by Holly Walck, devoted Iyengar yoga student and teacher When I was asked to write on this topic, the first thought I had was, “How can I write a blog about bad days when I don’t have them anymore?” It had been so long since I was unable to be seated in gratitude (which leads […]
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Bacteria’s Little Secret
by guest blogger Isaac Eliaz, MD, MS, LAc, integrative medicine pioneer We have been colonized, but it’s a good thing. Over the course of evolution, humans and bacteria have developed a close, symbiotic relationship. Our individual colonies of probiotic (beneficial) bacteria—called our “microbiota”—perform numerous tasks that benefit digestion, nutrition, immunity, neurological and emotional health, and […]
Oxygen: The Forgotten Nutrient
by guest blogger Isaac Eliaz, MD, MS, LAc, integrative medicine pioneer Breathing is essential to life. And because it’s automatic, we don’t have to focus on breathing the way we do eating or walking, so we rarely think about it. But maybe we should. Taking in oxygen is fundamental to good health, and for all […]
Natural Ways to Boost Your Immunity for Fall
by guest blogger Isaac Eliaz, MD, MS, LAc, integrative medicine pioneer Cold and flu season is approaching, and the sooner you begin your immune-boosting regimen, the better your chances of staying vibrant and healthy all year long. We all know the commonsense measures: Get enough sleep, practice good hygiene and healthy stress reduction, eat lots […]
14 Days of Summer, a Meditation: Day 14
Ice Cream: Creation Does anyone out there NOT like ice cream? Ice cream is an essential ritual of celebrating summer—the coolness and sweetness are the perfect contrast to the heat. Someone somewhere invented ice cream. It was a human creation. Isn’t that amazing? What do you wish you could create? If you could create anything, […]
14 Days of Summer, a Meditation: Day 12
The Road: The Journey Summer is a time of road trips. The road, of course, is a metaphor for life. Where are you going? Where do you want to go? Are you going where others want you to go or where you have always dreamed of going? Plan the ultimate road trip for you in […]
14 Days of Summer, A Meditation:
Day Two
Fruit: Nourishment Summer is the season of delicious, amazing fruit, which is the direct result of the desire of flowers. Is there a fruit that doesn’t start as a flower first? What seems frivolous from our standards (flowers everywhere!) is truly a purposeful and wonderful gift of nourishment, for people, for animals, for the earth. […]
14 Days of Summer, A Meditation:
Day One
Flowers: Desire Summer is the season of flowers. We enjoy them for their outrageous beauty. We give them as gifts to show gratitude, love, and appreciation. But why do flowers exist? Why do they bloom in summer? Flowers are nature’s way of expressing desire—the desire to attract pollinators, the desire to reproduce, the desire to […]
Scratch
Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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