Sunshine Can Actually Decrease Your Vitamin D Levels

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Do you know that ultraviolet A (UVA) light actually destroys vitamin D? That most windows block UVB light – which produces vitamin D – but allows UVA light to pass through? Read Dr. Mercola’s tips on how to optimize your Vitamin D levels through some simple practices that help to minimize UVA exposure and maximum UVB exposure, vitamin D production and vitamin D absorbtion.

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Sunbathing Helps You and Everyone (part 2)

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This information-packed article by Dr. Bernarr shares the remarkable discoveries of over a dozen health care practitioners throughout medical history, including Dr. Herbert Shelton, Dr. C. W. Saleeby, Arnold Rickli, Bernarr McFadden, Hippocrates. Part 2 of this article shares how the sun improves human health and heals disease. Muscle strength, tissue health, eyesight, mental and emotional health are all improved with proper sunbathing. While using sunblock, sunscreen, suntan lotion, and sunglasses have been proven harmful to the body.

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How Sunshine and Vitamin D Can Help You Eliminate Mercury

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Accumulating data have provided evidence that vitamin D is involved in brain function. Vitamin D can inhibit the synthesis of inducible nitric oxide synthase and increase glutathione levels, suggesting a role for the hormone in brain detoxification.

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Abodes of Suyra – Sun Temple at Unao

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The sun temple at Unao in Madhya Pradesh is an ancient one, believed to be associated with cures for skin ailments.

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Vitamin D and Diabetes-Can We Prevent it? video

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Dr. Frank Garland, Ph.D., of the Naval Health Research Center presents this 48 minute lecture on the scientific research that shows how Vitamin D is effective at preventing diabetes. Produced by UCSD School of Medicine and GrassrootsHealth ,this video is part of the Diagnosis & Treatment of Vitamin D Seminar video series.

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Vitamin D Guidelines Too Low for Cystic Fibrosis Kids

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New research from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center shows that existing guidelines for treating vitamin D deficiency in children with cystic fibrosis are too low and put patients at high risk for bone loss and rickets.

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Mahatma Gandhi’s mother, a Sun gazer

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“During the four months of the monsoon season, she would fast, as her religion dictated, often for two or three days at a time, not breaking the fast until she had seen the sun. “We children on those days would stand, staring at the sky, waiting to announce the appearance of the sun to our mother,” Gandhi writes. “I remember days when, at his [the sun’s] sudden appearance, we would rush and announce it to her. She would run out to see with her own eyes, but by that time the fugitive sun would be gone, thus depriving her of her meal. ‘That does not matter,’ she would say cheerfully. ‘God did not want me to eat today.'”

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First Sungazing Survey (2004)

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Here are some preliminary results from the first Sungazer’s survey administered by the Sungazing list group in 2004. The answers from 56 sungazers are presented in a simple question-by-question analysis of answer percentages.

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Solar Activity Affects Humans Physical and Mental State

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A recent study published on December 12, 2008 in the NewScientist, indicates a direct connection between the Sun’s solar storms and human biological effect.

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Sun Gazette Newsletter – Issue 5

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The 5th issue of The Sun Gazette newsletter was released in the Winter of 2007 by The International Sun Imbibers’ Society.

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Welcome to Sunlightenment

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Welcome to Sunlightenment, a sun gazing, surya yoga, and sun yoga weblog.  Within the next few weeks, this weblog will grow to include a vast library of resources – including articles, ebooks, interviews, audio mp3s, and videos.

Since I began sun gazing in 2004, I have collected a large library of resources to aid myself in this revolutionary spiritual and lifestyle practice.  Now, four years later, I am sharing my resources and knowledge to help and assist spiritual seekers in their practice of sun gazing and sun yoga.

Within this weblog, you will have access to as much free information and I can find.  I will be continuously adding new content as it becomes available.  So check back often or subscribe to my RSS feed.

If you wish to add your own documents, videos, etc to this weblog, please contact using the contact form on the right.

Namaste.

Spiritual Yoga – Suryayog Sun yoga

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Suryayog is a dynamic spiritual yoga. Surya Swami, the founder of this natural technique to meditate and attain self-realisation has answers for the inner selves. He says that Suryayog takes us from Saguna Swaroop towards Nirguna Swaroop, which is from the human form to that of God.

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Slash Your Prostate Cancer Risk — With Sunlight!

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A new study published in the British Journel of Cancer shows that high levels of Vitamin D can reduce the likelihood of death from prostate cancer by 7 times.

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The Neglected Nutrient Part 3: Vitamin D vs. PMS

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Research released in 2005 from Harvard University shows a relationship between low vitamin D intake and increased PMS.  The Vital Choices newsletter shares this research in their third article on sunlight, vitamin D, and human health.

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Sale on Verilux Full Spectrum Light Bulbs ends on Saturday

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Amazon.com is offering $25 in Instant Savings when you purchase $79 of Verilux Light Products.

Verilux is one of the most respected brands for full spectrum light bulbs, SAD Therapy lamps, natural light floor, desk, and reading lights, and UV sterilization products. Verliux products receive the highest consumer ratings of any full spectrum light company on Amazon.com.

Please use the links below to view the Verilux products and to make your purchase. All purchases made using our links, help support Sunlightenment.

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The Healing Sun: Sunlight and Health in the 21st Century book

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In 2000, Richard Hobday released this book on the health benefits of Sunlight. Richard Hobday, MSc, PhD is a member of the British Register of Complementary Practitioners and has studied traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese exercise systems in China. Dr. Hobday has many years experience of solar design in buildings and is a leading authority on the history of sunlight therapy.

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Jericho Sunfire: A Story of a Breatharian Warrior – ebook

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In 2010, Jericho Sunfire published his first ebook called Jericho Sunfire: A Story of a Breatharian Warrior. In this 66 page ebook, Jericho Sunfire shares his story: his personal journey from a cooked food eater to fruitarian to liquidarian to breatharian and his personal opinions of the body’s ability to live food free. Learn how Jericho Sunfire conquered his mind and body’s addiction to food to reach the a higher state of breatharian health.

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Dr. Herbert Shelton on Sunbathing

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Dr. Herbert Shelton is commonly referred to as the father of the modern Natural Hygiene movement.  In 1934, Dr. Shelton first published his book on Fasting and Sunbathing.

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The UV Factor: The Effects of Light on Health

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The sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light is nature’s way of cleansing the earth. In the last century, modern medical science has found way to use UV to cleanse and heal the human body. UV light therapies such as Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation (UBI), Photo-Luminescence, UV light lamps, and Full Spectrum light bulbs have been proved effective in many medical applications. Amazingly, the use of UV light for health has no negative side effects and is currently the only known system that cleans blood 100% of bacteria and viruses.

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Abodes of Surya – Konark Sun Temple

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The Konark Sun temple is probably the best and most majestic specimen of temple art in Orissa, India, despite its ruined state. The Konark sun temple attracts thousands of visitor every year because of it’s magnificent architecture and historical significance.

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Breatharianism & Saving the Planet

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Jericho Sunfire, a practicing breatharian, speaks at the Vegetarian forum in Copenhagan as a part of the COP 15 Climate Change Summit about the many benefits of breatharianism. In this 33 minute video, Jericho Sunfire will teach you about how breatharianism is one powerful method of saving the planet by reducing pollution, reducing waste, revitalizing the soil, and stopping addictive behaviors that are wasting our planet’s resources.

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This website is dedicated to the free discemination of information on the healing powers of the Sun and the spiritual practices of Sun Gazing and Surya (Sun) Yoga. All information is given in the spirit of the Sun, whom shares its Light and Love without restriction. May all of humanity benefit from the enlightening energy of the Sun and the wisdom of all beings who share in this service of Sun Yoga.


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