefore carry essential natural nutrients and skin-friendly fatty acids.
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Date Added: November 12th, 2011
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Probably you would want to know that when you economize on quality it might not simply be a matter of purchasing lesser therapeutic strength.
