by integrativeasheville | Dec 3, 2020 | Nutrition and Herbal Blog |
As a nation, we are entering flu season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. For those of us who live in cooler winter climates, this means that we need to figure out new strategies. How do we stay healthy as the weather turns darker and colder? How do we stay both...
by integrativeasheville | Oct 27, 2020 | Coronavirus Stories |
It’s been about 24 hours since the management of the building where I live told us that Covid is in our building. We are 14 stories of about 120 elders, most of us especially susceptible to coronavirus. So far only one person has tested positive and that person,...
by integrativeasheville | Oct 8, 2020 | Nutrition and Herbal Blog, Uncategorized |
“Mindfulness helps you go home to the present.” – Thich Nhat Hanh While there are formal courses in mindfulness, it is a moment-to-moment practice. Even the awareness of when we are not mindful allows us to come back to the present moment. This practice invites...
by integrativeasheville | Oct 7, 2020 | Coronavirus Stories |
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the...
by integrativeasheville | Sep 21, 2020 | Nutrition and Herbal Blog, Uncategorized |
The smell of tomatoes ripening on the vine, the sound of a hummingbird zooming past, and the sight of an early morning summer sky are just a few of the pleasures gardening offers. Add to that list the anti-inflammatory effects of fresh vegetables and the myriad health...
by integrativeasheville | Aug 19, 2020 | Coronavirus Stories |
Having no family of any kind, living alone, my calendar is a place I visit regularly in joyful anticipation of contact with other people. I’m typically very self-sufficient, but during these days, weeks, and months of prolonged isolation (with no end in sight) I...
by integrativeasheville | Aug 5, 2020 | Nutrition and Herbal Blog |
Screens seem necessary right now. They have become our primary way to connect to loved ones, keep up with the news, manage learning for our children, entertain ourselves, and continue working (for working remotely). Without tech and media, life during the COVID-19...
by integrativeasheville | Jun 22, 2020 | Coronavirus Stories |
For two days prior to March 23 (the day I began a fever) I was not feeling well. I was fatigued, felt a sore throat approaching and my sinuses were running, but after all pollen season had begun so I didn’t think much about it. Om March 23 I woke up with a...
by integrativeasheville | Jun 8, 2020 | Nutrition and Herbal Blog |
On June 11, we will be hosting a virtual class, “The Power of Your Story” with Anthony Layman. Mr. Layman is in the process of getting his Masters through Lenoir Rhyne University in the developing field of Narrative Medicine. As this is a relatively new discipline,...
by integrativeasheville | Jun 4, 2020 | Coronavirus Stories, News |
Sly operator who do you think you are invading our borders coming like a thief in the night upending our lives sending chills up and down our spine? Catlike and indiscriminate in your “kills” you charmed us, harmed us took our young and old sullied our...
by integrativeasheville | Jun 4, 2020 | Coronavirus Stories, News |
I live smack dab downtown – right across from the Grove Arcade, right in the path of all that is going on. For the past four nights, I have fallen asleep to the sound of flashbangs, firecrackers, shouting, chanting, and police sirens. Sometimes marchers pass my...
by integrativeasheville | Jun 4, 2020 | Coronavirus Stories, News |
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the more recent social unrest, my story feels like a confusing mixture of worry, joy, sadness, fear, and gratitude. Life certainly looks different than it used to. I do not see my co-workers anymore as we are working...
