One of my patients came in recently after dental surgery and reported everything had gone very well. She was incredibly mindful of the entire experience and talked with the dentist office before hand about exactly what she would need in the treatment room and during the operation. She had everything planned out right down to …
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This morning I finally took the time to go out and clean up our garden for winter. We are not overly meticulous gardeners and the end of the season chaos that ensues in any garden is always three or four times worse in ours. This morning I was out there ankle deep in maple leaves …
In the last few weeks I’ve received quite a bit of positive feedback about my latest blog posts. The fall is a hard season and barreling into this fall has brought up a lot of challenges for several of my students and patients. The message of self-appreciation and self-care seems to be important this time …
Last week I wrote a post about Dread. It wasn’t too uplifting, but it was real. You know by now that I’m determined to be honest about this process of living. My history with seasonal affective disorder always renders October a trying month, yet each year I am baffled by the crumbling of the spirit, …
I love my job. Six mornings a week I wake up without setting an alarm. I don’t have a boss and I set my own hours. I commute a mile to work on my bike and make people feel good for a living. Plus, I just got the cutest little office up in the eaves, …
When we moved to Northampton in 2007 I had two months of yoga teaching under my belt. I knew a handful of people in the Pioneer Valley and had almost no money and no prospects other than a Wednesday night yoga class at the Hampshire Regional YMCA. I didn’t really know what I wanted out …
Every year I’ve lived in the Pioneer Valley, I’ve had a Community Supported Agriculture Farm Share. Over the years I’ve learned the differences in types of cabbages, the various colors that tomatoes, carrots, beans and beets come in and I’ve learned the proper way to pick and store dozens of vegetables and fruits. Over the …
This whole week, okay, I’m lying. This whole summer has been about the process of moving into my new office. If it wasn’t looking for a place, than it was contemplating what I wanted out of a space. Once I had the space, it was about picking out furniture or contemplating materials that were safe …
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This spring and summer I feel very touched by death. It has been quite a long time since I felt so immersed in a continuous grieving process. When I was in school I lost several intimates and acquaintances in a few short years all from traumatic deaths, overdoses and suicides. This season of grieving is …
In Chinese Medicine there are four basic substances we attempt to balance: Qi, Blood, Yin and Yang. Qi and Blood are probably obvious, qi is the energetic material component of the body and blood represents all the blood and menstrual blood of the body. Yin and yang are lesser known substances though familiar concepts. …
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