Lately, scientists have been discovering all the ways meditation rewires the brain and fundamentally impacts our lives. This is no news to those who practice, as those who meditate live these amazing implications of meditation.

Essentially, there are five ways to incorporate plants and botanicals into your meditation space.

Tune in, and apply these methods to enrich your practice.

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Forever Young(er): potential age-defying effects of long-term meditation on gray matter atrophy

Meditation Programs for Psychological Stress and Well-being

Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density

Mindfulness Training Improves Working Memory Capacity and GRE Performance While Reducing Mind Wandering

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What's in your spice stash? Spices add value to a meal, and they can also add value to your health! There are over 36 world cuisines, and India is the top caterer to the world's spice demand. You can be your own producer, consumer, and exporter by growing your own spices. This cuts into the grocery bill and adds sentiment and respect in your spice usage. 

Episode 3 will help you further understand today's topic. Combining the four humours and four elements of cooking and incorporating the top common spices world wide, we're going to formulate a few medicinal applications of these spices, which include:

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https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/12/26/572100613/americans-love-spices-so-why-don-t-we-grow-them

https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardkestenbaum/2019/02/17/food-flavors-trends-mccormick-spice-jacobsen-salt-sweet/#253de5c4a425

https://www.npr.org/2017/05/25/529977231/chef-calls-salt-fat-acid-heat-the-4-elements-of-good-cooking

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Why in the world would you leave your beautiful plant medicine concoction under the sun, moon, etc?! As outlandish as it may sound, this is not a new practice to the wellness community. 

Our ancestors practiced this long before the separation of science and spirituality, as medicine and spirit were regarded as one in the same. 

What's the science behind this ancestral practice? And how does it impact you and your well-being? 

We'll review:

Of course, other cosmic objects are welcome to be infused. As always, meditation and communication with a cosmic being is recommended always for respect and to build a strong relationship.

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https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_ondas_shumman_10.htm

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Back to school, back to work, back to reality season is fully commencing and so are viruses and bacteria. When people come together, so do these bodily invaders. It's an ample time for them as we gather in crowds and seasons change, making our bodies even more susceptible to contraction.

But this doesn't have to be the case for your loved ones or yourself. I'm sure you have a few herbs in your cabinet right now that you can utilize as a defense mechanism against viruses and bacteria.

Herbs are a great medicine staple for prevention and treatment. Why? They are cost efficient and effective. In this episode I review eight herbs for this season. 

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Elderberry - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4848651/

Cancer bush - http://www.botanicalsociety.org.za/ProjectsAndActivities/Useful%20Plants/02%20Cancer%20Bush%20Dec.%202007.pdf

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You have your herbs in tow but you're confused as to how to take them. A good herb dealer always breaks it down to the user, and in this episode I'm sharing with you how to decipher the best ways to partake of the herb(s) so they may be optimized for your health.

Essentially there are two factors you need to take into consideration:

1) Botanical part being utilized

and

2) Bio-availability.

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4837971/

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Plant ener-who? Master Herbalist, Astrologer, and Holistic Health Educator David Osborn articulated it perfectly: "The four humors are the metabolic agents of the four elements in the human body."

Two years into studying herbalism, I integrated these mechanics into the curriculum unaware there was a term for it. The process of herbal concoction making cannot be discussed without plant energetics, the base of all medicine making. In this episode, you'll uncover:

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