The first day of winter is Friday, December 21st and this year, 2012, it is more anticipated than other years due to the doomsday predictions regarding the end of the Mayan Calendar. I say phooey to all of these doomsday…
During the holidays, we know what we want: we want everything to be as near to perfect as possible. We want to be surrounded with loving family and friends, to send holiday cards that reflect our family’s personality, to have…
When I was growing up, I heard, ‘Drink all of your milk. It will make your bones & teeth strong,’ and ‘So and so is very healthy, he or she is milk-fed.’ Now we hear that dairy is actually bad…
The human body is comprised of a complex, intricate and amazing set of systems that all work in conjunction with one another. One of these systems, part of the nervous system, is the sensory system. This system is in charge…
Traditional Chinese Medicine or TCM is based, among other things, on the five Chinese elements of wood, fire earth, metal and water. The tradition believes that these elements depict dynamic states of moving energy and phases of change. Each of…
Samhain (pronounced Sah-ween) is an old Celtic custom marking the end of harvest and the beginning of winter, and is known as the end of the ‘old’ year. In fact the Celtic word, Samhain, translates to ‘summer’s end’. It is…
Originally this post was going to be about why play is so good for children and then I realized play is good for ALL of us, so it should include adults too. You know the saying, ‘All work and no…
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