“If any field needs integration, it is medicine. If any field needs an integrative paradigm that can make sense out of all the different models of healing, it is medicine. The weaknesses of the conventional medical model have been clear for some time. Its procedures are too invasive and have too many harmful side effects. [...]

“By taking care of the present, we can even transform the past.” Thich Nhat Hahn
What is the past? What is history? I would suggest that the past is only what we choose to remember, whether that’s what someone’s recorded in a history text or whether it’s our personal recollection of an event. The memory [...]

“There is more to life than increasing its speed” Gandhi
Why have we bought in to convenience?
In theory, convenience is supposed to offer us less effort, less responsibility, less time and personal energy used and feelings of being in control. Convenience, or rather the efficiency and ease that we believe it gives us, has become part [...]

There are plenty of examples from herbalism, both the Eastern herbal tradition of Ayurveda  and Western herbalism, of home remedies that we can use to keep ourselves in tip top condition.
During my annual spring clean of our bathroom cabinet last week, I noticed how very different the contents had become. No longer is it packed [...]

It has occurred to me that when we are overly stressed, what we are actually encountering is a misuse of our personal energy. In the same way that we are collectively misusing the sources of fuel that the earth has to offer and causing global stress, on a personal level we can sometimes find ourselves [...]