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Our minds, bodies and emotions are governed
by three natural cycles, known as biorhythms.
Once we realise how we are affected, we can plan
our lives accordingly, so that we take advantage
of our peaks of energy and exercise special
caution on "critical" days. Biorhythms is now
highly acclaimed worldwide,.
As long as 3000 years ago, the scientists of
ancient Greece were recording the regular
rhythms of basic bodily functions such as
respiration, kidney activity, pulse rate and, of
course, the female menstrual cycle. Most of us
barely give them a thought; yet these rhythmic
cycles affect even the tiniest cells of our
organism from the day we are born to the day we
die.
Hippocrates, the celebrated Greek physician,
noticed that good and bad days fluctuated
cyclically in both sick and healthy people. It
was only relatively recently, however, that the
theory of three internal cycles with a definite
effect on behaviour patterns gained credibility
in our society, and its practical use was
appreciated by many people in all walks of
life.
These three cycles the physical, the
emotional, and the intellectual &endash; are
collectively known as biorhythms. Although it is
difficult to prove in laboratory tests, many
believe them to hold the key to the seemingly
random nature of many of our 'on' and 'off'
days; and everything from physical feats to
plane crashes has been attributed to their
influence.
Each rhythm is unique to the individual,
starting on the day of birth and continuing
throughout life to the moment of death. The
physical cycle lasts 23 days and affects
stamina, speed, co-ordination, resistance to
infection and general vitality. The emotional
cycle lasts 28 days and governs mood,
sensitivity and creativity. The 33-day
intellectual cycle affects memory,
concentration, clarity of thought and ability to
absorb new information.
All three cycles go through positive
(ascending) and negative (descending) phases.
The days on which a cycle passes from positive
to negative or vice versa are known as
'critical' days.
There are two critical days in each cycle,
and it has been proved statistically that more
accidents happen on these days than at any other
point in the cycle. A study of accidents on
American domestic flights showed that 80%
occurred when either the pilot or co-pilot's
biorhythms were at a critical level!
Biorhythms Web Page
http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~andrew.regan/bio/bio.htm
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