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Immunity begins within your gut. What better way to get started in clearing, healing, and balancing your body, mind, and spirit than with a Vitality Fire Tincture you can make at home.   I think it's safe to say that my vinegars are famous in my household and with my friends who have asked for an extra batch to take home.  If you go to a Filipino market and walk down the condiments aisle, you will find a variety of vinegars, some of which include peppers and spices.  One of my family favorites is called "Pinakurat," made from coconut vinegar,...

Golden Milk is an Ayurvedic beverage called Haldi Doodh, which literally means “turmeric milk” (Haldi=Turmeric Doodh=Milk).  Originating from India, this warming drink is anti-inflammatory, gut-healing, comforting, and super delicious.  Each ingredient contributes to your overall well-being, including mental health.  Since stress is one of the top reasons for inflammation occurring in the body, it is important to learn how to incorporate good medicines like Golden Milk into your daily routine.   This vegan version of Golden Milk calls for turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, pepper, and coconut.  Although other spices like cardamom, cloves, or ashwagandha may be added to the mix. Ghee is...

I've been asked many times, "How do you connect to ancestors?"  My response: "You need to be quiet, and listen." Connecting with your inner ancestor means opening up the lines of communication to really understand, process, and benefit from the wisdom of ancestors already written into your DNA.  You are here, present in this realm, because your ancient ones gathered knowledge of survival, success, failures, victories, and lived in times of war and peace.  You are able to access their wisdom and glean from the generations of experience, across all dimensions of time, the necessary medicine you need now and...

In 2015, I began publicly sharing the knowledge of our long lost medicine, the guava leaves--a healing plant most elders remember using back home in the Philippines.  I always use them in my rituals and healing sessions to clear energy.   Our Ancestors would boil guava leaves into tea as a postpartum wash for the new mother, as a calming drink for belly aches, a soothing tisane for irritated skin, an antiseptic after circumcision, and so much more.  Albularyos would also burn the leaves as a way of smudging and spiritually cleansing the person. Smudging would get rid of attachments, negative...