The massive collection of bacteria cells located throughout the body is known as the microbiota. These bacteria synthesize amino acids and vitamins, play a crucial role in immune system regulation and, most important, influences the central nervous system…
In modern times, when the tides of darkness arise in the form of strife or subjugation, many feel hopeless and confused about what to do…
Simple cardiovascular exercise consisting of 30 minutes of walking or cycling (and no change in diet), induced compositional and functional changes in the gut microbiome…
As the center of our body’s solar (pranic) system, the manipura chakra’s fire provides the subatomic, primordial fuel to sustain all of our physical, mental, emotional, and bioenergetic functioning…
Chris Eder reached out to me to ask me my opinion on yoga, the emotions that can arise from the practice and what my opinion was…
A resolution tends to focus on aspects of ourselves that we would like to change. This automatically sets up resistance. Each time we are faced with the elements that support the patterns we want to alter, ie food (weight loss), cigarettes (smoking cessation), the internet (uh oh), the habit is re-enforced by our attention to the negative pattern.
“Looking at this beautiful meal in front of me, I became aware of everything that had to come together to make this one moment possible. I was immediately overwhelmed with a sense of gratitude for the bounty of the Earth and the loving hands that brought it together. This gratitude had the effect of opening my heart to the nutrients of the food as well as the grace / spirit of the Earth and Her plants and animals.”
The first in a series of entries focusing on the Physiology of Samskaras, this post focuses on the choices we make and the actions we take to dissipate the suffering in our life.
