Mar 28, 2017 | Alternative Lifestyle, Eastern Philosophy, Health & Nutrition, Natural Healing
Meditation has always been a wonderful way to calm, center, and focus the mind and spirit. Evidence out of UCLA suggests that this kind of quiet, directed introspection could also strengthen the connections between neurons and increase the amount of folding in the...
Jun 4, 2016 | Agriculture & Gardening, Green Living, Health & Nutrition, Natural Healing
Oh, honeybees! Forgive me for a moment while I extoll the virtues of this humble insect. These hard-working ladies accomplish so much to contribute to human well-being. Aside from pollinating our crops and producing the miracle elixir that is honey, scientists have...
Sep 6, 2013 | Bambu Batu, Eastern Philosophy, Natural Healing
Scent is a sense that is intimately connected with human memory. The olfactory nerve is situated close to the amygdala, the area of the brain associated with emotion and emotional memory. Some biologists believe that olfactory memory evolved as an early form of...
Jul 16, 2013 | Agriculture & Gardening, Green Living, Natural Healing
Modern man has been awful rough on the oceans. With climate change acidifying the seas, and through overfishing, pollution, dead zones and resource extraction, humans have done an amazing amount of damage to the world’s aquatic ecosystems. Brendan Smith...
Sep 24, 2012 | Agriculture & Gardening, Alternative Lifestyle, Green Living, Natural Healing, Renewable Energy, San Luis Obispo
Join the Central Coast Bioneers for their annual conference this October 19-21 at their headquarters at the Monday Club in downtown SLO (1815 Monterey St). Speakers will deliver lectures that focus on real-world, practical solutions to the political, economic, and...
Sep 30, 2011 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bambu Batu, Health & Nutrition, Natural Healing, San Luis Obispo
Even without a thorough knowledge of white sage’s (Saliva apiana) mystical characteristics, simple observation of the plant will impress upon the onlooker a profound sense of respect and reverence. Its long, grey-green leaves are covered with hundreds of soft,...