Welcome to Natural Pain Relief’s version of the Carnival of Healing

This is our first time for hosting a carnival and I was impressed by the quantity and quality of the submissions. We left the subject matter wide open within the broad guideline’s of the carnival and received submissions ranging from How to

The last Carnival was hosted by  A Recovering Doormat with Tips, Tools and Perspective for Being More Empowered.

The next Carnival #127 will be held by Reiki Share a blog featuring alot of information on Reiki by two sister’s with a long history in the practice of Reiki.

Please contribute to continuing this long lived carnival by contributing a post. You can always check out the Carnival of Healing archives for ideas.

 Post Summaries

 Pain Relief

 A funny and insightful article on back problems by Rickey Henderson (No not the baseball player) presents Aaaargh, Rickey’s Back!  

Pain represents ailment & illness. As such, it’s normal to consider pain ‘undesirable’. Having said this, pain actually shows us what needs healing, which is a good thing. While pain medication may be essential to some part of the healing process, we shouldn’t categorically block pain out it does serve a purpose. Astrid Lee, Reiki Master writes about it in  Pain is Bad: Healing Myth #3

Health Mind Sets

Alex Blackwell presents a touching reminder as to how fragile life can be though a intensely personal reaction to his wife’s admittance to a hospital in a post called  In the Blink of an Eye

 Dr. Mike Skinner presents Does Mindfulness Meditation Protect Us From Depression?

According to DotLobby in Goal Theory - How Friends and Family Can Help  A goal theory is simply a rule or presumption that aims to help you achieve whatever you desire.

Edith writes about  How to Stay Focused

How do you allow your intuition to speak ? Roger presents how he does it in Listening To Your Intuition

They say we receive in kind those things we project into the world around us. Be it kindness, meanness, honesty, or deceit, the world has a way of paying us back in spades. See what David B. Bohl has to say in Learning the Art of Gratitude for Success 

Louise Manning presents Working from home. Creating even a small barrier between you and your work at home during set times can help reduce the stress of always being confronted or tempted by your work.

A touch of humor with a short limerick and Haiku about the widsom and difficulty of staying focused on the task at hand Madeleine Begun Kane presents Multitasking Mania

Healthy Bodies

 Alvaro Fernandez presents a couple of Question about the Posit Science Brain Fitness Program 2.0:   These seem to be perceptive questions for many of the cognitive training programs available today.

 Raymond presents Pros and Cons Of Lasik eye surgery.  A very detailed post from Raymond’s personal  and favorable experience.

Several posters seem concerned about body odor this week.

James Chambers presents a good overview of What Hyperhidrosis is ( excessive sweating) , its causes, and possible treatments in Hyperhidrosis Causes

Does your body odor repel others? The ultimate social disaster, a bad body odor may take your confidence to its lowest level according to  Aparna in Beauty and Personal Grooming: Body odor

Health eating

FitBuff presents 5 Benefits of Dark Chocolate - Facts You Need to Know Before Enjoying  Benefits of dark chocolate… Yes, the legends are true: They do exist! But, before you go rummaging through year-old Halloween candy and stuffing your face with Snicker’s and Tootsie Roll’s, there’s a few things you need to know…

Stanimir Sotirov presents Caffeine Extract Is A Cellulite Eraser?  Caffeine extract turns out to be a very powerful cellulite eraser thanks to several reasons. Discover them in this post!

Anwar Daniels presents Eat Healthier. Try Black Eyed Peas.  A great write up on the benefits of black eyed peas and how they can help you with your goals of living a healthier life.

Weight Loss and Fitness Advice

 James D. Brausch talks about how to tell if your computing habits are adding to your weight loss challenges in Is Your Keyboard Making You Fat?

 Mike Remer has a brief post about the importance of getting active regardless of your fitness level Celebrating!