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Archive for June, 2011

Food for Natural Beauty

  Eating for Beauty. David Wolfe.    Eatingforbeauty.com Food enzymes are destroyed at temperatures over 120 degrees. Each cell has over 4,000 enzymes. They need minerals; pollen is a good source. If it floats in water, it’s rancid. Beauty depends on mineralization. Cooked oils are a main cause of free radical damage (except for cooking with [...]

Travel Notes: New Mexico, Notes on Science & Consciousness

  Science and Consciousness Conference, 5-04, Albuerque After the 5-day conference, I rented a car and drove 2 hours west of Albue. to a pueblo called Acoma. A local who gave me a ride from Whole Earth store said it was her favorite. I can see why it’s called the land of enchantment, as with [...]

Travel Notes: Costa Rica

My son Jed and I set out on what he described as a mother-son bonding two weeks in Costa Rica. He did a semester abroad there so he was a terrific guide, naturalist, and translator. I was glad though I’d listened to Spanish tapes driving around town before the trip so I could be courteous [...]

Staying Calm and Centered

  Use Body and Mind to Get Centered and Grounded Gayle Kimball, Ph.D. gkimball@csuchico.edu                                                            www.gaylekimball.info   Chronic stress impairs the immune system, leading to disease, which costs money. Around 25% of the workforce suffers from excessive stress or anxiety (www.stress.org). Long-term stress contributes to heart disease, high blood pressure, increased cholesterol, [...]

Microfinance

Open Doors Literacy Project started our first microfinance project with the literacy students, $200 to start. See Hassan’s report on http://opendoorsliteracyproject.weebly.com.

Moringa Tree: Hardy Source of Food

  Moringa Tree Info The Moringa Tree is a hardy drought-resistant tree that provides an exellent source of food, vitamins, minerals and herbal remedies. See www.treesforlife.org/our-work/our-initiatives/moringa Here is some advice I’ve collected about growing the tree. I’m going to try it in Northern California and our literacy program will try it in NW Pakistan. http://opendoorsliteracyproject.weebly.com. [...]

The Organs and Reflexology Points

  The Organs and Reflexology Points A useful website provides information about physiology, reflexology, iridology, and minerals and vitamins.  www.marysherbs.com/anat-pin.htm (See Michael Reed Gach.  Acupressure’s Potent Points. Bantam, 1990. Denise Brown. Hand  Reflexology. Eagle Editions, UK, 2000. Iona Teeguarden. Acupressure Way of Health: Jin Shin Do. Japan Publications, 1978)   Brain: It’s composed of the [...]

Health Sugestions from Traditional Chinese and Indian Medicine

  Traditional Chinese Medicine Tongue diagnosis, as used by acupuncturists, offers a useful tool because it reveals so much about basic health. A healthy tongue is pinkish red (too pale is a deficiency, purple is stagnation, too red is excess heat from a yin deficiency), has an even thin white coating with no patches and [...]

Kids’ Mind Power

Heidy, the mother of two elementary school boys reports about my Kids’ Mind Power CD and the meditation CD for adults:  “We love the cds, my son was surprised that it was for kids.  He liked the power tools, ALOT!.  We listened to the kids cd- 3 times the day we got them, and practiced [...]

Flower Essence Character Study of Gandhi: Vervain

  Flower Essence Character Study of Gandhi: Archetype Four, Vervain   “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” “My life is my message.”   Gayle Kimball                                                            August, 2008   His Life and Impact It’s important to have role models of outstanding humans in action. To me, [...]

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