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Fasting, Cleansing & Oils

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Continuing our discussion of juice fasting yesterday, and the inspiring Aris LaTham video, I felt we should also look at the difference between fasting and cleansing. Fasting is undertaken to cleanse, yet most people use these terms interchangably. Fasting always includes cleansing in some form, but pursuing a cleansing diet or modality doesn’t always mean one is […]

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Juicing with Aris Latham

So inspiring was the recent Facebook video featuring Aris Latham, raw food chef and juicer extraordinaire, that I went out and bought cucumbers, apples, carrots, dill and greens galore! And I can’t forget the coconut water! My intention is to pump up the volume of my 2x a week juicing. You do not have to be a vegan or vegetarian […]

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Teaming Up With Nature

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Facebook is a fount of information which can enlighten and unburden you, if you seek the gems. Someone posted a link to a beautiful page, brainpickings.org, describing a book by Peter Wohlleben, a German forester, that explores The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate.  The author explains that trees are underrated and very influential […]

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Nia Means Purpose

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Mirror Art Design by Sayy W. Pauly “To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness” –from the official Kwanzaa website. Habari Gani! On this fifth day of Kwanzaa we acknowledge Nia — Purpose. Central to each person’s purpose is finding contentment and peace. […]

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FAQ Money Consciousness

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Today is Ujamaa, the Kwanzaa principle of cooperative economics. Many people recommend economic prosperity as the answer for healing the families and communities in which we find ourselves. This has resulted in the proliferation of buy Black campaigns across the country. Here are a few questions that people ask in hushed tones so as not to be seen […]

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Healthy Work Consciousness

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Habari Gani?! Ujima! Habarigani What’s the news? Collective Work and Responsibility! That’s the news! It’s the third day of Kwanzaa and the gift of this day in the holiday season is allowing a closer look at the way we work together. Holistic health is inclusive of effort expended to get what we want in terms of […]

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5 Best & Excellent Determinations

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From my mouth to God’s ears, as the saying goes. For this second day of Kwanzaa, I greet you with Habari Gani, Kujichagulia! Self-determination is what kuji-cha-gu-lia  means, and for The Healmobile, this is a big one. I am not sure why the word “self” is placed in front of determined, but I am determined to be Best & Excellent […]

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Eye Roll This Way

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When women (or men for that matter) roll their eyes at someone or a situation, the meaning is clear. The last nerve has been broached. The horror of it is –why let things get to the last nerve? I discuss nerves and nerve health a bit more in this post. This time I want to address that […]

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4 Words for Affirming Self-Growth

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Russell Simmons doing yoga. PRESENT, POWERFUL, DISCIPLINED, PEACEFUL I am present to my life as it is. I am present to what my senses inform me. I am present to what I see as it is. I am present to what I hear as it is. I am present to what I smell, touch and taste in the […]

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Balance Hormones Naturally, Queen

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Queen Mother Audley Moore with AA Poet Laureate Dr. Sonia Sanchez in the 1970s I AM NOT YOUR QUEEN. A woman on Facebook claimed she didn’t want to be called Queen because in the game of chess, the Queen does all the work while the King is protected and stands still.  Surely, game and sports analogies […]

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