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"You can work with martial arts with kids so they can use their energy in a different way. As long as we keep posing the question—what does the expert have to do to us or for us?—we're in trouble. All we're going to come up with is more drugs." Dr. Gordon says he's still waiting to see a good study that looks at the relationship between nutrition and the mind. "Dean Ornish did that with heart disease—he showed that if you ate a different kind of diet, you could reverse heart disease." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"If you can find an instructor in your area (I would recommend checking martial arts studios), it promises to be an interesting way to rein in stress and anxiety. Plus, if your child expresses any interest in incorporating a martial art like kung fu, aikido, or tae kwon do into his or her exercise regimen, tai chi can be a good gateway activity or a complementary one. Acupuncture Acupuncture has ancient origins but has now fully entered into mainstream practice." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.) "If your child has difficulty self-motivating, let him or her pick a dance or martial arts class to go to once or twice a week, to substitute for the free play day." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"Pilates go to the gym lift weights work in my garden go for a walk play golf play tennis participate in other sports go backpacking, hiking, or camping practice martial arts go hunting or fishing clean the house other_(specify) Keep Your Perspective Select three perspective strategies from the list. "To deal with my intense feelings without food, I can learn to keep my perspective. More specifically, I can_." - Roger Gould, Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (Get the book.)

"There are tons of different activities worth trying for kids who have outgrown the parks and Little League teams. martial arts, yoga, biking, even belly dancing—be creative about finding your kids an appealing activity that, with any luck, they can enjoy for the rest of their lives. Whatever you do, make an effort to fight the couch-potato complex that's so pervasive in our culture. High-school students seem to spend the majority of their waking hours surgically attached to computers, cell phones, MP3 players—so much so that they don't notice what's going on in the world around them." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"This discovery makes tremendous sense to me, having studied martial arts in my 20s and 30s. My instructors always began teaching a new movement by advising us to first "see" it in our minds again and again until it was natural and became second nature. When we use our imagination in this way and create in our minds what we're about to do in the world, these studies suggest that we're actually building the network of neural connections that make our live actions possible. The researchers coined a new term for the special group of neurons that forms each of our libraries of possibilities." - Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (Get the book.)

"Walker and later Henry Stapp, an elementary particle physicist at the University of California at Berkeley, who acted as an independent monitor of Helmut Schmidt's final martial arts study, believed that a small tweak in quantum theory, making use of "nonlinear quantum theory," could explain all cases of retroinfluence. In a linear system such as current quantum mechanics, the behavior of a system can be easily described: 2 + 2 = 4. The systems behavior is the sum of its parts. In a nonlinear system, 2 + 2 may equal 5 or even 8." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"As for the parents, most martial arts studios have great classes for adult beginners. They'll make it fun while making sure you don't get a bloody nose, and the entire family can progress from the white belt to the yellow belt together. Families that take classes together can also practice together at home?in the living room, in the backyard, or at the local park—and support and congratulate one another through advancements from one belt to the next." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"On investigating the source of this energy, Green discovered that the pulses were coming from the healer's abdomen, called dan tien and considered the central engine of internal energy in the body in Chinese martial arts.6 Stanford University physicist William Tiller constructed an ingenious device to measure the energy produced by healers. The equipment discharged a steady stream of gas and recorded the exact number of electrons pulsing out with the discharge. Any increase in voltage would be captured by the pulse counter." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.) "In Schmidt's martial arts study, the numbers on the visual display remained in their "potential" state of all possible sets of numbers until they had been observed by the students. At that point, the mental intent of the students and the numbers on the display interacted in a quantum way. According to Stapp, the physical universe exists as a set of "tendencies" with "statistical links" between mental events. Even though the tape of the numbers has been generated, they divide into a number of channels of all possible outcomes." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"If you practice yoga or the martial arts, you know how important proper breathing is to overall physical strength and agility. It may be just as important to your health at a bioenergetic level. On the negative side, one interesting hint from NES research is that spending a lot of time in air-conditioning may deplete your Source energy. ENERGETIC STAR 5: AUTOIMMUNE Contrary to its name, this Star is not correlated only to autoimmune disorders, for it also has a bioenergetic antiallergy effect, especially when used with Thymus Driver in the same protocol." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"Two exercise modalities worth checking out are tai chi, a very gentle form of martial arts that involves soft, flowing movements and no stress on the joints, and water aerobics, which can be done at different levels of difficulty without putting any stress on the joints. For more ideas, the www.about.com website has an excellent introduction to exercise with arthritis. And if you or someone you love is truly unable to get out of a chair, there's still hope—the Sit and Be Fit program is a wonderful resource. Check it out at www.sitandbefit.com." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Qigong (the word itself was coined only in 1953) was a medicalized and secular extraction of a range of diverse practices that had originally been associated more with martial arts, advanced Buddhist meditative practices, and Taoist longevity rituals. Interest in its possible clinical and health-giving properties had been growing in China since the 1950s, when claims began to be made for its ability to cure cancer.65 By the early 1990s, China was in the grip of a qigong medical boom. Elderly people practiced it in the hopes that it would extend their lives." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.) "In the case of martial arts, directing qi outside the body can repel an attacker (the film shows a rather campy demonstration of this). In a medical context, directing qi out of the body and into the body of a patient can act to revitalize his flagging or stagnant qi. In Moyers's companion book to Healing and the Mind, qi is described as a mysterious force, a force that, "as a physical reality . . . makes no sense at all." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"For ADHD in particular, the complex, focus-intensive sports such as martial arts and gymnastics are a great way to tax the brain. By engaging every element of the attention system, it holds you rapt. These sports are just more interesting than running on a treadmill, and participation tends to be self-perpetuating—it's easier to stick with it. I try to do my workout first thing in the morning, both for the structure it affords and to set the right tone for the day. A lot of times, that keeps me going." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "Rats don't do judo, but scientists have looked at the neurochemical changes in their brains after periods of acrobatic exercise, the closest parallel to martial arts. Compared to rats running on a treadmill, their cohorts who practiced complex motor skills improved levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) more dramatically, which suggests that growth is happening in the cerebellum. In the limbic system, as I've explained, exercise helps regulate the amygdala, which in the context of ADHD blunts the hair-trigger responsiveness a lot of patients experience." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "They share overlapping pathways, which is probably why activities like martial arts work well for ADHD kids — they have to pay attention while learning new movements, which engages and trains both systems. A controversial treatment for dyslexia—which occurs in about 30 percent of ADHD patients—relies entirely on physical movements to train the cerebellum. Dyslexia, dyspraxia, and attention treatment (DDAT) is based on the theory that a disruption in the brain's ability to coordinate movement might be responsible for eye-tracking problems and thus difficulties in learning to read and write." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "The kids involved in martial arts finished more of their homework, were better prepared for class, improved their grades, broke fewer rules, and jumped out of their seats less often. In short, they were better able to stay on task. The technical movements inherent in any of these sports activate a vast array of brain areas that control balance, timing, sequencing, evaluating consequences, switching, error correction, fine motor adjustments, inhibition, and, of course, intense focus and concentration." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"In the ancient study of martial arts, we see a beautiful metaphor in the physical world for precisely the way this principle works in consciousness. You've no doubt seen the demonstrations of people trained in these disciplines marrying their powers of concentration and strength into a single moment of intense focus where they're able to perform a feat—such as breaking a concrete block or stack of boards—that would otherwise be impossible for them to achieve. The principle that allows for these displays is the same one that Neville described in his story of the young man's healing." - Gregg Braden, The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief (Get the book.)

"Although the study was limited to children and needs to be repeated among other groups in other locales, the results point to a potential treatment that has gone virtually unnoticed in recent years ?martial arts as behavioral medicine! BACK PAIN GENERAL MUSCLE PAIN • The Quick Prescription Feel a twinge or crick from overdoing it in the gym or in the garden? Follow these osteopathic rules for overcoming minor back pain: • If it hurts when you wake up in the morning, get moving with easy (nonbouncing) stretches, a swim or a leisurely walk." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.) "ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (ADD) • martial arts Moves May Make a Difference In this era when Ritalin is so often prescribed to control erratic behavior of children and adults who suffer from attention deficit disorder (ADD), research at the University of Akron in Ohio has shown that karate may be another treatment to combat ADD. In a small study of clinically hyperactive children over a 10-week period, researchers found that those who took karate lessons, for unexplained reasons, learned to control their impulsive behavior better than children of the same age who did not receive the training." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Additionally, all martial arts promote a high level of self-discipline, something that most children with ADD and ADHD naturally lack. Although the lessons may involve some sparring with other students and therefore may raise parents' concerns about aggression, any physical contact between students is closely monitored by a mentor, who often also serves as a positive role model and authority figure whom kids can look up to." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"On the morning of my 21st birthday, I suddenly and unexpectedly found myself drawn to the combination of long-distance running, yoga, meditation, and martial arts. I passionately began to pursue all four together, and they became the "rock" that I clung to whenever it seemed that my world was crumbling around me. One day in the dojo (the martial-arts studio) before our karate class began, I witnessed the power of a concentrated focus unlike anything that I'd ever seen growing up in the heartland of northern Missouri." - Gregg Braden, The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief (Get the book.)

"And if you look at most Eastern exercise traditions, such as yoga or the martial arts, recovery is built into the routine. Strenuous periods are always followed by relaxation periods. Exertion, rest, and recovery are the body's essential natural rhythm for movement in the same way that eating a larger lunch and smaller dinner reflects our innate digestive rhythm. Or the way sleeping in a dark room mirrors our genetically programmed rhythm for sleep. My prescription for using physical activity to heal Spent is to practice restorative exercise." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"Schmidt continually refined the design of his "retro-PK" studies over 20 years, eventually involving martial arts students, who are trained in mind control. In one study, he used a radioactive-decay counter to generate a visual display of random numbers. The students sat in front of this visual display, and attempted mentally to influence the numbers in a particular statistical distribution. Once again, he achieved a highly significant result, with odds of 1,000 to 1 against its being a chance occurrence." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"He looked like Pat Morita, the late actor whose role as sensei in The Karate Kid did so much to elevate martial arts to a spiritual as well as physical quest for millions of American children. I wanted to meet Suzuki for a long time. He is a seminal figure in the global environmental movement; yet, because he is considered to be a man of wisdom and vision, he has astutely avoided politicizing the environment." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Years later, I had another strange and time-distorting incident with a distinctively martial arts flavor. It happened in seventh grade on the asphalt playground of my Catholic parochial school, Our Lady of Perpetual Help. My school experience was more like Our Lady of Perpetual Harassment. Kids at any age can be mean to each other, and the bullies and braggarts who perpetuate the mythic underpinnings of the grade school experience seem bound to pounce with fervor on any perceived weakness in a schoolmate." - Richard Bartlett, Matrix Energetics: The Science and Art of Transformation (Get the book.)

"This may sound a little too good to be true, but I have to tell you that I have done countless exercise programs over the years, and I've trained in the martial arts for much of my life, holding a black belt in a Christian martial arts system called Yon Ch'uan. Peterson's system delivers on its promises. I know this to be true because I am using it today. It has enhanced my strength, increased my range of motion and flexibility, and it had an almost immediate impact upon my body." - KC Craichy, Super Health 7 Golden Keys to Unlock Lifelong Vitality (Get the book.)

"I was trying to get my oldest son to his martial arts class for his fourth green belt test in Tang Soo do Tony Do Khan, which is not bad for a ten-year-old.1 Our three-year-old son knew I was going, and he was holding onto me like a little cloying monkey. Only my daughter (the twin) was sanguine, and she made going easy, but, then, she had Mama at her side, the older woman's hand absently in her hair. Terri was going through tough times with the passing of her father and her mother's lung cancer and other crises." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"As professor of psychology and director of the martial arts program at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Charles L. Richman, Ph.D., strongly endorses the attitude-enhancing effects of martial arts. Like other sports, martial arts will build you up and improve your body image, which by itself can improve your self-esteem, he says. They also tend to emphasize discipline and control. " - Doug Dollemore, Mark Giuliucci and the Editors of Men's Health Magazine, Age Erasers for Men: Hundreds of Fast and Easy Ways to Beat the Years (Get the book.)

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