Modern sports medicine has evolved far beyond rest, ice, and painkillers. Today’s athletes, both professional and recreational alike, are increasingly supported by multidisciplinary care teams that may include physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers, chiropractors, nutritionists, and mental performance coaches. Within this integrated model, acupuncture has emerged as a powerful complementary therapy, bridging ancient medical wisdom with contemporary sports science. continue reading
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.
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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.
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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“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.
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.
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.
