Radical Health ND

With a system so focused on profit I’m feeling like the most effective way to move the needle is to vote with your dollar . Vote local . Vote small . Support people who are living out their passions . It’s an energy exchange. It’s a constant choice to support what aligns most with your values .

These little eggs muffs took like 2 mins to make and 20 mins to cook . V easy . I cooked down some rainbow chard with avocado oil on the stove . Then added 7 pasture raised eggs with a clove of garlic and some salt and pepp and rosemary with some filtered water in my new Vitamix (that I won!! :: I used to never win anything and have been working on changing around that story for myself and last week won this and a freaking trip to Maui! – so stoked on this shift .) ok so eggs , little bit of water or milk , spices , blend it , add cooked veg to cupcake holders , pour egg mix on top , I cut some parsley on top of that and cooked at 375 for 20 mins – until fluffed up and slightly brown on top . Easy peasy breaky or protein source for a couple days .

I am dedicating the next week – potentially 2 but this week to start (because consistency is a challenge on it’s own so starting with a week feels less intimidating / more doable) – to a sadhana with Tulsi . This dedication is to myself to work with a pattern that has been part of my shadow for a long time now . It’s been yelling at my lately . I want to understand it deeper . Let’s see how this goes .

If you deal with guilt around eating try focusing on the nutrients on the plate instead of the “bad” parts of it.. reading about intuitive eating . It’s more than ok to eat a food if you enjoy it and it has absolutely no “nutritional value” . If you feel like you’d like to add more nutrients to the plate while still having the food that might normally be a trigger for guilt focus on the nutrients and how good they feel in your body savoring each bite and feeling grateful for the food and your body . Thank you for nourishing yourself . mind body spirit. Eating based on our own internal cues and signals . “If you don’t love it, don’t eat it , and if you love it , savor it .”

Things I wish were taught more commonly to kids ::: how to compost , how to propagate produce and plants in general , how to cook basic meals / how to prepare vegetables , meditation , self soothing with deep breathing , generally how our body works – lungs, digestion, kidneys, lymph . How to identify local plants and trees

Just started making the most delicious cozy tea post dinner – sliced ginger , lavender , fennel seeds and lemon . I love you I love you I love you

I did a yin training over the past couple of weekends . I had done one back when we lived in Colorado and wanted to revisit it since learning more about fascia and anatomy in general . Two things that have really stuck with me – the emotional straightjacket that our fascia creates through areas of tension created by emotions that are not fully expressed and stored away – how many of us curl our shoulders forward? What are we grieving ? By holding poses that are heart opening we can start to release the emotion and remind our body what it feels like to have a more open heart and stand up a little straighter . Here’s another example – I had been experiencing a lot of hip pain – along the liver and gallbladder channels – yin and Yang to eachother – the liver meridian associates with the emotion of anger .. we were doing a bunch of hip opening the first weekend and I had forgotten this association but man I was fucking pissed .. I didn’t even know at what exactly but I just wanted to be alone . It brought up a lot . This is what the other major point was that stuck with me – that yin and restorative yoga are different practices .. I had gone in with the intention of learning more to share with patients because it seems like everyone’s nervous systems are jacked up these days – so much Yang in our world .. I ask people what they do to relax and it’s more Yang .. which is awesome but balance is important and we need some yin to balance out all the Yang energy out there . However – yin yoga itself can be really activating for a lot of people .. especially at the beginning . We store so much in our fascia not just toxins but emotions and memories too .. when we settle into stillness in certain poses we give the fascia the chance to melt and move and release what it needs to . All we can do is continue to breathe to support the flow .

My go to when I start feeling run down or like I’m starting to fight something off immune system wise :::: magic socks :::: take cotton socks – I like using short ones better – run them under water stick them in the freezer then when you’re ready for bed get your feet nice and warm .. friction rub, hot water something to make sure your feet are toasty first , keep them warm and grab some wool socks to have handy .. then take cold socks out of the freezer and run them under cold water under they’re flexy bendy again . Ring them out the best you can . Put the cold socks on and then put the wool socks over them and go to sleep . The cold socks will warm up within 2-5mins and be completely dry by morning . It’s the cure . It gets your lymph moving. Gets the vis ignited and clears ya up .

Yin sequence for release of all the major lines of fascia 1. Fire Toes for 1 min 2. Caterpillar for 3 mins 3. Half butterfly w lateral stretch each side 3 mins 4. Reverse child’s 3 mins 5. Fallen bridge 3 mins 6. Figure 4 each side 3 mins 7. Cat pulling it’s tail each side 3 mins 8. Heart opening pose – block under shoulder blades with legs out 3 mins 9. Savasana 8 mins

Rolfing – somatically experiencing what we’ve buried, stored and carried with us . When it comes up , letting it come out. I had a really beautiful session today . Feeling my shoulders settled for the first time in a long time . Integrated instead of separate parts flowing together with each breath nothing forced just witnessing with patience and love . Thankful for healers that hold sacred space.

“In a consumer society, contentment is a radical proposition” -Braiding Sweetgrass

Feel the feeling without becoming the emotion. I feel angry instead of I am angry ..

I was sick last week . Sinus congestion headache nausea fatigue sore throat . Started feeling really sick Wednesday so I supported the shit out of my immune system with elderberry syrup , fire cider , athletic greens with vitamin D, a quart of nettle tea , steam inhalation with essential oils , neti pot , yoga and pumpkin curry .. Everything except the stuffy sinuses went away . I honestly felt great I just couldn’t breathe lol . I took a bath with Epsom salt lavender and some baking soda and did the magic socks treatment and slept like a rock . Still woke up super stuffy but feeling good otherwise . Took wellness tincture and sat in the sunshine and fresh air and reflected on how long it had been since I had had a cold . Reflected on how important it is for our immune systems to get a workout and adjust to the new strains of cold and flu when we’re strong enough to beat them. It’s part of our genetic evolution . It’s vital to our survival to have these exposures and allow our body to mount a proper response, fight and beat it and store the information for later so we don’t get as sick the next time . We’re such a quick fix society . Give me the magic pill make it go away . Don’t make me feel . To feel is to be human . To get sick is to be human . It’s a sign to slow down to nourish yourself to support your body to function in the more effective and efficient way it knows how . Just because the symptoms are numbed out doesn’t mean you’re helping your immune system . In naturopathic medicine there’s a perspective that if you stifle symptoms you’re burying them to come out in another way later on. It’s when you support your systems and allow the symptoms to express and move through that provides depth to healing . There’s a time and place for everything I just think we should all take a moment to support our bodies and listen to the symptoms coming up before trying to shut them up quick with a pharmaceutical fix .

Trusting yourself .. Impulsiveness and consciousness . starting to explore EMDR this week . Looking forward to seeing what comes up.