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Beating a headache

7 Natural Cures for Headaches

Few things can be worse than a really bad headache. The shooting pain – the throbbing in and out of tension – the feeling that this may just never go away. And while headaches may be symptoms of more serious diseases, these are among the most common afflictions of all people and usually do not [...]

Beating the cold naturally

10 Natural Tips for Beating the Cold

As some like to say, it’s cold season. And while it’s the close physical proximity of people rather than the temperature outside that causes illness, it nevertheless is the time of year we start to get sick. That said, it’s good gear up with some natural, safe, and commonsensical tips for beating the cold – [...]

Women jogging on a sunny beach

Developing an Exercise Regimen: Top Five Things to Keep in Mind

Being healthy doesn’t just involve maintaining a well-balanced diet. Instead, diet must go hand in hand with exercise. Daily exercise helps regulate fat cells, helps reduce stress, and it strengthens our muscles, cardiovascular system, and motivation. The progress of this differs from person to person, however. That said, it’s important for you to develop an [...]

Holiday stress cures

Under Pressure: Cures for Holiday Stress

As one of my family member said during Thanksgiving dinner, “I’m thankful it’s over.” Now, this wasn’t because of dry turkey, or because they don’t enjoy spending time with family, but because of the stress of cooking, coordinating family members, and cleaning it all up. Thanksgiving, in addition to Christmas and New Years, can be [...]

Female wisdom

The Wisdom behind Uterine Fibroids

Benign fibroid tumors, or myomas, of the uterus are present in 30 to 50 percent of women in the United States[i] and are most often diagnosed when a woman is in her 30s or 40s. Though there are well-established dietary and hormonal reasons that so many women have myomas, the baseline energetic patterns that result [...]

Healthy couple

Top 5 Daily Tips for Better Living

Living a healthier, fuller life doesn’t have to be beyond us. It also doesn’t require expensive products or counselors. As we’ll see, having a few best practices is a great way to start living better!

Women running barefoot on the beach.

Barefoot Running: Ditching the Shoes and Rediscovering Our Roots

Running barefoot gets us back to our roots as human beings, and back to the time before footwear was invented. Centuries ago, human beings ran barefoot.

A toddler doing yoga.

Toddler Yoga: Yoga is not just for grownups anymore

We’ve all heard about how great yoga is for us and how it will increase our calm, decrease our stress, and improve our bodies, but what about our little ones? Can they benefit from yoga too, despite the fact that they aren’t stressed or out of shape? The answer is a resounding YES!  In fact, [...]

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What is Holistic Health Care?

Most often, holistic health care is viewed as a field that encompasses modalities and methods that are not considered mainstream allopathic medicine. Allopathic medicine is referred to as “conventional” or “biomedicine”.  It is the economically, politically, and socially dominant form of medicine practiced in the United States today. The use of “alternative,” forms of health [...]