AuburGreen Gardens

04/22/2020

Special Care Focus #3: Appreciating Our Earth – Earth Day 2020 Welcome to Appreciating Our Earth Care Focus – Earth Day 2020. In order for everyone around the world to participate in the synchronized Care Focus, April 22nd, we have chosen three convenient times: 4 a.m., 12 p.m. (noon), and...

03/30/2020

03/30/2020

I love HeartMath! Remote help for handling stress in a strategic and powerful way - proven by science! Reach out today if you are feeling overwhelmed and need some new tools for wellness!

The dynamic energy love can help us to create the solutions we seek.

02/06/2020

Dancing for three minutes every morning is my favorite lifestyle change to share when someone has difficulty sleeping. Sleep quality directly correlates to metabolic wellness, including blood sugar regulation, brain health and hormone balancing. So, every morning is a new opportunity to dance your way to wellness!

A computer can identity you based on your dance moves, regardless of the music.

01/29/2020

01/28/2020

This is powerful information about the role of love versus fear. I especially appreciate his clarity on what love can look like. Romantic love is just one facet on the jewel we call happiness! Bruce Lipton is always so insightful!

01/21/2020

Some of my favorite "mom-ing" memories include sitting with my kids and reading together. It was so warm and fuzzy! As we are building AuburGreen Gardens (slowly!), we are building reading nooks where one might comfortably curl up with a lovely book and relax - together, in nature! We can all shift this trend toward functional illiteracy and enjoy a book today, alone or with someone you love!

"The benefits [of reading] are plenty, which is especially important in a distracted, smartphone age in which one-quarter of American children don't learn to read. This not only endangers them socially and intellectually, but cognitively handicaps them for life. One 2009 study of 72 children ages eight to ten discovered that reading creates new white matter in the brain, which improves system-wide communication."

Get lost in a good book. Time and again, reading has been shown to make us healthier, smarter, and more empathic.

01/20/2020

We do have options! In the study of Lyme's research, I am finding a connection here. Pesticide use and depleting agricultural practices reduce tick predators. This is one element in the big picture of the increase in Lyme's that is happening across the globe! Ditch the round up and add some beauty to your world instead!

The use of pesticides has proven to affect the environment in a negative way. Many farmers are now returning to ancient environmentally friendly approaches concerning pest control. One method is known as the Biological Pest Control Method. This method involves the planting of flower strips that…

10/21/2019

This is the original diagnosis for me that took me deeply into acupuncture. It was what dropped me quickly from the semester prior to my student teaching experience to a completely new graduate school path after I was healed. I love that stories of recovery and healing are being shared around this devastating diagnosis. I was healed in six weeks of targeted acupuncture and then set out to learn the same skill with a hope of helping my fellow sufferers. It was a sad turning point to learn that once a body is on opiods, this needled fast track to healing becomes a closed path. My early refusal of these pain killers was a painful choice, but ultimately sped my journey. A tiny tender mercy. That piece of information ultimately lead to my current field. Chonic pain kills and my hope is that somehow I can help others move through to wellness with all I have learned in the nearly five years of study since!

Sierra’s journey with complex regional pain syndrome began with an ankle sprain that never healed. Thanks to AIP, she's finally found healing 3 years later.

10/19/2019

Yes!

They transformed a barren plot of land into a thriving forest.

10/18/2019

A joyful anniversary at my place of employment. Come join the celebration of learning! tp://events.constantcontact.com/calendar/monthview?llr=taviwodab&eso=001HWNFszpWCMlBACgJrD5Tzg==

09/19/2019

...and happiness makes you dance! Most things emotional are a two-way street with our wellness. Another reason I love meditations, mindfulness and HeartMath!

When we dance our brain releases endorphins, neurotransmitters that create a feeling of comfort, relaxation, fun and power, so dancing makes us happy.

09/04/2019

This is a foragers dream! Walking the land, picking native plants and enjoying a snack as we go is so validated in this review! Why do we, as a 'civilized' community spray these little green gifts with poison??

Common garden weeds are more nutritious than kale, Berkeley researchers find. Researchers from the University of California Berkeley have identified 52 edible weeds growing in abundance in the poorest neighborhoods of San Francisco, surrounded by busy roads and industrial zones. At least six of them...

09/03/2019

Yes! This!

A medical practice in Manchester, England is giving patients indoor plants to help boost wellness.

08/11/2019

Frequent interaction with nature is healing. We heal faster if the hospital window looks out at a tree. Test scores go up when trees are added to housing projects, and more! There is plenty of medical evidence for nature therapies like forest bathing, but it is a tough topic to talk about in our daily lives! Today Quartz posted a piece about a new vocabulary emerging to meet the need.
https://qz.com/1557308/psychoterratica-is-the-trauma-caused-by-distance-from-nature/?fbclid=IwAR0XTL7KPh-8LSJ0VVWazObJ60EzPaXkTYqehr6ekAQnYgX52Xf4-5vADLY

If you live in a city and are plagued by a malaise that you can't explain, you may want to learn this word.

08/10/2019

During the webinar, Jessica Minahan, MEd, BCBA, and host Jeffrey Goelitz discussed how anxiety is the leading mental health issue among today's youth. Jessica shared several preventive tools, strategies, and interventions for reducing anxiety and negative thinking, increasing self-regulation, execut...

08/07/2019

I cannot love this tradition enough. Positive, proactive change on the local level can shift long-term negative traditions and beliefs! I'm in awe of how many levels of goodness they have embedded in this birth tradition! Wondering about local traditions for goodness in your community. What have you seen or experienced?

A tradition that celebrates girls and benefits the community and planet.

06/26/2019

The American Institute of Stress has shown that nearly 80% of hospital visits are stress-related. Adopting effective stress management skills can reduce long-term suffering and is deeply cost- effective. With a great app like Insight Timer, this is a free health management tool that can easily be added to other practices for a wonderful life! https://www.psypost.org/2019/06/study-15-minutes-of-meditation-associated-with-similar-effects-as-a-day-of-vacation-53798?fbclid=IwAR3BvR_fU_1y-ZzTt6Wpu8ExXmKugHfGVsFgmraVl0M5kPn1C70cB_L8zbs

Meditation and vacations appear to have overlapping effects, according to new research in The Journal of Positive Psychology. The study found that both ...