"Stress: 1. a force that strains or deforms 2. mental or physical tension" Websters New World Dictionary Despite our best intentions for creating a lifestyle free of stress, we have only su…
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Vowing to lose weight, eat better, and start an exercise program come the first of January? Good for you. This is a great time of year to shift away from processed, sugar and fat heavy foods, and rais…
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Remember how you feel after a good body massage? Well, your digestive system feels much the same after a sequence of yoga postures. Your mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and lar…
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"If you want to progress on a spiritual path, you must challenge your actions—including what you eat—as to whether they are authentic expressions of the love and spirit within you." John Robbins I…
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"Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food." Hippocrates In herbology they are called astringent meaning foods and herbs that are natural blood cleansers and antibiotic in…
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Known in the West as "clarified butter", ghee has a long history as a staple of Indian cooking and medicine. According to the Bhavaprakasha 6.18.1, an ancient 16th Century Ayurvedic text, “Ghee is swe…
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"The enlightened man regards a nugget of gold and a piece of stone with equal vision." Bhagavad Gita The Yama's are the first step in the eight limb path of yoga. The first of this first step is Ah…
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There are many reasons to love lentils for all the health benefits and nutrition they provide at such a low monetary cost. With almost 18 grams of protein and 15 grams of fiber in one cup of cooked le…
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Me-dic-i-nal: of, or having the properties of medicine.—Webster's New World Dictionary Some people call them weeds, while others bow in respect to these plants that have been used as medicine l…
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"When you sing, you pray twice." Saint Augustine As yoga has grown and spread throughout the West, chanting the sacred Sanskrit words has spread right along with it. For many the uncertainty of…
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