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3 Ideas to Spice Up Your Morning Oatmeal

Oatmeal can be a great way to start your day. It’s warm and filling. It’s cheap and quick. It’s healthy and whole. Sometimes our routines can become, well…routine. We need some new ideas to liven up an old staple. Whether its steel cut oats or rolled oats, oatmeal is a ...

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Wellness Wednesday :: unique remedies for common colds

In todays wellness Wednesday video I discuss the energetics of what we call the common cold. In Chinese Medicine illnesses can have thermal natures that are either cold or hot. This thermal nature determines which herbs and plants to use for treatment. Listen in to find out what thermal nature ...

4 Healthy and Easy Soup Recipes

One of the easiest meals to make in the fall and winter is soup! This time of year it’s natural to crave more warming foods. Soups are a great way to eat more cooked food in the colder months, but still get lots of vegetables. Make things up as you ...

Yummy Sweet Fries

Eating whole foods doesn’t have to be complicated. Sometimes it can be the simplest thing in the world! I like choosing just one vegetable and experimenting with a few spices and herbs. Following is a simple recipe for sweet potato fries. Feel free to switch up the spices and get ...

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Can acupuncture and Chinese Medicine help anxiety?

How to treat anxiety with Traditional Chinese Medicine Did you know that acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can help with anxiety and other emotional difficulties? Anxiety is a normal response to stress or danger. But when this reaction occurs frequently, at inappropriate times, or chronically, it’s considered an imbalance. Symptoms ...

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A New Loving Kindness Meditation

The ancient yogis knew that kindness could be such a powerful force. In fact, they taught a systematic way of getting in touch with what they called our “basic goodness”. The four “heavenly abodes”, or brahma-viharas in Pali, are discussed as an important step within the yoga sutras of Patanjali ...

Are you trying too hard in your practice?

Whether you’re practicing asana (the physical movements of yoga), or seated meditation, your experience arises through the filter of your sustained attention. The ancient yogis understood that through a deliberate cultivation of this attention, practitioners could experience the natural mind as radiant and clear. Yogis use the eight fold path ...

What to Eat for Breakfast?

“Break – fast” is the first meal after fasting all night. Breakfast helps the body and mind to function for the rest of the day, and one of the easiest ways to boost the metabolism is to eat a healthy breakfast. Too many people skip breakfast! Plan your breakfast the ...

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What is your constitution in Ayurveda?

Ayurveda is a holistic system of medicine from India and is the sister science of yoga. The principal aim in Ayurveda is creating wellbeing through balance. Balance is accomplished through food and lifestyle guidance, and attention to a persons unique constitution. A persons constitution is determined though the presence of ...

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Everything you ever wanted to know about juicing

I LOVE juicing. To be clear, I’m not talking about conventional store-bought fruit juice, which is often full of processed sugar, colours, and preservatives. I’m talking about homemade, rich, green veggie juice. Juicing your veggies enlivens you and your cells and gives you an instant shot of nourishing energy and ...