[The Daily Daoist] Healing Food: Chinese Breakfast Porridge by Jessica Sommar It’s a cool, rainy June morning in the mountains in Massachusetts and a warm breakfast is on my mind. I have a yin belly – meaning my digestion is … Continue reading
[Meditation In Motion] Spirituality in Taiji by Eric Borreson What does spirituality mean in taiji and in everyday life? It has been used in popular literature to mean many things. To many, spiritual means living with our inner selves instead … Continue reading
[Food As Medicine] Beans, Beans and More Beans by Phoenix Liu, Ph.D When I visited a friend recently, he showed me a new program he is using to keep track of the calorie count of his daily intake. This friend … Continue reading
[Quantum Healing Dr. Lu] The Spirit of Food by Nan Lu It’s a deep question: Why is food medicine? Food is sunlight; it is water and earth in condensed form. The sun, the moon, all the planets and stars—the elements … Continue reading
[Research Update] Mind Body Medicine Research Update Compiled by Kevin W Chen Meditative Therapies For Reducing Anxiety: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Of Randomized Controlled Trials. Depression and Anxiety, June 14, 2012 pre-publication online. By Chen KW, Berger CC, Manheimer … Continue reading
[Seasonal Harmony] Foods For Late Summer by Ellsara Kling “When internal energies are able to circulate smoothly and freely, and the energy of the mind is not scattered, but is focused and concentrated, illness and disease can be avoided.” The … Continue reading
[Cycle of Harmony] Simple Foods To Nourish Your Blood by Jing Jin Every Chinese woman knows that one of the biggest secrets to health and beauty is well-nourished blood. When our blood is strong, we tend to have radiant skin, … Continue reading
[Ancient Wisdom, Modern Wisdom] The Color Purple Yam Dessert & Breathe Easy Fritillaria Pear by Yuan Wang, Warren Sheir, Mika Ono While Chinese mountain yam (Dioscorea opposita) is a key herb in traditional Chinese medicine, Dr. Yuan Wang, co-author of … Continue reading
[East West Perspective] Summer Food For Fire Element by Christina Barea Young Summer is a period of growth, it is a time when nature expresses her bounty to the fullest. To be in harmony, with the atmosphere of summer, one … Continue reading
[From The Doctor] Real Food Is Good Medicine by Nadia Linda Hole, MD What is real food? There’s no doubt that the implications of man-made processed foods, GMO Bt foods, & unnaturally sweetened foods, in our diets; correlated with the … Continue reading