By Christina Lavers Contributing Writer for Wake Up World A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Dartmouth published by the journal of Pediatrics...
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Christina Lavers is a writer, an artist, a creative enthusiast, and an inner world explorer. Born in Montreal Quebec Canada, she now lives with her life partner and son in a rainforest pocket in the hills behind Coffs Harbour, NSW Australia. As well as teaching and running private classes and workshops, Christina has developed and implemented many projects for local organizations, and has recently published her first full length book, “Jump Into the Blue”, a memoir about her wild awakening journey. Says Christina: “My journey has been about personal alchemy… exploring the mysteries of my soul and my environment, and learning to bring all aspects, the light and the dark, together with the transcending ingredient… love.”
You can follow Christina’s work at: www.mysticalchemyarts.com, www.jumpintotheblue.com and www.facebook.com/mysticalchemyarts
10 Signs You’ve Bought ‘Spin’
By Christina Lavers Contributing Writer for Wake Up World We live in a world with an incredible imbalance of power. Whether you believe in ‘conspiracies’ or not, there is no doubt...
Quitting Smoking? Try These Herbs, Tips and Incentives to Help You Succeed!
By Christina Lavers Contributing Writer for Wake Up World “A cigarette is the only consumer product which, when used as directed, kills its consumer.” ~ Dr. Gro Harlem...
Alcohol Overload? How to Minimise the Harmful Effects of Excess Drinking
By Christina Lavers Contributing Writer for Wake Up World “It only takes one drink to get me drunk, but I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth or fourteenth.”...
Synchrony and Exertion of Dancing Found to Encourage Social Bonding, Raise Pain Threshold
By Christina Lavers Contributing writer for Wake Up World “To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak.” ~ Hopi Indian saying There is not one culture on Earth that does not have...
Groundbreaking Study Maps the Decline of Wild Bee Communities in the United States
By Christina Lavers Contributing Writer for Wake Up World By now most of us are aware that the humble bee is not only responsible for creating one of the most natural, health giving, and ...
Study Shows Exposure to Animals in Early Childhood Supports Immune Development
By Christina Lavers Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Is Urban Living Making Us Sick? The last century, especially the last several decades, has seen a steep rise in levels of...
More Evidence That TV is Dumbing Us Down
By Christina Lavers Contributing Writer for Wake Up World “Most people gaze neither into the past nor the future; they explore neither truth nor lies. They gaze at the television.”...
New Study Shows Regular Contact with Nature Reduces Crime, Increases Social Cohesion
By Christina Lavers Contributing Writer for Wake Up World “We need the tonic of wildness… At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all...
Research Shows Just 7 Minutes of Meditation Can Reduce Racial Prejudice
By Christina Lavers Contributing Writer for Wake Up World “Hatred cannot coexist with loving-kindness, and dissipates if supplanted with thoughts based on loving-kindness.” ~ from...
Heart Aligned Eating: Beyond Dietary Absolutes
By Christina Lavers Guest Writer for Wake Up World There are so many different diets to choose from these days. Vegetarian, Vegan, Paleo, GAPS, Blood-type, and Raw are some of the more popular...
TV: Cutting the Cord
By Christina Lavers Contributing writer for Wake Up World “Television is by nature the dominator drug par excellence. Control of content, uniformity of content, repeatability of content...