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Fasting Weekend Meditations

I carry peace within me, I carry within myself The forces that strengthen me. I will fill myself with these forces' warmth, I will penetrate myself with my will's power. And I will feel how peace pours through all my being when strengthening myself, through my...

Dos and Don’ts of Fasting

Do Take notes Rest as needed Wear lots of layers Move your bowels Drink enough Notice smells and tastes Walk daily Add Salt  Maybe plan a small project Embrace empty space/silence  Notice how quiet your physiology is Don’t Caffeine or licorice (if high blood...

Beet Kvass 

3 medium or 2 large organic beets ¼ cup whey 1 T sea salt Filtered water   Peel and coarsely chop beets into even cubes.   Place beets, whey and salt in a 2-quart glass container.   Add filtered water to fill the container.   Stir well and cover securely. Keep at room...

How to make vegetable broth

Gather scraps from vegetables used in daily cooking.  They can be stored in the fridge for a few days or in the freezer for a month. Nice additions are herb ends, onion skins, tops of celery and carrots, any peels and scrapings.  Do not use parts that are...

Fenugreek Water

Soak 1 tsp of fenugreek seeds, whole, in 8 oz of water overnight. Strain the seeds and drink the water throughout the day. Resoak the same seeds again, and repeat the process. Strain the seeds and leave them in a jar to sprout.  Fenugreek sprouts can be used like...

Ginger Spice Tea

2 cups loose leaf rooibos tea3 tsp stevia leaf, crumbled small½ cup dried cut ginger  3 tsp cardamom powder or coarsely crushed seeds2 Tbsp fennel seeds 

Future 50 Foods

Rationale: 13 CEREALS, GRAINS, TUBERS For both environmental and health reasons, there is a pressing need to vary the types of grains and cereals grown and eaten. The inclusion of a variety of sources of carbohydrates supports the ambition to enable a shift towards a...

Problems of Nutrition

By Rudolf Steiner Foreword In spite of the fact that a notable portion of the world's rapidly increasing population does not eat meat, it has been said recently that it is no longer possible to be a vegetarian. Today, so the argument goes, a diet of vegetables lacks...

Sample Fasting Weekend Menu

Saturday  Kvass and Liver Support Tea Juice:  Cabbage/Kale/Beet/Garlic and Celery Ginger Tea and Lemon Water Shitake Mushroom Broth with parsley Chamomile Tea and  diluted bitters Juice: Apple/Pear/Fennel/Celery/Potato Sunday Kvass and Liver Support...

What you need for the upcoming online Fasting Weekend

Liquids:  juice, herbal teas, water, broth, specialty liquids like kvass or fermented liquids as desired. Lemon juice or slices is a nice addition if desired.  All the liquids can be purchased or made at home.  I like the Biotta brand of vegetable juices if you are...

Budwig Protocol and Vitamin C

Dr. Budwig was convinced that we should be getting our vitamins in a natural form the food we eat. For example did you know that just one serving of turnips has 50% of the daily requirement for Vitamin C, plus a whole lot of other great stuff. The problem with...

Throwing the self-healing switch

By Anne Rueter, Originally published in the Ann Arbor News The stately wood doors at 1422 W. Liberty St. recently opened to 13 patients seeking relief - and a new outlook on their ills - at an unusual new holistic medicine venture, the Rudolf Steiner Health Center....

The Benefits of Fasting for Healing

The Benefits of Fasting for Healing

Probably the most important reason is that the body uses quite a bit of energy to digest food, and when fasting this energy becomes available for other uses. In the fasting state, the body will scour for dead cells, damaged tissues, fatty deposits, tumors, abscesses,...

Corona Virus (COVID-19) Resources

This We've collected some resources on the Corona Virus to help our community navigate decisions during this time.This should not be taken as medical advice, if the reader or any other person has a medical concern, he or she should consult with an...

Why Detox?

Studies show that our bodies contain somewhere in the neighborhood of 700 toxic chemicals (those being the ones that we can identify).1Some of these toxins are naturally occurring through the breakdown of foods and medicines we knowingly put in our bodies.  Others are...

How To Prepare For a Fast

We have created some guidelines to help you prepare for a fast. Properly preparing your body the week before your fast not only makes the fast itself easier, but also greatly improves the results! Taper Off Addictive Food and Drink It is important to taper off any...