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http://www.jcrowsmarketplace.com/agar35-eaglewood35tibetanherbalformulation.aspx --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans <dmevans365@...> wrote: > > I may see an Ayurvedic practitioner. Â I am going to try Valerian and the > tribal mantra...definitely am of the pitta variety. Â Have resorted to 1/2 an > Ambien...which definitely puts you out...but it's more like being knocked > out, which is not the goal! Â I have no side effects that I'm aware of in the > AM however, so it's pretty tempting to use. Â I've had some success with > Melatonin but have to take a lot of it. > > --- On Wed, 7/27/11, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > From: Bhairitu <noozguru@...> > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] If TM were a drug? > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 9:58 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > > > > > > Knowing some ayurveda is useful. Insomnia is often related to a vata > > imbalance though in summer excess pitta can cause it. Cooling and > > calming herbs are useful. Spearmint tea is cooling for pitta and > > somewhat calming for vata. Comfrey is also a good tea to use. Dr. > > Lad's vata tea consists of equal amounts of cumin, coriander and > > ginger. But if pitta might be an issue reduce or omit the ginger. Even > > back in the 1980s I kept a bottle of valerian root tablets next to my > > bed to allay insomnia. "Ram" is a calming mantra for vata. > > I've also successfully used this tribal mantra to bring on sleep: > > http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/02/health_tip_of_t_1.html > > > > On 07/27/2011 09:40 AM, Denise Evans wrote: > > > Sleep deprivation is a chronic issue - does TM allow you to nap at will? > > > > > > --- On Fri, 7/22/11, Vaj<vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > > > > From: Vaj<vajradhatu@...> > > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] If TM were a drug? > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Date: Friday, July 22, 2011, 5:00 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 22, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Tom Pall wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:27 AM, cardemaister<no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> "If Transcendental Meditation were a drug, conferring so many > > >> benefits with few, if any, side effects, it would be a > > >> billion-dollar blockbuster." > > >> > > >> - Norman E. Rosenthal, Transcendence: Healing and Transformation Through > >> Transcendental Meditation > > >> > > >> Wiki: > > >> > > >> Rosenthal began a private practice in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. in > >> 1979.[2] At the same time he began a research fellowship with Fredrick > >> Goodwin at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda, > >> Maryland. [3]This was the beginning of a 20 year career with the NIMH as a > >> Researcher, Research Fellow, and Senior Researcher.[2][4] Rosenthal > >> eventually became the director of seasonal studies at the institute and in > >> 1985 led research with 160 participants on the effects of SAD and later > >> studied the psycho-physiological phenomena of "spring fever". [5][6] > > > If TM were a drug, it would be an unapproved one. First put in the > > > market because of it's wonderful effects then quickly taken off the > > > market because of its horrific side effects. This happens with drugs > > > all the time as clinicians start noting dangerous side effects with a > > > wider population than in the studies, though many of the ontoward side > > > effects observed during clinical trials are swept under the rug. > > > > > > TM would be eventually be classified as a Schedule I drug in the US, > > > with the ability to waste lives at least as often as heroin. > > > > > > There are dangerous drugs which are put on and kept on the market > > > because although they have a profile where the dangerous side effects > > > are about as frequent as their useful properties, these drugs are > > > prescribed in tightly monitored situations. That's not the situation > > > with TM, where it's get everyone to buy it and many to use it 8 hours > > > a day and if there's a problem, get more rest, take more time before > > > going into activity after taking the drug, something good is happening > > > or it's the patient's fault, they weren't suitable for the drug. > > > LOL! > > > Actually, if TM were a drug there'd be massive lawsuits as it was found out > > the research results were fudged and/or faked to exaggerate the desire > > outcome. > > > Sound crazy? This is actually what happened quite recently when TM > > researchers were found fudging data to make TM look better than it ever > > was. An old trend in this very dishonest org - ever since Keith Wallace was > > found manipulating the baseline on TM research of metabolic rate, falsely > > making it look like TM reduced metabolic rate wildly. > > > It turns out TM reduces metabolic rate no differently than napping (which > > is actually what the majority of TMers are doing). > > > Of course some anonymous person would leak the chart found in of the FFL > > files section which shows that TM is actually the worst of all techniques > > for reducing BP. Even regular mantra meditation was better! WTF? > > > TM TBs would start laying on the train tracks in FF again and trying to > > jump from the three story buildings downtown. Overdoses of Amrit Kalash > > would send physicians scrambling for insulin. Sidhas would introduce garlic > > into their diets and begin mating like rabbits. MUM students would burn > > their silk asana pants in campus-wide protests. Robin Carlsen would drop > > pamphlets on the dome, while blasting Lady Gaga from loudspeakers. > > > The pamphlets would be so long, no one would read them and everything would > > return to normal. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
