I just breathed deeply for 10 minutes and I already feel like a different person. I feel calmer, yet paradoxically more energetic and focused. My body feels significantly better, as if my cells are now vibrating differently due to the recent influx of oxygen. I can...
*Note: the topic of this blog is actually far more innocent than the title suggests ? “The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable” -Carl Jung “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -George Bernard Shaw “Work...
The end of 2020 is nigh, and considering the popular sentiment that this year was perhaps a bit more dumpster-fire-esque than most of its predecessors, it seems a safe assumption that many Americans will be tormenting their livers even more thoroughly than is...
Like all other creatures on this planet, humans have evolved while in direct electromagnetic connection with the earth, that is until the last few centuries. What does it mean to be electrically coupled to the planet? Simply put, it means touching the earth...
Have you noticed how it seems like the world is accelerating like a merry-go-round that rotates faster and more chaotically with each passing year? If so, you’re not alone. I’m right there with you. If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that self-care is no...
You are not a machine. You’re a living organism with purpose and feeling and irrational fuzziness. You’re autopoietic, meaning that you renew and regenerate yourself. You are sovereign in your subjectivity, an ecosystem unto yourself who’s...
As adaptogens go, shilajit is as unique as it is versatile. Also known as salajit, mimie, mummiyo, and shilajatu, shilajit is—unlike nearly all other known adaptogenic substances—neither an herb nor a mushroom, but rather an herbomineral exudate harvested from...
Winter is coming, and given the situation the world has found itself in this year, it’s more critical than ever to support our immune systems from every possible angle. We’re seasonal creatures. Our biology is designed to harmonize with the earth’s natural...
PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals”, have been detected in the blood of 99% of Americans. A recent study found them in significant amounts in multiple popular brands of bottled water, reminding us just how prevalent they still are despite the fact that we’ve...
Testosterone levels are plummeting, and human hormonal health is generally the most precarious it’s ever been. While many mainstream health-related websites remain unwilling to speculate on the reasons why, there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that we know at...
Yin and Yang. Female and male. Earth and sky. Cold and hot. The manifest world is founded on the essential principle of the interaction of two opposing yet mutually dependent, ultimately cooperative forces. As above, so below, as the famous Hermetic maxim goes....
“I’m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.” – Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass It’s been pigeonholed as the harbinger of hives, tears, and snot, but it’s also...
