Posts by Maria Hill
Have You Tried Ecstatic Dance?
“In many shamanic societies, if you came to a shaman or medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited or depressed, they would ask you on of four questions: When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop finding comfort in the…
Read MoreThe Importance Of Fatigue
Listen to your fatigue. Exhaustion is an important message from our bodies, emotions, and spirits. Western thinking and cultural practices treat fatigue, at best, as an inconvenience. Such thinking is a mistake and particularly problematic for highly sensitive people. What Fatigue Does For Us All living things need renewal to be healthy. If we do…
Read MoreSelf Sacrifice Can Make You Sick
Self sacrifice is very hard to escape. It is so conditioned into us that whether you are an HSP or non-HSP doesn’t matter. You are subject to the expectation. Self sacrifice carried to an extreme will make you sick, emotionally and physically. Why is self-sacrifice such a problem? Self-Sacrifice Solves A Lot Of Problems Self…
Read More3 Great Herbs To Be Emotionally Healthy
Do you ever feel like an emotional ping-pong ball? Do you have a hard time dealing with life’s emotional ups and downs? Do you suffer from depression or anxiety? Highly sensitive people have a particularly difficult time handling the emotional complexities of daily life. Not because they are weak, but because they notice everything! Herbal…
Read MoreTurmeric: 18 Ways To Good Health
It is amazing how great health can be as close as our kitchen spice rack. For thousands of years, food and herbs have been used for their healing properties. Some herbs are almost worshiped for their healing gifts. Turmeric is one such herb. Some herbs are valued solely for their medicinal properties. Neem would be…
Read More9 Ways Mangistha Destroys Toxins In The Body
Would you like to know that your immune system is functioning well and able to protect you? Manjistha is a wonderful Ayurvedic herb that does just that. Manjistha known as rubia cordifolia is a climbing medicinal plant found in the Himalayas. Its roots are used to create the medicinal supplement known as manjistha. It is a multi-purpose healer…
Read MoreFeeling Free Is Its Own Reward
Who doesn’t want to feel free? After all, freedom sounds and feels wonderful. I think there is a lot of confusion about freedom, hoever, so I thought it was worth some discussion. What Is Freedom? Merriam Webster has a fairly complete answer to what freedom is: 1 : the quality or state of being free: as…
Read MoreTime And Space
More and more I have been thinking about the relationship between time and space. They have a very direct relationship. The more attention you pay to time the less room you have for space. The more you try to maximize time, the less spacious you can be. They are two very different values and each…
Read MoreWhy We Need Highly Sensitive People Now
Why do we need the highly sensitive person now? Are we seeing a renewed interest and dare I say respect for the sensitives of the world? Conditions Are Everything Conditions are everything. We are culturally bound which means that it is easy to lose sight of how other conditions may be changing. Right now we…
Read MoreWhy Food Is Medicine: The Secret Of The Six Tastes Of Ayurveda
Have you ever questioned your relationship with food? Do you ever wonder why we humans seem to be so unhealthy? Most people eat to avoid hunger, because the food tastes good, for social reasons or to deal with difficult feelings. The most important function of foods, however, is the one we have lost touch with.…
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