Our Medicine Cabinet
Circadian medicine:
-early morning light exposure/low-angle light
-consistent meal times, and not eating three hours before bed.
-consistent sleep and wake times - 7-9 hours of sleep
-keeping bedroom cool + dark as possible
-avoiding light from devices from sundown or 2 hours before bedtime. Use blue-blocking glasses
-engaging with some type of nourishing nightly ritual of nervous system regulation. I.e., meditation
-boundaries around the bedroom being for sleeping or making love
:: Everything that your body does is operating in alignment with circadian biology. Hormone production, energy levels, cognition, metabolism, appetite, mood and emotional regulation.
Nutritional Medicine:
-eat real whole foods that you can recognize as food - let go of highly processed junk
-derive the majority of your calories from food from animal products
-strive to consume an optimum amount of protein from whole food sources every day
-eat in a circadian appropriate manner
-purchase the highest quality food you can access and afford
-make freinds with eating fat
-build confidence in making food for yourself
-aim for 1# cold water fatty fish a week, and 1# of red meat a week
-keep it simple
-eat fermented foods every day
::Nutrition is the building blocks of your entire being. Your physical body is made of the Earth. What you eat is how you ingest the earth and how you build, fuel and repair your body. There are certain acivities and disease state that might require a need for particular nutrients, so certain food may be accentuated in the diet.
Nature Medicine:
-being in the natural world
-connecting to the sounds and sights of movement of plants and animals
-listening to the sound of flowing water
-put your bare skin on the Earth
-minimize electromagnetic radio waves
-vibrational entrainment with the Earth herself
:: You are the natural world. Co-regulating at the pace of nature is healing to your nervous system. Being out in the natural world restores our need to belong.
Connection Medicine:
-connection to yourself through stillness, movement, convorsation and reflection
-cultivating a felt sense of saftey within the body through self or co-regulation of the nervous system
as foundation with connecting to the world around you
-intentional authentic relating with others
-connection to your ancestry and lineage
-connection to the earth
-making connections with local community
::We are first and foremost relational beings that are wired for connection. Healing and growth happen in relationship. You will never not be in relationship.
Movement Medicine:
-walking
-loosening and mobility practice daily-simple stretching or yoga
-strength training
-cardiovascular training
-yoga, dance
-breathwork
-move as you feel - tuning into subtle impulses of movement and energy flow in the body and letting it move you
::Our human bodies evolved in constant motion in relation to nourishing our bodies and for our saftey, and for the desire and curiosity to know more of the world and play.
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Mystic Medicine:
-practice spiritual inquiry
-a spirittual practice that involves dedication and deepening
-entheogens
-ecstatic dance
-meditation
-centering prayer
-mantra recittaion
-concentration practices
-fasting
::To be able to find yourself in relation to divine reality. To be a vehicle for human evolution in service to the greater whole. This is necessary for the union of the infinite and the finite. It is the remedy for self-centeredness. It is a doorway and source for meaning and purposefulness in one’s life that is not attached to the outcome. It assists in finding service to a rhythm and a pulse that will persist beyond one lifetime. All religion has been birthed from mystical experience and is an attempt to convey a more complete and true reality that we have the ability and right to know.
