A professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression “going bananas” is from the effects of bananas on the brain. Read on: Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!!
This is interesting.
After reading this, you’ll never look at a banana in the same way [...]
At the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ft. Lauderdale
June 23, Saturday
7:00 PM
Celebrate Litha Mid-Summers.
First we feast. Wear ritual garb and bring food and beverage to share. The Ritual starts after dark, say 9:00 pm or so. Bring a small flower offering for the Goddess.
Brightest Blessings Be!
Falling between the 19th and the 23rd day of December, and also known as the Winter Solstice, Yule (pronounced EWE-elle) is the time when the dark half of the year yields to the light half, marking the shortest day of the year accompanied by what is also known as Solstice Night, the longest night of [...]
Ancestor Night, Celtic New Year
The chilled breeze that flutters the red, orange and yellow leaves, nibbles at the skin, raising goose-bumps. Samhain is upon us. Expect the unexpected if you celebrate this holiday -the Celtic New Year- on All Hallows Eve.
Pronounced SOW-in, SAH-vin, or SAM-hayne – means “End of Summer”, and is the third and [...]
(Summer Solstice – June 21st )
The Festival of Growth
Litha is the season of expansion, when the crops burgeon forth. We forget winter’s cares and spend our days basking under the brilliant light of the Sun. According to the old folklore calendar, Summer begins on Beltane (May 1st) and ends on Lughnassadh (August 1st), with the [...]
We often look to the horizon to seek a reference point for where we want to go. Yet there are infinite horizons within us waiting to be explored. When horses stand still, I watch them in their ability to become quiet, and I often envy them their stillness. As humans, it [...]
“Flu Fighters”
Influenza is a viral infection of the respiratory tract. Symptoms can include chills, fever, coughs, headache, fatigue and lack of appetite. Eating small meals, mainly vegetable juices, reduces the energy required to digestion, allowing more energy to be focused on healing.
Spring Vegetable Juice
- 10 spears asparagus, washed
- 2 beets (with tops); scrubbed and [...]
Reiki is not something magical. The basic principle on how Reiki energy heals is very similar to how healing works in acupuncture. We know that every living being has energy within and around the body to be alive. This energy is called Chi (vital energy) and it is vital for the physical body to exist. [...]
Ft. Lauderdale, FL – June 18 to June 21, 2007 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Miami, Florida — For the second time this year, ChakraSamvara Center and its partners: Miami Dade Co. Asian Advisory Board, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Wat Buddharangsi (Thai Temple) will welcome the Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Gomang Monastery to create the [...]