Merri and I use essential oils for better health. We use them in our house for better energy and cleanliness.
We also use it in our property rental business. We purify our properties with lavender essential oil after each guest visits, plus put a little lavender essential oil on the pillows and sheets.
This works!
One guest sent this note about that in the review of their stay (bold is mine):
“Gary and Merri are so wonderful! They went above and beyond to make our vacation the most pleasant vacation that we have had in a very long time! We had our 7 month old and our pups with us, and they even gave him a toy, and were friendly to our furry babies :-) !! They were very personable, but also let us enjoy our privacy all at the same time!
The cabin was amazing, clean, private…..they had put wild flowers in a cup on the table on the deck, left lights on for us, and scented our pillows with fresh lavender to help us sleep soundly! The sounds of the running stream were so lovely to listen to and the neighborhood was very quaint! We will most definitely be back-they were amazing! Thank you for giving us a moment in time to slip away from it all, enjoy each other as a family, listen to nature and adventure around your beautiful property and cabin! You are the best!! ”
We especially use essential oils for better sleep!
Deep sleep helps us earn better, live longer and live more enjoyably.
There is so much in this day and age, that can disrupt sleep. Economic, stock market and political turmoil can cause you to toss and turn at night. But its not these events, but our action, during the turmoil, that determines what we achieve.
Operating on less than a full night sleep is a sure way to foul up our performance.
Here are some ways to reduce stress and sleep better!
Merri and I stay away from the noise and stress of big cities as much as we can. We make sure we have eight solid hours of sleep almost every night. All of our homes are in places that are quiet and dark at night. Nature lulls us gently to sleep.
Our farm (inside the circle) is in one of the darkest spots in the aerial view of our Florida home.
Our home in North Carolina is even darker!
Satellite view of our house in North Carolina. Surrounded by trees for miles.
Dark quiet nights help us avoid sleep disruption.
We find that getting enough quality sleep is an important contributor to both the mental clarity and energy we need to keep up with our heavy business workload.
A USA TODAY front page article entitled “Lack of sleep increases stroke risk” (1) suggests this is also good for our health when it says: The 30% of working adults who routinely sleep less than six hours a night are four times more likely to suffer a stroke, says a new study. The findings are the first to link insufficient sleep to stroke; they’re also the first to apply even to adults who keep off extra pounds and have no other risk factors for stroke, says Megan Ruiter, lead author of the report. It will be presented Monday at the 26th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Boston.
One way to improve sleep is to sleep in dark, quiet places as Merri and I do. Not everyone wants to live on rural land, but heavy curtains could perhaps help a lot.
Light pollution causes many sleep disorders and sleep deprivation causes sleep debt. Sleep deprivation is a growing medical disorder that is usually missed because sleep is not taught in medical school. When we miss sleep, we begin to build up a sleep debt. If we were to lose an hour’s sleep a day in a week, we will have 7 hours of sleep debt. This can be made up for by sleeping in on the weekend but if not, losses of really important functions… especially in these tense times… begin to occur.
Learn more at a biology lesson at a Brynmawr University website entitled “The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Brain and Behavior” (2) that says: Sleep is needed to regenerate certain parts of the body, especially the brain, so that it may continue to function optimally. After periods of extended wakefulness or reduced sleep neurons may begin to malfunction, visibly effecting a person’s behaviour.
Another tip is go to sleep before 10pm.
The circadian biological clock is controlled by a part of the brain called the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN), a group of cells in the hypothalamus that respond to light and dark signals from the optic nerve of the eye.
These signals regulate hormones, chemicals and neurotransmitters that determine our energy levels, vitality, and how we feel and sleep.
Before electricity came into regular use, most people would go to bed shortly after sunset, as most animals do. Modern living has not evolved long enough to change this so the body is best prepared to sleep best starting around 9M until 5am.
During this time, the body is naturally set by the movements of the sun and the 24-hour natural cycle. If we go to sleep no later than 10 pm (however, we usually go to sleep at 9 pm and awaken at 5 am) and rise no later than 6 am we get the best rest, repair, detoxification and rejuvenation.
Lavender essential oil is another good sleep aid.
Lavender is the #1 essential oil to balance the central nervous system. It can shift stress, grief, overwhelm fear, hypo and hyper rhythms. It anesthetizes the wild monkeys in the mind, and reminds us that everything will be OK.
When you go to bed, apply a drop to nose, temples, back of neck, chest, belly and on a washcloth tucked in your pillow case.
Click here to see how to get lavender essential oil to make your life better.
A research paper “Lavender and the Nervous System” published at the National Institutes of health (3) shows how powerful a drop of lavender can be.
The article says: Lavender has a variety of therapeutic and curative properties, ranging from inducing relaxation to treating parasitic infections, burns, insect bites, and spasm. There is growing evidence suggesting that lavender oil may be an effective medicament in treatment of several neurological disorders. Several animal and human investigations suggest anxiolytic, mood stabilizer, sedative, analgesic, and anticonvulsive and neuroprotective properties for lavender.
The paper shows that findings from several investigations indicate that several targets relevant to treatment of Alzheimer’s disease; anticholinergic, neuroprotective, and antioxidant activities could be found in lavender.
Section 4.1. in the paper “Anxiety, Depression, and Lavender” said: Lavender was used in the treatment of anxiety disorders and related conditions. Anxiolytic effect of lavender was superior to placebo in 221 patients suffering from anxiety disorder. In addition, lavender improved associated symptoms such as restlessness, disturbed sleep, and somatic complaints and had a beneficial influence on general well-being and quality of life [51, 52]. This study indicates that lavender effectively ameliorates generalized anxiety comparable to 0.5 mg/daily lorazepam.
A good night’s sleep is one of the most important ways to reduce anxiety, improve our thinking and enhance our health. We cannot always avoid the crowds, the noise, the lights and the stress, but we should try when we can. Other times, use the sleep well with essential oils.
See how to get lavender essential oil to make your life better.
Gary
How the Hogberry Helps With COVID-19
Gain Amazing Health Benefits with the Hogberry
Research is showing that excess body fat can complicate the risks of COVID-19.
A recent article in USA Today, “As obesity’s link to COVID-19 grows, one family that lost 24-year-old daughter diets together” (1) tells the tale.
The article says: The parents and two brothers of Silvia Deyanira Melendez, 24, are all in therapy after losing their daughter and sister to COVID-19 on March 28. She weighed more than 300 pounds with a body mass index of 60, double the BMI considered obese. This most likely contributed heavily to her Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and a heart condition that required open-heart surgery two years ago.
The chronic conditions that increase the risk of serious illness and death of COVID-19 are now well known: diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and being older than 65. Obesity is less well known or understood. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention groups “severe obesity,” defined as having a BMI of 40 or higher, with the other known “risk factors for serious illness” for COVID-19.
A growing number of studies and data on COVID-19 deaths confirm the link. The extra weight on people in the 40-plus BMI range who contract COVID-19 increases the chance they will require hospitalization, most likely in the intensive care unit. It also hampers the ability of physicians to treat them, especially with ventilators, doctors say.
Body fat complicates many health problems. For example more than 100 studies have found that physical activity can lower cancer risk and even help cure cancer. Fortunately researchers asked why and one answer became clear. Body fat.
Studies showed that reduced body fat creates a 25% lower chance of developing cancer.
Fortunately there is a little known way to reduce body fat that does not even require exercise.? I’ll share more on this secret in a moment.
First, body fat, COVID-19 and cancer? Let’s ask why?
Part of the answer is toxicity.
Healthy bodies naturally and regularly remove water-soluble toxins from the body. Our blood and kidneys flush them away.
Fat-soluble toxins such as metals, pesticides, preservatives, other pollutants are harder to flush out of the system. Fat-soluble toxins must become water-soluble before the body can get rid of them. The liver can do this conversion (bile emulsifies fat-souble toxins into water-soluble). This process requires healthy digestive and detox pathways. When they become imbalanced, fat-soluble toxins are stored in fat cells and brain cells instead. These toxins can remain for decades and create health problems.
The fat stored toxins cause oxidation (free radical damage) and degeneration as well as mutation. Toxins in the fatty tissue of the brain become neurotoxins that can cause cognitive problems and a host of mental and brain imbalances.
Burn Fat to Burn Toxins
When you burn fat you turn on the body’s detox fuel. Fat metabolism is the body’s natural form of energy. Fat metabolism provides a more steady energy than glucose metabolism and flushes fat cells free of toxins. As the toxicity drops, the nervous system has reduced stress and will naturally burn fat instead of sugar.
This is why I have written a short report entitled “The FAST Way to Better Health” that features a special tea that can help reduce body fat.
The Key is in the Hogberry
I would like to send you a report “The FAST Way to Better Health” that reveals the secret of the Hogberry, FREE when you order my three Natural Health reports described below.
This reoort is only available with my three Natural Health Reports.
These three reports are about:
#1: Nutrition
#2: Purification
#3: Exercise
In this special offer I want to send you a special report on how you can gain better natural health with the hogberry along with three other reports that reveal secrets of health and longevity.
The Commonwealth Fund in its latest survey on overall health care ranked US healthcare dead last compared to 10 major countries. Despite being worst, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, New York Times have all warned about huge, increasingly costly, health care changes. There are enormous problems in hospitals and chances are they are going to get worse, with the added complication of COVID-19.
When it comes to health care, we may well be on our own. The very people, institutions and establishments that we should rely on may actually hurt rather than help our health.
Ancient health wisdom accumulated around the world, over the millennia, can fill the gap.
The way to escape the dangers of high cost, deteriorating health care, is to not need it. Declare health independence… and create natural good health. There are dozens of simple, really low costs steps that can improve health… eating, purification, exercise, even the way we think and don’t think when we sleep.
Ancient health wisdom from around the world can help us reduce our risks of poor health care and help us fight the ever rising costs.
For nearly 50 years my wife Merri and I have lived and worked around the world. During this time, we checked out just about every source on natural health care. We even spent years living with natural health care insiders, and trying the lessons they offered.
We took thousands of readers to Ecuador, met with shamans in the Andes and Amazon. We helped other readers visit India and also learn great health care ideas from China and beyond.
Since not everyone can go to Ecuador or travel the world, we have created three Natural Health Reports that can help improve the power that your body has. These reports are concise and to the point. In 15 minutes the first report shows exactly how to start preparing for better health and more energy.
We do not have to depend on the health care and health insurance monopolies for better natural health… or cave into a healthcare system that can put us at risk and charge outrageous prices at the same time.
Our health reports provide information on how to use ancient health care systems to become more healthy, self sufficient – providing our own good health.
The first report is “Sunski?”, the Andean word for good eating, for maximum nutrition and purification.
We started the series with eating because so many of our readers have found that a blend of Indian and Andean shamanic nutrition helped them kick start their health with weight trimming.
Good eating is the first step towards natural health. The first rule of good health is getting the correct nutrition. The second step is purification of toxins and eating to avoid getting impurities in our body in the first place!
Sunski is a way to eat that strengthens and purifies as it stops adding toxicity from eating. Yet Sunski is a delicious, healthy “self defined” cleansing process. One chapter in Sunski shows how to correct a simple mistake that most of the Western population makes which increases the chances of adding and retaining weight by 84%.
Sunski combines lessons about healthy eating that we learned from years of working with all types of Western healers, ayurvedic health masters and then living with an Ecuador Taita Yatchak and his apprentices.
We lived, worked, farmed, cooked and ate with this Taita Yatchak for years while learning “Sunski”.
The “Sunski” report was 50 years and millions of miles of travel in the making.
We’ve invested thousands of hours into learning the skills of health self-reliance and resilience, identifying the best foods and combinations and sifted through loads of seeming contradictions to get to the facts about “do it yourself” longevity and natural health.
But that wasn’t enough – not when our good health was on the line. So we consulted dozens of top professions who know a lot about natural health. We spoke with holistic MDs, osteopaths, chiropractors, Indian vidyas, Andean yatchaks, and other self-reliant natural health experts who live a naturally healthy path every day.
Don’t let the simplicity fool you… years of research went into these reports.
And we only kept the best of the best: this system is complete – and FAST to learn – so you can get started immediately.
We all need to stay out of hospitals and reduce our exposure to modern medical risks and costs.
Why re-invent the wheel? Especially when time is NOT on our side.? We’ve already done the hard work for you pulling together the information so you can create better natural, good health.
Imagine… never worrying about what you eat and reducing the risks of hospitalization and health care’s outrageous costs.
A few of the life balancing nutritional tips include how to:
#1: Eat a balance of fat, carbohydrates and protein.
#2: Eat combinations of food for ideal digestion.
#3: Eat in good spirits at the right times of day while chewing in a special way.
This report includes a complete list of EZ to use recipes that will immediately improve your short term energy… and your long term natural health – so that you never have to guess what foods you need (or rely on the health care establishment).
One of the recipes is for high protein Chocolate Quinoa Pancakes.
Recipes include:
- Carrot Cake Quinoa Brownie with Stevia
- Thermos Quinoa Kichiri
- High Protein Veggie Almond Savory Cottage Pie
- Mild Turmeric Curry
- Low Carb Quinoa Tapioca Crumble
- Merri’s Blackberry Crumble with Quinoa and Stevia
- Merri’s Quinoa Strawberry Shortcake
- Merri’s Quinoa Corn Bread
- Merri’s Quinoa Corn Bread Dressing
- Quinoa Risotto With Arugula and Parmesan
- Timbal of Quinoa topped with Ginger or Parmesan Cheese
- Quinoa Gazpacho With a Sherbert of Coriander
- Quinoa Taboleh
- Mango Quinoa Salad
- Quinoa Avocado Curry
All of these recipes are in “Sunski” just one of the three natural health reports.
These recipes are easy to make, delicious to eat, inexpensive but balanced and healthy foods prepared in ways that provide nutrition and purification.
Learn how nutritional secrets can help keep you out of the hospital.
Here are a few facts and health tools you gain:
- The single biggest constraint you’ll face in your eating habits? – and how you can eliminate it by adding two simple recipes to your Sunski system.
- How to calculate exactly how much food you need so you don’t over or under build your nutritional plan.
- A simple solution for making sure that your food delivers what your body needs when you need it.
- What components you can choose for yourself and how to avoid mass diets that seem to work for every one except you.
- The best long term solution for avoiding sugar.
- Use sweet spices to compensate for stress.
- Specific types of unique spices that give you the biggest energy bang for your buck.
- Spices that cleanse and purify.
- Three changes in your fruit consumption that is a critical component for long term purification.
- The best times to eat specific foods.
- How to direct different foods to different parts of the body.
- Three teas that add a resilience to your natural health system that are easy to make and enjoy at home at a low cost.
- Why it is good (in fact almost a requirement) to sometimes eat junk food.
All of this information is in “Sunski” the first of the three natural health reports.
These reports focus on how to have good natural health so you can remain independent and avoid costly medical care.
The second report shows you how to purify and detoxify existing poisons that have accumulated in your system.
The third report is about exercise… but not the type you would think.
Unlock the Mystery of Key Muscles
This third report unveils one exercise that energizes and coordinates the digestive system by exercising a set of key muscles, not while you are in a gym, but when you eat! The body has a number of key muscles that regulate breathing, digestion, circulation, elimination and muscular motion.
The third report reveals an exercise you can do at the dinner table to energize these muscles which in turn coordinate every other muscle and organ in the body. Eating in this way for example (most of the modern world does not) energizes just one key muscle that regulates part of our ability to burn sugars and fat.
The report looks at oxygenation, coordination, purification, energy boosting, education, occupation and relaxation.
Healthy Eating Made EZ: Gain delicious, power packed weight reducing recipes from easy to obtain products from super market foods. Coddle Yourself Egg-High Protein Country Cottage Pie-Low Carb-Veggie Chile & Spaghetti- Weightless Bread-High Mountain Pure Protein Quinoa-Better Oatmeal of Steel- Several Soups for Super Strength-Berry Good Crunch Treat and Waist Less Apple Crumble are just a few.
Exercise for Strength and Better Health. Medicine is dose. Too much exercise is as bad or worse as not enough. Learn how to let comfort be your exercise guide. Move with momentum-some exercises activate all muscles and provide the benefit of leverage, momentum and convenience so 12 minutes of exercise a day is enough. Blend body and mind-Alpha exercises take you into the zone so you win from the inside out. Spin and bend-blend exercise secrets from India, the Andes and the East for easy and better health.? The Gentle Touch-if you have to breathe through the mouth you have done too much.
Here is what others have said about this information:
“Though I ate more than ever, my weight dropped and I lost two inches off my waist.” – S.H. Oregon
“The life path altering effects from the weekend with you and Merri continue. Thank you again. I have begun to change my diet. Bless you!” – D.B. Connecticut
“You are indeed a spiritual pioneer, blending disciplines to create tools and resources for success in this new land of opportunity. Anyone who thinks this is just all about money is missing the real message: This is about life in its most profound implications.” – W.P. Australia
“I want to thank you for the wonderful time. I travailed from California to hear you convey your knowledge in the way you do so well, and I wasn’t disappointed. The amount of information in the sessions was almost overwhelming, but it’s exactly what I went to hear.” – B.R. California
“The technical information I gathered was most not new to me, but I like to compliment you for putting it all in the right perspective and to make it very understandable to all. What was at our opinion one of the most important gaining of these 3 days is the opening of the new world, this new circle of what you call ‘normal’ people! (I call us ‘not normal’ as a matter of respect to the majority.) But as we know, all is relative and depends at the point of view of each, His spiritual mind and his opinion about the senses of our being.” – E.V. Florida
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Good health is the most important asset in stressful times. Beyond the fact that modern health intervention (ie. hospital) can destroy one’s finances, being in good health brings the energy and balance required to make sound investing and business decisions.
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This is the only way to attain this report as it is not for sale or available to the general public.
As with all my reports and courses, satisfaction is guaranteed or your money back. I want to be sure that the information in “The FAST Way to Better Health” works for you. The valuable knowledge you’ll gain in these reports works better when the nutrition, purification and exercise reports are combined so I have made this special offer.
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(1) Lack of sleep increases stroke risk
(2) The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Brain and Behavior
(3) www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: Lavender studies
