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The Case for Energy Healing

August 19, 2023September 4, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Luke Allis The Santa Cruz Mountains are no stranger to alternative health practices. The connection between energy healing and physical health has been widely studied and is well documented. You can find numerous peer-reviewed studies that show that spiritual and meditative practices can lower levels of stress, anxiety, and depression, which can lead to improved physical health and decrease… Read More

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Words of Wisdom from Yoga Instructor and Local Treasure Joan Donato

August 7, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

By Michele Murphy Joan, or Joanie as she is known by many of her friends, has been a yoga instructor in the San Lorenzo Valley since 1994 when she was invited by her yoga teacher, Makaya Roma, to teach a class at her studio, The Center for Healing in Felton, which was then called The Healing Circle. Joan says, “The… Read More

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Seminar: 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s

July 14, 2023August 4, 2023 slvpost.com0 comment

Alzheimer’s Association NorCal is hosting a seminar titled 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s: An Education Program at Highlands Park Senior Center in person on Wednesday, July 26 at 1 pm. Register at tinyurl.com/10signs726 An estimated 55 million people worldwide are living with dementia. In the United States alone, more than 6 million have Alzheimer’s, and over 11 million are providing… Read More

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Santa Cruz Mountain Health Center to Open in Ben Lomond January 2022

December 25, 2021January 7, 2022 slvpost.com0 comment

The nonprofit Santa Cruz Community Health (SCCH) will open a new clinic in the historic Wee Kirk Church building in Ben Lomond on Monday, January 24 offering primary care services. “We strive every day to improve the health of our patients and the community,” said Leslie Conner, Chief Executive Officer of SCCH. “We are proud and excited to bring health… Read More

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Be Rooted Botanicals

June 1, 2021June 22, 2021 slvpost.com1 Comment

By Pam Nectar Gharibians and Julie Horner When Molly Hildenbrand first moved to Santa Cruz from the East Coast in 1996, she took an herb class and learned to make salves and beeswax lip balm. Her move coincided with the passage of Prop 215, the medical marijuana initiative. Long a fan, it was natural that she would transition into the… Read More

CBCT Cognitively Based Compassion Meditation Training

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Health and Wellness: Meditation and Compassion Training

January 21, 2021February 15, 2021 slvpost.com0 comment

By Lisa DuPont What is Cognitively-Based Compassion Training CBCT® ? How can you protect and take care of yourself from the inside out when we can not control all the external factors in life such as a pandemic plus social and economic upheaval? The skill of compassion can be seen as almost as important as eating, breathing and sleeping. Yet… Read More

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Winter Bathing for Mind, Body & Soul

December 1, 2020December 30, 2020 slvpost.comhealth0 comment

By Jen Padgett Winter bathing rituals can be traced back to ancient cultures. Ayurveda, an ancient Indian medical system in practice today, guides bathing as a purification process for the body, mind, and soul. Hindus who bathe in the River Ganga perceive its waters to be holy nectar. The Romans bathed communally in bathhouses constructed on natural hot springs. They… Read More