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Do you want to: Look and feel younger? Sleep better? Have better circulation? Calm your mind and energize your body? Rejuvenate your mind-body system? Have glowing, youthful skin? Then read on. This is part 2 of Abhyanga, which is a procedure for daily oil self-massage. Doing Abhyanga is so simple, it ought to be illegal. [...]

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Disciplining Teenagers

by Srinivas "Sage" Reddy

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Smack! Smack! Smack! That’s the sound of my wife slapping herself silly in the middle of the night. Is she crazy? No! My sweet wife, Becca is trying to rid herself of mosquitos. Even though I can sleep under the covers and am quite immune to the darn mosquitoes, I can hear the pesky things [...]

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Problem Solving Steps

by Srinivas "Sage" Reddy

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Chances are you have a life. Which means you have problems. Question is, what are your problem solving steps? It’s 1pm on a weekday afternoon in Portland, Oregon. Time to throw something together for lunch. I must eat before my stomach eats me alive. I pull away from my computer, head on over to the [...]

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Rich Coconut, Poor Coconut

by Srinivas "Sage" Reddy

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Whack. Whack. Whack. Whack. Insert blade, pry open the top, insert straw… and you’re in coconut heaven. Fresh coconut water. There’s nothing like it! Refreshing and nourishing. It is by far the best “soft drink” in the world, not patented by any corporation and made entirely by nature. Every winter I escape dreary Portland, Oregon and [...]

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What The Heck Is Law Of Attraction?

by Srinivas "Sage" Reddy

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“I’m poor, black and old… and no one wants me.” That, in a nutshell, is her take on life as we know it. Yes, she’s all that: poor, black and older than she was last year. She’s jobless, practically homeless and without many friends in life. She is Marla, a friend I met only last [...]

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Trust But Verify

by Srinivas "Sage" Reddy

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“I want to buy your snow tires. They are perfect for me. I just don’t have the money to pay you right now. Can I pay you at the end of the month?” the buyer informs us on the phone. What do you say to that? Most normal people would say, “Sorry, call me when [...]

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Insanely Productive

by Srinivas "Sage" Reddy

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  “Sorry ma’am, we’re closed,” he informs the frantic shopper as he pulls down the shutters. “I just need one thing,” the customer shouts back in protest, squeaks by and runs into the store. “You have 3 minutes,” he shouts towards her, shaking his head. I can hear him mumbling, “Employees need holidays too.” Darn! [...]

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Doing What Needs To Be Done

by Srinivas "Sage" Reddy

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She’s tall. She’s graceful. And she greets everyone who passes by. Few return her smile, most don’t even acknowledge her presence. And you can hardly blame ‘em. It’s Christmas Eve, after all, and these supermarket shoppers are trying to get through their last minute shopping. I, however, watch the lady with utter fascination as I wait my [...]

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Do you want to: Look and feel younger? Sleep better? Calm your mind and energize your body? Rejuvenate your mind-body system? Have glowing, youthful skin? Then I have one word for you: Abhyanga. Translated into English, it would be three words: self oil massage. Just as cars need oil to run at their best, our [...]

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Food Combining Rules: silly or wise?

by Srinivas "Sage" Reddy

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What’s wrong with this picture? Nothing! Unless, of course, you’re talking food combining. What if she represents potatoes and he, meat. Hmm, do they still go together? Let’s give this lovely couple a break and turn to food. This past thanksgiving, my wife, Becca, did something most Americans never do at a thanksgiving meal. Like most [...]

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