Step into Wellness . . . A Blissful Foot Massage

Namaste and welcome to this 10 minute oil self-massage for the feet in the Ayurvedic tradition! I’m going to guide you thro this simple and effective self-care routine which can be an easy first step in a regular wellness routine. The feet, as with other parts of our body/mind systems, can be a powerful access…

How to Cook With Love

To prepare food for someone means to beautifully build their body and their spirit. The body needs proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals but the spirit seeks love in food. The food can be tasty and satisfy our senses, but the satisfaction will not be in itself complete. Your intentions, thoughts and wishes influence food…

Are You Trying Too Hard?

There is a fine line between effort, which is crucial to achieve health-related or any other goal, and trying TOO hard, which in many cases, has the opposite effect.  In other words, to heal from disease, effort verses “letting go” must be balanced.  As phrased in the spiritual jargon: there must be room for “the…

Pain

At first The red and the green Fought with each other And each of them was pure Then the grey opinion said That they were bad And had to be hidden From the public Parts of them As is always the case Showed up Anyway Unstoppable And right But not any more Pure and innocent…

Fasting in a Modern World

With a growing segment of the population advocating the positive health effects of intermittent fasting, more people are turning to this eating approach to not only lose weight and fat but also to improve the way they feel and perform. In addition to helping individuals achieve their personal health goals, many claim that an intermittent…

Ayurveda: The Science of Life

Ayurveda is Sanskrit for ‘The Science of Life,’ and is an ancient medical system that encompasses a medical science and a dietary lifestyle that is approximately 5,000 to 6,000 years of age, and originates in India. No one is exactly sure within this time scale, the precise moment of its appearance on this planet. It…

Flying to the Night

The pilot is still hot From life Memories Scratch him like stars But the fields grow dark The sun gets caught in a barn The wheat stalks lower Their heads And as the pilot still flies Through the dust of the world The lakes underneath Go deep to no bottom. My friend told me he…

Sound Therapy and Reiki Healing

Are you familiar with sound therapy? It is often used alongside reiki healing therapy to give powerful transformative treatments. Here is my early experience of sound therapy from a spiritual retreat I attended several years ago: I attended a spiritual retreat for a weekend on which I was introduced to the ways of our Shaman…