After a 14-year hiatus, I have reestablished a daily meditation practice. It is part of a deep Ayurvedic cleanse I’m doing, and its purpose is to release stored emotions. After only 3 weeks, I’m already experiencing positive results; I no longer feel the stress of getting things done at a hurried pace. My daily modeContinue reading “Working Toward Oneness: Meditation”
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Kitchen-Crafted Broth
I recently had a conversation with a member of my climbing gym’s staff about making broth. (Yes, I’ll talk about food & nutrition with anyone!) His version, which calls for fresh vegetables, sounded delicious. My recipe is a bit different, using leftover pieces of veggies collected & frozen over a period of months. And IContinue reading “Kitchen-Crafted Broth”
Essential Oils: A Primer
If you’re like me, you’ve been using essential oils for as long as you can remember without a clear understanding of how they work. Over the years, I’ve read a little about them here and there and been inspired to try them for various issues. The more I’ve used them and learned about them, theContinue reading “Essential Oils: A Primer”
Quick & Easy Monsoon Pasta
Rain is falling steadily outside and has been for hours. The temperature has dropped about 15 degrees since it started and I’m certain there’s a touch of Fall in the air. It’s time for a simple but warm & filling pasta dish. I came up with this formula years ago. The inspiration came from aContinue reading “Quick & Easy Monsoon Pasta”
6 Ways to Reverse Aging
Finally, the search is over: the fountain of youth has been discovered. As much as some of us would like to, we cannot reduce our chronological age, the number of years we’ve been on the planet. But our biological age, also called our functional age, is determined by lifestyle and can be defined as theContinue reading “6 Ways to Reverse Aging”
Spring Salad with Roasted Veggies and Tahini Sauce
One of the few restaurants that we frequent is Pita Jungle. The menu isn’t completely vegan, but includes a few delicious items that are. This recipe is inspired by their Wood-Fired Vegetable Salad, which is my go-to grab-and-go when my day is running long and I’m too tired to cook. My version is simple toContinue reading “Spring Salad with Roasted Veggies and Tahini Sauce”
Smellscapes
Have you ever noticed how a familiar smell can sometimes take you back to childhood? How the scent of roasting coffee beans can cause you to close your eyes and deeply inhale its lusciousness? And how the odor of stinky garbage consumes your attention until you can get rid of it? In addition to ourContinue reading “Smellscapes”
6 Benes of Winter Hiking
I hiked one of my favorite winter trails a few days ago. The abundance of volcanic rock in the area reflecting the heat of the sun makes it one of the warmest hikes around. Snow and ice still covered over half the footpath, courtesy of a weather system that enshrouded parts of northern Arizona forContinue reading “6 Benes of Winter Hiking”
Six Science-Backed Reasons to Get Outside
Did you enjoy spending time outside as a kid? I did. As a matter of fact, I don’t remember spending much time inside. I loved playing outdoors with pets we had over the years, including lots of dogs and cats, a couple rabbits, and a rooster that I treated like a baby. I enjoyed ridingContinue reading “Six Science-Backed Reasons to Get Outside”
Glazed Autumn Bake
During the Autumn season, the process of baking seems to take on additional elements of warmth, goodness, and celebration. Maybe because I relate it to meals shared with loved ones during the upcoming holidays. Do you think of Autumn baking (or roasting, as the case may be) in a similar fashion? I shared a pictureContinue reading “Glazed Autumn Bake”
Micro of the Macro 