Today, glyphosate can be found in everything from a box of “heart healthy” Cheerios, to Quaker Oats, to Sabra Hummus, and virtually all samples of conventional (non-organic) wheat and flour found on grocery store shelves today. Glyphosate is so pervasive that it is now in almost every bite of food in the U.S. food supply.

I stare down into the dark brown brew, but see no reflection in the glinting sludge. I grasp it with both hands and hold it next to my heart, silently praying my intention…

The stories of “healthy” young people suffering greatly, or even perishing from this Coronavirus are presented as both heartbreaking and terrifying. But to me, even as one of these “healthy” high-risk young people, this is not the time for sorrow, worry, or fear—all emotions which serve to suppress the immune system. This is the time for introspection, compassion, and community—human and microbial alike.

Until this moment, I had always considered myself to be a relatively healthy individual, with a robust immune system… I was dead wrong. Suddenly I was “high risk” for a severe coronavirus infection.

In the following post I will take a look ‘under the hood’ of my own biology, and demonstrate how a complex web of interactions began undermining my mental and physical wellbeing.

The truth is, nothing “died inside of me.” No, on the contrary, something was very, very alive. A thriving colony of dysbiotic bacteria, feasting on and mis-digesting my food intake, themselves belching sulphorous, malodorous gases that caused intense discomfort inside me.

I started doing Transcendental Meditation (TM for short) a year ago, and it’s the only meditation practice I’ve been able to implement and stick with on a regular basis. In this video, I show you some techniques I used to get started with, and then build upon, my TM practice.

Purging is a hallmark of Ayahuasca — a reality of the plant medicine‘s physiological effects, and an avenue by which an individual begins to rid his or herself of demons, or “that which no longer serves”

Stepping off the plane in Cusco I immediately noticed a shortness of breath. I knew altitude sickness affected many travelers here…

“If your life was a book, would anyone want to read it?” A piece of wisdom — or perhaps foolishness — I latched on to at a young age…