Try these posture correcting poses to stretch your back. Go gently! 1. Standing Forward Bend (Uttanasana) - Slowly Lean forward, holding your elbows - breathe and hang. Exhale to come up, and repeat. 2. Hero Pose (Virasana) - Sit on your heels and sit up straight with the crown of your head towards the sky. 3. Child’s Pose (Balasana) - Sit back on your heels and reach your arms out in front of you, and breath. Picture credit: [Read more...]
Archives for July 2014
Better yet, change society for the better – be a Quantum Revolutionary!
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… [Read more...]Design for organic skyscraper built out of garbage generated by occupants
Chartier-Corbasson Architectes propose a tower for London that grows as needed with its walls built from the garbage generated by its occupants and by construction sites in the neighborhood. The structure is built out of short tubular elements, so no crane is needed. It is modelled on the scaffolding that one sees on the exterior of buildings in Asia. Picture credit: treehugger.com … [Read more...]
Buying fresh and local has health benefits as well as environmental ones!
The fresher produce is, the more nutrients it has. By buying locally, you’ll minimize the amount of time wasted between harvest and consumption, and optimize the nutritional value for your body. The produce is fresher and usually has not been subjected to irradiation (getting zapped by radiation to kill germs), wax coatings, or prolonged refrigeration. Image credit: diply.com … [Read more...]
Now is the time to become a Quantum Revolutionary …
It’s still somewhat of a simmering revolution, yet it’s one that’s been going on for quite a few years now, in many realms and sectors. The tide is turning, and if these movements are steered correctly, this could be one of the greatest social and cultural transformations in history, with the potential to create a peaceful, just, holistic, compassionate, and sustainable world. I call it the Quantum Revolution. Image credit: designyoutrust.com … [Read more...]
Modular bamboo tent hotel stacks up vertically!
Vienna and Beijing based design collective Penda have created the "One With the Birds" tent hotel, which uses a modular form of bamboo construction that can be stacked up vertically or spread out horizontally. Penda say "The structure could grow as tall as the trees. We can experience a forest from the perspective of a child climbing a tree, in between the treetops, with the birds ." Image credit: treehugger.com … [Read more...]
Keep your chin up and stay revolutionary!
A baby loggerhead turtle, an endangered species, on his way out to sea off Florida's Palm Beach. Image by Ben Hicks for National Geographic. … [Read more...]
Sometimes, nature astounds us with the beauty of it’s design …
The picture shows examples of the Fibonacci or "golden" spiral, which has captivated mathematicians, artists, designers, and scientists for centuries. Its ubiquity and astounding functionality in nature suggests its importance as a fundamental characteristic of the Universe. Beautiful. Image credit: goodthingseachday.blogspot … [Read more...]
Eerily accurate prediction from Thomas Eddison, who clearly foresaw how unsustainable fossil fuels would be.
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… [Read more...]Our universe, our world, and our way of life is a blend of the scientific and spiritual
The tangible and the intangible. When the scientific and spiritual are combined, a higher, deeper, and broader logic and way of knowing, one that encompasses the intuitive understandings that the original Quantum Revolution brought forth, emerges. Image: "My God, it's full of stars" by Thomas Zimmer … [Read more...]