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We're Here For You - No Matter What! During these trying times, not much is certain. However, one thing is for sure - the Arco Iris Team and the Rainbow Collective is here for you. We’re committed to helping you through these critical weeks. Our staff has decided to offer Live Free Online Group Sessions to ensure that you can tap into the clarity and comfort you need during the mandatory social isolation. This is our way of helping you find kindness and peace for yourself and your loved ones. To help alleviate the stress of spending a lot of time at home, or for those working in essential services, we would like to invite you to attend our selection of Yoga, Remote Reiki Groups, Shamanic Drum Circles, and Guided Yoga Nidra Sessions. These classes are great for Health Care Providers, Teachers, Students, Remote Essential Workers, Parents, and everyone in between! While this global crisis continues, it is natural to experience anxiety and unease. However, it i...

If yes, I have an explanation for you.   According to  Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) , every season has corresponding organs it affects.  Autumn, for example, is the time to consider the health and proper functioning of the lungs and the large intestine. The Lungs Let’s look at how it all unfolds.  The lungs are essentially our direct link to the outside world.  We inhale oxygen through our lungs and through a chemical reaction in the lungs, the red blood cells transport oxygen to every cell in our body.  When the climate becomes cooler, the air we breathe is thus cooler and lighter.  It is very typical that once the temperature drops, we turn up our heating systems to make it warmer and to reduce the dampness inside our homes.  Consequently, our lungs will need to work harder to make quick adjustments from breathing cooler/damper air outside to warmer/dryer air indoors.  If we don't spend much time outdoors, our lung...

The big sleep is over!  As the spring rainfalls cleanse the last signs of winter, we need to adopt seasonal rituals that do the same for our bodies as we are, after all, part of the nature that surrounds us.   Spring is not only about nature’s awakening, but a time for us to cleanse our bodies, purify our minds and nourish our soul through detoxifying diets and practices to remove and release stagnant energies trapped over the long winter months. What does it mean to cleanse (or detoxify) your body? To detoxify or cleanse your body means giving your body a break, especially your digestive system. You give your intestines (the headquarters of your immune system) the time to flush out the extra toxins accumulated in the liver through the winter season. Traditional Chinese Medicine supports the idea that spring is the time of year when the liver and gallbladder work the hardest cleansing the blood – which is the first step in detoxification.  The liver is t...

Day 13/30 Day Blogging Challenge.  Thirteen Movie Trailer , The-13-Principles - Basic Judaism , The Thirteen Original Colonies Today my Tweet was about how Homeopathy has been wonderously helping me manage my my eczema and anxiety.  I wonder, if I a managed my anxiety will that clear up my eczema?   I've had this chronic condition, diagnosed as eczema, since childhood which comes and goes at different levels of intensity and affects mostly my wrists & hands.  But eczema of the skin is only a symptom of something affecting my immune system.  I wonder, if  I managed my anxiety would that help to strengthen my immune system?  What is anxiety anyway?  Anxiety is a mood.  "Anxiety can cause feelings of fear, worry, uneasiness typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome".  Given this definition, which I got from Wikipedia, I would say ye...