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I have been practicing cold therapy for a few years now and continue to be amazed by the benefits. My friends and family can attest to the praises Im often singing of the cold. Its an extremely beneficial health practice this time of year especially when temperatures drop and the nights are longer. I often think about the native people …
We know the struggle. Drinking tea is not something that appeals to everyone, no matter the health benefits. A creamy vanilla latte or a turmeric-pumpkin-spiced tonic seem much more appealing choices to start the day – even over healing morning lemon tonic sometimes – so we often find ourselves having to compromise maximum nutrition to satisfy our taste buds. But …
There can be two food related responses to stress and upset emotions – over eating, or not eating at all. Which is healthier? Should we avoid food at all costs when unhappy to avoid binging or should we be grounding ourselves with food at emotional times?
Ever wonder why we recommend smoothies as part of a juice cleansing detox program? Let’s think of detoxifying as a whole body process. Every ingredient you consume as part of cleanse expels toxins from a certain organ or body system. Many of us experience a flatter tummy within a day or two of the juice cleanse – but let’s go …
We know by now that fad diets are not sustainable or good for us. But let’s go deeper. Could eating for your blood type be a healthy thing to do? The admirable thing about eating for your blood type is that it recognizes that not every body is created equal. Ancient medical systems like Ayurveda, Tibetan Medicine and Traditional Chinese …
We’ve heard that probiotics are amazing for the gut. These live bacteria can work wonders on the digestive system, and they have been proven to contribute to a healthy immune system and a lower risk of urinary infections. But like all living things, probiotics need food! Which is why if you haven’t heard of prebiotics yet, it’s about time you …
Summer calls for strawberries. Most strawberry smoothies out there are loaded with milks, sugars and unnecessary stuff. We like to keep things pure and simple, and organic. With long summer nights and busy days, we all need an immunity boost this time of year. This is the perfect vitamin C rich recipe loaded with citrus and antioxidants. The secret …
Any city dweller will know that pollution can have some nasty effects, even in the short run. Breakouts, coughs, thyroid issues… and it’s even more damaging in the long run. There are a lot of nasty things in our air that can cause cellular damage in our bodies by forming free radicals. Pollutants and radiation destroy the essential nutrients, making …
Nature teaches us about unity, working together, and flow. Natural healing systems from the east use nature as a tool for observation and assessment of the human body. When a natural energy is leading us one way, we want to follow it. To work with it, flow with it and not to obstruct it. This goes for every cycle …
Nutrition is a wonderful science, but also a diverse one with many different sources of contradicting research. Because of the way the society functions in relation to media and health noise, sometimes we find ourselves eating things that are healthy on paper but don’t make us feel that great. On the other hand, we may find ourselves shunning certain foods …
No-one likes morning breath. But there’s another reason we want to clean our teeth first thing in the morning. You know how your body detoxes and digests your day when you sleep? Imagine all those bi-products, all the waste, the bacteria…ending up on your tongue. That’s exactly what happens – so we’re going to want to disinfect our mouths before …
There’s a ton of fitness noise in the wellness industry – but there may be more to the body than fads tell us so far. It’s all too common to see people slave away at exercise routines that leave them feeling fatigues, listless, and weight fluctuating. Let’s go deeper – what can we do to make sure exercise serves to …
We get it – juice can be expensive, and many people down a whole bottle in less than a minute. So why pay so much for a drink that you think is barely going to fill you? May as well just get it not organic if it’s cheaper, right? We believe if you are going to juice, do it right. You …
When is it necessary to push things away? It’s a biological truth: boundaries are necessary in order for insides to remain distinct and protected from the outside. Every microscopic cell in the body has a perfectly designed boundary; a membrane that welcomes needed substances while preventing entry of damaging ones. All this intricate physiologic complexity is then enclosed by one …
When something goes wrong in our body, we can feel stuck and helpless. We look at a disease or injury as some evil external force that has cripples our joy, autonomy, and competence. It’s easy to forget that, in fact, our bodies want to heal, and our cells want to be healthy again. It can seem like the body and …
If you live in a major city or have been anywhere near a yoga studio, you’ll know what Kombucha is: that Japanese, fizzy, fermented, probiotic drink that doesn’t always taste as delicious as we hope, is often packed with more sugar than we need… It’s benefits are numerous however which may explain why we see people chugging down bottles all the time. …
We always hear of people using ‘Mercury is in retrograde’ as an explanation when something bad happens. There can be some truth to this, but a lot of the time the meaning of this cosmic occurrence is misunderstood. The planet mercury turns ‘retrograde’ toward the sun whenever it reaches 28 degrees distance a way from it: this cycle happens more often …
Let’s face it – the busiest days are often the most depleting. Regardless of how much we have ‘completed’, we rarely go to bed filled with satisfaction. We drive ourselves through several tasks to the point of exhaustion, and then wait for a ‘chill day’ on the weekend to balance things out for us. We’re kidding ourselves if we think that …
You look cool holding a green juice. But why do you REALLY need it? 5 reasons to start drinking immediately if you aren’t already. 1) If you’ve ever been in a car. Love that new car smell? You are enjoying the off-gasing of toxic chemicals in plastics, solvents, adhesives used in manufacturing.According to the Minnesota Department of Health high exposure to these VOC’s can …
(This is not a post on how to improve your flexibility in yoga…) It’s going to be about flexibility though. I want us all to loosen up. Remember in mid January when we were all fantasizing about summer and how FUN it would be? How wild, free, and light everything was going to feel in about 6 months? Well, we’re here …
Summer is approaching, and travel plans are now in action… It’s not always that easy to stay healthy and nourished as you travel, partly because airport security doesn’t allow you to take your Love Grace juice bottles on the plane, and partly because not every travel destination has as many health food stores and organic restaurants as New York City… So …
“Creativity has something to do with the quality of your consciousness. Whatsoever you do can become creative. What matters is are you putting your very soul into what you are creating?” – Osho All we need to do is look at nature to see that our creator must have had a great imagination; creativity is everywhere around us. But it …
“The only security possible is to start enjoying insecurity. Maybe paradoxical but all that is true in life is paradoxical. Truth is a paradox. Love insecurity and it disappears… One becomes thrilled and open.” – Osho Every moment comes with a huge amount of ambiguity. Ambiguity leaves us with choice, and this can scare us, alot. Choice makes us face …
“No matter how much it gets abused, the body can restore balance. The first rule is to stop interfering with nature.” – Deepak Chopra What if we could heal our bodies without chemical medications, strict diets and forced willpower? Ayurveda says that we can. Literally translated into “life science”, Ayurveda is India’s traditional holistic medical system that enables us to gain …
Take yourself to a quiet room and find a comfortable cross-legged seat. Now, close your eyes and escape to the most serene place your thoughts can imagine – for us it’s relaxing on a sandy beach at sunset or practicing tree pose on a quiet mountaintop – and start to take a few deep inhalations and exhalations. Sounds relaxing, right? …