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Tears on the Mat – Emotional Release during Yoga

Tears on the Yoga Mat, Yes!  – for Yoga Students The word yoga comes from the Sandskrit word for ‘connection’ or ‘union.’ A yoga practice connects awareness of the breath with specific poses (asanas), whose

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The Future of Healing Continues

The Future of Healing Continues – ARCHIVED Last week I wrote about the Future of Healing Teleconference, a 12-day virtual gathering of many of the stars in alternative medicine, certainly some of the most high-profile.  

How do you practice self-love when there’s pressure to do and give so much this holiday season? This winter-holiday season, give yourself the best gift of self-love – your time and attention – by slowing

7 Conscious Eating Tips

7 Conscious Eating Tips Here are some practices to start building now for those times when your emotions get the best of you and your eating spirals out of your conscious control. Read the full

Mind-Body Connection

New Year’s Resolution to Move Beyond Fear

New beginnings call for a new vision – my resolution to Move Beyond Fear Happy New Year! It’s a new beginning and new beginnings call for a new vision. My resolution is to move beyond

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The Health Benefits of Gratitude for Your Food Consider the health benefits of gratitude for your food – not just during the fall holiday but every day.  You can even go so far as to

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Why I Eat too Fast – Eating to External Cues

Do you eat too fast, too? If you eat too fast, you probably know it – and the problems associated with it, but how can you change such a deeply held habit? Here’s what I’ve

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A Cure for Cancer? I just watched The Beautiful Truth. It’s an indie film about Dr. Max Gerson’s amazing cure (yes, cure!) for cancer and other generative diseases. Gerson’s daughter, Charlotte, contracted bone tuberculosis as a

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How to Get Great Bodywork

How to Find and Receive Great Bodywork Massage, Energywork, Intuitive Healing … We are complex beings. Complete healing includes body, mind, spirit and the emotion that connects them. Bodywork can help heal on many levels

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The Social Cost of Eliminating Sugar

The Social Cost of Eliminating Sugar Whenever I thought about eliminating sugar from my diet, I always felt the social cost was too high.  Eating out at restaurants, business lunches, and potlucks, tend to be

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Welcome Holiday Sadness

‘Tis the Season – A Case for a Gentler Approach As you Welcome Holiday Sadness, it Transforms Holiday sadness hits can hit anyone during the winter and that’s a good thing. Here’s how to welcome

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A Look at Personal Sustainability

Personal Sustainability is important, too Sustainability is a hot topic, and rightly so. However it is not a new and radical concept; sustainability simply means that we are supposed to replace what we take and

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What Positive Evolution Looks Like

Positive evolution is happening now Social walls are crumbling. Especially when we face change, we want to know what a positive outcome looks like.  Positive evolution includes aging well, embracing diversity, and building sustainable agriculture. 

Natural Structure and Movement offer solutions for better health

Natural Structure and Movement are key for healing Without our conscious knowledge and without any fanfare, the healing made possible by coordinated structure and movement is everywhere. Breakthroughs in our understanding of molecular natural structure and

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The Sweetness of Sister Love and Forgiveness

Forgive me, my sister – Forgive myself Now that my Inner Kid isn’t sedated with sugar…long-buried emotions are coming up for clearing.  I am feeling sister love and sister loss.  I’m more than three months

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Your Body is its Best Doctor

Do you consult your own body first? Your Body is its Best Doctor I am coming to see that the best medical advice – whether dietary or long-term medical – probably comes from one’s body,

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“Look Mom, I’m Fat!” as Breathing Tool

Here’s a Playful and Effective Breathing Tool It will Deepen your Breath and Bring You Back into Your Body Do you have tight shoulders? A stiff neck? Do you think too much? Ever catch yourself

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We are all Emotional Babies, Heart Open

https://youtu.be/nIsCs9_-LP8 You and I are Still Wonderfully Emotional Babies Inside.  It feels good to open your heart and feel! As you watch this video, feel your heart open and reach toward this sincere, open little

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The Wounded Wife – Stories from the Healing Table

The Wounded Wife  – Story from the Healing Table This story follows from last week’s story about Patrick, The Man with Sobbing Shoulders. In this case, Carrie, the Wounded Wife, traced her ongoing conflict with her