My favorite thing to do on a Sunday afternoon is browse the local farmer's market and I'm loving the dahlias everywhere.
Eating a diet from in-season fruits & veggies provides many benefits for you and the environment.
Seasonal foods are picked at the peak of their freshness which means you are getting the optimal amount of nutrients from your food.
Eating foods based on season (instead of what is in the grocery store) creates a…
diversity in your diet…
and creates a natural balance for your digestion.
The economic benefits are great too! Purchasing local produce reduces your carbon footprint & encourages the growth of small farms.
This day signifies coming out of the darkness and celebrating the light as the length of the days increase…
When was the last time you smelled the subtle floral scents within the air or really tasted your food?…
What is the spring equinox? the word equinox means "equal night" where the days and nights are equal…
Getting ourselves closer to the earth is a simple way to feel more grounded and relaxed…
For the last couple of weeks I decided to immerse myself in the Greek culture instead of simply writing about it…
The solution is education, if people really knew the training and education that naturopathic doctors have they would be lining up at their clinics begging for a fresh perspective on their health…
I came across this book that my grandmother gave me when I was just 11 years old which still brings a smile to my face each time I open it…
I honestly never thought I would utter those words! I have always been a Vitamix, Juicing, dehydrating, kinda gal but things are changing with my new found freedom from medical school…
Mind Body medicine encompasses all areas of our life and expressing ourselves creatively is a great way to relieve stress and express our emotions…
You don't need to move to a commune to get back to the land, there's simple things you can do right now to live a more sustainable life…
Medical astrology is actually an ancient science that predates both psychology and astronomy…
Who doesn't have stress in their lives? An easy practice to quickly reduce stress is called the muscle tension relaxation technique…
Your tongue plays a unique role in understanding your body’s constitution; it is the only organ that is both interior and exterior…
CranioSacral therapy utilizes a gentle approach to release tensions deep within the body by feeling and testing for ease of motion and rhythm of the cerebrospinal fluid pulsing around the brain and spinal cord…
Gosh, do you think Hippocrates might have been on to something when he said "let food be they medicine" over 2300 years ago…
Gemmotherapy is pretty amazing! It's technically a form of botanical medicine but it uses only the buds and young shoots of trees (also the rootlets, bark, catkins, seeds, and sap…
The Vis is our own healing potential within the body & soul which allows the body to heal itself…
Finding ways to relax and clear the mind is beneficial to every part of our being. Meditation is totally free and can pretty much be done anywhere.
We spend 1/3 of our lives doing it, we have vivid visual and emotional experiences, and we don't quite know why!
In naturopathic medicine we believe that the organ systems are all interrelated to the mind and body. Applied kinesiology is a tool commonly used in our medicine to aid in the diagnosis process through a series of muscle testing techniques to evaluate the structural, chemical, and mental aspects of a person.
The kinesiology technique is a method which gets directly in touch with a physical body's electrical system which corresponds to the central nervous system.
In naturopathic medicine we always look for the cause of any imbalance in the body rather than simply treating any symptoms that arise. Symptoms are viewed as expressions of the body’s natural attempt to heal but when the origin of a disease is removed or treated the patient is able to recover.
Meditation can have profound effects on the quality of your life, your happiness, and the way you view stress…