What do we actually "see" how much is filtered by our brain so that we can process it?
We can observe the world around us but how it appears to us as human is vastly different from how it appears to our animal companions and even from other humans we share our lives with. Some people are colour blind - distinguishing between green and red can be a challenge, certain shades just all blend into a murky mucky colour (that is why at an eye test they check, especially for driving!). Others have limited peripheral vision, or maybe macular degeneration. We don't all observe a room in the same way. It is the same with our animals, some breeds of dog are bred as sight hounds, being able to spot quick flurries of movement at a distance; others are scent hounds so their vision may not be as acute; and there are some breeds that are notoriously short sighted. Along with all that dogs see with a different colour palette being dichromatic (seeing in the yellow and blue spectrum) this means that they don't see grass as green and cannot differentiate shades of red or pink. However, they are better at seeing in the dark than we are. Horses are similar to dogs in how they perceive colour but due to the set of their eyes they have a broader field of vision. However, their blindspots are directly in front of them and behind them. When you touch a horse's muzzle they cannot see your hand but they know it is there because they can feel it with their whiskers. There are other animals who can observe UV & IR frequencies; birds that have a far faster flicker vision so can process fast moving objects; even as humans we differ in our flicker speed, which is why some sports people have quicker reflexes, they see things differently. Taking those few brief snippets into consideration ponder on how much of the world around us we actually "see" by using HelioSol Technique and AgapeMind we can change the way we see the world around us, making it less frightening and thereby reducing our stress responses. 1st February - some say the start of spring the start of a new year of growth. It is almost the Chinese New Year, a little late this year 19th February but the year of the Sheep.
We associate spring with lambs and new arrivals and that is sort of how it has been here at Slievenamon Holistic Therapy getting things organised for a new venture or two in 2015. Getting things under way this week with Mindscape at the weekend, followed by BodyTalk Access on Valentines Day (click here to book your place: http://www.bodytalksystem.com/seminars/details.cfm?id=23996) I thought that setting up a new venture would be relatively straight forward: business name, website, cards and off we go. Oh the joys of being enthusiastic and naive: I am quickly having to learn and go back to the drawing boards, I am ever thankful for the help and guidance that I have been given along the way. So what gets posted here is going to be a mix of business set up information, little tips to help you maintain your health and details about courses, study days, information evenings being held here. So what is Imbloc? Well it is a quarter day between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Old traditions are associated with St Brigid which quite likely predate the Christian ones and possibly had associations with early pagan goddesses such as the divine hag (Cailleach) or maybe even the Sheela Ni Gig. It was said that if the weather was find on Imbloc then the Cailleach could go out and collect more firewood to see her through the winter, ie winter was going to drag on a little longer but if it was bad weather then she would not go out for wood and winter would end sooner. Let's wait and see what happens it is a glorious sunny day so far here but either way using BodyTalk Access everyday to help ward off colds and 'flu, keep energy levels up and stress levels down, what more could one ask for? Look forward to seeing you here 14th February to learn the techniques for yourself, click here to book your place: http://www.bodytalksystem.com/seminars/details.cfm?id=23996 |
Sacha Maxwell
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