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In the next few days I will be working long hours and will not always have access to good snacks. Working in a pharmacy I will have access to all kinds of chocolate bars and chips and pop. Not my ideal nourishment. Luckily I remembered this wonderful suggestion from my teacher. Take a small jar and put in just enough walnuts and raisins for a good snack. Cover with good spring water and take it with you. When you get hungry drain the water and eat the soaked nuts and fruits. Walnuts are a great food for the brain and they even look like the brain!!! Hmmm. Raisins are high in many nutrients especially iron and are a good source of natural sugars that are easily assimilated.  The reason we need to soak the walnuts is that they are very dense energy and this also applied to the raisin. If you can imagine a walnut has a whole tree condensed energetically within its shell. So my soaking them we make that energy more accessible for our bodies.

Joint pain.  Hips, knees and ankles - those wonderful mechanisms that allow us to move gracefully through life. We can dance, do yoga, go hiking and bend down in gratitude in front of our alter. When they get inflamed or dry they let us know. What can we do to take care of them? We can massage with Sesame oil in a clockwise fashion. I had a friend who was schedule for knee surgery. She had been an athlete all her life and in her 40's her knees started to let her know they needed help. She regularly massage her knees with sesame oil for 10-20 minutes twice a day and after 2 weeks started seeing results and within a month she did not need surgery. Also there are various herbal glyceride and herbal formulations available that support the joints. Best to talk with your Ayurvedic practitioner for recommendations.

Nutmeg is one of the best spices for increasing absorption especially in the small intestine. Adding a bit of cardamom and ginger work synergistically with nutmeg. It reduces Vata in the colon that can manifest as diarrhea and is one the best medicine for calming the mind. Taking 500mg ( that is about 1/10 of a teaspoonful in a warm drink before going to bed has been found to calm the mind and promote sleep. However taking too much can have a dulling effect on the mind. (source - The Yoga of Herbs - by Frawley and Lad)

The Japanese where first to use Serrapeptidase. It was an enzyme that was developed from the silk worm. The enzyme that the silk worm uses to get out of its cocoon. My experience with it is that it helps to dissolve scar tissue and swelling and bruising.  However it you to to the internet they also say it is beneficial for dissolving plague and for inflammation and pain. I have no experience with that.  Wikepedia says there are no clinical studies showing it is beneficial but if you are troubled with scar tissue interfering with functioning it is worth a try. I would start with 90,000 units once a day on an empty stomach about 30 minutes before your first meal. My last client who tried this had a scar on her fore arm with accompanying bruising that had been there for months. Within 10 days of starting on the Serrapeptidase the bruise and scarring were barely visible. She was extremely happy.

Chandi markets two wonderful abyanga oils - for men and women. Rasayana Oil for Women and Rasayana Oil for men. Daily oil massage is recommeneded especially for Vata constitution with special attention to the limbs where Vata gets stuck. Vata is movement and what are we moving most? Arms and legs. Also there has been very good results with the new oils with Magnesium which support detox.  If you are being frugal you can add some cured sesame oil to the above oils.  Applying the oils and leaving them on for about 20 minutes and then taking a warm shower is an excellent way to balance the doshas and nourish while doing detox protocols. If you are new to the terminology "Abyanga" It means oil massage of the body. Long stroke on the long bones and circular motion on the joints. Head oil massage is also great. 

On the 9th day of Navaratri Vaidya RK Mishra did a conference call on the Shaka Vansya Ayurved protocols for supporting the natural detox that occurs in the spring.  The channels (nadis and shrotas) open and start to flow.  You can here the call by going to his website but here are the highlights. When doing detox - we also need to nourish and also if the detox become to rapid when need to pacify it or slow it down.  For example if diarrhea due to excess bowel detox - we can use the "Rehydration Drink" ( from Chandi) to pacify the apana vata. Nourishing foods would include Asparagus soup ( especially beneficial for the kidneys) and white Diakon radish. Making a "Kichiri soup" which is ming dahl with rice. Also Kulki lentils would be very beneficial. Always good to add beneficial bacteria in the form of lassi drink which is 20% yogurt and 80% water. Including pre-biotic drops before taking the yogurt helps to stabilize the beneficial bacteria on the intestinal ...

Interesting statistics about breast cancer diagnosis "Over the past 30 years, an estimated 1.3 million American women have been overdiagnosed with breast cancer that posed no threat to their life. In 2008, an estimated 70,000 women were overdiagnosed with breast cancer in the US, which accounts for 31 percent of all breast cancers diagnosed that year According to Dr. Northrup, women who tend to be most at risk for breast cancer are those who have difficulty nurturing themselves and receiving pleasure. Nurturing self-love and self-acceptance is an important part of creating optimal health, especially for women Dr. Northrup’s Top 10 health tips for women include: getting enough sleep, meditation and positive affirmations, practicing self-love and self-acceptance, exercising regularly, breathing properly, optimizing your vitamin D levels, cultivating your social life, taking Epsom salt baths, and keeping a gratitude journal." from Dr. Mercola's newsletter. Dr Christi...