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Asparagus with eggs
Preparation time: Quick Ingrédients for 4 persons : ● 500 g (1 lb) asparagus (Kidneys, Lungs) ● 1 large red chopped onion (Spleen, Lungs) ● 2 eggs (Lungs, Kidneys) ● 2 TBS olive oil (Kidneys) ● 3 TS grated Parmesan cheese (Spleen) (optional) ● 2 TBS pine...
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Monthly inspiration - March 2011
Everything is speeding up! 6 planets (+ Black Moon) are going to enter the Aries sign at the beginning of April 2011. Hold your hat and keep grounded because things are going to rock! It may have already started. Do not resist and listen to your little...
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Body twists like a snake (Gall Bladder and Liver; also good for back ache)
Lie on your back, bend your knees and bring your feet close to your buttocks, soles of the feet on the floor. Open your arms to the sides at shoulders level. 2) First we do two preparation breathing. Inhale, your belly expands. Exhale, your belly contracts....
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March, women's month
I would like to dedicate this March article to women and offer them something very practical for daily life use. I also would like to thank Xiaolan Zhao who wrote the book (Reflections of the Moon on Water) from which this text is coming. I translated...
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Sunshine on your plate!
With the summer season now here, the colours of these vegetables bring sunshine on our plate and in our body. Did you know that in Italian «tomato» is «pomodoro», apple of gold, and in Provence we call them «pommes d’amour», apples of love. So, sunshine,...
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Fritatta in tripa
This recipe was given to me by my Italian friend Rita, who lives close to Milano. She originally comes from the Marche (pronounce marrrqué) region and she is a super chef! Since she has a business and has to cook for her familly (like almost all Italian...
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SALADE PROVENÇALE GARLABAN*
Let me share here with you a family receipe my mother used to prepare very often when we were young. It is very typical of Provence and can be eaten cold or warm, according to taste and time of the day. It is perfect to take along when hiking or camping....
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Why is chi kung so popular?
Since Chi Kung (also spelt Qi Gong) is one of the 5 most typed key word on Meditation France, amongst others, we can wonder why so many people practice Chi Kung nowadays. I would say there are several reasons. According to my experience as a chi kung...
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Spinach feuilleté
I just invented this recipe in Provence after having found on the shore bunches and bunches of spinach (who could think that spinaches would grow by the sea?!) that I gathered with excitement in company of my hosts, André and Jocelyne, here in Martigues,...
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My liver Flush, by Louise R.
For the last few months I felt tired and had difficulties digesting. Following an echography, I was told that my gallbladder was full of stones and that it had to be surgically removed. It is with this worry in the back of my head that I arrived at the...
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Easy meditation to reduce stress and relax
Sit in a comfortable position. Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Take the time to observe your breathing, when you inhale and when you exhale. Imagine a quiet and comforting place, a place where you have already been with your spouse or partner, a place...
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Elbows with cima di rappa
P reparation time : Rather fast Ingredients for 4 persons: ● 350 g (12 oz) whole wheat elbows (Spleen, Heart, Lungs) ● 700 g (14 oz) cima di rappa or broccoli (Liver) ● 20 g (3/4 oz) grated parmiggiano cheese (Spleen) ● 70 g (3 oz) chopped black olives...
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The benefits of meditation
Meditation really helps to relax the body and the mind. It also reinforces our trust in our inner wisdom and decreases the fears that are related to all kinds of aspects in our life. When we tune ourselves into the naturel order of the world and when...
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MASHED POTATOES WITH OLIVE OIL & GARLIC GREEN SALAD
This month, I am giving you 2 very simple, tasty recipes. They are a reminder of the countryside where cicadas sing, Provence. These easy to prepare dishes can be eaten together at the same meal. Preparation time : Rather fast Ingredients for 6 persons:...
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Sunshine in your head!
Since I am back in Canada from France, I take advantage of the beautiful weather the most I can . I go fast walking early in the morning by the Raymond Lake and the Rivière du Nord, in the Laurentians, 70 km north of Montréal, in the province of Québec....
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Sunshine in our smile!
Th ose among us who have already experiences in their lives how laughing can transform their emotions and sustain their well-being have also probably observed that the authentic smile coming from a friend or even from a stranger in the street is contagious...
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On the mosaic side...
My workshop is well under way and soon ready to be used. I am just missing a high working table. I have found cheap marble and colored vitreous glass tesserae. I have also bought acrylic paints in all colours and been watching in front of lawns stuff...
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Aïgo boulido, a soup for the fall
In Provence, this soup is considered more as a medicine than as a soup. It helps to lessen the hangover from the night before. Some people, bigger eaters with a stronger liver, add croutons topped with grated cheese and olive oil! The broth is poured...
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The baby laughs and plays
This meditation-exercise helps to charge yourself with the energy of your smile and with positivity. It activates the lymphatic system, bringing the lymph from the periphery to the heart. This exercise is inspired by the spontaneous position babies (or...
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Meditation, awareness, subtle breath
Qi Gong and Tai Qi help to maintain the body thanks to physical movement. They also help to develop an acute mental awareness. When we practice regularly one form of meditation or the other, we also strengthen our intuition. This regular meditation practice,...
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The importance of the Kidneys essence
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the Kidneys are responsible for reproduction, growth and development. The Jing energy or Essential energy is the foundation for the body and its functions. It can transform itself in Qi and is stored in the kidneys....
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Material and dialectical aspects of TCM theory
Traditional Chinese Medicine theory is based on material and dialectical aspects. Material aspect The human body is made of chi, in-between earth and heaven. The world is made of matter and is such according to the Yin and Yang interaction. Chi is energy...
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Water up and Fire down: Kidneys (Water) and Heart (Fire) harmonization
Good for (against!) insomnia and hot flashes!! This exercise is very simple but very efficient. First, we bring water up to the top of the chest (the Heart) to cool down (make more Yin) the top of the body. And second, we bring the excess of heat in the...
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The water lily and the mud
Yes, it is mud that allows the flower to open and flourish. Somehow, light gets its nourishment from darkness... The rose flower needs manure, the water lily needs mud to flower. Not that the flower is more beautiful than mud or manure, as the mind likes...
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Acupuncture points to tonify your immune system
I would like to give you just a little trick to directly stimulate your immune system as well as your blood circulation : tonify the acupuncture points Pericardium 6 and Triple Warmer 5. Pericardium 6 releases overload from the heart, calms the cardiac...