As the saying goes, there are many ways to skin a cat, and so there are a multitude of strategies for raising bilingual children. Among all these choices, one thing remains constant -- a children s love for predictability. Have you ever noticed how poorly many children handle change and how they thrive when on familiar turf. When you ve read that same story every night for two months, you ll know what I mean. Certainly, kids learn languages under the most chaotic conditions -- just look at the average dinner table scene -- but some predictability within the chaos spells safety and security, which in turn promotes learning. Most multilingual families have discovered that a fixed language system in the home greatly reduces the tendency for children to mix the languages -- or worse, the flat-out refusal to speak the second language...

I was chatting with some friends over dinner, attempting to explain the basic principles of the Alexander Technique. I spoke a little about the importance Alexander teachers attach to having a free neck so that the head can easily balance on top of the spine. If a person s neck is tense, it tends to upset that head balance, causing harmful repercussions throughout the entire body. Releasing that tension is basic to releasing those harmful effects. Nirvana in your neck. said Nancy, one of my friends. I d never heard it put that way before, but it nicely captures an important aspect of the Alexander Technique. Matthias Alexander, the developer of what today is called the Alexander Technique, was certainly not the first person to talk about the importance of the neck. The Bible is full of references to stiff-necks: Exodus 32, verses...

Let s look at some facts. Today, two out of three adults in the United States and a staggering number of children are overweight. It is expected that, if current trends continue, 1 out of 3 children born today will develop type II diabetes. The rates of heart disease, stroke, depression, diabetes and many other chronic degenerative illnesses are rising. In fact, 1 out of 5 high school age children already have the beginning stages of cardiovascular disease in their arteries. I could go on for pages with these depressing statistics but hopefully I have made the point We are not healthy. Why is this the case. That s really not a very difficult question to answer: too much low quality food and not enough physical activity. There have been thousands of studies to support this conclusion. Don t believe what you read in the media...

We all know the life threatening reasons, but we don t necessarily understand the the full impact that smoking has on our bodies and minds, and possibly even on others around us. Women especially are susceptible to some of the more hidden dangers of smoking, and may actually benefit in different ways than men when it comes to smoking cessation. For example, many women probably do not even know this, but lung cancer is now killing more women every year than breast cancer. That s right, lung cancer is actually more deadly to a woman than breast cancer, which is by far more talked about in women s health than lung cancer. Smoking is the number one cause of lung cancer since nearly 90 of all cases are traced directly to smoking, so it s important that women really understand the health benefits of quitting smoking. There are actually...

What is a power nap. It s nothing but a short nap taken during the day that totally rejuvenate you. Everyone, at some time or the other, needs to take a power nap. But sometimes we find it difficult to do so because of various reasons like high stress etc. It s here that hypnosis can help you. Hypnosis soothes and relaxes you totally so that you are able to take that power nap that you so badly need. It relaxes you completely that you forget all your worries and tensions. What are the advantages to power napping. Well, it rests you completely and recharges you so that you are able to get back to your full potential in you work. Through hypnosis you can set relaxed condition for the nap. Usually what happens in the afternoon is that after your lunch it takes time for your blood sugar to adjust. Hence you find yourself a little slow...