Mental self-care
Take care of your mind, and your mind will take care of you. Traditional Chinese medical theory makes specific connections between the...
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MaryJo
- May 4, 2021
- 1 min
What's your ideal habitat?
One of the first wildflowers to bloom in spring in Massachusetts is our state flower, the mayflower. Flowers have a sweet scent and are...
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MaryJo
- Apr 29, 2021
- 3 min
How life can be more easy
Being at ease is central to maintaining and improving health. How much time during your day are you truly "at ease"? What are you doing...
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MaryJo
- Apr 25, 2021
- 2 min
Is health about the chicken or the egg?
It might seem a little unusual that the blog of an acupuncturist and massage therapist has so many quotes and comments about our mental...
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MaryJo
- Apr 25, 2021
- 1 min
Pursuing a healthy state of mind
Contemplation is the act of looking at or reflecting on something for an extended period of time. The anonymous author of "The Cloud"...
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MaryJo
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
Pure Joy
Sometimes I look at flowers and imagine they are the faces of the plant, turned up toward the sun and toward me. If so, what would...
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MaryJo
- Mar 30, 2021
- 2 min
How to Reduce Stress
It's so wonderful to hear the birds singing their spring songs, to see the ducks and Canada geese flying. Robins are beginning to find...
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MaryJo
- Mar 27, 2021
- 1 min
Springtime Healthy Mindset
The ice is almost completely melted now where I live, and many birds are singing in the morning, loudly and all at once. It sounds and...
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MaryJo
- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
The Flower that Blooms in Adversity
This flower is called coltsfoot, Tussilago Farfara from the Latin meaning "volatile or light herb that treats coughing." In Chinese...
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MaryJo
- Mar 25, 2021
- 1 min
What's free and nourishes life?
My dependence on nature for some aspect of well-being that we don't often articulate seemed more clear when I lived in the city. It felt...
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MaryJo
- Aug 27, 2020
- 2 min
Advice on Getting Calm from the Dhammapada Pairs
We here are struggling! For sure--with ourselves, with each other, we are always struggling...
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