"We are more closely related to Fungi
. This is a snipet of the first in a collaboration of Louie Schwartzberg of Blacklight films (Movingart.tv) and Paul Stamets of Fungi Perfecti (fungi.com).
The Duval Milky Way
Say hello to my new project...
Galaxy Jax
The word Galaxy comes from Greek, meaning 'milky circle'. It also denotes "a gathering of famous, brilliant or distinguished people". What better name for a
Breastfeeding Support and Advocacy group?
Breastfeeding Support and Advocacy group?
- If you know anyone who is pregnant or currently breastfeeding, please let them know about this new organization in Jacksonville Beach.
We will meet the first Wednesday of each month and have amazing guest speakers who are experts in fields such as:
- maternal nutrition for nursing
- lactation consulting
- yoga
- postpardem emotions
- infant massage
- self-care/bodywork
Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/GalaxyJax
- self-care/bodywork
- infant massage
- postpardem emotions
- yoga
- lactation consulting
- maternal nutrition for nursing
Take A Hint
The arteries of rabbits fed a high cholesterol diet
and
petted (a.k.a. massaged) regularly
had 60 % less blockage
than did the arteries of unpetted :( but similarly fed rabbits.
The Greatest Gift
Do you make enough time in your life for the ones that you love? Do you let them know how you really feel about them in a way that they can understand?
We are so busy; eating and texting while driving, adding endless errands to our to-do lists, ignoring the beauty of nature around us...can we set a little time aside each day to love? It is so healthy and so important.
The greatest gift you can give a loved one this holiday season is not an ipad, a sparkly piece of jewelry, nor is it even a massage gift certificate...
it is your TRUE PRESENCE.
Take a couple minutes, breathe in and out peacefully several times, approach them and with a smile, look into their eyes, say,
"My dear, I am here for you."
If you say this with your mind and your body united, you will witness a transformation.
it is your TRUE PRESENCE.
Take a couple minutes, breathe in and out peacefully several times, approach them and with a smile, look into their eyes, say,
"My dear, I am here for you."
If you say this with your mind and your body united, you will witness a transformation.
--Thich Nhat Hahn
Hepadna & Old Lace
Just stumbled across a unique artist doing some new stuff with an old art form.
Brooklyn-based Laura Splan programed the geometric shapes of different virion into a computerized embroidery machine to come up with some beautiful doilies.
Herpes never looked so elegant...
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| Herpes |
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| Influenza |
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| Hepadna |
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| HIV |
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| SARS |
We Are Healed
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| The Common Cold Magnified I write this to you, dear Reader, curled in bed, living day three of a cold. My throat burns, my bones ache, and my nose vacillates between being completely blocked and slowly leaking hot air. To top it all off, I've got a 2 lb baby inside me, squirming and kicking from my ribs down to my bladder. It is easy to feel sorry for myself. |
Being pregnant, I can't do my usual remedies.
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| Good-bye, Oregano Oil ! So long, Echinacea! |
Instead, I've been doing the following:
1) multiple himalayan salt water gargles each day2) neti pot 4-5 x per day with homemade saline (I still finish this with a squirt of colloidal silver to each nostril--hoping baby doesn't come out a Smurf ).
4) freshly squeezed grapefruit juice--which to be honest, sent me hugging the porcelain this morning
5) no sugar! eating healing whole foods.
6) parking my butt in bed all day.
AND Most Importantly -->
I am picturing myself healed.
Focusing and deeply imagining how it would feel to be already healed.
Cold FREE.
Unstuffed.
Like myself.
Practicing this powerful technique can
CURE CANCER.
Seriously.
Please watch this video in which Gregg Braden describes the science behind this process and see a video clip in which bladder cancer disappears from a woman's body, without any drugs, without any knives... Are you a believer? Is this a miracle? Or, is it a technology that we are fully equipped to perform?
You are this powerful, too, you know.
"What we choose to experience in our lives,
we must first feel in our hearts, as if it has already happened."
I am picturing myself healed.
Focusing and deeply imagining how it would feel to be already healed.
Cold FREE.
Unstuffed.
Like myself.
Practicing this powerful technique can
CURE CANCER.
Seriously.
Please watch this video in which Gregg Braden describes the science behind this process and see a video clip in which bladder cancer disappears from a woman's body, without any drugs, without any knives... Are you a believer? Is this a miracle? Or, is it a technology that we are fully equipped to perform?
You are this powerful, too, you know.
"What we choose to experience in our lives,
we must first feel in our hearts, as if it has already happened."
Thanks, Gregg Braden!!
You Hold The Key
"We must bring about a revolution in our way of living our everyday lives, because our happiness, our lives, are within ourselves."
--Thich Nhat Hahn, True Love
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| Cosmically Gorgeous flowers in San Francisco, noticed on the way to a day of dissection. |
Runners: Tart Cherries = Less Pain!
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| Some Cherry Juice A Day Keeps the NSAIDs Away! |
I am so excited to hear about all of the races that many of you will be running this season! This morning, I came across some great info that I know you all can use...
Instead of relying on Ibuprofen, Advil, or Tylenol this season for recovery and pain relief, swig some
TART CHERRY JUICE!
Click HERE to read the Research Article, Efficacy of tart cherry juice in reducing muscle pain during running: a randomized controlled trial, published by
JISSN (Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition)
in 2010.
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| This is the most beneficial way to consume fruit juice: *Room Temperature *Diluted with clean, spring water A study was conducted by the Departments of Orthopedics and Medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University, and it was discovered that, "Ingesting tart cherry juice for 7 days prior to and during a strenuous running event can minimize post-run muscle pain." Long distance runners were the participants in this randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial. The experimental group drank o.355 Liters of Tart Cherry Juice 2x per day for the week leading up to a race and on the day of the race. The cherry juice group reported a significantly smaller increase in post-activity pain compared to the placebo group.  Participants in the cherry juice group were more willing to use the drink in the future and reported higher satisfaction with the pain reduction they attributed to the drink. The antioxidants in cherry juice are so powerful that they stop inflammation in its tracks. Need more reasons to drink tart cherry juice? *Reduces Joint Pain (classic treatment for Gouty Arthritis) *Supports Healthy Sleep Patterns (contains Melatonin) *Supports Healthy Cardiovascular System *Contains TONS of Beta Carotene, Vit. C, E, Magnesium, Iron, Folate * Tart cherry juice concentrate scores highest of all fruits and vegetables for antioxidants (particularly anthocyanins). Here's the kind the baby and I've been chugging:  Remember: please drink Organic UNSWEETENED Tart Cherry Juice, as cherries have thin skins (easy for pesticides to seep through) and are on the dreaded dirty dozen list. |
Doulananada Shout-out
Check out the article I wrote for Jacksonville's Doulananda Birth Services blog. In it, I discuss how Maternity Reflexology is an effective tool in easing all aspects of carrying, birthing, and recovering.
Click HERE for the article
Doulananada is an extremely helpful company that provides doula services, birthing and breastfeeding classes, as well as hypnobirthing courses. If you or someone you know in the Jacksonville area is planning a pregnancy or expecting, check them out for some beneficial information.
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