Zen and the Art of Chinese Medicine

“Throughout eastern Asia the square signifies Earth, the circle refers to Heaven, and the triangle is the potential of Humankind to stand on the Earth and reach toward Heaven – both physically and metaphorically.”
Zen and the Art
of Chinese Medicine
by Steven Alpern, L.Ac.
The scroll of Zen Buddhist monk Sengai (1750-1838) entitled Circle, Triangle, and Square is [...]

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Lifesong Adventures: herbalism for the future generations

Bethany Staffieri ~ has been a long standing friend.
I first met Bethany when I was a guest instructor for Tom
Brown’s Tracker School. From Bethany’s first class with
Lifesong, her passion for nature and wild plants was
evident in her desire to [...]

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Scientific Evidence: anti-cancer effect of milk thistle

Milk Thistle has been used in the treatment of liver diseases including liver cancer for years. It heals the liver by lowering enzyme levels and assisting the liver in its process of detoxifying the body. Herbalists and Chinese Physicians have prescribed milk thistle for all types of liver disorders including cirrhosis, inflammation, high liver enzymes, [...]

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Get Rid Of Toxic Build Up: colon cleanse, juice fasting

What Causes the Toxic Build-up?
We put our colons under a great deal of stress with our modern lifestyle. Years of fast food, cigarettes, prescription drugs and alcohol keep the colon busy. Add to that indigestion, constipation, work-related stress, illnesses and sedentary lifestyles, and you have a recipe for an unhealthy colon.
Don’t underestimate how important a [...]

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Elevate Oatmeal To A Superfood: food synergies

How to Elevate Oatmeal to Superfood
Drink a glass of this with your oatmeal to help elevate your breakfast to superfood status: orange juice.
Why? The nutrients in oatmeal and OJ work synergistically to provide double the benefits you’d expect from simply adding their powers together.
So how can you take advantage of more food synergies? [...]

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Global Healing Vision: challenge and change

It’s been an interesting journey to produce this new phase of my life, but here it is.
A new internet radio talk show, “Global Healing” its the brain child of my co-host ( Amy Greeson ) and myself.
To all beings that care for this planet, I invite you to drop by [...]

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History Teaches Us: finding useful tools

Among all the spiritual paths that the world offer, Ayahuasca a teacher plant, is one of the surest ways for people to gain a deeper understanding, knowledge and wisdom of one’s inner life path.
“History teaches us that there are rhythms in transformation patterns that can be seen, understood, and made usable and teachable to [...]

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Bitter Orange: known for its volatile oil

Bitter orange is used in a wide variety of traditions. In Mexico and South America the leaf is used as a tonic, laxative, sedative for insomnia and to calm frazzled nerves. Bitter orange has a complex chemical makeup, though it is perhaps known best for the volatile oil in the peel.
The juice of bitter orange [...]

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Lost Language Of Plants: repository of riches

There are about 6,800 mutually unintelligible languages spoken in the world today. Since the beginning of Homo Sapiens, new languages have been constantly emerging while others vanish forever. This is why many linguists say that the total number of actual languages spoken in the world at a given time of human history is but an [...]

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Uxmal: wonders of the ancient world

I traveled to Uxmal, one of the Mayan sacred sites known for its wonders from the ancient world. Uxmal is located in the Yucatan region in Mexico. The name Uxmal ( pronounced: “osh mal” )means that which was built three times or place of abundant harvest.
The archaeological zone is surrounded by an ancient landscape of [...]

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