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While I have been wildcrafting the wild plants for food and medicine since childhood, I have never worked with the extremely subtle art of flower essences. Flower petals are so delicate the beauty and fragrance is easily lost in a tea, and doesn’t transfer easily to the harsh treatment of alcohol. How to harness and preserve the beauty and healing power of rosa acicularis?
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Our 2nd Annual Holistic Health Fair is our biggest fundraiser of the year! It is really a testament to the passion and energy in our community that we have 7 healers, 4 vendors, 3 performers/presenters, and LOTS of goodies donated…
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Category: Fundraiser, Headlines
Tags: Colorado, gilpin county, gilpin county community center, hands on health literacy for kids, health fair, health literacy, healthy communities, holistic healing, holistic health fair, homeopathy, massage therapy, Naturopathy, nonprofit, silent auction
Here in Colorado, Channel 9 News sponsors something called the “9 Health Fair”. These fairs happen all over the state throughout the year and feature vaccination clinics, blood donation areas, dental exams, eye exams, BMI checking, A1C and diabetes testing,…
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Category: Fundraiser, Headlines
Tags: acupuncture, community wellness, fundraiser, gilpin county colorado, holistic healing, holistic health fair, holistic nurses, homeopathy, massage, naturopathic doctor, Nutrition, reiki, yoga
I recently asked some of the local, holistic practitioners in our area to weigh in on the phenomenon of Cabin Fever, Winter Blues, and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Aiyanah of Intuitive Evolution in Black Hawk has first-hand experience with SAD:…
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Category: Headlines, Here's to your Health!
Tags: aiyanah, alpine botanicals, cabin fever, Colorado, dynamic roots, eagle's gift reiki, expert advice on cabin fever, Herbalism, homeopathy, intuitive evolution, midwife, natural remedies for cabin fever, natural remedies for SAD, nutritional supplements, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, seasonal depression, vitamin D, winter depression, winter doldrums
Wait…wait! Don’t skip this one right away. You’re probably thinking, what the heck is “viral gastroenteritis” and “why should I care?” Basically, this is really bad diarrhea with vomiting, which are common symptoms of the stomach flu, but it can…
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Category: Dr. Mom, Headlines
Tags: Chamomilla, diarrhea, Dr. Gregory Pais, First aid, gastroenteritis, hirschsprungs disease, homeopathic treatment, homeopathy, how to treat dehydration, natural remedies for flu, Naturopathy, pedialyte, stomach flu, viral, vomiting
Laura Michael has dedicated her training and career development to the study and practice of nursing. She is currently studying psychology and nursing at Colorado University in Boulder. She is a CNA, and certified in CPR and BLS; she is…
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Category: Fundraiser, Headlines
Tags: board of directors, complementary medicine, homeopathy, laura michael, natural health and wellness, natural medicine, nursing school, preventative medicine, registered nurse, starting a nonprofit
Our annual fundraiser is in full swing! Our goal this year is $2500 – and here’s a quick video to explain every milestone we hope to achieve along the way. Right now, we have 380 people following this blog, receiving…
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Category: Fundraiser
Tags: Alternative medicine, becoming a non profit, blogging for books, Colorado, donation, health, health literacy, Holistic Health, homeopathy, preventative medicine, self care
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread–and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness– Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow -From the Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam This is not the usual rant about…
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Category: Here's to your Health!
Tags: a jug of wine, a loaf of bread, define health, health and wellness, Holistic Health, homeopathy, lifelong health, medicinal poisons, omar khayyam, peacock feathers, the rubaiyat, what is health, what is holistic health
…of course, that’s the last thing you want to hear when you’re miserable . For me it always comes on in the late afternoon – after a day spent wandering about with no energy and no focus and feeling like…
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Category: Here's to your Health!
Tags: christopher beaver, chronic fatigue, cold and flu, gelsemium, get well soon, homeopathy, natural medicine, rest and relaxation, self care, sugar and immunity, vaccination
(The following article contains scary images) Two day’s ago, the World Health Organization attempted to scare the bacon out of us by declaring all processed and red meats as definitively carcinogenic. (Read my article “WHO meat and cancer link only…
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Category: Headlines, Here's to your Health!
Tags: dr. rajan sankran, genital herpes, herpes epidemic, herpes simplex, herpes simplex virus type 1, holistic cure for herpes, homeopathy, homeopathy and miasms, miasms, natural cold sore cures, succeptibility, world health organization