The Tiger in the Chinese Zodiac is associated with beginnings, newness, spring, fresh starts and next stages. It is associated with power, strength and courage. Tigers embody yang on earth: action and assertion. The tiger asks us to believe in ourselves. Channel the tiger energy to start a new project and trust your inner strength.
Continue reading →Just as it is important to know the source of your food, it is equally advisable to know what goes into your home cleaners. Your skin is your largest organ, absorbing much of what it contacts. Our chosen daily cleaning and grooming products can also affect your lung and hormonal health as well as your immune system. The products that you use to clean your home and laundry are often highly fragranced and poorly labeled as to their toxicity. Research shows that household cleaning and pesticide products may contribute to breast cancer because many contain endocrine disrupting chemicals or mammary gland carcinogens. Further, the … Continue reading →
Enjoy Sprouted Foods When you look to nature it’s obvious what to do next to move your health in the right direction. Choose foods strong in life force. Sprouting is the spring life force breaking though the cold ground of winter. Many foods have increased health benefits in sprouted forms. Sprouted foods are easier to digest, and it is easier for our bodies to process the nutrients in these foods. How do I sprout at home? Read more here! Garden Tip: Did you know that you can grow your own garlic from sprouted bulbs? Learn how here: https://www.almanac.com/plant/garlic … Continue reading →
Apply a Castor Oil Pack Today If you are a patient of Dr Cox and it is springtime or you have plateaued on your weight loss journey or you are ready for a spring detox or you want to improve your digestion, immune system, energy, sleep, etc You have certainly heard her say “Have you tried a Castor Oil Pack?” How to do a Castor Oil Pack & More See link for printable for Castor Oil Pack Instructions You can access Dr Cox Fullscript Template & purchase your favorite castor oil products at a discount here Choose the best castor … Continue reading →
In the best of our human experience, we will all feel the full gamut of emotions. Anger is associated with the spring season, a liver out of balance, as energy rises quickly. In awareness, we can experience anger without getting stuck in it. If the anger continues to linger, creating suffering and misery within and without, we can choose to resolve it – dissolve it – move it. Anger isn’t a problem. It’s a messenger. When we listen instead of react, anger can become clarity, courage, and change. Practices like exercise, dance, creativity, meditation, and gardening can help shift the … Continue reading →
If the only prayer you say in your life is “thank you,”, that would suffice ~ Meister Eckhart
Continue reading →Enjoying our Winter Soup Cleanse? You may also enjoy this Alkalizing Seaweed Soup that supports our Water Element. While the salty taste of salt directs qi and healing to the Kidney, Bladder & Adrenals, it is an easy winter way to add a fermented food into your diet to strengthen the Earth Element’s Stomach, Spleen & Pancreas. Besides soups, miso is a favorite ingredient in my salad dressings & sauces. I often have a cup of miso for breakfast. The combination of probiotics and seaweeds benefits my gut-brain axis. The medicinal key is to keep it out of direct … Continue reading →
Who doesn’t dream about a perfect night’s sleep? falling asleep within 30 minutes, 7-9 hours of continuous sleep to cycle through light, medium and REM stages multiple times, falling back to sleep easily if awakened, waking refreshed and energized throughout the day. What can help us achieve perfect sleep? let’s see what the science suggests Aromatherapy: try a bedside diffuser with relaxing scents or blends or a hand, foot, head and neck self massage before bed. Benefits of aromatherapy for insomnia. My favorite sleep oil available for you on Fullscript. This study suggests single aroma inhalation, lavender, offers the greatest … Continue reading →
Cozy up with a cuppa bone broth or chai tea. How did you come to know and love tea? I grew up with a mom who always created an herb garden wherever she has lived and helped me develop a taste for herbal brews early on starting with spearmint sun tea and catnip.I learned so much about tea in the town I lived for medical school – Portland, Oregon. They actually have tea shops and tea shops within Chinese gardens. My Chinese Medicine teachers always packed their traveling suitcases with tea and spices. The ah too true joke with them … Continue reading →
Use this shopping list for your Nourishing Soup Cleanse. You can shop for the complete 7 soup cleanse to support your entire 12 organ network (meridians) or just one or 2 of the soups to support specific organs. As available shop local or our farmer’s market. Spoiler alert: you may just find a favorite new soup. Base for 7 soups: Onions: sweet, white or yellow – 7 medium Garlic: 2-3 heads Extra Virgin Olive Oil Alternate base: Bone broth, Vegetable stock. favorite tea bags: chai, ginger, etc 7 days of soup (Fresh Vegetables) Lung/Large Intestine 1/2 head Cauliflower … Continue reading →
