Oil Pull as if your health depends on it
Dear_You, I love your smile! I want you to keep your teeth for your whole life. That is why I’m giving you your first bottle of organic coconut oil to get you started on the possible daily routine for your optimal health. What you need to do is OIL PULL! Here is how. Love, me. […]
Forage for Superfoods
If you’re a typical American… eating a Standard American Diet (yes… the SAD diet), you eat around 30 different species of plant life in an annual cycle . Meaning the total number of species you ingest per year. To give you context, Native Americans species count was well over 1,000. Just for foods. Once you […]
Autumn Equinox Living Food Recipes
Wait a minute?! It’s the Autumn Equinox already. As much as we love Summertime and being out with our friends, going to parties & all the other outward flowing energy activities, Fall is knocking at the door. It’s bringing with it the promise of rain and cooler temperatures. Mother Nature’s rhythms tell us it’s time to start turning inside, ruminating & nourishing that inner light.
Upgrade your Autumn Rituals & Fall Rhythms
Seasonal junctures create opportunities for getting out of whack. Some get anxious… some get allergies. The basic reason is that in seasonal junctures our agni, (digestive fire) lightens up. If we don’t eat 1/3 less than normal, our lymph system (rasa dhatu) gets clogged. When that happens, we might get snot, dryness, or acidity moving […]
Your Health Evolution Revolution
Yesterday, my mom and I were talking about her wellness game plan for aging… and the requisite/recommended testing regimen. “Who is your wellness provider?” “What do you mean, wellness provider?” she responds. “You know, someone who you’ve selected, interviewed, and deeply trust with your health evolution as you age.” “Oh, it’s you,” she responds. Most […]
John Friend Interview on Disease
Enjoy this basic conversation on disease and rhythm with John Friend. I pulled John aside at a party last week, (thanks for putting up with me, John)…. next time I’ll find a quiet space! We delve into the major diseases of cancer and autoimmune issues. The gist is of Rhythm and Disease is this: Our bodies evolved […]
Living Foods Recipes for Labor Day
Gabriel Cousens, the world’s foremost live-foods medical doctor, reverberates that the key to a healthy diet is organic and live. Most of us here in the YogaHealer tribe get that and we’re on to practicing the next step; discerning the exact mix of foods that are best for our own bodies and coordinating that with […]
Increase your Lung Capacity
Last month my family camped at Stanley Lake, at the base of Mt. McGowen in the Sawtooth Range of inner Idaho. This neck of the woods claims to have the cleanest air in the lower 48. Forever an opportunist, I decided to maximize my lung capacity on my favorite mountain bike trails. Intense aerobic athletic […]
Women are Water, part 3… the wrap up.
Anyone who knows me personally, knows i used to biatch and moan about fibrocystic breasts (FCB). Sure, I have a genetic predisposition, which just means I have a shorter leash on my lymph system (rasa dhatu). Women have a harder time lymph b/c lymph is mostly water and women have more water element. My Yogidetox […]
Woman are Water, part 1
Women are Water The big realization that upleved my family’s bliss in the past year was that I set the rhythm. I set the rhythm whether I’m conscious of it or not. I imagine most of you are saying, “yea. Duh.” But I’m wonder if you, like me, forget to actually own the implications. For […]