Mix one cup of warm water with ½ to ¾ teaspoon of salt. Use warm water to better dissolve the salt and to soothe your throat. Test the water on the underside of your wrist to make sure it is not too hot to use for gargling. Gargle the solution in the back of your mouth, too. The saltwater helps to break up mucus in your throat and draws excess liquid from your throat tissue that may be causing inflammation. It’s okay if you accidentally swallow some of the saltwater, as it will give you no bad side effects. However, it’s better to spit it out, along with the mucus that it loosens, to rid your body of any of the bacteria or virus cells that it has accumulated. If you have a lot of mucus built up in your throat, gargle with the saltwater solution repeatedly until you’ve expelled as much of the mucus as possible. Otherwise, repeat at least 3 times a day until your cold symptoms subside.

Summary: Prepare a saline solution. Swish the saline mouthwash around your mouth for 30 to 60 seconds, or up to 3 minutes. Spit the saline solution out, along with any mucus that is loosened from gargling. Repeat as often as necessary.


Entering the spirit world, or discovering another reality next to our own, is one of the most common shamanic practices. One of many ways to do this is to enter a trance. Try blindfolding yourself and beating a drum with a steady beat for several minutes, or until you enter a different state of awareness. . Another way to enter a trance, or to become in touch with your inner self, is to practice meditation. Many people consider it a solid foundation for any spiritual path, and a source of health benefits that match well with some shamanic tradition's message of self-improvement. There are many schools of meditation, but it all begins with closing your eyes and sitting in a quiet place. Dreams are often important to people practicing shamanic rituals. They may be holding great truths, revelations or some other spiritual significance. Keep a dream journal so that when you wake up, you'll be able to write or draw some of the images down. The images you draw may hold power. Be wary if you do not know what they represent. There is no universal way to encounter these entities, but in many traditions, you cannot be a shaman without doing so. During a trance, a meditation, or a sudden, unexpected experience, you may encounter another being. This may be a nature spirit, a spirit in the afterlife, or even entities that some consider gods. There is no single pantheon or worldview that can explain what you encounter, but an experienced shaman can help you identify them and teach you how to make deals with them, serve them, or master them, depending on the traditions you follow. Be aware that some of these entities may be malevolent or tricky to deal with. Often, rituals that involve drugs, sacrifice, or other sources of power attract potentially more dangerous entities. While you can develop your own shamanic practices, almost everyone finds the guidance of a teacher of a fellow journeyer helpful. This could be a shaman practicing the traditional shamanism of her culture, or a shaman from a "neoshamanism" tradition. This step is recommended before trying any of the steps below, or if you have a dangerous or frightening encounter with spirits. Entheogens, or substances that "generate the divine within," can be powerful allies in affecting our consciousness, but they are not always necessary. Learn how to hone your own abilities as a Shamanic Practitioner before integrating these into your practice, and learn how to use them with trusted, human individuals watching over you. Plenty of legal substances are used in shamanic traditions, such as tobacco. In the United States, drugs such as peyote and ayahuasca are legal or in a legal grey area when used by people who can prove they are part of traditional culture. Healing is a major duty of many experienced shamans. The exact ritual varies and is usually passed on by teachers. This can involve many techniques:  Dancing, singing, or playing instruments to attract spirits.  Making offering to the spirits of food, drink, tobacco, and other substances. (Sometimes, the spirits are brought inside your body first.)  Drawing the sickness out of the body and into an animal, object, or symbol. Traveling to another reality to intercede with the spirits on the sick person's behalf. . Many New Age shamans use divining rods, séances, crystals, or other divining implements. Some attempt to see the future, while others use these tools to seek guidance for their own life, or to communicate to spirits in the afterlife.

Summary: Induce a drumming trance. Meditate Listen to your dreams. Interact with spirits and other entities. Find a teacher. Be cautious with drugs. Conduct healing rituals. Perform divination


” This turns your cursor into a plus sign.  Examples of popular music service websites are SoundCloud, Spotify, and YouTube. For example, to copy a music track from SoundCloud, click on “Share” below the track and copy the song’s URL.    ” The song’s URL will open in a new browser tab, and start playing music throughout your presentation.
Summary: Launch your Internet browser and open your Google Slides presentation. Navigate to the slide on which you want music added. Click on “Insert” and select “Text Box. Click anywhere on your slide to create a new text box. Open a new browser tab and navigate to the music website that contains the music track you want used in your presentation. Copy the link for the music track using the website’s instructions. Click back over to Google Slides and paste the URL for the music track into the text box. Click on the handles at the top, bottom, and sides of the text box to resize the text box as desired. Drag and drop the text box into its desired location on the slide. Click on “View” and select “Present. Click on the music track link in the text box.