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Wild Rose Flower Essence

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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Don’t miss our BIGGEST event of the year…

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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What is a ‘holistic’ Health Fair?

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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How to beat cabin fever

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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Natural interventions for Viral Gastroenteritis

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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Meet the Board: Laura Michael

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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Watch this 1 minute video, help us raise $2,500 !

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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Prescription for “A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread…”

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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Best teaching: “Just be sick”

…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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More scary headlines from the WHO…not so scary after all

(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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