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Licorice & Barrett’s Esophagus

My latest article for natural news 

Licorice, or Glycyrrhiza glabra, is a legume and member of the Fabaceae, or pea family. It has been used for over 3,000 years to treat a variety of ailments. Currently, medical studies support the use of licorice for the treatment of inflamed intestinal tissues, but its does much more than just that. Not only is licorice an adaptogen and strong anti-viral, but it can also be used specifically in the treatment of Barrett’s esophagus….

Read the rest of the article on NaturalNews: Licorice & Barrett’s Esophagus

Learn to Love Fevers, NOT fear them.

Check out my newest article for Natural News- demystifying fevers and explaining how and why they are healing process the body is designed to go through and NOT a symptom that needs to be suppressed.   This is an issue fundamental to naturopathic philosophy, to support the body in its healing process or turn of the symptoms?  Parents and patients need to understand the difference.

"One of the biggest misconceptions in health care today is the role of fevers. Through misunderstanding, many parents fear fevers, when they should love and respect them. A fever is one of the most extraordinary and intricate healing processes in the body. It plays out like a symphony, orchestrated only when needed to stimulate an immune response, destroy invading organisms and promote the restoration of health. The American Academy of Pediatrics voiced concerns in a 2011 study, concluding that parents need to understand the fever itself is not endangering to a healthy child. In contrast, it's actually beneficial and the primary goal of treatment should be to improve comfort, rather than lowering body temperature alone...." 
Read the whole article here: Learn to Love Fevers, NOT fear them

Love the Dawn

Dawn, Alphonse Mucha

Today as many times before, the sun has lit a streak of fire in the sky, but in morning of the new day, I am pushed from the hastening trolley bus like a cork from a bottle. Men and women love the dawn for it's freshness, for it's promise of new beginnings. In the morning therefor, I am not frightened that I have chosen to live a life unlike that of other young men." - John White, Welsh poet

Just crazy enough

mental SKILLness.

Moon Garden 2011

This year, we were excited to go all out with garden space we have at our Elm St Castle. Morganalefay & EternalInnerSmile busted their humps cleaning up the beds and fixing the weathered greenhouse that we are also SO lucky to have on the property.  They started the bounty of veggies, tons of cooking herbs and many many medicinal herbs. Not sure what to flourish next, I decided to surprise the girls with a little project of my own- a Witch Inspired Moon Garden....
....For the whole story, check out my post on my other blog, Blossoming Consciousness: Moon Garden 2012

Add some vitality to your hot chocolate this winter

As the winter chill blows in, we almost innately brew up some hot chocolate for a warm and tasty treat. When doing so, here's a few quick and easy ways to revitalize this guilty pleasure and turn it into a medicinal delight...

Read my whole article on Naturalnews.com

Happy New Year!!!

"For last year's words belong to last years language  and the next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning"  -T.S. Eliot

TS Eliot 1-3 by Maureen O'Neil

I think we've had the revolution bred out of us....

and many more interesting thoughts are loquaciously explained by Russell Brand in this provoking discussion between him, Daniel Pinchbeck, and  Graham Hancock.   Starting by discussing the role of the media in the suppression of consciousness and numbing of the people, to drug addiction, DMT, water crystals,  shamanism, and the pyramids of Egypt they just about touch on it all 

There Be Dragons: Daniel Pinchbeck Talks with Russell Brand

i’m remembering something i’ve forgot.

Be sure to check out the rest of this amazing web magazine, featuring media and posts that cover all topics related to the evolution of  consciousness, paradigm shifts, and  transformation. I’m going to explore it more right now! Reality Sandwich

Are you an independent cell of consumption or a harmonious cell of contribution to the whole?

My Newest Article on Natural News: PC6 & Stress Relief

Inner Pass Acupuncture Point Improves Health by Reducing Stress

Pericardium 6 or Inner Pass (PC6, Neiguan) is one of the most well-known, highly researched and often utilized Acupuncture points. It is indicated to calm the spirit and regulate the heart, making it useful for conditions like heart pain, palpitations, hypertension, insomnia, fear, mania, nausea and menstrual irregularities to name a few. How can one little point benefit so many vastly different conditions? Because it works to treat the underlying cause and common denominator of most illnesses: stress…

READ the Whole Article on NATURALNEWS.com

image from compassionatedragon.com

Elm St Castle Weekend Sessions: djembe love

Making the most of our wonderful home and along with our cura te ipsum path...we decided to start spending time with some of the influential people in our lives and clear the space for expansion, education and understanding on our own terms. Studying the things we want to, with those who are willing to teach us.

Installation numero uno: Djembe making with Kyle Neidig

Our first guest was a long time friend of mine, the one and only mr. Kyle Neidig <3 musician, artisan, cat-whisper, & chef extraordinaire!  For more about Kyle, see his bio below.

I was always in awe of those who could play djembes- with such beauty and power,  and at various times I theorized about getting one but lacked the motivation to actually go through with it. Plus I knew if I had one,  I wanted to make it myself, making the task that much more daunting. I knew eternalinnersmile and morganalafay shared this desire- we had casually mentioned it from time to time but without any real plans...

Then, at  the new england's women's herbal conference, Mz. Amani and the heartbeats were beyond words- so captivating, majestic, and primal. They were the spark that ignited our lingering desires into what was now a fiery need-  a need to satisify our primal right to build, grown and heal through drumming- NOW. It was decided, the time had come...

Learn to See the Wold Anew

“You cannot solve a problem from the 

same consciousness that created it.

 You must learn to see the world anew.”

The Only Dance There Is

A few years ago, I was intrigued by the cover of this book (not knowing who Ram Dass was) and pulled it off the shelf at my grandmother house. She let me keep it but it fell into the abyss that is my '"want-to-read section" of my library.   After slowly reading Be Here Now over the past year, I recently picked this back up and am finding it so relavent to my (our) life (lives).   I understand why  and am grateful for our world of synchronicity and why i chose to wait and read his thoughts on the dance that is the evolution of consciousness now.
excerpts from a  Ram Dass in The Only Dance There Is

The only thing you have to offer another human being, ever, is your own state of being...but everything you do, wheather your cooking food or doing therapy or being a student or wheather your a lover, you are only doing your own being, you are only manifesting how evolved a consciousness you are, thats what your doing with other human beings. Thats the only dance there is! 6
Since i understand that as man up-levels his own consciousness, he sees more creative solutions to the one he is solving. 42
The truth is everywhere. Wherever you are, it's right where you are, when you can see it. And you can see it through whatever vehicle you are working with, you can  f r e e  yourself from certain attachments that keep you from  s e e i n g  it. The scientist doesn't stop being a scientist, nor anybody stop being anything. You find how do things to yourself which allow you to find the truth where you are at that moment. I'd say we never find out anything new; we just remember it.  54

HIGHLY recommend Be Here Now.

Ital is Vital, and Other Lessons from da Jamaican Bush

Ital is Vital, and Other Lessons from da Jamaican Bush

Article I wrote for The Mercurial about my trips to Jamaica :)

DC Federal Legislative: Support Naturopathic Medicine!!!

On Monday May 2, 165 naturopathic doctors and students will swarm Capitol Hill and meet with almost 200 Members of Congress. Carrying the message that naturopathic medicine can play a significant role in “Curing the Crisis Called Health Care.”  


YOU CAN SUPPORT US AND OUR EFFORT to gain federal recognition of naturopathic doctors by participating today as a 'virtual lobbyist,' using Capwiz to write your Senators and Representative.  Let your Members of Congress know that the high educational standards for naturopathic medicine warrant equity in access to loans, scholarships and residencies.
Click Here to be a virtual lobbyist  :)


What are we fighting for exactly? On the federal level, we are simply looking for  equity. 

• NDs are graduates from accredited institutions equivalent to those in conventional med school. 
• NDs must successfully pass board exams administered by the North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners as well. 
• The Council on Naturopathic Medical Education (CNME) accreditation standards are recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education.  
• Naturopathic Medical programs consist of at least 4 years, 4,100 hours of study and 1,200 direct patient contact clock hours.   
• An ND degree is classified on par with MD and DO as a First-Professional Degree under Doctorate-Professional (Clinical). 

Why? FOR THE PATIENTS.  There is an increasingly daunting demand for primary care physicians and NDs can help fill that void. We have an estimated 5,000 practicing NDs in 20 different states. Our seven accredited schools in North America graduate between 400-500 primary care doctors as NDs every year. Studies show that medically under served areas diminish when we get licensure in a state. 


One step towards this is amending the Public Health Service Act so we have access to the same loans, scholarships and residency opportunities as our conventional colleagues. 

equal work. equal education. equal cost. equal debt...equal RECOGNITION. 

Heres some more links on Naturopathic Medicine-

• Naturopathic Medicine in the Princeton Reviews Top 168 Medical Schools
• ND overview
• Naturopathic Health Care Option from Gradsource.com

Great Naturopathic Videos

I just stumbled upon these great Naturopathic videos- perfect for students or patients!

The Naturopathic Perspective

Also- Congratulations to North Dakota for passing ND licensure!!

Homeopathy Rebuttle

Homeopathy...the great debate...
Everyone seems to have an opinion on homeopathy. It is one of the most controversial aspects of the "alternative" medicine world and often under attack by all the "real scientists" out there.

Here is nice rebuttal to the recent mass homeopathic overdose attempt that was aimed to prove homeopathy doesn't work. Of course, this entire ploy overlooked the fact that- we know that you can not overdose on homeopathic remedies, thats kinda the point...its one of the great benefits of using them.  Just because allopathic medicines are so toxic that taking simply one pill too many can kill you, does not mean all medicines are. It is the same sort of critique that most natural medicine is faced with. These "real scientists" need to adapt their mode of evaluation to the substance they are testing- you can't compare apples to oranges and expect the same results.

Homeopathy Rebuttal 

A human being is a part of the whole...

"A human being is part of the whole, called by us “Universe”; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty."
- Albert Einstein

Handmade Earrings

Beautiful Hand Made Feather Earrings
made by my fellow Naturopathic Classmate :)

Morganalefay Shop