Once you start making your own bath products, you’ll be hooked. They’re easy, inexpensive, and can be customized to fit your – or your gift-recipient’s – exact preferences. A DIY Aromatherapy Body Scrub is a perfect place to start. Sugar is…
Seasonal Organic Produce Health Benefits and Tips
The weather is on everyone’s mind. Record rainfall ending a 7-year drought in most places throughout California has had a significant impact on our food production. California feeds this country, or much of it, at least, and produce is in…
15 Surprising Uses for Bananas
Wondering what to do with extra bananas and peels? Check out these clever uses for bananas that range from taking the sting out of a bug bite to polishing your living room furniture. Top 15 Clever Uses for Bananas 1.…
Healing Disease Through Holistic Nutrition: Crohn’s Disease
Crohn’s Disease: A chronic, or long-lasting, disease that causes inflammation—irritation or swelling—in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Most commonly, Crohn’s affects the small intestine and the beginning of the large intestine. However, the disease can affect any part of…
Nail House – Official Trailer
A film about gentrification, poverty, and the politics of San Francisco. Nail House tells the story how the fight over a tiny corner of local land became a mirror for grassroots protests around the world, and an illustration of the…
The Sacred Space Between Exhale and Inhale: When the World Inside of Us Quiets
Usually, breathing is referred to as inhale and exhale. But when we relax and pay attention, we’ll find that there is a third part, a space in-between the time of the exhale and the inhale – a pause, a few seconds, a sacred…
Organic vs. Non-Organic Wine: What’s Really in Your Glass?
The summer months are here! That means evening outdoor parties, and hopefully some leisurely slow weekends, perhaps with a glass of chilled Chardonnay, or a beautiful glass of Merlot. But when it comes to wine, do you know what is…
Rice Pudding for Anyone and Everyone
Whether simple or decadent, this sweet treat has a variation that’s sure to please you. Find Chef Sita’s favorite, basic recipe for rice pudding here, and then get creative! For a soothing, sweet flavor, add ginger and chopped dates. Stir in…
An Adventurer Sets Out to Be the First Wheelchair Hiker to Cross the Sierra Nevada
In this life, in this world, you would think that we might run out of ideas, or stories, or goals – that the human capacity will at one point exhaust itself, that all songs might be written one day. Well,…
Healthy Comfort Food That’s Good for You and Easy to Cook, Too!
From trends and specialty diets to indecipherable food labels. From expensive equipment in food reality shows on TV to ingredients in processed foods that have nothing to do with nourishment, it is remarkable how complicated food has become. Let’s bring…
