Making and using umami powder
The Splendid Table podcast had a guest caller who shared her recipe for umami powder, in October 2017. She’d grown up in Japan, and after returning to the U.S. as an adult, experimented and came up...
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Writing fewer posts but having them be more germane to how we live works for me. Plus, I'm a bodyworker by trade. Less text neck, eye strain, forward head, and sitting are better for your health....
View ArticleOne Day It Stopped
Love in the time of the coronavirus A Facebook friend posted this poem three days ago. Asenath Avinash is also a bodyworker. Her place of employment is currently closed, but if you love this as much as...
View ArticleAntioxidants may lessen severity of COVID in older people
My email this morning contained news from Science Daily that researchers have discovered the mechanics of why COVID tends to be more severe in the elderly and people with underlying conditions. I’m no...
View ArticleWater within, water without
I gave myself a gift, Mark Nepo’s The Book of Awakening. The subtitle is “having the life you want by being present to the life you have”. He’s a poet who experienced a major health challenge from...
View ArticleDo you have TMJ issues?
Treating them is one of my professional specialties! I would love to share with my wellness blog readers (you!) a page from my professional website. Learn more about TMJ issues currently includes...
View Article10 years after she died, a tribute to Gabrielle Roth
One of my practices is ecstatic dance. I discovered it in 1995 in Austin, and it became part of my life. Gabrielle was my primary teacher, through teachers she trained and also in person. Gabrielle...
View ArticleMe at 7
I lost my baby teeth a bit later than most children. I believe this was my second grade school photo. Looks like I am missing 3 upper front teeth — and the fourth one came out soon after this photo. …...
View ArticleThe Neurobiology of Connection
This is the name of a Substack I subscribe to. The writer, Natureza Gabriel, is releasing a book by this title chapter by chapter on Substack now, and the book itself will be published in April. You...
View ArticleResources for chronic pain
In my years of doing bodywork, I have encountered three clients who didn’t respond well to my work. Each one of them had chronic pain. Keeping up with the current understanding of chronic pain, it...
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