Posts Tagged ‘Technology’

Natural Family Planning With Technology

Natural Fertility Management is a safe, hormone-free and reliable approach to women’s health for planning and preventing pregnancy. The oldest practice on record (over 1,000 years old) for family planning, Natural Fertility Management emphasizes observing and cooperating with one’s natural rhythms and fertility cycles, thus, facilitating deeper awareness, personal well-being and harmony. Based upon the insight gleaned from observation of shifts in core temperature, a woman can then make her choice accordingly.

The term Fertility Awareness refers to a set of practices used to determine the fertile and infertile phases of a woman’s menstrual cycle. Fertility awareness methods may be used to avoid pregnancy, to achieve pregnancy, or as a way to monitor gynecological health. The most reliable method for Fertility Awareness for contraceptive purposes is based upon Basal Body Temperature readings, analysis and interpretation, for which we recommend the Lady-Comp which is a 21st Century tool for a time-tested practice. Read more…

The Great Technology of Motorized Wheelchairs

Motorized wheelchairs were probably the greatest invention of the 20th century as far as people who are wheel chair bound are concerned. The technology opened up new possibilities for them when they no longer had to rely on someone else to wheel them around. Even those with the abilities to power a non-motorized chair on their own often found themselves in situations that were unmanageable if they tried to overcome them unassisted. With the advent of electric wheelchairs, many handicapped people gained the freedom to go where they wanted to go independently, and it’s hard to measure how much independence has improved their lives.

For people who don’t have to use wheelchairs, it’s hard to imagine what it would be like to be dependent on a chair for mobility. Break a leg and end up sitting in a chair for a period of months, and you’ll quickly get a feel for how much increased independence means, especially to those who are physically-unable to move without the aid of a chair. Historically, wheel chairs were utilitarian and downright uncomfortable to have to sit in all day every day. Modern motorized wheelchairs, however, have been designed with the comfort of the user in mind. With lots of padding in the seats and ergonomically-correct posturing and positioning, those confined to wheelchairs don’t need to be uncomfortable any longer. Read more…

Aikido and Technology – Why Aikido is Good For Children and Adults

It is no secret that the human body grows weaker as it is used less and when life becomes easier. While this is not necessarily a reason to make your life more difficult, it is a reason to take a good, hard look at ones everyday interactions, as well as gain some perspective on the evolution of technology and how we may be going backwards by trying to move forward.

The technological advances we have all around us have made life, in many ways, much easier than it may have been 10 years ago, but have we become better as a result? Its a worthy question and one worth delving into, especially when it comes to our children and their future.

Elevators, escalators, cars, video games, computers; all of these things have rendered once firm and strong muscles weak and flaccid from lack of use. Our minds have become weaker as we utilize calculators, computers, and video games to do much of the thinking for us. Children, especially, are becoming less creative and have far less patience and focus as a result of all the technological stimulation that is such a prevalent part of their lives.

The paradox of technology and innovation is that, instead of creatively or constructively utilizing all of the time thats been freed up by our gadgets, we tend to use the time to sit back, relax, and demand to be entertained by yet more electronic stimulation. Read more…