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The 3rd of the five senses is the sense of touch. If you haven’t read the first or the second senses, you may want to check those out first. Our skin is our largest organ. It is both our buffer, our receptor and our absorber of the outside world. Whatever touches it, touches our heart, [...]

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I have been thinking a lot about “stuff.” Like material stuff. Especially recently since the economy sucks and most of us have lost money in some way or another. And the most recent fires in LA causing people (even celebrities) to have to leave their homes. And what I realize is: And that’s it. Celebrity [...]

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If you are beginning to look at your nutrition in a different way, below are some Ayurvedic nutrition guidelines. The guidelines have a lot to do with how you eat, not just what you eat – how you put into your body is just as important as what you put into your body. And as [...]

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HOHkay. The nutrition talk (write) is long overdue. Let it begin. Ayurveda looks at nutrition in a different way than we do in the western world. Ayurveda looks at eating as a ritual that not only nourishes the body, but nourishes the mind and soul too. It is said that 90% of all disease comes [...]

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When tears flow from the inside corners of our eyes, those come from a bitter place. Those tears are usually when we are angry or maybe resentful. When tears flow from the outside corners of our eyes, those have more sweetness and are because of compassion, joy or grief.

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One thing I learned in a seminar at the NAMA conference is that we have way too much salt in our diet. Basically salt’s job is to compel us to take in more nutrients by making food tasty. But we have to be careful because that can easily result in overeating and weight gain. Here’s [...]

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All disease starts with a disconnect of the spirit.

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HEY! We got a new president!! So, did you feel the energy shift tonight? Finally a sense of pride and renewed energy filled our country. If you watched the coverage you could see the faces…so many hopeful faces…streaming with happy tears…hands clasped as if a miracle just took place. In the thousands we saw faces [...]

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I am taking a Pilates Mat course to aquire the required CEC’S (continuing ed.) to keep my ACE certification (personal training). And I had NO idea that the foundation of Pilates is the connection of body and mind to balance the physical body! I’d never considered Pilates because I have always done yoga. But I [...]

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