Why the name Five Senses Healing? What does it really mean? The name came to me spontaneously in 2006 when I realized that each of the modalities I used in my holistic healing practice could be characterized by its relationship to one of the five senses: touch for hands-on healing and bodywork; smell for aromatherapy; […]

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People are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of buying organic. Some of these benefits have to do with avoiding pesticides, avoiding genetically modified food, avoiding added hormones and antibiotics, avoiding irradiation, and improving nutrition (in many cases double the number of micronutrients like vitamins, minerals, and enzymes). Eating organic means supporting organic farmers and […]

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Each of us is made up of approximately 100 trillion cells. Yet amazingly, the number of bacteria inside us far outweighs that number, by a factor of 20. We have twenty times as many bacteria inside us as the 100 trillion cells we are made of. They reside on the surface and in the deep […]

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