Ayurveda and Fruits: Match Food to Your Dosha and the Season
What foods match your dosha? Fruits are naturally sweet sour and refreshing. Some fruits, like apples, also have an astringent or drying property, depending on variety, macs more than fiji, for example. Your mouth feels a bit dry after a bite of apple, or quite dry...Come in from the Cold Ayurveda Winter Tea
Tonight it was quite cold for San Diego and I walked to my friend’s house and then we went out again, so when we came back in I made an Ayurveda winter tea. We put on a small kettle and I placed in the tea pot: Fresh Ginger Slices, 5 Cloves 4 Cassia Twig 1...What’s Wrong with Red Bull and other Energy Drinks?
Are Energy Drinks like Red Bull good for you? Informative article today in NY Times today on energy drinks. One of the operative quotes: “…one thing is clear, interviews with researchers and a review of scientific studies show: the energy drink industry is...Rotator Cuff Pain Treated with Dry Needling and Acupuncture
Rotator cuff pain ranges from the tight, achy soreness and pain common with stress and overwork injury, to the more severe sports injuries involving tendonitis, sprain, strain, and partial tears of the rotator cuff, to what Chinese Medicine dubs “50 year shoulder”,...Instant Relaxation Stress Busters
Stress busters you can reach for any time. Dial down stress before an important meeting,calm yourself while driving, keep cool when faced with situations or people you find irritating or scary. These proven breathing, body-scanning exercises work. One Minute Stress...