We all love summer. After living with the cold and being inside all winter we enjoy the days of picnics, outside music festivals, spending time outside in nature and watermelon! We take vacations; have adventures and summer romances both with people and places. This summer I facilitated an inspiring pilgrimage to the s…

Well it’s that time of year:  NCAA Basketball, March madness (although March has come and gone so I’m not sure why it’s titled that), The Final Four, etc.  To be honest, that’s really all I know about it.  I no longer own a TV and when I did sports was never my interest.  Yeah sure, I know that a free throw is a point,…

Many people get depressed during the winter season. The physiological explanations for depression and substances unbalance are varied and it is not my intention to discuss them here. I would like to share my experience with alternative medicine. I have seen patients who have been suffering depression and who are under…

To go with the flow of experiences and changes that life continually offers requires a flexibility of spirit to adapt to change, to loss and trauma, and to evolution itself. In practice, we ideally flow with life by fully experiencing all the emotional ups and downs that arise during the course of living. Emotions are…

Why you need a Joy Infusion in your life NOW and how to Get it today! Researchers have proven that you need massive amounts of Joy in your life or else:  Or else. What?? You say. Your body needs Joy to create the hormones, and positive cell formation that you need to be healthy. If you don’t give your body the Joy it n…

Winter is the time of the Water Element, the time for incubating the dreams and potential energy that will grow, come the Spring. Winter – the Time of Stillness Water is a greathealer. All over the world people visit special springs famous for their healing properties. TheWater Element of Asian medicine represents the…

“I don’t have time to ______ today.” How many times have you said that to yourself, filling in the blank with a self-care activity such as meditating, walking, or getting a massage? How many times have you prioritized everything else before allowing time for yourself? If you’re anything like I used to be, the answer to…

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The Heartwood Foundation Women and Cancer Program, an affiliation of Heartwood Center for Body Mind Spirit, is announcing an opportunity to double the financial gifts it receives. An anonymous donor has committed to match all year-end donations dollar for dollar up to $10,000. With the holiday season here, the WCP is a…

It’s cold and dark. That just about sums up most of December, except for state of irrational exuberance that marks what we’ve come to call the holiday season. Beginning with Thanksgiving and even before, you have probably begun perusing recipes, scanning ads and websites, cleaning and/or decorating your home, and makin…