http://mindandbody.today.com Health, entertainment, and philosophy today. Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:30:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It’s been a long time because I’ve had a hard time finding the motivation to post…or maybe finding motivation to think of topics to post. However, that’s pretty appropriate, given today’s topic, which is fitness and motivation. To start off, a little bit of understanding is necessary. I’ve ... http://mindandbody.today.com/2008/07/10/good-brain-good-body/ So, I figure we’ve had enough of idle speculation with regards to the role of color psychology in depression, and I’m going to do a post about a movie I just watched last night. It was called Casshern, apparently it was released in 2004, but was based on a 1970’s anime ... http://mindandbody.today.com/2008/06/21/casshern-movie/ Continued from yesterday’s post. --- SAD is ordinarily treated by light therapy, or exposure to artificial sunlight. At a certain distance, this emits 10,000 lux into the eyes of the patient. Patients are instructed to sit near the light for a certain amount of time per day. This treatment has only recently ... http://mindandbody.today.com/2008/06/20/color-and-sad-part-3/ Cont. directly from Part 1 --- SAD is believed to be caused by a lack of sunlight, firstly because it is possible that a lack of sunlight in the winter causes the body’s circadian rhythm to be broken or disturbed. The circadian rhythm is responsible for letting the body know when it ... http://mindandbody.today.com/2008/06/19/color-and-sad-part-2/ PLEASE NOTE:  This is a multi-part entry about Seasonal Affective Disorder. The first part will discuss what this disorder is, and the second, third, etc parts will discuss causes of SAD, how it is currently treated, my opinions on how color and color psychology relate to the disorder, and how ... http://mindandbody.today.com/2008/06/18/color-and-sad-part-1/ Hello, world. The real introduction will be in my first actual post, but welcome to this blog, and let me point you in the right direction for the time being. I'd recommend reading the About section to start. Additionally, if you are at all interested in creative writing, then please look at ... http://mindandbody.today.com/2008/06/17/hello-world/ The hardest part of starting a blog is definitely the introduction. So let me start out by saying hello. I am Oneiro, which is the Greek word for ‘dream.’ I chose this as my internet alias for a few reasons; the first is because I learned of the word through ... http://mindandbody.today.com/2008/06/17/introductions-and-a-mythology-lesson/