Last week I wrote about the ideal human diet, and how I don’t believe there is one. I’ve spent more than half my life trying to discover the perfect diet for me, though. And part of that discovery has meant learning how to listen to my body, in order to try and discover its perfect [...]
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hanging on to this body
A couple of weeks ago I had a suspicious-looking lesion on my arm biopsied. The doctor thought it might be basal-cell cancer, although the lab results indicated (thank goodness) that it was just a type of dermatitis. Another mole on my face was blasted with liquid nitrogen, and it’s in the process of healing. Then [...]
Posted in body care, contemplation, spirituality, videos, wellness
Also tagged death, healing, life, life purpose, Mary Oliver, one precious life, quote
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soul food
This past Sunday morning I was sitting in the waiting room of the service centre at a Canadian Tire, waiting for my semi-annual tire change (from snow tires to all-weather radials). I had brought along Marion Woodman's Conscious Femininity – a collection of her interviews between 1985 and 1992 – to read while I waited. [...]
Posted in bodywork, contemplation, dreams, read, rituals, wellness
Also tagged addiction, Conscious Femininity, Marion Woodman, Parabola, ritual, soul, symbol
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homeostasis
When I was in my late twenties and interested in wholesome, sustainable ways of caring for my body, I explored and experimented with various natural fertility awareness and birth control techniques, such as the rhythm method and the Billings Method. For a while I also tracked my daily temperature with a special ovulation thermometer, so [...]
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Also tagged Billings method, birth control, fertility awareness, homeostasis, menstruation, rhythm method
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