Light, bright, and Qi-lifting, this salad helps move Liver Qi while strengthening the Spleen with chickpeas. Fresh herbs and lemon enliven digestion and dispel stagnation.
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad Recipe
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Your Symptoms are the Breadcrumbs Home
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“Eastern medicine helps us understand how what we do, think,
feel, eat, buy and expose ourselves to,
affects our bodies, minds, spirits, and relationships.”
~~ Dr. Claudia Welch
Greetings to all my precious people!
Here is a radical thought to consider:
What if your symptoms aren’t problems?
What if they’re not proof something’s wrong with you, not evidence of failure, not signs you’re broken?
What if they’re breadcrumbs?
Breadcrumbs your body is leaving to guide you HOME.
How We’re Taught to See Symptoms
Western medicine teaches: Symptom = problem. Problem = fix it.
Headache → take pill
Exhaustion → drink coffee
Anxiety → medicate
Weight gain → restrict calories
Insomnia → sleep aid
Pain → suppress it
The goal: Make symptoms go away.
The assumption: Body is malfunctioning.
But what if that’s backwards?
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The Homesickness No One Talks About
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“I am Pure Soul. I am Pure Soul. I am Pure Soul.
I am infinite knowledge. I am infinite vision. I am infinite energy.
I am the abode of infinite bliss.”
~~ Dr. Seema Khaneja
Greetings to all my precious people!!
Let me name what you might not have words for:
You are HOMESICK.
Not for a place. Not for a time. Not even for a person.
You are homesick for yourself. For SOURCE. For the Truth of who you are beneath everything you’ve learned to perform.
What Dr. Seema Khaneja Discovered
Dr. Seema Khaneja is a board-certified pediatrician (Mount Sinai, Cornell). Traditional medical training. Emergency room rotations. The whole Western medicine path.
But she knew something was missing.
Even as a medical student, she felt a call for healing that couldn’t be answered within the confines of medicine. She studied Ayurveda, mind-body medicine with Dr. Herbert Benson at Harvard, homeopathy, yoga, meditation.
And still, something ached.
Until she went deeper with A Course in Miracles and discovered what she calls Attitudinal Healing.
Her definition: “Health is inner peace. Healing is the letting go of fear.”
Not health as lab values. Not healing as symptom resolution.
Health as the experience of being HOME in yourself.
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Spiced Carrot Ginger Soup Recipe
Carrots tonify the Spleen and gently move Qi, while ginger disperses cold and awakens digestion. This soup is ideal for those needing warmth, circulation, and digestive support.
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What Is Moxibustion?
Moxibustion is a traditional therapy rooted in East Asian medicine that involves the application of heat to specific points on the body using moxa, a dried form of the herb Artemisia argyi (commonly known as mugwort). The goal is simple but powerful: warm the body, stimulate circulation, and support the natural flow of energy, often referred to as qi, to promote healing and overall well-being. continue reading
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