I speak to almost everyone I work with regarding massage therapy, as Western medicine focuses so intensely on the blood that patients often know little about lymph, another vital bodily fluid. Lymph is a clear liquid that drains impurities and cell waste for elimination. The fluid runs in the space between cells, but has no [...]
The winter season is the sleep of nature. Days are short and nights are long. Humans long ago stopped hibernating like their ancestral cousins, but our bodies still experience the slowing of natural processes in winter. According to Chinese medicine, the winter season is linked to the kidneys, the adrenal glands and the bladder. Toxins [...]
Autumn marks the turning point between the heat of the summer and the cold of the winter. The cooling weather ushers in the harvest and heralds the dying cycle in nature. The seasonal change also causes the respiratory system to constrict, leading to cough, asthma, bronchitis, and even pneumonia. Chinese medicine has always associated autumn [...]
S.A.Wilsons All the coffee used for our coffee blend is 100% certified organic. It is also bird friendly and shade grown. Purchased from small independent farmer co-operatives, the beans have been hand picked and the farmers have been paid far more for their product than they would have been paid if sold to the local [...]
Water is the most powerful healing substance known to man! The human body is primarily composed of water. Water is not only beneficial but also vital to life — only oxygen is more important to human survival. Water plays an enormous role in how well our body functions. Simply put the more fresh water [...]
April 6, 2011 High Fructose Corn Syrup, a popular sweetener – one you eat and drink every day – could be deadly particulalry for diabetics. Past studies connected HFCS to obesity and diabetes. But new research links it to something worse – a lethal form of cancer. HFCS negatively affects insulin, GABA, Leptin to increase cravings [...]
Webster describes parasites "as an organism that lives off other organisms." Parasites are just a part of life; all life, rather animal or man and we all have them. They've been around since the beginning of time and are brilliant, though they must be addressed in order for us to truly heal ourselves. Experts say [...]
Holistic Nutritionist defined... Websters Dictionary describes "Holistic" as that which emphasizes the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts. In this way, a holistic nutritionist considers the entire body, mind and soul, when analyzing a persons health. Through my years of my own life/health experiences, as well as my education I've learned [...]