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Biorhythms
Biorhythms are natural fluctuations in the
body. They govern many cycles, and demonstrate the mysteries of the human body.
Through an understanding of biorhythms, you can predict the ease or difficulty
of a given task, based on your place in the cycle. Learn how to graph your
biorhythms, and you can predict your mental, emotional, and physical abilities
for any given day, allowing you to save difficult projects for Òpeak daysÓ.
The three rhythms that are most commonly
used show variations in physical, emotional, and intellectual cycles. There may
be other cycles, too, that add to our understanding. By learning how to graph
biorhythms, you can ensure peak performance for all your tasks.
The Physical biorhythm is a 23-day cycle
that measures your energy levels and overall physical health and endurance.
During the positive phase, you feel powerful, with increased hand-eye
coordination and resistance to disease. During the negative phase, the downward
part of the cycle, you will have less energy. Illness may occur. If you need
physical strength and endurance for work or sports, track your physical
biorhythm.
The emotional biorhythm affects our nervous
system. It also affects emotions Ð love and hate, joy and sadness. At the peak
of this 28-day cycle, you will feel loving, friendly, and creative. On the low
side, you may be irritable and negative, withdrawing from company.
The 33-day intellectual cycle influences
your brain. It is responsible for mental alertness, memory, reasoning skills,
and computations. At the peak, you will be brilliant Ð intelligent, able to
understand new ideas and approaches. At the low phase, you may have profound
difficulty grasping even seemingly simple concepts.
Other cycles also exist, with similar peaks
and valleys. Compassion is on a 38-day cycle, while aesthetic awareness follows
a 43-day cycle. There are even cycles for self-awareness (48 days) and
spirituality (53 days).
These cycles start on the date of our
birth, where we are at a mid-point. Many people swear that monitoring their
biorhythms helps them lead a better life. Each cycle must pass through three
Òcritical daysÓ, where the cycle is passing from positive to negative (or vice
versa). There is now statistical proof that you are more likely to experience an
accident on these three days than at any other point in the cycle.
Historically, the ancient Greeks recorded
early biorhythms Ð respiration, kidney activity, even the female menstrual
cycle. They knew that these biorhythms affect us all. The Greek physician
Hippocrates noted that people fluctuated between good and bad days, regardless
of their health. Despite this ancient knowledge, the study of biorhythms went
largely ignored by Western medicine until recently.
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