Light a candle, eat chocolate, connect and dance…

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Last Sunday, before the events of the week unfolded, I led a retreat at my good friend Britt Bensen’s YogaFarm.  The whole day was amazing!  We did yoga, danced, laughed, connected, cried, ate, walked in nature and, most importantly, remembered who we were…returned to the center of our beings. Aaahhh… Our prayer was that the [...]

Green Goodness

Green smoothy

Yesterday I was messing around in the kitchen and put together the BEST SMOOTHIE EVER!  So, I wanted to share the delicious and nutritious taste explosion with you. Here are the ingredients I used: 2 handfuls of organic spinach 1 Granny Smith apple, cored 1 Meyer’s lemon – just the juice (from my neighbor’s tree…oh, [...]

How to Make Homemade Ginger Tea

Homemade Ginger Tea

‘Tis the season for sniffles and coughs…so I love to keep plenty of homemade ginger tea on hand.   You can use it to sip on throughout the day as a preventive measure – or drink it to soothe a sore throat and stuffy head. Here’s how I make it… Ingredients: 3 ½  quarts water 2 [...]

Bali Secret #4: Magical, Healing Comfort food

Kitchari in Bali

I’ve been SO EXCITED to share this Bali “secret” with you! This “secret” is the uber-delicious, savory and sweet, spicy yet gentle, Indian comfort food that kept me nourished…morning, noon and night…while I was studying in the jungles of Bali.  And for all of you who emailed me last week asking how to use your [...]

Bali Secret #3: Liquid Gold

Dr Deb making Ghee

Are you ready for “secret” #3? Here it is: Ghee. Liquid Gold. While I was in Bali I followed a cleansing Ayurvedic diet – with Ghee at every meal. We even learned how to make medicinal Ghee infused with herbs to be used not only in the diet, but also as a topical treatment. Ghee [...]