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We all need to take time every day to nurture and take care of ourselves, especially now. Self care is not being selfish, it's being wise and proactive.  These are stressful times: Covid pandemic, fires out of control, economy in a downfall.  More than ever we each need strategies to diminish our stress and take good care of ourselves. An…

Sure you know intellectually that your body is built from invisible cells.  Trillions of cells are you. And we pretty much take them for granted that they are always there doing whatever needs to be done to keep us alive.   Yet we are actually in partnership with them - our choices, our thoughts and feelings, our daily activities - all…

 Though we live in a universe of billions of different peoples, individually we each are a universe of trillions of different cells. They all have the same creator yet they look different from each other, have different jobs some requiring advanced skills and some simply essential workers.  Yet in this cellular universe of ours, there is no violence because of…

Befriend the Secrets of Your Cells, they are always with you We all know how important meditating is to our mindbody health, especially now. Scientists have demonstrated unequivocally that a regular daily practice of meditating reduces stress and improves our wellbeing, as does exercise and movement. Yet knowing that, what interferes or stops us from doing what we know is…

Are you feeling afraid of this current viral crisis the world is experiencing? Is it only in your mind?  What's going on in your body? Many years ago, Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist who transformed the field of psychology, became aware that some emotional states were accompanied by corresponding physical reactions, such as a rapid heartbeat or sweaty palms. Since…

If you remember anything about high school biology, you might remember your mitochondria as the parts of your cells that make energy. Well they transform our food into molecules of energy called ATP.   The tissues that need the most energy have the most mitochondria - muscle, heart, brain.  And when we exercise we can increase these energy-producing "organelles" in our…

I was recently interviewed by an international magazine and thought their questions compelling.  Here are my answers for you to consider. What  is the biggest secret of human cells?  The biggest secret - Cells are intelligent and they are always in the now, in the present moment, taking care of us.  What takes them out of now is what we…

9 In biology, there are lots of 3s the genetic code of 3 letters     the 3 embryonic layers that become us through the 9 months gestation   the triune model of the brain     The microtubule triplets in the centrioles that direct cell division The 9 triplets of the 2 centrioles in a cell are important for…

Until that movie came out most people didn’t entertain the idea of a shape of water.  Yet if you were going to imagine a geometric shape for water, which would it be of these 4 shapes?  This week of the summer solstice June 21, the sun moved into the water sign of Cancer.  And today June 22, the moon moved…

GEMINI, is an AIR SIGN and today June 3 we entered the new moon in Gemini.  This post will explore the air element, Gemini and the new moon since they each express/symbolize different qualities of cosmic energy.   Gemini is an air sign which means its about communication, being of two minds, and connecting with other people.  During the time of…