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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...

  “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”          - Maya Angelou Happy Spring Equinox (or “Vernal Equinox”) for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere of the world!   For those in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the start of fall. An equinox occurs when the sun’s light crosses the equator, and the hours between day and night are almost equal.  Being here in the Northern Hemisphere, the days are growing longer, and warmth is returning to the land. Nature is waking...