In my May Full Moon Newsletter, which came out last week, I mentioned that May Day conjures up images of maypoles and children frolicking among sweet new spring flowers. Well, not a week later, I came upon the following scene at the American Botanical Council’s annual Herb Day. I snapped this shot after the interweaving [...]
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Weaving A Life
Posted in Herbs, History, Learning, tagged American Botanical Council, HerbalGram, May Day, Maypole dance on May 14, 2012 | 11 Comments »
Pooram & Prayers
Posted in History, India, Itinerary, Puja, Temple, tagged Elephant, Kerala, Pooram, Sivananda, Thrissur on June 3, 2011 | 8 Comments »
When our week in Fort Kochi was up, Emily and I reluctantly took the ferry back across the waterway to the train station and bid our sweet community goodbye. We had begun to feel like regulars in town, with people recognizing us on the street after seeing us in a store. We had found the [...]
Lord Dhanvantari, god of healing
Posted in Ayurveda, History on January 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Dhanvantari is a Hindu god of healing. He is the father of Ayurveda, the physician god who carries in his hands a bowl of amrit (the nectar of immortality), a discus or chakra (to cut away evil), a conch shell (which is used in a ground form in some traditional medicines), and herbs or a [...]
Jai Ganesha!
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