Summer is right around the corner, beckoning us with a twinkle in her eye. Here in North Carolina, it already feels decidedly like summer, although we won’t hit the official start date until the Summer Solstice on June 20 this year. Summer reminds us to find our inner child and to let her out to … Continue reading Pocket-Sized Summer Vacations to Feed the Soul
Why Being Outdoors is Good Medicine Our systems have an amazing ability to sync up with rhythms we find ourselves next to. Scientists call this “entraining” and it was first observed in clocks - when left alone, they will end up synchronizing the swing of their pendulum. A similar phenomenon is apparent in other contexts … Continue reading “Take Two Walks and Call me in the Morning”
This week I got to hang out with some of my extended family in Florida. While not the kind of Spring Break that the Florida government has been bracing for, I suppose we went "bar hopping" in our own way... My 12-year-old nephew knows what’s good for him - MOVING - and he kept the … Continue reading Trampolining, Belting, and Other Surprising Spring Medicine
The primary claim of Ayurveda as a medical science is that it extends our lifespan - or better said, it teaches us how to avoid the pitfalls that typically shorten our lifespan. As a claim that is relevant to our modern times, this is a pretty good one, I’d say. If we observe the herculean … Continue reading How to live longer – the Brahma muhurta!
Call me optimistic, but my antennae are perking up at the tiny subtle signs that Spring is on its way here in the Northern Hemisphere. In fact, this week we passed not only Groundhog Day (when the groundhog in question apparently did NOT see his shadow, confirming an imminent spring), we also passed Imbolc. Imbolc … Continue reading Spring is Coming – How to Get Ready!
Ivy Ingram, MA, AP 