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5 Simple Tricks to Improve your Overall Health

Hello Fellow Zen Masters,

If you are reading this, you have already proven to yourself that you are ready to optimize your health. As a former chemistry student, I take great interest in nutrition; mainly, what I put inside my body. I take note of the chemicals and dosage in each thing I consume and how it affects my homeostasis. 

As organic beings with a consciousness, we are in a constant state of flux. This continuous motion we call metabolism allows us to flow at certain frequencies and attract certain circumstances into our lives.  A simple, yet minor change may align our nervous system and drastically improve our heart rate. Here are some of my tips that seem almost too simple to actually instill change towards a healthier body:

1. Water - Minimum: 3L/day 
2. Minerals - Coral Calcium/ Xylitol
3. Sleep - Dream Recall is linked to Memory/ Magnesium
4. Screen time - Eliminate Social Media 
5. Writing - Manifestation journal

Before I begin, I would like to mention two minor things. One, I don't want to endorse any specific products so, I won't be naming any brands unless I'm asked. Second, I won't be getting into deep background detail about each of the tips. I will just be focusing on the simplicity of the tips. Again, thank you for your time in reading my post. 

One: Water

Flint, Michigan (a city in the USA) has not had clean water since April 25, 2014. 

Water is extremely vital, but I won't dive too deep into that but I will point out that simply switching to a higher quality of water leads to a drastic improvement of health. (I will eventually discuss the reasons why water is so important) 

For now, I just want to tell my personal experience with changing my water quality. At the end of 2023, I invested in a fancy gravity water filter for myself. (A gravity filter simply means that it uses the force of gravity to allow water to pass through a carbon filter to collect impurities) The special thing about mine is that it also has a ceramic pre-filter and alkalizing mineral quartz crystals. I am not trying to promote any products, but my entire body is so much healthier ever since I started drinking from this water filter. 

Water is the universal solvent, therefore it can dissolve just about anything we eat. Water also protonates (hydrates) each of our cells. There is about 42 Liters of water in our body and makes up about 60% of our body weight. Most of the water resides within the intracellular domain of each cell, aka inside each cell.

When drinking water, we are hydrating every single cell inside our body. As the water enters our bloodstream, it ionizes(activates) the electrolytes(sodium) in our cells. Once each cell establishes equilibrium, the average pH of each cell then determines the overall pH of our body. There are about 5L of blood in the average person, so we must drink at least half of that (2.5L) a day to balance our body. I strive for 3L of water a day.

As our self-awareness grows, we may begin to notice the sensitivity of our body's pH equilibria. I have been on a journey in finding the right balance for my own body because everyone is different every day. Simply put, life is all about finding balance.

Two: Minerals

Coral Calcium 

Sugar/Xylitol

Here is a video of me replacing normal white sugar with Xylitol, a sugar substitute. It tastes and feels the same as sugar, so it tricks the brain just enough to make it tolerable. Sadly, we aren't able to replace all the sugar we consume, but this is a great start in a healthier direction. 

White sugar is so toxic to our bodies, yet we are all addicted because of our genetic makeup. Previous generations of humans needed to exert much more physical energy than we currently do, so our body naively thinks we need to consume as much sugar as possible. Controlling our sugar intake is a great starting point in brain discipline and replacing white sugar with Xylitol is an excellent way to go the extra mile for our health. I don't have any fancy statistics or facts about sugar, but I do know that it breaks down to glucose-6-phosphate to produce 2 ATP molecules. (ATP is the body's unit of energy) The ATP gives sugar the energy to create ribose-5-phosphate which is a key link in making the nucleotides used in DNA production. Although not directly linked, our sugar intake is crucial for cellular repair at the DNA level.

Three: Sleep

Magnesium

Four: Screen-Time

Five: Writing

Health Sources

 https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/s/SXgsoThzjR

 Kevin Trudeau's Top-Secret High Blood Pressure Cure

Hello Everyone,

As I'm sure you've heard me say before, I read a book that someone was about to give away. The author's name is Kevin Trudeau. Kevin is the author of Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know. I truly don't understand why anyone would ever throw this book away. It contains vital knowledge that cannot be bought. It led me on a journey of discovery into the greatest rabbit hole I've ever come to know.

I truly respect this man as a human and as a pioneer of thought. In many ways, I am just like Kevin. Unfortunately, the world has been cruel for people of our kind. We honor truth and integrity and have been excommunicated from society for speaking out against the injustice of our nation. Along with Federal regulations, mandated bureaucracy, and greedy lobbyist; the world has fallen victim to a facade literally forced down our throat with every food we eat. 

Every bite we take is carefully calculated and measured up to the gram. It is then it is preserved and shipped-off to our convenient location to be consumed before the up-to-date expiration date. The supposed calorie intake ends up leaving up with less energy, and we are all just too fatigued to do anything about it. Similar to a trauma response to a draining relationship.

check out his website: naturalcures.com

I utilize it as a resource for natural remedies and led me to discovering the importance of water. Such an amazing inspiration.

{Kevin, if you ever see this, I have a lot of questions to ask, also you're awesome!}

Here is his High Blood Pressure Cure: 

 

-Daniela Cella

Apricot Seeds & Hunza Bread

On average, the Hunza people of Northern Pakistan are said to live over 100 years old and many over 120 years old. They are also said to have children later in life, and some women may even conceive around 60-90 years old. What is their key to longevity? It is the apricot seeds that they consume. 
The Hunza people have an isolated lifestyle with an interesting diet. They live in the mountains of Northern Pakistan and drink from a river that flows directly from the top of the mountain; utilizing this water in their recipes and their crops. They are also cut away from highly populated areas, such as stores, and are mostly self-sustainable. 
Hunza people mostly just eat grains, milk, raw fruits and vegetables cultivated in their backyard, and absolutely no processed foods. It is absolutely incredible. They have a season of fasting, drinking only apricot juice for several months at a time. This is the key to their longevity. The vitamin Amygdalon (b-17) found in apricot seeds is very powerful when it comes to reducing cancer. It is said that cancer cannot survive in the body of a person that consumes apricot seeds. They also place apricot seeds in a bread they make called Hunza bread. It isn’t sold anywhere, although many have tried. The key to this bread is that it is a fiber-potent appetite suppressant of biblical proportions. It is said that this bread will keep a man full for a week. Perhaps  it might be the same bread from Lord of the Rings. Who knows?! One of the key ingredients of the bread is honey. The preparation and the flour certainly play a role as well. Although everyone around me says it taste bad, I love it. I have only been eating it for a few days now, but it has helped me curb my appetite immensely. 
As any curious reader would ask by now, why is this not known? Welll…… let me tell you a little something about the way life works. There are deep pockets preventing this information from surfacing and are actively making claims about cyanide poisoning. It is utterly ridiculous.

This is the Hunza Bread my sister and I made last week.

 

Recipe:

• 4 cups of water
• 3.5 (three & one half) to 4 pounds of natural buckwheat or millet flour
• 1.5 (one & one half) cups of olive oil
• 1.5 (one & one half) cups of natural unrefined sugar
• 16 ounces of honey
• 16 ounces of molasses
• 4 ounces of powdered soya milk (half cup)
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons baking powder (non aluminium)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351109096_Evaluation_of_Protein_and_Antioxidant_Content_in_Apricot_Kernels_as_a_Sustainable_Additional_Source_of_Nutrition?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6Il9kaXJlY3QiLCJwYWdlIjoiX2RpcmVjdCJ9fQ

Oregano Oil: How it Increases Oxygen Levels in the Brain

Hello readers, 

    Today, I would like to address something that has been brought to my attention just recently. In recent times, I have been enjoying producing a few beats of my own as a hobby. Only recently I have gained the courage to rap over my beats. Once I started, I noticed that my breathing wasn't allowing me to fully portray my intended intonations, thus not expressing myself fully in my own songs. In shorter terms, I was out of breathe by the fourth bar. I was discouraged; I said, maybe if I stand up I could breathe better because I would be extending my spine. But no, sadly I was not getting away with a quick fix this time.

    By this time, I was worried that I would never be able to reach the levels of possibly performing a song if I ever were to go in that direction. I practiced the saxophone in high school, and even had chorus and sung in the church choir (not very well, though lol)- point is, I have the theoretical training for it but I thought maybe it's because I have smoked so much throughout my life. I wondered how Kanye West, Drake, and especially Beyonce can sing on stage for hours without losing their breath- I know they smoke. I even started googling Nicki Minaj breathe work techniques. At least I was persistent. Overall, I realized that no matter how many times I chanted, meditated, and did breathe techniques, there was something in the air that was not allowing me to fully absorb oxygen as I need.

    In the long run, I have been aware that brain oxygen levels are critical to our human development. I also know that the air today is not exactly outstanding unless you live in Washington State or in the woods somewhere with an abundance of trees in your backyard. It's almost like today's world is designed to go against a human's best nature. I'm not saying we all need 10 acres of forests just to live better, but when we visit a hospital, the first thing they check is our blood oxygen levels. There is a clear correlation that our health is interlinked with the amount of oxygen we are getting to the brain. 

    "Okay, So? What's the point?" 

    The point is that a healthy human needs to consider or, if you're like me, think about ways to improve the amount of oxygen in each breath. Aside from breathing techniques and meditations, what is a concrete way that I could seriously and drastically improve my breathing today? The answer is oregano oil. There is nothing fancy about it. A simple herb that we put over our eggs in the mornings. I will continue this explanation but it really is that simple. 

LET'S GET TO IT

Latin name: Origanum vulgare L. 
Main Compounds (50%):

Phenolic compounds: (primarily carvacrol and thymol) 

Terpenes: sesquiterpene, terpinene, terpineol alcohol, flavonoids, and other compounds

Benefits:  Mostly Respiratory but also includes antioxidant 
    Rosemary acid ester, which can be obtained from oregano oils, has strong antioxidant effects (Mechergui et al., 2010)

    Oregano oil will reduce the inflammation caused by the histamines presented in the air we breathe. Thus, improving our lung capacity and oxygen flow regardless of environmental toxins. This is groundbreaking news to me! I am utterly excited to get started on making my own oregano oil and healing myself while sharing this journey with my people. 

Below are my sources aside from the book Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know by Kevin Trudeau. Thanks for reading! 

   Source: (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5260481/)

   

How-to Distill Essential Oil (Simple Infographic)

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Alpha-Pinene (Pine Needles)

There are over 30,000 terpenes, so why is Alpha-Pinene so special? 

Have you ever been to an evergreen forest and let your five senses take over? The overwhelming scent of pine needles filling your lungs is refreshingly remarkable.  Did you know that alpha-pinene is a bronchodilator? Thus, widening the airways and relaxing the bronchi muscles. There was a study conducted in the forests of Japan with several asthma patients thus proving the beneficial effects of alpha-pinene. Citrus fruits, basil, dill, parsley, pine needles, cannabis are prime sources of alpha-pinene. 

The essential oil manufacturing process is as simple as obtaining fresh plant material and heating it to the boiling point. The boiling point of alpha-pinene is 313.2˚F (or 156˚C). This is when the alpha-pinene vapors pass through the condenser of the distiller and becomes essential oil. The terpenes (alpha-pinene and beta-pinene isomers) and the water-based by-product (hydrosol) comes out of the distillation column and separates into two distinct layers because oil and water do not mix. Overall, these properties add up to make alpha-pinene the most powerful anti-inflammatory source for the lungs. 

As consumers of cannabis, we encounter fresh plant material on a daily basis. I simply transferred my knowledge to pine tree needles, and distilled the oil to counteract the effects of prolonged smoking. Pine needles are a deterrent to inflammation. Inflammation is the main cause disease, and the anti-inflammatory properties of the pine tree can truly revitalize human health. Inflammation is just another way to say in flames, and that is what we do when we smoke anything. Our throats become inflamed, and the effects become much more apparent in long-term heavy smokers. So, I decided to take action for myself and start to reverse the damage done to my lungs and throat, one pine needle at a time.

Living in the Pacific Northwest, there are many rainy days. I stare out the window and I see huge trees and nonstop rain. At night, the rain persists and I hear the wolves howling in the back. In the mornings, I walk outside and smell the pine fill the air. When I collect pine needles and bring them back to my lab, the entire house smells like it. The powerful thing about oil is that it's made for healing and repairing. I guess that is the stage I am at in my life. 

Zen Garden Welcome Video: The Process of Forming a Nonprofit Organization

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HELLO ALL! 😎 

Welcome to my botanical laboratory 🔬 

We take from the apothecary of nature to learn to better ourselves as humans. We have come so far collectively, but we are losing our personal connection to nature. Here's how to plug into nature: 

1. Plant The Seeds: Zen Garden's very first principle is to plant seeds everywhere we go. 

A new, digital way of planting seeds and connecting to nature together: we can hold each other accountable by sending gardening tips to the Facebook Group. 

2. water the trees 

3. rake the leaves

You cannot get to steps 2 & 3 without planting seeds ✅ 

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Daniela out ✌️😎

Costa Rica Travel Vlog (2016)

Progress Update

New changes are coming:

1. WEBSITE IS UP-TO-DATE!! YAY! It's been a long time coming, and I can finally say that I have completed my first website! :)

2. TWITTER-  Twitter accounts are as follows: personal, and cats account.   I am going to switch my personal more towards travel to promote my upcoming vlogs and documentaries. 

3. YOUTUBE- This is an exciting time for Zen Garden's YouTube Channel. My goal is to deliver fresh videos at least once a month to gain 100 subscribers by the end of 2022. 

4. NEW WEBSITE FEATURES COMING SOOONNNNN- Music, pictures, videos and thrilling new posts about upcoming adventures. 

5. Also- would anyone care to have a once-a-month Zen Garden newsletter? 

That is all, folks. :)

ORGANIC DISTILLATION: Out with the old, in with the new!

OLD VS NEW 

THE OLD

The old method of distillation involves a lot of tedious prep and lots of waiting, sometimes with no yeild. 

THE NEW 

how can we improve on the design? There are new devices for organic distillation that make prep work seamless, and yes WITH HIGH YIELD!!

The new method of organic distillation produces a much higher yeild from the exact amount of substance.

(Image: the top layer, or meniscus, is the actual essential oil) 

Aloe Vera: my journey

Aloe Vera is one of the greatest plants I've ever known 

To begin the potting process; 

First, I put orange peels + a cup-full of old tea bags, then I put the plants 

CLOSE-UP: How are these plants so fabulously healthy?

The Laboratory: 

I had looked all over the city for Aloe plants and almost gave up. On my last quest, I finally found and rescued these aloe plants from the treacherous lighting of a department store and restored them to ultimate health. 

voilà

The Neurologists Have Spoken: Here's What is Being Discussed About Attention, Focus, and Discipline

the neurotransmitters that activate during attention and focus: key to discipline 

Everyone struggles getting out of bed in the morning. (if you don't, please share you secrets)

Do you find yourself having a difficult time maintaining a good habit for longer than three days? It could all boil down to discipline. Neurologists have distinguished the area in the prefrontal cortex (of the brain) that is responsible for attention, are you ready? 

The Anterior Cingulate Cortex 

This area in the brain is responsible for signaling the two neural networks: 
The Dorsal Attention Network 
and the Ventral Attention Network 

The Dorsal Attention Network 

-key info: intentional attention 

the conscious attention that we choose to focus on in our life

The Ventral Attention Network 

-key info: reflexive attention

this is where the distractions and survival instincts 

Something to remember: 

these neural networks in the brain are like muscles. 

If you choose to strengthen the neurons in these networks, then attention and discipline will come naturally to you. However, it is up to you where to direct your focus. 

The Salience Network & Neurotransmitters

salience

[ˈsālēəns]

NOUN

1. the quality of being particularly noticeable or important; prominence.

   "the political salience of religion has a considerable impact"

The choices you have made your entire life have strengthened and destroyed chemical bonds within your brain's salience network: it is up to you to strengthen good habits and destroy bad habits by making better choices each day. 

Once you make a choice, it becomes encoded in your DNA, even your children will feel the repercussions of each choice. These choices lead to habits and formative behaviors. 

A quote that helps me build upon my good habits: 

"An object in motion stays in motion until acted upon by an external force" 

- Isaac Newton 

 

The Salience Network of neurons decides what we need to focus our attention on at any given moment, and decides whether the Dorsal Attention Network or Ventral Attention Network needs to kick into gear. 

So How do my Choices Affect Attention?

A great example on Page 10 of Codex of Destiny Power describes a lion attack. Our evolutionary choices have cued us that lions are dangerous for humans, therefore the Salience Network will direct our attention to this danger. The Salience Network cues the Ventral Attention Network and activate our parasympathetic nervous system (fight or flight). Thus, triggering the following neurotransmitters to respond: adrenaline, dopamine. cortisol, and norepinephrine. (I'll explain these soon)  

All of these neural networks are together and can be strengthened by the myelin sheath (a topic for later discussion) 

This happens because of previous choices in your life. Are you a fighter or will you take flight to higher ground? 

herbal medicine cures: planting seeds

The elders have spoken. It is the time to get our hands in the dirt. Gardening at home allows personal independence from grocery stores. Lower your grocery bill by 20%.

If gardening at home is not an option, create your own zen garden. Take action in your local area and create a shared space. This allows connection and mutual responsibility for the Earth. 

the revolution starts when you plant your seed ☘️Den Paradera

Terpene Truths: A Fact Sheet #TerpeneTuesday

There are only over 30,000 (discovered) terpenes, but the natural world holds much, much more...

(ignore the man talking, and focus on the eight highlighted words that indicate the different classifications of organic molecules)

The following are the classic examples that are known in the world today (in molecular form) 

What Is A Terpene?

  Terpenes are the basic chemical signals that give life to plants and other organic life. The truth is, without these chemical signals, bees would never know to collect the pollen from the leaves. These simple chemical signals stimulate receptors within our brain, thus creating an effect on the central nervous system. Certain terpenes can stimulate focus and alertness, while others promote relaxation and enhance dreams. On this website, I will gather the knowledge that I collect so that you may utilize these terpenes to enhance your optimum health.

Click here for more information on the chemistry of terpenes

Cell Regeneration

Health

Happiness, Health, Wealth, and Wisdom.

How to find your optimum health, your own way: be sustainable. 

Sustainability is a key factor in health. 

The very basic function of each of our cells is to heal.

The self-healing body. Each cell within your body fully regenerates every ten years. Certain organs take on average 5-7 years to regenerate, while the heart takes 8 years to fully regenerate its cells. The amount of time to heal each organ is due to chemical reactions within the body, some of which may take forever, while others may be as quick as 60 seconds. 

The numbers. Fun fact: your hypothalamus refreshes its chemical reserves every 10 milliseconds and the eyes refresh every 10 seconds. The more water we drink, the easier the communication between the chemical receptors. As a matter of fact, each breathe truly hangs on to life and death. Inhaling goes straight to the brain (about 1/3rd of it Oxygen), and the exhalation of each breathe releases double the amount of Oxygen atoms than we inhale! 

Think of our eyes as the hydrogen atoms to the oxygen in the air- in other words, we are constantly interacting with our environment (le Chatelier's Principle). Our eyes are literally taking up each bit of Oxygen atoms in the air, mostly due to the lack of actual Oxygen atoms in our air. So, here is the solution: We must inhale more Oxygen! How? Through our food consumption, through our vapes, through our drinks. The secret ingredients are terpenes (learn more about them on my next page). Overall, the body provides its own chemical resources to heal itself. However, with the collective knowledge of the world today, we now can utilize the natural world(aka terpenes) as a catalyst to speed up the healing process within our body and overall reduce the main cause of all disease: inflammation. 

Alright everyone. let's get real. 

Time to focus. (Alignment)

The main cause of disease is the lack of alignment within the body; 

Here is a list of things we can all do to better ourselves (chakra edition) :

{I know I said chakras but I am going to base it on the 10 senses but describe the chakras}

#1 - Running (grounding) (equilibrioception)

#2 - Earthing aka walking barefoot (Proprioception)

-any ground is fine but sunny grass is optimal 

#3 - cold showers (thermoception)

#4 - alkaline water and/or metals 

-get your hands on essential earth metals and alkaline metals whether it's though supplements or naturally 

#5 - natural self-conditioning and deconditioning (nocicepption)

#6 - reconstruct the circadian rhythm and natural biorhythmic flow (chronoception)

#7 - activated charcoal for the teeth 

#8 - green tea instead of coffee

#9 - (To be cont'd)

#10 - 

After care- 

Notice that each sense is based on perception. Perception is the interpretation of senses. (Sensation is the physical stimuli induced by an experience.) We can all heighten the perception of each sense given the right stimulation. The best example in practical use is aromatherapy.