Deep, uninterrupted sleep is the most precious luxury money can’t buy. Only a privileged few are able to have the necessary six to eight hours of sleep a day. Ideally commencing at 9 p.m., the best sleep occurs before midnight, when the body goes to its full regenerative state.
A doctor had been diagnosed of breast cancer when she consulted Rosanna “Rosan” Cruz. Cruz calls herself an “urban energy healer” who works on people suffering from the pressures of urban living by combining various alternative modalities to restore their energy.
Lovesickness is no laughing matter; Persian polymath Avicenna (also known as Ibn Sina) considered it a mental illness, a point noted in the illustrated compendium of The Wonders Of Creation And The Oddities Of Existence.
Is there a universal healing energy found in nature that can be tapped by anybody to cure diseases?
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Can art and imagery heal? “Oh yes, definitely,” said Dr. Joven Cuanang, who, some time ago, hosted a lecture by Todd B. Peyton, a licensed counselor with a master’s degree in Depth Psychology.
Who doesn’t like music? “I’ve never encountered anyone who didn’t like music,” said Celeste Sanchez, 82, a pioneer of music therapy in the Philippines and founder of the Divine Mercy Mobile Center of Music and Arts Therapy for Special Children and Adults. Even in the womb, Sanchez said, the fetus already hears music—the rhythm and beat of the mother’s heart. “I found that music is therapeutic. In music, there’s no need to talk. The heart dictates [the words].”
For Raul Alcomendas, his wife Josie’s recovery from the severe stroke she suffered in 2003 was a miracle bestowed on her by the image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia.
Lately, there’s just been a pervading sadness in the air.
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