Lisa Garber Waking Times In both the ‘30s and recent history, economic collapses and food shortages troubled average people across the nation and globe. While a global food and energy crisis may seem outlandish to some, there’s no harm in being prepared by knowing what foods to store in the event of such a blowback. …
Waking Times In the battle to keep big oil from spoiling the earth’s most precious natural gems, it helps to take a close look at the treasures we are wasting before the damage is done. SPOIL is a powerful, award winning documentary on the Great Bear Rainforest, in Canada’s British Columbia, showing the splendor of …
Waking Times How do people disengage in the destruction taking place on planet earth and engage in something that helps to heal the earth and sets us free from the corporate systems that do us more harm than good? Edible City is a documentary film that addresses this timely question and demonstrates how local food …
Steven Paglierani, Guest Writer Waking Times So what is a “fractal”? And what do fractals tell us about the nature of truth? Begin by knowing that a fractal is one of the two kinds of geometry present in our world. And yes, no matter what people say, in our world, there are only two major …
Jeff Primack, Qigong.com Waking Times Over 4000 years ago Chinese medicine said, “Blood is the mother of Qi”. The Old Testament Leviticus 17:11, “For the life of the flesh is in the Blood.” During Qigong practice people usually feel a powerful pulsation of blood in their body. Often it takes people by surprise how warm they …
Chris Bourne, Openhand Contributor Waking Times Making the choices of our higher self Humanity’s spiritual awakening is gathering at a pace. Many have awakened to the profound magic of Unity Consciousness – that cosmic energy which unites all. But what is the next step? Where do we go from there? It’s all about learning to …
Waking Times For those who doubt breast cancer, or any cancer for that matter, can be cured by holistic health modalities, the author of A Cancer Answer, Holistic BREAST Cancer Management, A Guide to Effective & Non-Toxic Treatments, published August 17, 2012, is living proof, and provides documentation with a hospital sonogram readout taken 4 weeks …
Beth Beurkens, MA, Guest Writer Waking Times We are the sum of our ancestors Our roots stretch back to blue-green algae They stretch to the stars They ultimately reach the void This history is inscribed in our psyches Silence and solitude enjoin us to remember Our whole and great body. – Joan Halifax Shamans have …
Becca Wolford, Contributing Writer Waking Times Hemp homes, while not mainstream yet, are the cutting edge of green building and living. Hemp, one of the strongest and most durable fibers on the planet, is being used for foundations, walls, roofing, insulation, and indoor textiles and installations. Hemcrete is made with hemp hurds and lime, and is …
Colette Barry, Contributing Writer Waking Times With the woes of cancer cases taking its toll, people are diverting their attention towards a holistic approach of healing. The worst part of cancer is the not the deadly disease itself, but the distress and debilitating fatigue rooting from the treatments. The never ending visits to the hospital, …
Lisa Garber Waking Times Antibiotics have been associated with weight gain before, but new research indicates it may have the same effect on infants, too. Given that childhood obesity is linked to obesity later in life, prescribing antibiotics for children presents more problems for a nation already in the throes of an epidemic. “We typically consider obesity …
Caleb Hart, Contributing Writer Waking Times In “A Critical Mass for Real Food,” Anim Steel began with “The old logic of the slave plantation is still the logic of our industrial food system, 500 years in the making.” The idea that a slave mentality is still woven into production of food showed up as well …
Waking Times What are the true costs of growing Soy in South America? In Paraguay over 2.6 million hectares are used for growing soy, which is primarily used as animal feed for factory farms in Europe. While European farmers may delight in having access to cheap GMO food for their meat farms, this practice has …
Many claim that vegetarian and vegan diets, if comprised of a variety of fresh (and, if possible, organic) fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains and nuts, will provide the body with all of the essential nutrients.
Anthony Gucciardi Waking Times As California remains the proverbial battlefield for GMO labeling, an increased interest is growing over ways to actually start avoiding GMOs in your daily life. By far the best tip, which may not be applicable at all times, is to stick to high quality organic sources. Preferably 100% organic or locally grown by …
Lisa Garber Waking Times Turmeric has gained yet another victory under its belt. New research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry shows that it stopped the multiplication of the often deadly Rift Valley Fever (RVF) virus in infected cells. RVF, a mosquito-borne virus, affects domestic animals like cattle and even humans. Lead investigator, Aarthi Narayanan of …
Mona Bhattacharya, Guest Writer Waking Times In our purest form, we are consciousness; we are the light that experiences everything. The instrument through which we experience our light – the human body – is essentially created by sound, i.e. atoms vibrating on different frequencies. These vibrations proceed in all kinds, aspects, and densities of the matter that …
Chris Bourne, Contributing Writer Waking Times Inspiring change Some souls have incarnated here to hold an energetic harmony which provides empathic support for evolving people. Others however have come with the specific ‘mission’ to break down illusions and inspire change by the very energy they hold. Such people may be called ‘catalysts’. They’ll frequently find …
Ed Bauman, PH.D. Waking Times I can remember the days growing up in the 1950’s and 1960’s, when we prepared foods without a microwave oven. Water was boiled on the stove. Chicken was baked in an oven. Vegetables were steamed, baked, or sautéed. Food was whole and fresh. Even a TV dinner was baked in …
Anthony Gucciardi Waking Times It appears another victory has been declared in the battle against Monsanto and GMO ingredients. According to a major Brazilian business publication and GMWatch, a Brazilian court has demanded that multi-billion dollar food giant Nestle label all of their products as genetically modified that have over 1% GMO content. The ruling reportedly coincides with Brazilian law …
