OK so we are now going back through the chakras focusing on the mental/emotional aspects of the chakra.  If you want to join in, just join the Explore Chakra Balancing group.

The meditation went well, my focus kept coming back to my family, I have always been a "family"…

Winter seems like a time when everything green from my garden is coming out of my freezer.  We do have some collard greens in the garden and they lasted well into December.  But now everything is frozen and snow covered.  So this is when I get out my sprouts.  I enjoy sprouts in salads, in stir fries, and I want to try bread for the boys using some sprouts.  It is a treat, so I save my sprouting for winter.  Here is a picture of some of my mung bean sprouts.  I love mung bean sprouts as they…

Today was a fairly busy day but always time to meditate.  It energizes me, relaxes me, centers me and is just such a positive part of my day that even a few minute meditation is…

Reported by Susan Aldridge

A clinical trial on people with metabolic syndrome suggests that taking grape seed extract leads to a fall in blood pressure.

Grape seed extract is high in polyphenols, which are powerful antioxidants and thought to have various health benefits. A group of 24 people with metabolic syndrome - a cluster of…

101 Most Nourishing foods while ttc, pregnant, nursing:

http://www.mothering.com/c ommunity/forum/thread/1213 675/101-most-nourishing-fo ods-while-ttc-pregnant-nur sing

Superfoods for ttc:…

My energy dwindles once harvesting is over.  It is work work work toward the end, cooking, freezing, harvesting, cooking, freezing.....you get the picture.  Then it is done and I am tired.  We did get all the leaves from fall up into the garden, they are decomposing nicely as we speak,…

I loved Michael Pollen's books. He so eloquently explained why we should "Meet our meat."

Some people don't want to know. He pretty much makes the point that it is irresponsible to NOT know your food.  Knowing the animals, how they live, and how they die, ensure they are being treated humanely.  You also get to make sure they aren't full of drugs.  Maybe some gratitude towards them is in order, rather than turning a blind eye or…

In a hurry, as usual, I picked up the only brand of parchment paper in the regular grocery store: Reynolds.

On the box it says "No Added Grease or Sprays", which at the time I didn't notice, because I thought parchment paper was all the same. 

Today I was wondering why it felt so slippery, wondering if it was teflon, which I refuse to use in cookery. I called their 800 number and asked. No it is not teflon, but silicon coated. Ewww!

Why isn't this on…

It dawned on me as I took this fistful of prescription meds, they are not the answer.

I feel more and more toxic everyday. AsI searched the internet I found some interesting sites.  One I found to be very interesting:

http://drcarolyndean.com/2010/06/gauging-magnesium-deficiency-symptoms/

I actually have 36 of these symptoms. I have insulin resistance and I have read that this…

My doc has me weaning off of the Beta Blocker that is causing me to gain so much weight.

I told him take me off or I will take myself off.

I am still on 3 meds for blood presusure control.

Along with those 3 meds I am taking:

Aged Garlic

Vitamin C 2000mg daily

Magnesium aspertate 250mg twice daily

Coenzyme 200mg twice a day'

I will start Grape Seed Extract

I have also been having an green smoothie in the morning . I think maybe I…

I am 43 years old. I grew up on a farm and we used all kind of pesticides. Looking back on it, we also ate very unhealthy.  An average breakfast consisted of homemade biscuits with syrup, grits, candied figs, well you get the picture.

I think my problems started around 14 when I started having irregular periods. I gained 40 lbs over the summer one year. I soon figured out that If I dieted and ate no carbs, I could make my peroid come. I still didn't make the connection. So I…