The Search for Wholeness
“Searching” may not be the best word to use regarding wholeness, though many of us feel it to be something elusive, or at best found in occasional moments scheduled into our busy days. So why does it feel like a …
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Tasting the Tranquility of Tea
Event Date: Saturday, September 23, 2017
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Register early – space for this class is limited to 12
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Cost: $25.00
Location: North Seattle, Washington
Call Cindy for more information and to register at (206) 409-6157 …
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The Alchemy of Flavor: Medicinal Shrubs and Elixers
Event Date: August 26, 2017
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Register early – space for this class is limited to 12
.
Cost: $25.00
Location: Seattle, Washington
Call Cindy for more information and to register at (206) 409-6157
Shrubs, also …
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Support Emerging Yang in Spring with Nettles for Vitality
In each season the environment changes, and our body/mind also shifts as one season ends and another begins. This is easy to see in the cold weather versus hot temperatures or winter vs. summer. We are more apt to go …
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Therapeutic and Delicious, Nutrient-Rich Seaweeds
Seaweeds are incredibly varied and fascinating plants of the ocean world. They are found in every saltwater ocean on the planet, producing their own food and energy supply by means of photosynthesis. There are more than 15,000 varieties grouped in …
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Redefining Abundance
In the Western world, our lives are often characterized by hurry and overwork. Almost everyone I talk to at any length expresses angst about not having enough time. Between work and other responsibilities, there is barely enough time to know …
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The Revolutionary Love Project
At Our Selves, Our Planet, we were so moved, and feel so strongly supportive of the words of Valerie Kaur, founder of The Revolutionary Love Project, as she spoke of her vision of our world as a metaphor …
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The Culture of Waste
Stop throwing food away! The demand for quick meals and grab-and-go foods has lead to enormous food (and packaging) waste, to the tune of 70 billion pounds per year in the U.S. alone. This means that about 30% of all …
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Restoring Digestive Health with Fermented Foods
The ancient Greeks understood that important chemical changes took place during fermentation, calling it “alchemy.” With vegetables and fruits, as with dairy products, preservation by the process of lacto-fermentation has many advantages beyond simply maintaining the edibility of fresh food. …
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Bone Broth for Health Building
Winter is the ideal time for nourishing the Kidneys, and soup is the perfect winter food. Bone broth is prepared in cultures around the world as both a tasty, healthful soup and an easily digested medicinal food. The prolonged cooking …
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The Scam of Bottled Water
Plastic is one of the most toxic, yet ubiquitous, environmental problems on the planet. It leeches into the bottled water you drink, into the oceans, and the landfills. A single water bottle takes over 1,000 years to decompose, yet only …
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Diet Makes a Difference – Eat Less Beef
The average American consumes about twice as much protein as needed. You can significantly improve your health and the health of our planet by cutting your beef consumption by half, or cutting it out of you diet completely. Worldwide, beef …
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Food is Medicine: A Day of Harvesting and Cooking with Nettles
Event Date: April 23, 2017
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Harvesting nettles at a Seattle park, nettle food preparation and communal meal at a home in Phinney Ridge
. This is a free event, but please RSVP as space is …
How To Be a Good Guest (On This Planet)
It’s the holiday season, a time when many of us invite friends to gather together in our homes to share cheer and light in the dark days of winter (in the Northern Hemisphere). So the question comes up – what …
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Food As Medicine: A Chinese Perspective
In Chinese medicine and culture, food is recognized as an important healing force. There is a common expression in Chinese medical understanding: “medicine and food share the same origin”. In other words, food and medicine are not so different. Sun …
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Creating Balance for Your Energetic Constitution
Health and balance with diet from a Chinese energetic perspective is different from the approach of Western nutrition. Where modern Western thinking prescribes the same diet for a wide group of people regardless of their constitution and health patterns, and …
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