Archive for March 2015
Lauren’s Kitchen: Delicious Dressings
We are BIG salad eaters at our house. It’s a rare occasion when our first course is not a heaping dinner plate full of local greens and veggies tossed with a home blended dressing. When we have guests it is always the salad dressing that they want to know more about. I have to admit…
Read MoreMaking Acute Care Choices for Your Child’s Long-term Health
Last week I presented for you the various options available to choose from when experiencing acute symptoms. Whether the choice is antibiotics, over the counter medications, supplements or homeopathy & gemmotherapy there are clear upsides and challenges in the short term. Today I want to address their long term impact. When taking this view, the…
Read MoreMidweek Pause: Reality
“We get quiet for a moment in meditation. We sink down to a relaxedness, a calmness, abruptly free from all the crazy dreams we confuse with reality. And in that instant, by mistake maybe, or because we aren’t thinking to stop it from happening—we experience, in a flash, things as they really are.” — William R.…
Read MoreLauren’s Kitchen: A St. Patrick’s Day Green Smoothie
You may have other plans for your St. Patrick’s Day evening consumption but make some room for this green smoothie in your mid morning and morning after for sure. While I recommend starting each day with a purely fruit smoothie or juice on an empty stomach the addition of a green smoothie mid-morning or mid-afternoon is the…
Read MoreGemmotherapy Answers: Concerns Over Supplement Safety
Last week I discussed the good and not so good points of using the different avenues available to treat acute conditions. I laid out the facts regarding the use of antibiotics, over the counter medications, supplements, and Gemmotherapy & Homeopathy to help you make wise choices for yourself and your family. Since February’s breaking reports…
Read MoreMidweek Pause: Nourish
“Be in harmony with each breath, each moment, and know that in giving yourself this time to develop awareness and a steadiness of attention you are nourishing spirit, head, and heart. Let it be an adventure, and in the silence and the stillness that comes with practice you”ll discover wonders here for you, now.” —Elena Rosenbaum…
Read MoreLauren’s Kitchen: Ana Jones’ California Miso Avocado Salad
It is definitely coming. We’ve moved our clocks forward, there is sunshine in the forecast and we are 11 days from the official start of SPRING! Let’s celebrate and bring on the salads, chock full of the season’s beautiful produce. This gorgeous Avocado Miso salad is just the right place to start. Bursting with broccoli, seasonal…
Read MoreAcute Care: What Do I Need?
Antibiotics, OTC Cold Meds, Naturopathic Supplements, Homeopathy or Gemmotherapy? Last week I shared why a homeopathic remedy may be needed in the case of acute symptoms to boost the vital force and then compared the different actions of gemmotherapy and homeopathy during an acute illness. But what about antibiotics, over the counter treatments and supplements? What…
Read MoreMidweek Pause: Consistency
“Each step may seem to take forever, but no matter how uninspired you feel, continue to follow your practice schedule precisely and consistently. This is how we can use our greatest enemy, habit, against itself.” — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, “Tortoise Steps” Consider: how mindfulness practice extends to all aspects of our life. Being mindful is being…
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