Gedalia’s Weekly Holistic TipsFour Ways to Enliven Your Chakras Dear friends,Imagine looking in a mirror and seeing your whole body as a field of light and color? That would be a reflection of your “chakras” vibrating. According to quantum physics, everything in the universe is vibrating at a certain frequency. Thesefrequencies of energy in the…
Dear friends,Ayurveda teaches that ” ama” is a common pathology for ALL diseases! The word “ama” means toxins.I think we are all somewhat concerned about our toxic overload- from the health of our soil to the quality of the air we breathe to molds, heavy metals, and viruses it’s overwhelming.As I wrote about in the second article…
Ayurveda’s Superfood- AshwagandhaFour Main Benefits Dear friends,Ayurveda’s superfood, ashwagandha is a medicinal herb with plenty of perks for your health. One of its main benefits is to assist the body in managing stress, mainly reducing cortisol levels and modulating energy levels. This herb is classified under the category of “adaptogens” – a group of herbs…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…