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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food on your Spring Retreat.

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  It was Hippocrates who said 'Let food be thy medicine and medicine be they food' some 2500 years ago, promoting the idea that we should look first to the food we consume as a basis for good health before we visit the pharmacy shelves. We agree wholeheartedly. I’d like to tell you a little … Continue reading Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food on your Spring Retreat.

Taoism on Winter

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From a Taoist perspective Winter is a Yin season, governed by the element of Water and the energy of 'storing'. Water looks for a way around resistance, holding true always to its search for the lowest point where it gathers and eventually finds stillness. The sediment then drops away and the surface becomes clear and … Continue reading Taoism on Winter