by Eyton Shalom | Jul 18, 2010 | Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Wellness
“It’s the Qi, Stupid!” or, Why Buy Locally Grown Organic Food.The primary requirement Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda make from our food, is that it should be full of Qi. But what is Qi? One could translate Qi as “Life-force”. It is related...
by Eyton Shalom | Jan 21, 2010 | Ayurveda, Ayurveda Articles, Spring, Wellness
Cleansing in Ayurveda A great way to recover from the overeating of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, is with a Ten Day Ayurvedic Detox Cleanse. Ten Day Ayurvedic Detox Cleanse versus Purgatives A Tend Day Ayurvedic Detox Cleanse is used routinely in Spring,...
by Eyton Shalom | Oct 28, 2009 | Green Living, Meditation, Mindfulness, Wellness
Metta Meditation: Meditation on Loving KindnessIt is hard for most of us to be in a continuous state of loving kindness towards other living things. It is not easy. We get disappointed, we disappoint; others are angry at us, we are angry at them; people don’t...
by Eyton Shalom | Jun 26, 2009 | Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Summer, Wellness
Are you keeping naturally cool in summer? In Classical Chinese Medicine summer is the season of maximum “yang,” a time of extreme heat, light, and activity; in summer our energy circulates centrifugally; it is closer to the surface and our radial pulse...
by Eyton Shalom | Mar 24, 2009 | Ayurveda, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Green Living, Wellness
What Are the Signs of a Healthy Digestive Tract? A healthy digestive tract is marked by “good appetite, good digestion and good elimination.” This will produce a clean tongue coating, a postive feeling after eating, and regular, easy, productive...
by Eyton Shalom | Jan 26, 2009 | Autumn, Ayurvedic Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Green Living, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Vata, Wellness, Winter
Teff n’ Quinoa Gluten Free Vegan Pancakes Recipe Autumn and Winter are ideal times for the warming, grounding quality of of pancakes. But why use pre-packaged, over-salted, sugary, low-fiber pancake mixes whose pre-ground grains may or may not be fresh,...