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Detoxify your Life: Part 3

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(A wellness column by Kelly Spencer: writer, life coach, yoga & meditation teacher, holistic healer and a mindful life enthusiast!)

Over the last couple weeks we have covered detoxification of the body and the mind. This week is about spiritual detox.

Years ago I, like many people, thought that spirituality had something to do with religion. It does not. Not to say that spirituality cannot be practiced in your religion, spirituality is more universal to all.

Christina Puchalski, MD, Director of the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health, contends that "spirituality is the aspect of humanity that refers to the way individuals seek and express meaning and purpose and the way they experience their connectedness to the moment, to self, to others, to nature, and to the significant or sacred."

The 7th energy system or chakra (meaning wheel of energy) in the body is called the Crown Chakra or Sahasrara. This energy system is believed to connect us to our identity, our meaning and our connection to the world and universe. While our body and our mind are very individual, this essence of the connection and experiences we each share are celebrated in our oneness.

When we are feeling toxic in our spirituality, we may find we dont feel like we belong, or experience lack of focus or direction, lack of self-understanding and even lack joy in life. We may suffer from addictions to substance, alcohol, food or other. Physically we may experience migraines, melancholy, and depression, to name a few.

Fear is one of the most common spiritual toxins on Earth. A Course in Miracles, a book written by Helen Schucman, states that fear is a state of mind in which one feels cut off from the universe and is the opposite of love. Fear can paralyze the body, upset digestion and cause physical tension as well as alter ones perceptions, judgments and decision.

Dr. Lawrence Wilson M.D. writes that perhaps one of the most important spiritual dis-eases is arrogance.

It is discussed in Oriental textbooks on medicine, but ignored in Western medicine, perhaps because many doctors suffer from this problem, he states.

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ISS International Space Station transit on Sun (March 13, 2015) – Video

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ISS International Space Station transit on Sun (March 13, 2015)
ISS International Space Station transit over the Sun. March 13th, 2015 - Hour 11:29:44 (italian time). Location: Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena), Italy. Transit duration 0.89 seconds. Video...

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One-Year Crew Set for Launch to Space Station; NASA TV to Air Live Coverage

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The first one-year crew for the International Space Station is set to launch Friday, March 27. NASA Television will provide extensive coverage of the launch and the crews arrival to the orbital laboratory.

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will spend a year living and working aboard the space station and will launch with cosmonaut Gennady Padalka. The trio will become part of the stations Expedition 43 crew.

NASA TV coverage will begin at 2:30 p.m. EDT March 27, with launch scheduled for 3:42 p.m. (1:42 a.m. Saturday, March 28 in Baikonur) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio will ride to space in a Soyuz spacecraft, which will rendezvous with the space station and dock after four orbits of Earth. Docking to the space station's Poisk module will take place at 9:36 p.m. Friday. NASA TV coverage of docking will begin at 8:45 p.m.

Hatches between the Soyuz and the station will be opened at approximately 11:15 p.m., at which time Expedition 43 Commander Terry Virts of NASA and his crewmates, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency), will greet Kelly, Kornienko and Padalka. Hatch opening coverage begins on NASA TV at 10:45 p.m.

Kelly and Kornienko will spend a year on the space station to better understand how the human body reacts and adapts to the harsh environment of space. Data from the expedition will be used to determine whether there are ways to further reduce the risks on future long-duration missions to an asteroid and eventually Mars.

The crew will support several hundred experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science -- research that impacts life on Earth. Data and samples will be collected throughout the year from a series of studies involving Scott and his twin brother, former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. The studies will compare data from the genetically-identical Kelly brothers to identify any subtle changes caused by spaceflight.

Padalka will spend six months aboard the outpost, during which he will become the first four-time station commander and record holder for most cumulative time spent in space.

For the full schedule of prelaunch, launch and docking coverage, visit:http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

For more information about the one-year crew, visit:http://www.nasa.gov/oneyear

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:http://www.nasa.gov/station

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NASA Womens History Month Profile Cecile Saltzman (Stennis Space Center) – Video

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NASA Womens History Month Profile Cecile Saltzman (Stennis Space Center)
Ccile Saltzman is a Human Resources Specialist at NASA #39;s John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC) in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. She leads SSC employee relations, including the broad impact areas...

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Red Hot Right Now: Rita Ora turns heads in glamorous gown at Coca-Cola bar launch

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The hitmaker oozed glamour as she sipped on a bottle of fizzy soda outside the brand's new Contour Centenary Bar in the capital - but little did she know the wind brought her dress up.

Walking along, the 24-year-old flashed her bottom as the split on her dress shot up before photographer's eyes.

With her blonde tresses worn down and straight, Rita made sure all eyes were on her in her peplum creation by Veni Vici Couture, which came complete with a strapless neckline.

The shiny gown also featured a long train and lengthy hem, which the Hot Right Now singer teamed with matching lipstick.

She tweeted prior to the fun event: "Good morning London I love my Sophia Webster Coca Cola shoes see you soon #pressday."

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Rita had the honour of officially opening the pop-up, which is celebrating 100 years of the iconic Coca-Cola glass bottle.

The British star appeared to have a busy day in store, after tweeting her 4.41 million followers about her movements.

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Shailene Woodleys 12 best red-carpet looks

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Since bursting on the scene in ABC Familys The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Shailene Woodleys star has been on the rise. From her turn as George Clooneys daughter in The Descendants to a cancer-stricken teen in The Fault in Our Stars, theres no stopping the 23-year-old powerhouse.

With the second film in the Divergent series, Insurgent, set to hit theaters Friday, Woodley has been on a whirlwind press tour promoting the action-packed flick. And with every red carpet she steps foot on, the brunette beauty rocks it every single time.

Whether shes sporting a printed Mary Katrantzou sheath or an embellished Marchesa gown, Woodley always leaves us wanting more. Take a look at the actress 12 best red-carpet moments so far.

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DC: Don't take Red Bull threats lightly

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David Coulthard has warned that Red Bull's threat to quit F1 needs to be taken seriously as F1 "can't afford" to lose four cars from the grid.

In the wake of the season-opening Australian GP, a race in which Mercedes picked up where they left off in 2014 and trounced their rivals, Red Bull warned they could walk away from F1.

Helmut Marko, who is a staunch critic of the 1.6-litre V6 engines, said there is a danger that team owner Dietrich Mateschitz could lose "his passion for F1."

He added: "These power units are the wrong solution for F1, and we would say this even if [Red Bull supplier] Renault were in the lead.

"The technical rules are not understandable, much too complicated, and too expensive."

Marko's comments were met with some derision from F1 fans while Toto Wolff says Red Bull, Renault and all Mercedes' rivals should put their heads down and "work hard."

Coulthard, though, says people must not scoff at Red Bull's threats as they would not be saying it if they wasn't a possibility they would carry through on it.

"These guys are empowered and are in control, so they are not saying anything that they don't have the position to act on," the former Red Bull driver told Motorsport.com.

"So you take any of these guys seriously because history has shown that manufacturers come and go, teams can and go, and if Red Bull go, they take with them four cars, and you can't afford to just close the door.

"They probably wouldn't. They would probably try to make sure there was something for the mechanics and the engineers."

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Russian Space Pioneer Discusses the First Spacewalk in History 50 Years Ago – Video

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Russian Space Pioneer Discusses the First Spacewalk in History 50 Years Ago
Former Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov relived the highlights of the spacewalk he conducted 50 years ago the first spacewalk in history --- during an interview with NASA Public Affairs...

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NASA orbiter detects ultraviolet auroras on Mars

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Just a day afterskywatchers at mid- to upper-latitudes around the world were treated to a particularly energetic display of auroras on the night of March 17 as a result of an intense geomagnetic storm,researchers announced findings from NASAsMAVENmission of auroral action observed on Mars although in energetic ultraviolet wavelengths rather than visible light.

Detected by MAVENsImaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) instrument overfive days beforeDec. 25, 2014, the ultraviolet auroras have been nicknamed Mars Christmas lights. They were observed across the planets mid-northern latitudes and are the result of Mars atmosphere interacting directly with the solar wind.

While auroras on Earth typically occur at altitudes of 80 to 300 kilometers (50 to 200 miles) and occasionally even higher, Mars atmospheric displays were found to bemuch lower, indicating higher levels of energy.

Whats especially surprising about the aurora we saw is how deep in the atmosphere it occurs much deeper than at Earth or elsewhere on Mars, said Arnaud Stiepen, IUVS team member at the University of Colorado. The electrons producing it must be really energetic.

To a human observer on Mars the light show probably wouldnt be very dramatic, though. Without abundant amounts ofoxygen and nitrogen in its thin atmosphere a Martianaurora would be a dimblue glow at best, if not out of the visible spectrum entirely.

This isnt the first time auroras have been spottedon Mars; observations with ESAs Mars Express in 2004 were actually thefirst detectionsof the phenomenon on the Red Planet. Made with the spacecrafts SPICAM ultraviolet spectrometer, the observations showed that Mars auroras are unlike thosefound anywhere else in the Solar System in that they are generated by particle interactions with very localized magnetic field emissions, rather than a globally-generated one (like Earths).

(So no, its not a total surprise but its still very cool!)

In addition to auroras MAVEN also detected diffuse but widespread dust clouds located surprisingly high in the Martian atmosphere. Its not yet understood what process is delivering dust so high 150-300 kilometers up (93-186 miles) or if itis a permanent or temporary feature.

Read more in the MAVEN news release here.

Source: NASA andNature

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