This is one of the most sought after, positive cards of the Tarot. Today has quite the different feel though. Today and tomorrow, Venus, our Goddess of Love, will be squaring first the North Node, which is now in Cancer, and then Saturn, the party pooper. The usual harmony which is felt with the presence of this card may not appear to be available to you. It is possible to feel a bit of edginess even, prompting you to keep more to yourself for the day.
Remember, your vibe attracts your tribe, so if you are putting off a negative attitude today, then negative is what you shall receive. Do not force yourself to be a ray of sunshine if you are not feeling it, rather, keep your interactions to a minimum and know that this feeling will soon pass. Take the time to focus on things which need to…
A physical wound is damage done to skin and mucous membranes. Emotional wounds are no different when we try to heal them. As it happens for a physical wound, when we work to heal an emotional trauma or shock without working with consciousness, we tend to pretend to forget or remove the experience.
Then we create a “forced closure” of a potential profound cut, which is the perfect environment to grow a colony of bacteria that can severely damage the entire body system in the long term.
If we want to work to effectively heal emotional wounds, we have to know and understand our talent first because this is the way to find healing from the inside.
Hawaiʻi is in the beginnings of a saimin development period. From lost saimin stands of the old time favorites to the long lasting mom and pop stores that remain to visitor standards, there are hidden recipes around the island in family homes.
You want lightly tasty dashi broth done da local-style way? Thicker and curly, drymein noodles with condensed sauce on the side? Beef Curry saimin? You want it in Pearl City? In Kalīhī? In Wahīawa? Onolicious eats!
Here is my personal definitive story map of ʻŌʻahu’s saimins, marked with every saimin story I could track down on the island, with a little bit of difference in every bowl. It is too bad I can’t yet find all the stories and recipes that can make even more people crave this delicious, yet disappearing dish!
The growth of Saimin is a trail of houses with kama’āina secret recipes, stories of closed establishments, and those who survived the noodle wars of ramen and pho. As people may mention the good old days with nostalgia of living during a time period of various Saimin stands it is important we also figure out what many of those variations were and where they came from. No one should forget about the light tasting warm soup that is perfect during the day or the night with a air conditioner and many sides. There are many variations of Saimin shops that are still on the island of ʻŌʻahu as well as on other islands, so it can be difficult to figure out which might be the essential expected saimin versus a regional or specialty dish. Hopefully this list will help those who wish to know the difference of the many types.
Saimin stands eventually turned into small saimin shops that tended to be not to hard to find with a line of people and a limited counter seating arrangement. There was a noticeable passion for saimin that had slowly vanished with the globalized competition bringing deeper flavored broths, light broth competitors, and noodle variations to the soup wars in hawaii. But, there are still some saimin shops that survived and continue to grow its following of people following them with their additions of miso, curry, and kimchi flavored broths. This change is what would start getting people interested back into local Hawaii cuisine in its changes to adapt to the competition of global cuisine dishes that entered the market.
The exploration of those who hunger for Saimin have turned to the elderly, the internet, and the everyday working man for stories of what was and what still is in the noodle scene. In ʻŌʻahu it seems that the list of variations had grown in the homes and began being experimented with at restaurant establishments to make saimin shops feel a renewed energy of enthusiastic saimin eaters. The steaming delicious bowls of tasty toppings will soon be understood in the collection of articles within this growing list.
Hawaii Saimin Varieties
A bowl of saimin consists of several elements: the broth (dashi), the sauce, the noodles, and the toppings. The broth tends to have a mixture of poultry carcasses, meat bones, fish bones, shells, and/or mushrooms. Many variations started off with shellfish of clams, shrimps, or scallops as a bases for the broth or the looked down upon shellfish free soups. Diners use specific categories as simple terms that broadly describe the basis of a flavor, because many shops will specialize specifically on a particular saimin-style: alaea, konbu, shrimp, beef, and pork.
Alaea Saimin (Hawaiian salt)
Alaea (salt) is the Salty seasoning used with dry shrimp. The beginnings of saimin was built from the dried seafoods eaten as snacks in the plantation fields, but none more than dried chicken, dried shrimps, dried ginger, and sometimes dried mushrooms.
Konbu Saimin
Dried Seaweed Kelp. Using the kelp of the ocean makes for a light shade of green, and seafood is added to make another category of saimin. There are few places that specialize in this style, many shops offer it as just saimin with a secret recipe that offers a blend of seafood mixtures that tend to include dried scallop and fish bones.
Shrimp Saimin
Fermented shrimp paste (mam tom shrimp paste), dried garlic, pork bones, tomato paste, and shrimp shells. The name comes from the primary after taste of the broth that is the savory shrimp.
Beef Saimin
Beef bones from all over the animal. As many other varieties it is based on a key ingredient in which its name is derived from.
Pork Saimin
Pork bones. The ingredient of roasts and the oils that can be saved in the form of kalua, char siu, and sweetened black vinegar gives shops many variations of possibilities with pork saimin.
Pyramid is a cosmic antenna. It flows three times more cosmic energy. Head Pyramids help to reduce the level of stress and tension in the physical body. A pyramid energy puts a mind into a theta-alpha state. This also what causes the lucid dreams, and puts the mind in a creative mood when we are awake.
Pyramids are the perfect Light Tools for home and office. Some of the benefits:
• Meditate with a Pyramid helps you focus, relax and reach deeper states of meditation. • Feng Shui tool for energy flow. • Cleanse & charge crystals, tumblestones, jewellery • Ionize your home, workspace, sanctuary, therapy room. • Neutralize geopathic stress & electromagnetic pollution • Balance chakras and strengthen aura.
Raise your vibration with a head meditation pyramid, a perfect tool for meditation.
As a celebration of springtime renewal, the month of May offers us a chance to renew our commitments to welcoming greater realities through the practice of intention. Often beginning with the words, “May I____”, each intention created for yourself invites higher vibrations into all aspects of your reality to help clear away the old and send out blessings to others around you.
To create your own springtime intention, simply fill in the blank space with an adjective best describing how you wish to feel more often. It might be “May I be loved.” “May I be abundant.” “May I be free.” Or even “May I be inspired and fulfilled.”
Once you’ve established the intention for that which you wish to feel more often, send these intentions out into the Universe as blessings in to the lives of those around you. Whether sending them to each car passing by in traffic, each person you walk by, or sending these blessings to each name in your smartphone address book or your Facebook feed …
…the Universe acknowledges your readiness for higher realities at the rate you bless others.
For instance, if your intention were “May I be loved”, you would send it out to the Universe by blessing others with the words, “May you be loved.” Such blessings can be either verbal, written, or silent — whichever feels the safest or most inspiring to your heart.
During this time of renewal, intention-setting and blessing, may you always remember your place in the cosmos as the missing piece that compels the puzzle of the Universe. May you know how deeply you are loved by the Source of all, no matter how characters seem to be. May you be in touch with love within you and in-tune with the light guiding your path. May you always remember the power of your breath through a willingness to love yourself more, not less. May you be as forgiving as you’re able to be, while always remaining authentic and faithful to where you are in your evolution.
You might be able to improve in the future, but the most important part today is to never get down on yourself for wherever you are right now. Even if you get down on yourself or have greater expectations than you can fulfill, may the one who “never gets it right” or feels “less than”, left out, invisible, unseen and unsupported be the one you fully embrace.
May you always remember your inner truth and embrace your life purpose of living as the unique you the entire Universe dreamt of being without any hesitations or regrets.
Wesak is one of my favorite times of year, I just love the blending of the Buddha and the Christ with Quan Yin being a chickie buffer in-between them, these are 3 of my favorite spiritual energies. When they come together is it very soft and powerful and every cell of the body can feel the holy dispensations. Wesak is the celebration of Buddha’s birth/ enlightenment /& death.
According to ancient beliefs, the Buddha was born, attained enlightenment, and left Earthly incarnation under the Full Moon of Taurus. The Buddha returns at this time each year to bring a new Light to the world. Spiritual leaders from all dimensions and times gather in Wesak Valley, high in the Himalayas.
Wesak is the time in which the Christ gathers the entire Spiritual Hierarchy together in meditation to invoke the healing forces of Shamballa, and The Buddha. The Buddha is the expression of the Wisdom of God, the embodiment of Light and the indicator of Divine purpose. The Christ represents Gods promise and unending Love for humanity. The Wesak is like a holy pitcher pouring out a blessed healing elixir. Humanity is in a place of learning to truly see, to create, to make real by looking through the quantum portal, deep into the proverbial rabbit hole. It is time to change the description of what once defined thought. A call to duty is announced to all that are willing to expand.
Without playing favoritism with any particular side of creation, exchange the cross for the crown. Encircling what you want with clear intention, dotting your “I AM’s” and uncrossing your “t’s”. Any and all limitations are the source of your power. Any darkness you battle can be a source of power if transformed from lead into gold. What stretches you comes from all sources. You have changed forever never to return to who you once were. You sit perched on a new branch of heart and light awaiting a signal of when it is safe to fly, neither sign, nor signal comes, You must rely only upon your own intuition to move forward. As a singularity you sit in a place of great power and sacredness; all that you do or do not do is created by you and you alone.
By seeing the existing blessings in your transformative lives you will create a connection for this wave of blessedness to adhere to. The more thoughts you have of blessing what is in your life right now the more energy is generated, and the easier the new connection will be made. Thoughts of thankfulness and gratitude beckon this wave of blessedness; thoughts of negativity repel it.
The fruits of all past labors of life and love can be now tasted and supped upon. What was once thought to be lost is found within ones very life. Energy spent in helping others was placed into a universal account that has accrued to mighty proportions. Nothing was ever lost or wasted or tossed away in thoughts intentions, actions of goodness and kindness. All actions of inherent good have been counted and accounted for by the universal abacus. All time spent in prayer and kind thoughts for others has been exponentially expanded and multiplied beyond earth’s ability to count. A great amount of heavenly rewards finds itself on the road to the masses. Fractals restructure themselves into different patterns of thought as the light within the unexpected and unexplained is turned up so high that even the 3 blind mice can see. You are leaving the energy of what has so distracted you and moving into a place of sharp focus. Chose to see all or nothing, do not turn a blind 3rd eye to any possibility.
I am the Light of Quan Yin
Quan Yin is such a beautiful expression of the Divine Mother. She is known as the Great goddess and Mother of Compassion and Mercy, and is loved and revered throughout the world no matter religious beliefs . Mercy means there is more assistance given through love than through earned Merit. Kwan Yin is associated with the earth, fertility, birth, and healing. She has brought forth the energies of Magnified Healing.
Quan Yin the Goddess of Compassion is often depicted riding on a dragon. She is the eastern counterpart of Mother Mary, she works to balance the feminine energies. She is one of the Lords of Karma representing the sixth ray. Isis carried the same ‘mother energy’ in Egypt. One of the several stories surrounding Quan Yin is that she was a Buddhist who through great love and sacrifice during her life on earth, earned the right to enter Nirvana after death. While standing before the gates of Paradise she heard a cry of anguish from the earth below. Turning back to earth, she renounced her reward of eternal bliss, and dedicated herself to the hearts of the suffering. Following her ascension Kwan Yin made this pledge, “Never will I seek, nor receive, private individual salvation, never will I enter into final peace alone, but forever and everywhere will I live and strive for the redemption of every creature throughout the world from the bonds of conditioned existence.
Quan Yin means ‘One Who Sees and Hears the Cry from the Human World’. Her Chinese title signifies, “She who always observes or pays attention to sounds. she who hears prayers. Worshipped especially by women, this goddess comforts the troubled, the sick, the lost, the senile and the unfortunate. she is now also regarded as the protector of seafarers, farmers and travelers. Quan Yin is depicted as a barefoot, gracious woman dressed in beautiful, white flowing robes, with a white hood gracefully draped over the top of the head and carrying a small upturned vase of holy dew. She stands tall and slender, a figure of infinite grace, her gently composed features conveying selflessness and compassion that have made her the favorite of all deities.
I am the light of Quan Yin. I come on this day to escort you into mercy and blessings for you are truly a blessing to me. You stretch and dedicate yourself to walk upon the path of enlightenment, which is so often strewn with earthly dangers and physical pains. You are such blessings to me because you try so hard to fly above the earthly pain and suffering into a place you can see with the eyes of your soul. You are blessings to me because you continue to pray against all odds. You are my blessings and I come to help you remember the sacred contract that you have made with your body, with your mind, and with your spirit.
For the trinity of you is so very Holy. You house the very universe in your physical body. In the time of Wesak when the Buddha and the Christ came together they will not separate their dispensations and heavenly gifts but will become as One, merging transfiguring and shifting, together.
The Buddha will hold the vibrations of the Christ and the Christ will hold the vibrations of the Buddha. As you merge with them vibrationally you will become like sea water that has been in a jar too long and seeks the ocean. You are becoming, in the fluidness of your future. Allow yourself to be poured into new light assemblies stretching yourself beyond any prior limitations. This is a time for all of humanity to dispense with the contractions, to dispense with the fear, to dispense with anger. Both the Buddha and the Christ come and ask you to disband all that is toxic or negative, release it, and let it go.
These Wesak dispensations come to you as cleansing bubbles that clear what has been hardened. Delete what keeps you less than. Dissolve with what keeps you from loving each another. Diffuse what keeps another from loving you. Stop using the excuses of your past to keep yourself powerless in the present.
I am Quan Yin and you are my blessings. Fluid Creativity This power-filled summer will allow all of us the opportunity to align with all that was before known creation. This energy unveils itself in the form of pure undiluted universal possibility. The alpha and the omega and every atom in-between invite you to partake of their distinct truths. You are finally able to enter the ‘free flowing’ experience of all possibility. Learning to truly see, to create, to make real by looking through the quantum portal deep into space and time, takes its toll on your imagination, pushing you past any possible thoughts into the land of ‘fluid creativity.’ It is time to change the description of what once was thought to be possible and redefine that word.
Like Dolly Parton said ”honey get off that cross someone needs the wood”, exchange the cross for the crown! Encircle what you want with clear intention, dotting your “I AM’s” and uncrossing your karma. You have finally come to the realization that your thoughts are the ‘source of your power.’ Any and all limitations are the ‘source of your power’. Any darkness you battle within can be the source of power, if transformed from lead into gold. This year issues a decree that you must become the Heroes. One who rises from battle over and over again and continues to move forward thru sheer will to do good. You have changed forever never to return to who you once were. You sit perched on a new branch of heart and light awaiting a signal of when it is safe to fly, neither sign, nor signal comes, you must rely only upon your own instinct to move forward. As this singularity you sit in a place of great power and sacredness; all that you do or do not do is created by you and you alone.
Fluid Creativity – June 2019
This power-filled summer will allow all of us the opportunity to align with all that was before known creation. This energy unveils itself in the form of pure undiluted universal possibility. The alpha and the omega and every atom in-between invite you to partake of their distinct truths. You are finally able to enter the ‘free flowing’ experience of all possibility. Learning to truly see, to create, to make real by looking through the quantum portal deep into space and time, takes its toll on your imagination, pushing you past any possible thoughts into the land of ‘fluid creativity.’ It is time to change the description of what once was thought to be possible and redefine that word. Like Dolly Parton said ”honey get off that cross someone needs the wood”, exchange the cross for the crown! Encircle what you want with clear intention, dotting your “I AM’s” and uncrossing your karma.
You have finally come to the realization that your thoughts are the ‘source of your power.’ Any and all limitations are the ‘source of your power’. Any darkness you battle within can be the source of power, if transformed from lead into gold. This year issues a decree that you must become the Heroes. One who rises from battle over and over again and continues to move forward thru sheer will to do good. You have changed forever never to return to who you once were. You sit perched on a new branch of heart and light awaiting a signal of when it is safe to fly, neither sign, nor signal comes, you must rely only upon your own instinct to move forward. As this singularity you sit in a place of great power and sacredness; all that you do or do not do is created by you and you alone.
Moldavite is a green translucent gemstone that comes from a single meteorite which fell to earth nearly 15 million years ago and landed in the Czech Republic. It is considered the only gemstone of extra-terrestrial origin. Moldavites existence predates known history. The Neolithic peoples of Eastern Europe regarded the glassy crystal as a spiritual talisman more than 25,000 years ago. Moldavite was believed to bring good luck and harmony to marital relationships and for centuries was given as a wedding gift. In the 1960’s the Swiss government gave a gift of Moldavite to Queen Elizabeth II on the tenth anniversary of her coronation. It was a beautiful naturally sculpted raw stone set in platinum and surrounded by diamonds and black pearls. There was also a rosary of faceted Moldavite beads with a carved Madonna made for Pope John Paul II as a gift from the Czechoslovakian people.
Moldavite indeed fell from the heavens and scientists associate it with the meteoric collision which formed the Bohemian plateau and surrounding mountains. While scientists differ in theories regarding Moldavite’s origin, nearly all agree its formation coincides with the crash of a large meteorite approximately 14.8 million years ago. Legend has it moldavite was the green, emerald-like stone found inside the Holy Grail and said to be a talisman for the healing of the planet. Moldavite carries an intense frequency, a fusion of earthly and extraterrestrial energies that are instantly felt. Holding Moldavite for the first time usually produces a sensation of heat, then the heart chakra is activated, and emotional release from laughter to tears may occur. Moldavite’s frequency may take some getting used to, but its profound ability to accelerate one’s personal and spiritual evolution is worth it. A star-born catalyst of healing and wholeness, this is a sacred talisman of awakening opening the doors to our destiny. Moldavite is a catalyst for quickened inner evolution towards one’s highest good. The changes it brings can be intense and rapid. The healing can occur in the physical body, the chakra systems, one’s dream life and other aspects of the spiritual dimensions.
Moldavite is a valuable stone for star children and sensitive souls who find it difficult being on earth. Wearing Moldavite opens the heart and helps return that beautiful pink glow to your aura that is associated with unconditional love. Placed on the heart, Moldavite uncovers the reasons and purpose for why one is here, and eases the “homesickness” for the stars. Wearing, or simply holding, a piece of Moldavite can produce many interesting and instantaneous reactions. Its vibration are so high, too much exposure can be overwhelming. The fluttering most people feel in their chest while holding moldavite happens because moldavite opens the heart & thymus (spiritual heart) chakras. When kept close to the body, moldavite will remove energy blockages in all chakras. If you have had trouble opening your heart chakra and releasing bottled-up emotions, moldavite is the stone for you!
There are many benefits of this stone, and exposure to it including, activating the dream state when worn while sleeping, helping one to acclimate to the Earth plane. It aids in expansion of consciousness and rapid transformation, releasing of those things that do not serve one’s highest path. Moldavite is considered the only known gemstone of “extraterrestrial” origin. Moldavite is one of the most beneficial gemstones for accelerating psychic awakening and spiritual growth. While wearing or holding moldavite, solutions to problems will become clear. It’s not uncommon to have an epiphany or two while working with moldavite!
If you struggle with finding your purpose in this life, I recommend carrying or wearing a moldavite as it helps you to “remember” why you are here. Moldavite will often bring repressed emotions bubbling to the surface This helps to facilitate emotional healing and spiritual growth. Moldavite is a talisman, a cosmic sigil, sent to Earth. It has its own cosmic Over-soul. Moldavite has an ability to connect with the Ascended Masters and Angels of Light. It has the ability to ground Light for the healing of the Earth. Moldavite creates an energy of spiritual protection, preventing negative energies and entities from connecting or clinging to one’s energy field.
Taurus New Moon May 4 @ 3:45 pm PDT/ 6:45 pm EDT/10:45 pm GMT at the 15th degree of TAURUS brings imbalance to the longed for stability that Taurus energy craves. Why? Because Uranus, the planet of shocking revolutions, freedom, chaos and change is in a wide 11 degrees away conjunction to the SUN and Moon acting as a cosmic cattle prod.
New Moon in Taurus and NEPTUNE @ 18 PISCES sextiles SUN and MOON adding confusion and feelings of who know WTF is up. The Neptunian influence supports tuning into your psychic, intuitive, spiritual, creative energies and setting romantic and idealistic new concrete intentions and dreams.
plus the 15th degree of all signs are the most intense, as they are a peak energy wave.
This New Moon is imbalanced because almost all the planets are on the right or eastern side of the Hemisphere.All planets are between Aries to…
For the second time this week, the Page of Pentacles shows up to make us aware of a possible financial opportunity. You are still under the influence of yesterday’s New Moon in Taurus, a brilliantly positive New Moon, for the Moon is exalted in Taurus, and Jupiter is in the vicinity to bestow its favors upon you.
Take this time to peruse the want ads if you are in search of a new job. Tweak your resume. Take care of matters which will bolster your bottom line in some way. It is not too late to put forth your intentions for the New Moon. It may take a couple of cycles of the Moon, but you are working on manifesting what you need.
See you here tomorrow!
Source: Whispering Spirits Tarot by Joanna Nelson Studio
Aloha kākahiāka a me Hau’ōli Aloha Pō’aōno a pau. Kā hopena pule, ʻūa ʻaneʻi pela ke hoike nei i kekāhi leʻalēʻa ī loko ʻo kā lā me kā ‘ōhana a me nā hōa aloha. ʻŌ kā maluhia nō me ʻoe.
Good morning and happy aloha Saturday, everyone. The weekend is here so lets have some fun in the sun with family and friends. Peace be with you.
Since psyche and matter are contained in one and the same world, and moreover are in continuous contact with one another and ultimately rest on irrepresentable, transcendental factors, it is not only possible but fairly probable, even, that psyche and matter are two different aspects of one and the same thing.
The synchronicity phenomena point in this direction, for they show that the nonpsychic can behave like the psychic, and vice versa, without there being any causal connection between them.
Our present knowledge does not allow us to do much more than compare the relation of the psychic to the material world with two cones, whose apices, meeting in a point without extension—a real zero-point—touch and do not touch.
Psyche cannot be totally different from matter, for how otherwise could it move matter? And matter cannot be alien of psyche, for how else could matter produce psyche?
In archetypal conceptions and instinctual perceptions, spirit and matter confront one another on the psychic plane.
Matter and spirit both appear in the psychic realm as distinctive qualities of conscious contents.
The ultimate nature of both is transcendental, that is, irrepresentable, since the psyche and its contents are the only reality which is given to us without a medium.
There are times in life when we must be willing to move forward from that which we have known and enter uncharted territory. This is a process we are all going through at the moment leading us to new discoveries as we leave behind old ways of life. Some may consider this to be abandonment but it is merely that some portion of life has outlived its usefulness no matter how make good it may have been at one time.
The 8 of Cups is an indicator of moving on, leaving behind past disappointments, and going in search of a new form of fulfillment. It is a quest which will lead you far into the reaches of the unknown.
Pāli Word a Day for May 03, 2019 — tapati — to shine, to be bright
Na tāvatā dhammadharo yāvatā bahu bhāsati. Yo ca appampi sutvāna, dhammaṃ kāyena passati sa ve dhammadharo hoti, yo dhammaṃ nappamajjati.
One is not versed in Dhamma because one speaks much. One who, after hearing a little Dhamma, realizes its truth directly and is not heedless of it, is truly versed in the Dhamma.
Dhammapada 19.259 The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita
Hau’ōli Aloha Pō’alīma a pau. Kā hopena pūle, ʻūa ʻaneʻi pela ke hoike nei ī kekāhi lēʻalēʻa ī lōkō ʻo kā lā me kā ‘ōhana a me nā hōa aloha. Loāʻa he nūi lā. ʻŌ kā maluhia nō me ‘oe.
Happy aloha Friday, everyone. The weekend is here so let’s have some fun in the sun with family and friends. Have a great day. Peace be with you.
May 4 2019 is a new Moon in Earth sign Taurus. The Moon is exalted in Taurus, the best sign for the Moon. Taurus is ruled by Venus, the planet named for the goddess of love, art and beauty. This lunar month is time to enjoy the beauty and creativity of springtime.
Uranus, the planet of revolution and change, entered Taurus in May 2018 for seven years until July 2015. This springtime starts a new cycle of powerful energy with potential for great transformation. On a global scale, Uranus in Earth sign Taurus indicates climate change crisis, and radical shifts about material resources such as world finances and health.
This new Moon begins Earth Snake month that’s ideal for focusing on earthly matters. There can be a symbolic shedding of the skin with spring cleaning, and a new focus on health…
Two regions of our brain are central for storing memories: the hippocampus and the neocortex. While the hippocampus is primarily responsible for learning new information and its short-term storage, the neocortex is able to store large amounts of information for a long time. Lea Himmer, Dr. Monika Schönauer and Professor Steffen Gais of the Institute of Medical Psychology at the University of Tübingen and their team investigated how these brain areas interact during the consolidation of new memories and which role sleep plays in that process. The team of researchers used functional neuroimaging to show that repeated rehearsal can lead to the establishment of memory traces in the neocortex within a short timeframe. However, these traces are only sufficiently stable if a sleep phase follows learning – otherwise the brain continuously needs to call on the hippocampus to help with long-term storage of new memories. The new study is published in Science Advances.
In this new study, the researchers had their participants study a list of words, which was repeated seven times. While they conducted this task, their brain activity was recorded by an MRI scanner. Twelve hours later, the participants repeated the task with the learned words and a new word list. Half of the subjects had slept in the meantime, while the other half had remained awake. Repeated practice led to increased involvement of the posterior parietal cortex, a region of the neocortex, within an hour. At the same time, the hippocampus became less and less engaged in the process. […]
May is a magical month around the world, filled with superstitions and omens and tales. I grew up being told some of these and may first was always the perfect time to go barefoot. Some families refuse to go barefoot until May 1st. The tales and superstitions of the Irish and Scottish followed them over into these hills and many of them have remained. The first of May was all about security: securing your home, your luck, your fortune, and your future! […]
Hālau 'Aha Hui Lānākila 