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I'm reading this really interesting book, Worry by Edward M. Hallowell, MD, and many of you may also find it interesting as it has to do with worrying or anxiety, and even depression, since in many cases they seem to go hand in hand.

I found a paragraph in his book that I thought is even more pivotal to members on a site (originally posted on my SparkPeople blog) like this and I wanted to share it here with you:

Quote:

There were a few other "brain training" tips I gave.... chief among them is to get exercise at least every other day. Although we have been aware for some time the of the benefits of exercise for the cardiovascular system, we are just beginning to appreciate the physiological benefits of exercise for the brain. Exercise is probably the best natural anti-anxiety, anti-worry agent we have . Exercise is great fir the brain in many other ways: It is an anti-depression, it reduces tension, it drains off excess aggression and frustration, it enhances a sense of well-being, it improves sleep, it curbs the tendency to eat absentmindedly, it aids in concentration, and it reduces distractibility. The benefits of exercise for the rest of the body are well-known: it is good for your heart, your circulation, your bones, your respiratory system, your skin, your kidneys, and just about every other part of your body as well. It helps to reduce weight and blood pressure and regulate the blood sugar.

So this should give all of us even more reason to exercise regularly to keep our frenzied brains healthier as well as our bodies! I know I've been exercising at least 4-5 times a week, cardio and strength training, and I've noticed a huge difference with my moods and especially with my anxiety.

For more about his book:



http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345424587

Also an article about his book for Canadian Living:

5 Steps to Control Your Worry

For more on SparkPeople:

http://www.sparkpeople.com/

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CKA link: http://www.canadaka.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=61929

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My sister recently travelled to Tibet with her 3 year old son Santi and her ex-husband Tamdin who was born in Tibet but left Tibet because of the Chinese occupation in his teens. He moved to Canada with my sister a few years ago and is now a Canadian citizen which allowed him to return home. This is her first e-mail to me since arriving at Tamdin's family village:

Village Life
We arrived in Tamdin's village about one week ago now. There was a crowd of people waiting for us on the road as we drove up...I learned later this was all Tamdin's close and extended family. His mother was sooo happy to see him again and we went inside to begin a family three day celebration. This included lots of tea, food, singing, dancing, story telling, and more tea.

It is really beautiful here. The rolling mountains go on as far as the eye can see and the air is so fresh and clean. Everybody is very kind and considerate to us. Santi is the little king of the family, and the whole extended family has taken to help raise him. His cousins are playing with him and taking him on many adventures, the aunts and uncles are teaching him tibetan and entertaining him, and everybody is laughing at his antics. He loves the animals. He has already been horse-riding and chasing the pigs, as well as being scratched by the neighbors cat, who he won't leave alone. As for me, they knew I was a vegetarian, so they spoil me by cooking special vegetarian meals which are delicious.

Tamdin's mother is a real fire-cracker. She is full of joy and energy, always working hard around the house, yelling orders at the grandkids, and loudly laughing. I am passing my days roaming the mountains with the kids, and I am teaching them yoga, which they really get a kick out of. I am also doing all my washing on the washboard and learning to speak better tibetan everyday.

Village life is great except for one downfall...no shower. So after a week there, I had to come into a town called Labrang to shower and relax. this is my first time ever away from Santi for an extended period of time, so it kind of feels like I left my right arm up there. To get here, I got a ride on Tamdin's brother in law's tractor. We had to leave at 4am, so it was still so dark and cold. To keep warm, Tamdin's mother gave me her winter chupa, which is lined inside with sheep wool and reeked of rancid yak butter, but it was sooo warm, and I huddled up in it under the wide starry night sky watching the shadows of rolling hills around get lighter and lighter. It was fabulous.

Now I am in Labrang, one of the biggest monestary towns in Amdo, and a pilgrimage destination for the tibetans around here. The monestary was mostly destroyed in the cultural revolution, but now they are repairing parts of it and some monks still live and study there. The Tibetans are quite shocked by me, as I am wearing tibetan dress and talking basic amdo dialect with them, but I have the yellow hair and the blue eyes, so when I address them in Tibetan, they go crazy with laughter: it is lots of fun.

Bye for now!

Click on the following links if you would like to learn more about the Chinese occupation of Tibet:

http://www.friends-of-tibet.org.nz/occu.html

http://www.tibet.com/HumanRights/poptrans.html

I know I've been too lazy to think up something to write about in here, and I'm still kinda lazy to do it. Just updated the song and noticed my Mem Cup countdown.

The countdown on my blog is counting down the hours now! Soon it will the minutes. I remember when it was months still!!

GO GIANTS!


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That was a great game. The penalty boxes were stuffed!

(Continued from my previous post)

I was listening to the radio (TEAM 1040) all afternoon on Friday and I couldn't believe all the anti-fighting talk I was hearing. It was really sickening.

Here are some of the "brilliant" ideas that were mentioned on the radio.

1. After any player receives more than 5 fighting majors in a season they get suspended for either 3 or 5 games. That way teams will stop carrying tough guys because once they hit that 5 fight limit they will become basically useless.

2. This was Ray Ferraro's idea. He's a ****ing tool for the record...
Cut the rosters back to 18 players per team. Of course he mentioned how the NHLPA wouldn't go for that, so his idea was you keep the salary cap where it is right now (or possibly higher, as it's expected to be next season I believe) and offer the top end players more money. That way every player will make a little bit more money and the tough guys will be forced out of the game.

3. This next idea was kind of built on both previous ideas. If tough guys were eliminated then more "skilled players" could take over their roster spot and make the NHL more exciting as a whole. I could only laugh when I heard that idea. Yeah, there are so many star players that are playing outside of the NHL waiting to show off their skills on the 4th line. These morons don't realize that the players that would replace enforcers would be the wimpy heartless europeans, or the agitators that hurt the sport by playing dirty and not answering the bell. And unfortunately those are two things the NHL already has plenty of....

It was also sad hearing some of the callers comment on fighting. In fact one idiot tried arguing that european hockey was more exciting. He mentioned how they are very talented players yet they don't have to fight. The worst part is these are people from Canada. You'd expect better but unfortunately that isn't the case. There are just as many idiots up here (regarding hockey) than there are in the U.S.

Everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion, and this is mine:

A lot of these people have short term memories. That or they are just hyprocrites (probably a combination of both). Ray Ferraro was so busy ripping enforcers and fighting in hockey that he forgot the only reason he had a job in the NHL was because of those types of players. Tie Domi bitching about why Fedoruk was fighting when the Flyers aren't going to the playoffs. What the hell does that have to do with anything? I can recall Domi fighting several years ago when his team wasn't going to the playoffs. It's a little thing called pride which exists regardless of whether your team is going to the playoffs or not. Why don't the Flyers tell Simon Gagne to stop scoring goals because they aren't going to make the playoffs anyway. It's just absolutely ridiculous...