This process is how excess carbohydrates leads to inflammation and, eventually, autoimmune.

An epically challenging adventure on the road leading to a new life and a new practice in the mountains of Appalachia.

The year of the Wood Dragon.

A great time to open the ears.

And how to avoid it by caring for yourself like a human bonsai tree.

Should I eat borrego tatemado with a café de olla at La Cocina de Doña Esthela? Probably.

I’m going to get back to summering now.

It lives insidiously within you, often going undetected for years, concealed within the recesses of your joints, musculature, organs, nervous system, thoughts, and emotions. It takes over your life. It affects every decision you make.

Sometimes you learn by not doing.

Disease is part of our collective and personal evolution. Just like bones become stronger with impact, so do we.

And a little on unschooling too.

Blood is the mother of qi.

So do what you want.

How I came to practice in a style I didn’t know I would appreciate at first.

Giving roses back and forth.

Spring, more soup, Goggins, liniments, balms, face oil, appointments.

A great opportunity for something new.

And when you find yourself there, stripped of every burden you’ve accumulated on this journey of incarnation, you find that your existence alone, independent from any accomplishment you’ve ever been proud of, is the most exquisitely beautiful thing that ever happened…

More moxa!

“For all those people whose doctors told them it’s all in their head.”