Tag: Holistic Medicine
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My Honest Experience of Wellness and Holistic Medicine Schools
Over the last few years, I’ve enrolled in three very different wellness and holistic medical education programs: A lot of people ask me what schools they should attend to become a holistic practitioner. I wish I had an easy answer, but to be honest, in the holistic world, one school just doesn’t cut it. One…
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A Simple Way to Understand How the Body Falls Out of Balance
For most of human history, medicine wasn’t about naming diseases first, it was about noticing patterns in the body. Is the body running hot or cold?Dry or overly damp?Tense or weak?Heavy and sluggish or light and restless? This way of understanding health exists in the traditional systems of medicine such as Ayurveda, Unani, Greek medicine,…
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Different Bodies, Different Movement
Not every body is built for the same kind of movement, and that’s not a flaw, it’s biology. Some people feel alive after a hard, sweaty workout. Others feel wrecked for days. Some bodies crave strength and resistance. Others soften, open, and heal through slower, gentler movement. None of this is random, and none of…
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The Small Habit That Changed How My Body Handles Life (and Digestion)
I started belly breathing because I learned it in Ayurvedic school. Belly breathing is when you inhale slowly through your nose and let your belly expand, then exhale fully and let it soften so the belly should be moving, not the chest. What I didn’t realize at the time was how shallow my breathing had become day to day. Everything…
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Honestly, Vanessa 