Mind, Body and Health

Illness can flip our lives upside down and in a moment everything changes… a flood of questions washes away the tattered remnants of an orderly, pre-illness life. Can I trust this diagnosis? Do I need a second opinion? What options are best? How can I trust my body again? Read more

Best Carrot – Apple muffins ever

Ok, here goes my Wednesday recipe…

I was going to post this amazing and amazingly simple recipe for roast chicken my mom and I found about 30 years ago in some odd newspaper and have used it ever since for every family gathering without fail. Read more

Say Hello to Your Perfect Morning

I have to admit, this has been a difficult decision…

Last week my heart was set on writing about Italians and their art of arugula salad. But then, during my weekend in Jasper, I was served a cantaloupe – ginger soup for lunch and that’s where the trouble started. Read more

Real Russian Borsh

With the rainbow of fresh root vegetables at the farmer’s market, now is the perfect time for this soul warming, rib-sticking, just-like-my-Grandma used to make it recipe. You can use meat broth and add stewing beef together with the vegetables; vegetarian version is just as delicious! Read more

Spread the word, Share the love

A Few years ago I spent 8 months in Kazakhstan, on the coast of the Caspian Sea . Kids were little then, and the busyness and worries of everyday life have erased much detail of that time from my memory. However, the moment I stepped off of the plane and in to the pre-dawn darkness of the desert is one I’ll never forget. Read more

1001 night or how to make peace with your insomnia

3 AM.

I am awake.

Again!

4th night in a row!

Again I wake up at 1, 3, at 5 – body is exhausted, mind is restless, thoughts are chasing themselves like a dog its tail. Read more

Free to Love weekend in San Francisco

Such profound sadness…

I stand in the shower, water running down my shoulders, back, legs…tears streaming down my face…

Huge, unbearable, purifying, sweet sadness… Read more

Hey Good Looking, What You Cooking?

Are you still eating your last summer’s diet?

In Alberta we are very fortunate to observe the changing of the seasons ( OK, OK, you might disagree with the “fortunate” ) Our supermarkets, however, are the land of eternal summer. Read more

Sages and Scientists Symposium: The Merging of a New Future

“Science is God Explaining God to God Through the Human Nervous System.”

Dr. Deepak Chopra Read more

Summer is here

Summer has finally arrived – the last two weeks have been sunny and hot. According to Ayurveda, it is the Pitta time of the year – hot and bright. The sun is at it’s strongest and our physical activity is high – we want to be outside and enjoy what summer has to offer – especially here, in Northern Alberta… Read more

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