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I am sure most of us can remember where we were when we heard about the Trade Towers Tragedy.  Yet for those of us not living in New York it was more a television event, not real. For me, living here in California, it was a shock but I didn’t see any of the real life happenings unless i turned…

Do you drink coffee, like the smell, the morning ritual?  Caffeine is a psychoactive substance that occurs naturally in coffee, cacao and tea. Manufacturers may add it to sodas, energy drinks and other products. There has been a long controversy about whether coffee is good for us or not.  And though I will mention some of the potential health benefits,…

  Psychologist James Pennebaker,in ground-breaking research, discovered that expressing what we think and feel about a trauma or a long-held secret has major life-altering benefits. The results with a variety of different populations showed that college kids improved their health, people with autoimmune rheumatoid arthritis had less joint pain, and that people with asthma had improved lung function. And the…

When I was writing my Cells book I got the idea to meditate each day on a different chapter, to discover even more deeply what our cells have to teach us.  I started the book with the creation of SANCTUARY and this is where I usually start a class, talk, or workshop - with SANCTUARY.  Yet last night in my meditation planning for…

Becoming Heart-full Can GRATITUDE change our mind, body and wellbeing?   Feeling grateful enables all of our cells and senses to resonate together, all aligned with the deeper heart and soul , to whatever we  call our spiritual source. The first time I gave this guided gratitude meditation to a large group was post 911.  Months before, I had been scheduled to teach…

I first heard the term 'body prayer' when Shirley Dockstader offered one at my 13th moon celebration. Shirley is an amazing teacher.  find her, she's a champ. 13th moon celebration marks a sacred cycle of transition in a woman's life, 13 months after her last menstrual bleed.  Now physiologically in menopause.  Pausing from men as a primary focus.   A body…

Even in that still moment, seeming silence - our Atoms, Molecules and Cells are moving. Movement is proof of cellular intelligence, according to some scientists.  After all, how does a cell know where to move, how to move, how to change shape to get somewhere else? And the whole you, beyond your cells, must move to keep blood and lymph…

Healing, what is it actually? First of all, HEALING IS AN INSIDE JOB. We may first look at healing if/when we get diagnosed with a disease or condition. And then we think about fixing our physical parts that have broken down. Then what, is that all there is to healing? Phixing the Physical? Surely not, then everyone would get better…

Contrary to what people think going Gluten-free isn't always healthy.  A Gluten-free diet, is it good for you? With all the hype about gluten, consumers have come to believe that going gluten-free will give them more energy, help them lose weight, lose their belly bloat, improve digestive health, and make them better athletic performers. A Gluten-free diet is beneficial if you…

Looking at cells for decades I continue to learn their secrets and what they can teach us. AND ASK ABOUT WHAT MAKES THEM INTELLIGENT? And what IS cellular Intelligence? One of the most important features of our cells is its fabric or underlying matrix. Within the transparent gel-like substance called the cytoplasm, cells are  managed by thousands of strings, strands…