Focusing your life

How focused are you?

How many times of late have you realized your thoughts are chasing their own tails? Jumbling and confusing you or just shifting your attention one way when your intention is trying and failing to think of other things? Can you keep a line of thought through? How about when you are tense or tired?

More and more children and adults are given drugs to help them concentrate. Is there an alternative? Are we malfunctioning or simply lacking the tools to live out a focused life?

There are many tools out there that claim they can help with ADD and other "syndromes" of attention issues. In order for one to know which are effective and good and which are detrimental there are two ways to go: Try them out or ask the right questions and you will know in advance...

Let me suggest a few questions :)

1. Are you living right? is your lifestyle promoting focus or disrupting it?
2. Are you toxic? Lead poisoning (for example) can lead to deteriorated attention capacities.
3. Are you in the habit of promoting your attentive abilities naturally? For example are you meditating regularly?

Many more questions can be asked here and every question above raises ten more on the same issues. Allow me to suggest a few ideas on the matter:

A. When you are tired, undernourished, toxic, stressed out (etc.) you are bound to have  

     issues with you focus.

B. When you tire your mind out but don't take the time to give it a good rest (a.k.a. 

     meditation) your mind is bound to function less efficiently...

A is easy to understand - If you are tired from lack of sleep your mind is less effective. Deficiency in vitamins and minerals cause dysfunctions depending on the deficiency but as a rule effect the mind greatly. My blog series on basic human needs covers this well.

B is somewhat illusive to the western mind. In the east it is common knowledge. So what is it about meditation and other mental practices that can make the difference so much?

Meditation practices are numerous and can be divided into two for the sake of this explanation: Mindful meditation that observes the mind and thoughts and Zen like meditations that seek to achieve a quiet mind. Achieving the goal of a focused and clear mind can be done using both types for different situations but my experience shows that for the main goal of focusing and clarity the Zen type is stronger. It helps us connect with the here and now and put aside the past and the future. It stops the noise of relentless thinking and allows for our thoughts of choice to emerge unhindered and clear.

Whether you are a teenager mid exams or a college student - your studies will improve greatly with a healthy lifestyle combined with meditation training and habit. It is just as valuable to any adult coping with financial / marital / social ordeals. As a matter of fact anyone will benefit from this combination.

So you finished a chapter of healing with us, now what?

Most people understand how to follow our instructions during therapy. It is after a chapter of therapy is done that they enter a state of "Limbo" where the rules can appear unclear. Allow me to suggest a few tips for this stage:

1st thing - don't forget we are here :)

Whether you find yourself dealing with more of the same health issues or a new symptom: Talk to us ASAP. Don't wait "a few weeks" to see if it goes away... Small symptoms (And especially new ones) tend to be much easier to heal earlier rather than later.

Don't stop our recommendations without first talking to us.

Unlike many drugs, stopping most natural therapies will not cause harsh symptoms but that doesn't mean there isn't a "right" and "wrong" way to do it. Also, not all therapies need be stopped once you are well. Prevention is a very good idea. Talk to us and we will help you maintain good preventative measures. Not all you got from us during therapy need be used on the long run and some things are not used for active phases but are great for prevention.

Technical updates

If you have a new email (!), phone number, address, online kupat holim code, child (Mazal Tov!), or have gone through any other major change, its probably a good idea to update us. In this way we can remain effectively at your service in the future.

Long term followup

If you are suffering an illness that has yet to heal or is in remission and are taking a break from our therapy, Don't wait too long for the next appointment. If more then a month goes by the time it will take to get us up to speed will leave little time for new suggestions and therapy and advancement will be slower.

Qi Gong sessions

If you are in an on-going therapy in the present you are welcome to join us for our Qi Gong sessions (+ Breathing exercises and meditation) for FREE. If you are not in therapy at the present you are still welcome to join us for a symbolic fee.

Seasonal sessions

If you are done healing what you came to us for and have ended this chapter - don't disappear till you need us again. Coming once to twice a year for seasonal checkups will keep us in the loop with your life events and changing health so we can better intervene if your health drops and practice prevention where possible and help you stay healthy. It is also an opportunity to work on bad habits one at a time over time.

Gall stones and diet

gall stones

So gall stones and diet, how are they linked ?

The simple facts: When we diet (As in lose weight), we break down fatty tissues and remove the excess fat from the body via our bilious system (Liver and gallbladder). This concentrated fatty excess will often not be met with enough acids and bile salts in the gallbladder to keep it in solution and the result? Your gallstones have a reason to grow... Or regrow in case you have already cleared your liver and gallbladder using our safe and effective liver flush.

"Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die" - this old dictum has long since been replaced with the more modern version: "Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we diet" . This hedonistic phrase coupled with the Jewish holidays causes a large number of people to ping pong between over eating and dieting which in turn raises the risk for gallstones and more so - recurrent gallstones.

It is wiser to choose the healthy lifestyle and avoid over eating during holidays or other days and thus avoid the need to lose weight on a recurring base. If only all would act wisely... But since most don't - here are a few pointers:

1. If you have suffered from gallstones in the past and have either used our system in the past to flush them out or are planning to do so soon - don't go on a diet without first consulting with us. We will teach you how to lose weight without growing stones.
2. Spontaneous weight loss is still a weight loss - same as above.
3. If you are on a diet and are losing more than 3 kilograms of weight a month you are in even a greater risk of gallstone formation. Not only that, you are not just releasing fat from the fatty tissue, the body uses this tissue to store toxins that it had a hard time disposing of... Losing weight releases these toxins into the blood and this requires professional attention to prevent damage.
4. Don't wait till this goes wrong mid-diet. Come to us before hand and we will lend a hand to make the weight loss process more effective and less dangerous.

The other side of the gallstone-diet aspect:

One of the beneficial "side effects" of our gallstone liver cleanse is a cleaner and healthier liver. The benefit of this is that a clean liver makes for easier weight loss.

It doesn't mean we would suggest our cleanse to someone obese without gallstones... For them we need a different personally tailored program.