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Pro-Tactile ASL
What would your life be like if you were both blind and deaf? How would you communicate with others, form relationships, maintain a job, and navigate life in a world without sight or sound? You might be fearful, struggling to understand your surroundings and your place in them, or you might feel disengaged and isolated, unable to connect with family and friends that you can’t see or hear. If no one is touching you, you are essentially alone. Members of the DeafBlind community tackle the issues related to multi-sensory loss, survive, and thrive in a world using the strong intuition of touch and tactile communication. In honor of National Deaf History Month (March 13 - April 15), I want to share information with you about the uncommon but groundbreaking language of Pro-Tactile American Sign Language (PTASL), the language of the DeafBlind.
By John Raybould5 years ago in Longevity
Being Barefoot Gives you Superpowers. Top Story - March 2021.
In the year 2017, I was living in a tiny Shepherd's hut in the Highlands of Scotland . It was remote and unconventional, but it was how I wanted to live. Occasionally, I would go hiking in the mountains. I'd do this without boots, shoes or sandals. I'd go barefoot. The fellow climbers I encountered on these hikes gave me quizzical looks and asked me probing questions.
By Michael Howkins5 years ago in Longevity
Tarot for the Modern Age
As a person who makes their living as a psychic reader, I know my way around a tarot deck. Instagram knows this too, apparently, and is constantly showing me ads for new decks up for sale, usually incredibly beautiful ones created by independent artists that rely heavily on social media to promote their businesses. These aren’t your typical tarot cards with medieval-style art that I’m sure come to mind along with images of crystal balls and clouds of incense. Instead, the decks up for offer on social media are modern and geared to a younger audience.
By Elaine Radosevich5 years ago in Longevity
How to get through the day without sleep
You sit in the office or the university library, maybe even in your home office due to your corona, stare away and drift into nirvana. The night does not even have to be alcohol-soaked for that. For heavy sleepers like me, the next day’s fatigue is already enough that they didn’t get to bed early enough and have to manage without their vital eight hours of sleep. To be fit for work or university seems almost impossible then. Without knowing it, I have done pretty much everything wrong on such dog days — at least according to sleep experts.
By AddictiveWritings5 years ago in Longevity
7 Different Types of Migraines & Why Smells Might Trigger Yours
If you've ever experienced a migraine, you don't need to be told how bad they can get or what can worsen them. For myself I get naseous and become sensitive to not only sounds but lights and smells.
By Misha Alsleben5 years ago in Longevity
Constantly Feel Awful? Ayurveda Can Change Your Life
Do you ever feel like your stomach is a simmering vat of acid after eating something spicy? Maybe instead you’re a little “backed-up” after a healthy attempt at a salad? Or perhaps it seems at least two elephants are sitting in your gut after eating a dense helping of mac n’ cheese?
By Mary Strause5 years ago in Longevity
Tips For Getting an Echocardiogram
If you've seen even just one episode of Grey's Anatomy (or any other medical show), you've probably heard someone order or refer to an "echo." An echo, or echocardiogram, is a diagnsostic test that uses an ultrasound to look at your heart. I had to get one recently, and I thought I'd give you my recommendations for how to make it go as smoothly as possible.
By Robin Owens5 years ago in Longevity
Is The Ketogenic Diet For You?
Recently, people have been asking about a ketogenic diet. Is a ketogenic diet safe? Would you recommend it? Despite the recent hype, a ketogenic diet is not something new. In medicine, we have been using it for almost 100 years to treat drug-resistant epilepsy, especially in children. In the 1970s, Dr. Atkins popularized his very-low-carbohydrate diet for weight loss that began with a very strict two-week ketogenic phase. Over the years, other fad diets incorporated a similar approach for weight loss.
By Lewis Middleton5 years ago in Longevity
You are in control
In Buddhism there is a method achieved through meditation where you allow yourself to step outside of yourself. To grasp this concept you need to understand that there is essentially no such thing as a soul which allows you to access this method easier because there is, in a sense no you or one thing that is you to be more precise. You are a coming together of multiple things in a given space and time. The greatest example, and my personal favorite that is used to help outsiders understand this concept is the chair example. You are asked to find what makes a chair, and is it still that same chair if all the pieces are replaced? It is an idea or concept that shakes one's previously held beliefs or assumptions, and it is thrilling. The purpose however is that there is no one thing that makes that chair, a chair. It is simply the coming together of various things in a certain place and time. This also applies to humans, and once you understand that, you are able to access the ability to step outside of yourself. To be more specific , you are stepping outside of your thoughts. When you are having a bad day, and your mind is all over the place with wild thoughts, simply acknowledge that you are not your thoughts and then step outside of them. Allow yourself to watch your thoughts rather than running alongside them. By watching them and not getting caught up in the thoughts, you are able to calm down and bring yourself back to a peaceful equilibrium. It’s not as easy as it sounds or I make it sound, but it can be achieved through meditation. In a way it is simply an extension of meditation because when you meditate you bring yourself back to your breath, and concentrate on that. When you meditate you allow yourself to be in the moment and present essentially picking a focus item. You still allow thoughts to come into your mind because that’s natural, and you still hear the sounds that are present in the space you are in because that is also normal. The goal is to relax, and let go. Just like how in meditation you allow the thought to come in and float away like clouds passing by; you simply do a similar thing in this concept. You watch your thoughts running wild, and you either naturally let them stop or you lead the direction in which they flow, either way is fine because the purpose is to not be consumed by these thoughts. You have to understand that you are not your thoughts, and they do not control you. You can control them. That is the point. This can be achieved by meditating regularly. There is a common misconception with mediation that I want to clear up so that you can use this method as effectively as possible. Meditation isn’t just yoga, it isn’t sitting in an odd and uncomfortable position until you can’t feel your legs anymore. You shouldn’t be uncomfortable meditating. You can meditate by simply focusing your vision on a spot or by bringing your attention to your breath. It is also about mindfulness, in fact you can even focus on the sensations going on in your mouth while eating a piece of chocolate or any food for that matter. You can focus on the feelings of that chocolate in terms of texture, taste, and so on. It doesn’t have to be something uncomfortable or weird. It can be whatever you want it to be as long as you are training your mind to focus and to follow your instructions.
By Fatumo Mohamed5 years ago in Longevity
