While soothing the symptoms of a yeast infection is simple enough, addressing the underlying imbalance that gave rise to it in the first place is essential. When our lives are out of balance, we often
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Recipes
Apple Delight
This daily immune tonic is as delicious as it is effective, and made with ingredients you likely have on hand! The Apple Delight is a remedy I have relied upon for years to
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Seasonal Wellness
What To Do Right Now
Take a long, slow, deep breath. Now close your eyes and take one more, letting it out with a sigh. Open your eyes and look around. Really see where you are right now. What sounds
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Seasonal Wellness
How To Rest
In Winter, our bodies ask for rest—gently at first and then with passionate longing. In the dark half of the year, we naturally crave sleep, warmth, and the regenerative gift of doing nothing. Our bodies
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Seasonal Wellness
The Medicine of Summer
Summer is a time to let your mind wander, to allow daydreaming to take hold, and to drift into a kind of restorative boredom. Remember the kind of boredom that once gave rise to blanket
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Daily Practices
Solstice Rituals
The weeks and months leading up to this day mark a time of waning light in the Northern Hemisphere — and with the lessening light, our own vitality and sense of hope often wane as well. Our ancestors, knowing this to be the case, took special care to fan their inner flames of vitality during this descent into winter. They intentionally courted the seasons of renewal that they knew lay still ahead.
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Formulae
Spiral Path
Taken at the first sign of illness, this potent blend of immune-nourishing herbs helps to ward off colds + flus. If already in the midst of illness, it will help to lessen discomfort and duration
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How-To
Herbal Respiratory Steams
Unlike drinking a tea or taking a tincture, Herbal Respiratory Steams deliver medicine directly to the tissues experiencing infection or irritation. This is why they are so effective, particularly when employed at the first sign
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Wise Guides
What To Eat In Springtime
Springtime is positively intoxicating; her procession of flowers endless. The momentum which propels life forward in Spring never fails to astonish me. Early Spring is also my favorite time to gather wild foods. The herbs
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How-To
Autumn’s Invitation
Autumn is in the air and it is a time of revelations. Things which have felt stagnant for so long, are beginning to soften, to open, to reveal their strange and healing magic to us.
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