Let there be Light

Today’s scientific healthcare breakthroughs often appear more quickly than the means to put them into practice. And once in a great while, practitioners arrive at a Star-Trek-like phenomenon that truly astonishes. Such is the case with the 21st century’s highly-versatile low level laser therapy (LLLT). The effects of laser light at low intensity have been compared to Dr. Leonard McCoy’s tricorder, the hand-held, energetic healing device able to quickly identify and cure a plethora of medical conditions. Read More »

YOUR BODY'S CALL FOR WATER: Keeping a Whimper from Becoming a Shout

Our bodies have been signaling us all our lives, but we may not have recognized their pleas, especially when it comes to the demand for water. Most people notice the symptoms, but attribute them to other sources than dehydration. As they begin interpreting their bodies’ call for water, what once seemed like a whimper will sound like a shout. Read More »

The Low-down on Lead Exposure

The toy industry has recalled over 10 million Chinese made toys containing lead and lead based paint. This recall has left parents concerned about their children’s exposure to this dangerous heavy metal, and with just cause, only a tiny amount of lead is needed to harm a young, growing child. Children like to put their hands, toys, and other things in their mouths. Ingestion is the most common route of exposure to lead for children, and the route that most commonly leads to illness. Read More »

Is it really ADHD?

Ron Minson, MD, neurologist and psychiatrist of the Center for Inner Change, says that over 90% of his clients leave their program without needing medication – most of them were falsely labeled with ADHD. When we moved to Florida my daughter was suddenly included that group. Her new doctor decided she had ADHD during a seven minute visit for the flu. He confidently offered Ritalin. Read More »

Warning Signs of Inadequate Sleep

Snoring can be more than a disturbance to a bed partner. Although most snoring is harmless, loud and continuous snoring may be a warning sign for a serious and even life-threatening sleep disorder called sleep apnea, especially if it is accompanied by noticeable daytime sleepiness, or waking up without feeling refreshed. Read More »

Healthy Hydration

If you don’t have a water filter system, then you are effectively the filter. To properly filter your water before you drink, consider these 6 things to look for in an effective filter: Read More »

Raw Holiday Treats

This holiday season try indulging in scrumptious and healthy treats that won't pack on the extra holiday padding. These raw food recipes are quick, easy, and sure to satisfy everyone. Read More »

Tis the Season to Become a Holiday Hero

Just for a moment, put down your holiday list. Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Have you ever thought how you, individually or as a family, could become a holiday hero? Joseph Campbell said, "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." This is the time of year when our hearts are more open to giving. We reach deep within ourselves, rediscover our compassion for others, and pause to reflect how grateful we are for friends, family, and community. If during that pause your heart reminds you how commercial the holidays have become, consider different ways to make this season more meaningful. Read More »

Combining Fish Oil with Statins Benefits Patients

A major study demonstrates the striking benefits of combining high-dose EPA with Statin drugs for patients with cardiovascular disease. The study consisted of nearly 19,000 Japanese patients taking standard amounts of statins plus or minus 1.8 grams of EPA per day. After more than 4½ years, those taking the statins plus fish oil had 19 percent fewer major cardiovascular events. This is a remarkable decrease, especially considering the subjects initially had high LDL cholesterol (182 mg/dl) levels. Since this was a Japanese population, they already had relatively low AA/EPA levels compared to Americans, due to their increased consumption of fish. The extra EPA simply decreased it even more. Read More »

How Slow Can You Go?

Do you feel energized and active every day? Are you able to do the activities that you enjoy most? Stress is one of today’s greatest enemies and is often the result of moving through life too quickly. To strive for your utmost level of wellness, consider these suggestions: Read More »

Home Sweet Home?

According to Asthma in America, there are currently 14.6 million Americans with asthma, of whom 4.8 million are children under the age of 18. Indoor pollution is estimated to cause thousands of cancer deaths and hundreds of thousands of respiratory health problems each ear. In addition, hundreds of thousands of children have experienced elevated blood lead levels resulting from their exposure to indoor pollutants. Read More »

Raw Food for the Holidays

The holidays provide us a wonderful selection of seasonal food varieties. Raw food can nourish our body without extra fats and processed sugars. While it might seem like a challenge to create a "raw" holiday meal, seasoned raw food enthusiasts can show you how. Many raw food chefs have done countless experiments that have succeeded in bringing the nostalgic flavors of this season to our palates. One such recipe is given below, a delicious raw pecan pie, which is so nutritious it can be eaten for breakfast or as a dessert. Read More »

Magical Holiday Tips

The holiday season is upon us bringing with it parties, cooking, decorating, traffic, shopping, and missing loved ones. The stress may not out weigh the joy; however, for most of us the holidays prove to be overwhelming. Unfortunately, we can't control what is going on in the world around us, but we can learn how to control what is going on within us. Using these stress stabilizers, no matter how many obligations you believe you have this holiday season, your experience can be filled with peace and joy. Read More »

Help Your Pet Scratch the Itch

Is your pet itching and scratching? It could be caused by food allergies. Classic symptoms that dogs exhibit include facial itching, foot and limb chewing, belly itching, and recurrent ear infections. Food allergies for cats, on the other hand, usually produce scabs and other signs of itching around the face and neck. Your pet may show one or more of these symptoms. Read More »

Early to Bed, Grades Rise

After examining the results of 238 questionnaires completed by students attending middle school or high school, researchers say missed sleep can lead to poor performance in school for adolescents. According to the surveys, students with lower grade point averages (GPAs) were more likely to have restless, aching legs when attempting to fall asleep, difficulty concentrating during the day, snoring every night, a hard time waking up in the morning, sleepiness during the day and falling asleep in class. Read More »

Slow down ADHD Naturally

Children are a source of happiness, laughter and love. Yet in 1975, 150,000 American children were being drugged to treat a little known condition called Hyperactivity Disorder. By 1997, that number had skyrocketed to 4.4 million. Today, it is estimated that more than 6 million children in the U.S., diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), are taking powerful, psychiatric drugs. Read More »

Circle Walking with Qi-gong

Traditional Chinese medicine holds that the life force energy, or qi, is everywhere and in everything. It is in the foods we put in our bodies (the fresher the better) and the relationships we cultivate whether good and bad. You feel it most when you are in nature enjoying your favorite lake, forests, mountains, or even by the ocean. It is far more than just oxygen that you are feeling and your body intuitively knows this. It flows in the body in canals called meridians. According to practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) this flow of your life force energy is as important as blood circulation and this flow is usually compromised before health challenges (disease) manifest in the physical body. Read More »

Real Scents

Many people think of aromatherapy as just something that smells good. That should be a key factor, yet, that is only a part of the healing traits of aromatherapy. Many of the "aromatherapy" products that line the shelves of common markets now are not really what they are advertising to be. True aromatherapy is from a botanical source and true botanicals often have individual fragrant qualities. Essential oils are intense concentrations of pure plant parts yielding numerous traits along with their smells. Read More »

Prepare Your Kids to Make the Grade

Studies have shown that good nutrition and plenty of sleep can boost brain function, enhance memory, and improve concentration. Researchers are learning that certain types of foods help to build better brains, supply the nutrients to help children focus and create the energy needed for physical activity. To prepare your children for a day at school consider these nutrition tips: Read More »

“Ahh-choose” Your Allergy Prevention

Summer is here and with the changing of the seasons come the blooming of flowers and trees and environmental allergies. Symptoms of allergies are sneezing, coughing, headaches, fatigue, watery eyes, and stuffy nose. These natural approaches may help to minimize or even eliminate these burdensome symptoms. Read More »

Acupuncture Facilitates Weight Loss

Obesity in America has reached what might be considered epidemic proportions. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percentage of people who meet the definition of obesity has more than doubled over the last two decades. Approximately 65 million American adults could be considered clinically obese. Read More »

Are Your Lymphs Draining You?

If it wasn't for your lymphatic system, you would swell up like a balloon. Its impact is so far reaching that many aches and pains, low energy, fluid retention and even susceptibility to colds and flu may be due to a sluggish or congested lymph system. Read More »

Purify Pesky Pollutants

The Miller family is probably much like yours. They rush from one place to another: after work and school; mom and dad take the kids from swimming to soccer practice, from piano and guitar lessons to gymnastics and baseball games. Every day is full of activity. When they finally head home for the evening, they want to relax and enjoy their time together. Even with all the running around they do, the average family, the Millers, included, spends about 90% of their time indoors. Read More »

Feeling Fruity?

Fruit is in full bloom, sweet, juicy, watery, cool and yummy. These foods are ripe and it's time for them to be consumed; grapes, strawberries, blueberries, mulberries, raspberries, cherries and berries of all types. Melons, pears, apples, peaches and all of the juicy foods that run down your chin as you eat them. These foods are cooling, so they can counter the excess heat without freezing the digestion. Watermelon is especially good at warding off summer-heat. Not only can you eat the yummy red center, but you can also boil the rind when you're done and make a tea. Let the tea cool and slightly sweeten and you have an excellent herbal decoction to ward off summer-heat. Read More »

Good Vibrations

All things have a vibration. That is a simple scientific fact. Yet when we really think about these energies they suddenly become very magical and somewhat mysterious. Essential oils are the transformation of pure plant matter into the obtainable liquid. This carries the essence of the botanical’s vibration creating inspiration on a holistic level. Read More »

Whole Truth about Whole Food

Supplementing your diet with herbs, vitamins, minerals and antioxidant-rich food and drink is key to your health. Organic whole food is beneficial in daily meals as well as supplementation. Conventional farming techniques usually add about three minerals to the soil which yields aesthetically pretty produce that can be deficient in the 60+ minerals we need for optimal function. Plants simply cannot absorb and pull out of the soil what is not there. Read More »

Head off Headaches

Headaches affect almost everyone now and then. The steady throbbing pain of a headache can really drain your energy. Headaches may develop from stress, tension, anxiety, muscle tension, TMJ syndrome, or sinus pressure. Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle method of detection and correction that encourages your own natural healing mechanisms to alleviate the negative effects of stress, tension, and anxiety on the central nervous system. Read More »

Green Clean Your Home

An average American home contains about 62% toxic chemicals and produces 25 pounds of hazardous waste. This eventually reaches our oceans and rivers. Much of this waste can be attributed to household chemicals. We as consumers have little knowledge because the chemicals are not revealed on labels. Two percent of 72,000 synthetic chemicals since 1945 have been tested. Toxins are stored in the fatty tissue; the brain and breast are prime targets because of their fat content. According to Poison Control, household products and bleach are among the top culprits for more than 3 million poisonings each year. To help keep your home healthy consider using environmentally friendly products. Healthier products are becoming more popular as evidenced when featured on Oprah’s Earth Day show. Read More »

The Art of Balance

Tightrope walkers stroll along a high wire with the ease that most of us walk down the street. They do so with the aid of a balance bar—the long pole they carry that stabilizes and steadies their progress. Read More »

Say Goodnight to Insomnia

Insomnia and other sleep disorders have reached epidemic levels in the west. Nearly 70 million Americans, mostly women, suffer from it. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) includes four main branches: acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage therapy and qi-gong. TCM views almost all sleep disorders as stemming from either a deficiency in qi or from a surplus of qi in body organs, mainly the five yin organs which include the kidneys and heart, indicating a toxicity of mind (toxic emotions) and body (external poisons or pollutants). Read More »

Headache – Prevention and Treatment

While acupuncture, laser and bioelectromagnetic therapies may quickly resolve pain of all kinds, virtually all headaches are preventable. The adage that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure really is true. Often all that is necessary to eliminate even chronic headaches is to identify and remove the trigger. Read More »

H2-Oh!

All living cells depend on an adequate supply of water in order to survive and carry out all of life's functions. Every cell in your body is primarily composed of and is surrounded by water; in fact no cells in your body actually touch. Water is required for every bodily function: breathing, digestion, growth, movement, elimination of waste products, heat dissipation, secretion and all glandular functions. Within your body literally thousands of chemical reactions are occurring around the clock without your knowledge. Read More »

Can You Pass the Stress Test?

The adrenal glands are two little glands that sit above your kidneys. They produce some of the most important hormones in the body and are considered by many authorities to be the glands most affected by stress. Read More »

Nutrients from the Sea

Marine Phytoplankton are known as the ocean's fundamental food web. Marine phytoplankton consists of an immense variety of single cell plants found in the surface upper zone of the aquatic system. They are microscopic, float and live in the ocean. Phytoplankton have ability to transform inorganic minerals and sea water, natural warmth, and the Earth's sunlight and carbon dioxide into usable vitamins, proteins, amino acids, and carbohydrates, in essence creating food for the global ecosystem. Marine phytoplankton are responsible for creating the majority of our planet's oxygen. Marine phytoplankton nourish the cells completely. Because of photosynthesis our diverse marine biology ocean plants take in both the sea and the sun and produce nutrients. Whales that feed on plankton and krill are known to live up to 200 years. Read More »

Herbs for Stress Relief

If you ask any woman today, she's likely to tell you that stress is a big part of her life. Herbs can be very effective tools in stress management. When we think about stress, we often think about tension, anxiety, pressures, and fatigue. A holistic herbal approach to treating stress will reduce those symptoms, but will actually do much more. Read More »

How Deep is Skin Deep?

The skin has 3 basic layers: Epidermis, Dermis, and Fat Layer. Read More »

Have You Had Your Omega Today?

While most Americans eat way too much of the omega-6 oils found in meats and most vegetable oils, they suffer a relative deficiency of the omega-3 oils, a situation that is associated with an increased risk for heart disease and about sixty other conditions including cancer, arthritis, stroke, high blood pressure, skin diseases, and diabetes. Particularly important to good health are the longer chain omega-3 fatty acids such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexanoic acid (DHA) found in fish, especially cold water fish such as salmon, mackerel, herring, and halibut. Although the body can convert alphalinoleic acid, a short chain omega-3 fatty acid, from flaxseed oil it is much more efficient to get them from fish oils. Furthermore, there is evidence that many people have a difficult time converting alphalinoleic acid to EPA and DHA. Read More »

Pain-Free Stretching

Often forgotten and yet most integral part of stretching, the ‘stretch reflex’, is the body’s built-in mechanism that instinctively shortens a muscle when it is moved too close to its ‘end point.’ This helpful stretch reflex will always activate before pain and will do it every time. If you have pain with stretching you are already past the ‘stretch reflex’ and you are now trying to force a muscle to keep lengthening. Read More »

Healing Anxiety and Depression: An Ayurvedic Perspective

John Douillard has been teaching Ayurvedic medicine, natural health, fitness, and nutrition for 19 years and has trained more than 2,000 Western doctors in Ayurvedic medicine. John Douillard, PhD currently directs the LifeSpa School of Ayurveda (www.lifespa.com). His books include The 3-Season Diet and Body, Mind, and Sport, which has sold over 100,000 copies and been printed in six languages. His latest titles are Perfect Health for Kids and The Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Massage. In this article, he discusses depression and anxiety from an Ayurvedic perspective, with a focus on the koshas (which translates from Sanskrit as “sheaths”) and which are described in the Vedic tradition as the layers of human consciousness that exist around the Self, like lampshades around a lightbulb. Read More »

What’s in Your Wine?

The use of added sulfites is debated heavily within the winemaking community. Many vintners favor their use in extremely small quantities, to help stabilize wines, while others frown on them completely. Read More »

Transition Through Grief

How could God do this to me? How am I going to get through this? What am I going to do now? Am I losing my mind? Grievers experience many different feelings, physical sensations, thoughts and behaviors surrounding grief, some of them unfamiliar. They sometimes think something is wrong with them. Often people feel like they "just can't get it together." They feel like they are not themselves. And they aren't. What was normal prior to the loss is no longer normal, and their new "normal" hasn't been established yet. It is a time of anxiety, “what ifs,” loneliness, and disorientation. Grieving requires a lot of energy at a time when exhaustion has taken over. Read More »

Work Making You Sick?

During the energy crisis of the 1970’s, builders started to construct homes and offices that were as airtight as possible. Just a few years later, the World Health Organization suggested that the occupants of up to 30% of new and remodeled buildings complained about indoor air quality. When poor air quality results in health problems, two related terms are used to describe the situation: building-related illness and sick building syndrome. Read More »

Nature Nurtures Health

According to Roger Ulrich, Professor and Director of Center for Health Systems and Design at Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, “A growing body of research is giving credibility to the widely held belief that nature can improve health.” In a recent study findings indicated that individuals recovered significantly faster and more completely from stress when they were exposed to natural settings as opposed to urban environments. Read More »

What Did You Say?

Ever wonder why even though you repeat yourself over and over, you still wind-up feeling as though you have not been heard? Here are some keys to help develop communication skills that help us be heard as well as hear others. Read More »

Itching To Look Good

Do you know that 60% of the products women use on their skin are absorbed and deposited into the circulatory system? According to Dr. Hauschka, the average woman absorbs 30 pounds of the ingredients contained in moisturizers over 60 years. Read More »

Hormones linked to Breast Cancer Risk

Discontinuing hormone replacement therapy may reduce risk of breast cancer. In 2002, a major study by the Women’s Health Initiative was actually halted because Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) with combined estrogen-progestin did more harm and actually caused invasive breast cancer. Also in 2002, another study showed that long-term use of estrogen-replacement therapy can increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer. The good news is researchers at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center recently reported that breast cancer rates plummeted sharply between 2002 and 2003. They speculate that this decline may largely be due to the fact that millions of women discontinued using HRT after the findings from the 2002 studies were made public. Fortunately there are natural alternatives to HRT. In a recent study, 89-100% of the women who opted for alternative treatment of menopause symptoms reported relief of symptoms. Read More »

Nutrition is in Your Genes

Knowing which supplements will truly support your nutritional regime can be a complex challenge. In reality, your health is the result of interactions between your genes and lifestyle factors such as diet, exercise, stress and the ability to manage stress, smoking, and alcohol. It is your genetic makeup that determines which nutrients are used and how they are used. Each of us is a genetically unique individual who reacts to food and environment in a unique way. Small differences in our genes can influence how well our bodies metabolize foods, use nutrients, and remove damaging toxins. These small differences and how we deal with them can ultimately make a huge difference in our health. By adjusting our diet and lifestyle choices to our genetic profile we can make sure that our bodies function at their very best. Read More »

Belly Dancing- Tap into your Inner Female

Belly Dance is a very beautiful dance form with a long tradition. It is a believed to have originated in the fertility cults of the ancient world. In the Middle East, Belly Dance was danced to prepare women’s bodies for childbirth. Read More »

Allergies -What's in your House?

We’re a sneezin’, wheezin’ nation, and it’s not getting any better. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases reports about 50 million Americans are plagued with some type of allergy. This ranks allergies, in all their various forms, sixth on the list of chronic diseases in the United States. What may surprise you are some of the allergens that can kick off such reactions and their source of origin, the daily pollen count may be the least of our worries. Read More »

Acupuncture Lays Insomnia to Rest

The definition of insomnia, according to the American Sleep Disorders Association (ASDA), is difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. Insomnia may have a number of causes including stress, depression or anxiety. Western medication is helpful in some cases, but the use of prescribed medications often results in side effects such as drowsiness that are difficult to live with. If insomnia persists, then concentration and comprehension skills may decrease while depression and fatigue may increase. Frustration with quality of life can result in a frustrating search for sleep remedies. Read More »

Eating for the Seasons

Even in Florida we have seasons, although they are less dramatic than those experienced in the north. When we observe animals in nature, we witness an intrinsic harmony with the seasons. A squirrel knows what foods to store for the winter, just as a dog knows how to keep cool in the summer. We, as humans, are also linked to the cycles of nature and it serves us to change in accordance with the seasons as well. Read More »

The Scent of Love

True love stems from grounding within. We will be in love when we truly love ourselves not from the ego but from the heart. The responsibility for our emotions is in us; in our minds, portrayed with our bodies and felt with our spirit. Read More »

Relationship Recipes for Families

Even with the challenges of today’s busy schedules, family dinners are making a comeback. Social scientists have long touted the benefits of family dinners. Several studies show that children who eat dinner with their families are less likely to get involved with drugs and alcohol than those who do not. They also tend to get better grades, exhibit less stress and eat better. Clearly, family dinners are worthwhile. Read More »

Acupunture Relieves Knee Pain

The journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine published a study that showed the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating swollen knees. Fifty patients were diagnosed with inflammation of the lubricating tissues of the knee, with a collection of fluids in adjacent tissues or joint cavities. These fifty patients were then administered acupuncture treatments. Read More »

Brown Bagging Weight Loss Tips

Bringing your own lunch can be a key factor for weight loss. Creative options for watching your carbs can help. Here are some brown bagging tips. Read More »

Creating the Love We Want

The single most important thing to us in this world is our relationships; our relationship to ourselves and our relationship to others. We need others, even those people we do not know. We would not be able to eat if it was not for someone growing the food. Doctors, nurses, lawyers, gas station attendants, airline attendants, and the list continues on. However, we are most aware of those closest to us. Our partner or significant other is the one that presents the most challenges. Read More »

Ageless Living

Have you ever thought that you wish you could live eternally? Why not live as an ageless person while here on the planet? This means keeping our body clean and healthy, our emotional body clear, our mental body active and spiritual body aligned with the Divine within us. Read More »

Remember Rosemary

Aromatherapy empowers the mind, body and spirit to be in unison. Awakening our minds with the scent of Rosemary will enliven our thought processes. Noradrenaline, which is a naturally occurring mental and memory stimulant, is released in the body through inhalation of rosmarinus officinal (rosemary). Read More »

Banish Holiday Blues

Holiday depression can affect both men and women, young and old. Factors contributing to holiday depression include increased stress and fatigue, unrealistic expectations, too much commercialization, and the inability to be with one's family. The increased demands of shopping, parties, family reunions, and house guests may also contribute to tension and sadness during the holidays. Common stress reactions during the holidays include headaches, excessive drinking, over-eating or not eating enough, and difficulty sleeping. Read More »

3 Keys to Optimum Health

Your body is composed of more than 10 trillion cells. Each cell performs thousands of functions daily. When these cells can perform their functions properly in coordination with the needs of the rest of the body, you have health. Read More »

Toxins – What Have You Got To Lose?

Are you one of those people that can't lose weight regardless of what you do? You've tried dieting, starving yourself, hormone replacement and exercise with very little or no results. For people like you, there may be a reason why the weight won't budge. Read More »

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

Poor Hamlet, in the midst of his "To be or not to be" soliloquy he utters the words "To sleep, perchance to dream." Were they the musings of a psychotic or possibly a cause of the psychosis itself? People who are consistently denied their dream sleep are known to become depressed and anxious. Sleep is a bodily function that many of us take for granted until it is disrupted or we are deprived of it. For millions of Americans getting enough restful sleep is an ongoing battle. Read More »

Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions

The New Year is a time for new beginnings and traditionally everyone makes resolutions for the year ahead. Statistics show that by the end of 30 days the resolutions we make begin to dissolve. There are many reasons why people abandon their resolutions: Read More »

5 Ways to Start Your Day

Get healthy and stay in shape by taking the "routine" out of exercise. Exercise will balance your body’s enzymes, nutrients, and minerals, giving you more energy, more vitality, and clearer, more vibrant skin. Read More »

Omega Inflammation Information

To reduce inflammation you need to know your Omegas. There are omega-6 fatty acids that cause inflammation, while omega-3 fatty acids reduce inflammation. Omega-9 fatty acids (like oleic acid found in olive oil) have no effect on inflammation. Only long-chain omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) have anti-inflammatory effects. The short chain omega-3 fatty acids found in flaxseed oil have no anti-inflammatory benefits. Keep in mind, the amount of omega-3 fatty acids necessary to see a benefit is more than can be found in typical food products. Supplements are necessary. Read More »

Lessen Your Load – Fast

While fasting cannot be claimed to be a cure-all, it can be a valuable part of a long-term lifestyle change that can address the root cause of many symptoms. There are different types of fasting such as total fasts, water fasts, juice fasts, and raw foods fasts. Most people naturally think of fasting as a powerful way to detoxify and balance the physical body systems, lose weight, promote diet or other habit changes, address health issues, or ward off various illnesses or aging issues. But expert practitioners believe fasting is most effective when the spiritual and emotional components are addressed. Indeed, fasting has historically been part of most spiritual paths. Read More »