Come join me in exploring natural, effective and safe pediatric remedies for the care of your family. Home remedy kits stocked with essential remedies will be available for pre-order so you can get your medicine cabinet stocked and ready! Panel presenters include practitioners from Chinese medicine, traditional food therapy and homeopathy. To register and for [...]
Category Archives: Women’s Health
Fertile Bliss Workshop
June 14, 2011 – 1:32 PM
Have you been trying to get pregnant? Have you considered alternative methods to enhance your pregnancy possibilities? Are you interested in learning different ways to support and help you as you go through this process? If so, then come to the Red Tent Fertility Wellness Workshop! June 18th, 2011 9:45am-3:00pm Om Factory Yoga Studio You [...]
Join Me At Mommybites!
May 9, 2011 – 7:15 AM
Join me as Babybites invites city moms (and dads and even grandparents!) to their annual Mommybites Summit: The Ultimate Moms Night Out, happening May 19 at the Columbia Faculty House. It’s an evening to meet other parents; enjoy wine and snacks; check out a variety of cool kids’ products and services; and hear from notable [...]
The “Right” Prenatal Nutrition
April 27, 2011 – 9:11 AM
Prenatal Nutrition: What Is Right? Healthy diets vary as greatly as the individuals who employ them. From Vegans to Carnivores, the food we eat is a reflection of who we are, what we believe, and the health of our system. Celebrity news of late has all eyes on Nathalie Portman, who has recently “come out” [...]
Homemade Kombucha
April 14, 2011 – 10:48 AM
Kombucha – a lovely, slightly effervecent, detoxifying, energizing and digestive enzyme-boosting cocktail. It now adorns grocery store shelves and sells for $5.00 per bottle. At first sip, this beverage can be sour and intense in flavor. Make it at home and this bite mellows to a refreshing after-dinner-digestiv. Kombucha is good for you, and is [...]
International Women’s Day
March 8, 2011 – 11:23 AM
March 8th, 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. This day commemorates the achievements of women past and present around the world, and was first held in Denmark, Switzerland, Germany and Austria in 1911. While there is much to celebrate in how far women’s rights have developed from a social, political and economic [...]
Benefits of Prenatal Massage
February 22, 2011 – 8:58 AM
Two weeks ago, I touched on the benefits of utilizing acupuncture before, during and post labor support. Massage is another wonderful therapy to use during this important time, and can work beautifully together with acupuncture. Two colleagues who specialize in prenatal massage put together this fascinating and well-cited document of the evidential benefits of prenatal, [...]
Nourishing Chicken Soup
February 8, 2011 – 11:45 AM
Chicken soup is known in many cultures to help prevent and fight-off common colds and flu’s. The broth is deeply nourishing, while the pieces of chicken and vegetables are satisfying and filling. In Chinese medicine, chicken bone broth is said to deeply nourish the kidneys, and are often used in situations where the kidney energy [...]