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Alcohol is so widely used that its legality can be thought of as somewhat independent of its mostly alarming effects on the body. It’s important to understand alcohol from the physical perspective to appreciate its psychological component. In this post I will address the basic pharmacology of alcohol. I think this is an important piece …
Guest blogger Danielle Grilli, content director of rVita.com, details the history and efficacy of reflexology
The Surprise of Opening The world opened yesterday for, as Forrest Gump said, "no particular reason". I was driving along in my glorious new car, which is the first car I’ve picked out just because I like it – not to haul kids around, not to carry babies, but because it made me smile and …
Ending Cycles It is amazing what can happen in the course of a seemingly ordinary day – like today. I slept in after unwillingly being up late, choosing to forget again that when I have a cappacino at 7pm, as I did to top off my daughter’s birthday dinner in an Italian restaurant we both …
Plugged and Unplugged I think, untampered, days are designed to open up like flowers. They each offer a universe of multidimensional feasts to the senses, teeming with rich, multifaceted life on this flowing earth plane. I have spent the past 9 days visiting my son and his partner, my daughter and son-in-law, and my 6 …
The Key Word is Compassion This year I have put together a series of continuing education staff development programs for several Rochester area nursing homes and their staff caregivers, on an integrative approach I’ve synthesized for energetic healing called Compassionate Touch Therapy. What is it, and how can it better help us support and center …
We have known for nearly two generations that stress is a physiological response to change, that we perceive on multifaceted levels – by that I mean emotional, physical, psychological – as a threat to our survival. In receiving this threat within our internal systems, we are called upon to respond in only two ways: to …
Ten Ways to Connect to the Divine Here are my top 10 reasons to meditate every day: 1. Clear your head 2. Take a "power nap" 3. Be in touch with your amazing spirit and the Source 4. Unleash your creative potential 5. Hear amazing insights from your intuition 6. "Zone" 7. Release physical, mental, …
Herbal medicine is something that interests me but it isn’t an area of specialization. I’ve got some anecdotal experience with them. For instance, my son took some Chinese herbs for type 1 diabetes and his control became noticeably tighter. Some of you may share an interest with me in herbal medicines, and I’ve only …
Get Serious Through Journaling September is such a significant month. It is the dividing line between the quarter of Summer and The Rest of the Year. We "take a fall" into Fall as the weather begins to turn away from the full bloom of summer to Get Serious. School restarts, and we are moved to …