The Lunar New Year celebrated as the 15-day Chinese New Year Festival, arrives on January 25th in 2020 as the Year of the Metal Rat. Before the traditional altar cleaning and decorating days, it’s time to tend to these pre-ceremonial preparations… Deep clean your living and working spaces—everything should be sparkling! As you clear away […]
Wholistic Living
Allow Frigg To Nurture Your Fertility This Winter Solstice by Sara Jacobsen
As the days grow dark and the mornings are cold, my thoughts go to my Swedish ancestors, whom I’m sure braved the cold with more grace than I can muster these days. For me, Winter is a time for going inward. Nurturing myself with hot bone broth and herbal teas, and reflecting upon the past […]
Minerva’s Owls by Mary Petiet – Book Review by Kim Hageman
I love receiving a book in the mail. The minute you open a package, the connection is immediate between you and the sender. I love to examine the front cover, back cover, indexes, resources, contents, forward and prologue, studying the entire piece. I like to get to know the author a bit. Who was the book […]
Fall Cleansing {Wendy Vigdor-Hess}
There are many ways to cleanse including supplements, exercise/sweat, eating whole foods, embracing positive attitudes, and receiving bodywork. Meeting yourself where you are and being honest about it is a good first step. This can alleviate a lot of undue stress, self-criticism and judgment. When ready to implement changes, experimenting with some of the following […]
Why Yoga Transcends Duality {Yoga Journeys Series – Mary Petiet}
Duality: An instance of opposition or contrast between two concepts or two aspects of something; a dualism. (Oxford English Dictionary) Transcendental: going beyond normal or physical human experience…existing apart from and not limited by the material universe. (Oxford English Dictionary) When my kids were really small they used to journey. They’d ride their magic carpets […]
Bhakti is the Honey of My Soul – Govinda Jaya Jaya Mantra #JuneSwoon
Mantras have this magical way of weaving into all levels of consciousness. I chant specific mantras usually in the morning, but they fill my day, playing in the background and I hum and chant along as I work. Ganesha flows into Kwan Yin who shifts and sparkles into Om Tare and then Vishnu and Lakshmi’s […]
