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What Ways Do You Nurture Yourself?

Gedalia’s Weekly Holistic TipsWhat ways do you nurture yourself? I met with a producer/voiceover and brand expert, Caroline Slaughter this past week.  We met at the Center for Love and Light at a healers’ networking event. All our names went into a basket and at the end of the meeting, we each picked one another’s service. I…

Three Essential Benefits of a Kitchari Cleanse

Gedalia’s Weekly Holistic TipsThree Essential Benefits of a Kitchari CleanseIn Ayurveda, the junction between seasons is an ideal time for cleansing; both in Spring and Fall. The seasons affect us. A saying in Maharishi Ayurveda, “As is the macrocosm, so is the microcosm, captures an important principle: the outer environment affects our inner state of…

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Three Things for Balancing Vata Season

Dear friends, First, I’d like to share the news about a new Ayurvedic series published in the Sept. issue of Natural Awakenings in Atlanta. It is the first of three-part series that I wrote. I am honored to be the guest columnist. Please share with your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors as a holistic lifestyle that is harmony…

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Five Uses of Ylang-Ylang

Dear friends, There are times when I flock toward a particular essential oil and wear it consistently. Do you?I just follow my nose. The past few weeks it’s been the essential oil Ylang Ylang. It has an exotic smell that I find intriguing. Chanel No5 uses this oil in their formula…so I discovered. Theirs is…

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My Grandmother’s Cooked Fruit

There’s something comforting and nurturing about having cooked fruit. In today’s culinary world we’d call it “compote”. My grandmother always had cooked fruit in her apartment made in ball jars. She’d climb up high over her countertops to give us some when we visited. It was a fond memory and ritual each Sunday at Bubbi Tarlow’s…

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Four Ways to Create Space for Silence

Dear friends, Welcome to my weekly blog! Let’s face it, we are living in times of great distraction and sensory overload; noise.Here’s a startling fact, writes Dr. Jay Kumar in his book Brain, Body, and Being. In our modern, 24/7 high tech world, the average person is bombarded with the equivalent of 174 newspapers of…

Four Spices to Stoke Digestion

Dear friends, Welcome to my weekly blog! I just celebrated my 64th birthday Aug 4th. And yes, celebrated!Who knows how many lifetimes it took to feel my inner light and let it shine more brightly. I will say the last thirty-one years of learning, mothering, discovering, yoga, meditation, living holistically has come to fruition. Don’t let society dictate…

Top Three Cooling Foods

Dear friends, While summer brings enthusiasm, new adventures, fun, and even romance, along with it come the effects of feeling overheated.  “The heart is very sensitive to heat. With every one degree rise in body temperature, the heart beats an extra 10 times per minute. The faster it beats, the more overstimulated (Vata) you might…

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It’s Your Birthright To Be Free

Dear friends, Happy to share this podcast with you! After publishing the article The Power of Creativity in Well Being Journal ( July Aug issue) One Life radio station invited me on their show.  The reason this is exciting is that creativity is not something I did as a child. Meaning I wasn’t the kid…