Author: pinklotuspolo

Not easy on the full moon. One of my worst habits I am currently trying to exorcize is looking at my phone as the first activity of the day. I know the facts, our minds are a complicated inter web of electric sparks, hormone messengers seated in a gelatinous ball akin to a character from…

A few practical things to do for your health Awake = Hydrate. Add citrus: Lemon for liver, lime for gallbladder, orange, cucumber and mint if you need to feel cooler. Ginger is slightly warm, if you are achy and need a digestive boost. Coconut water if you are retaining water, feel constantly thirsty, sweating a…

March 26, 2020 Which is okay.. I am barely bored enough to write it. Exactly 15 days into my personalized self- quarenteen. I started the count the day after I went to the gym and did cardio not touching or breathing with anyone. A couple days later, all the gyms in the world closed. That…

Mission Statement: To share an important health-style in our crazy modern world, build the bridge between the DQ and every horseman, to tie everything together and make it your own. 10/25/2016- Facing the Music #3 Here I am sitting on the precipice of this very weekend bringing me to the halfway point in receiving my…

Riding the Bronze Road: 9/27/16 RBR: 9/27/2016 : The Rebirth of a DQ Rico and I had very productive lessons for the past two days. It is a mini heat wave for us delicate coastal peoples, especially me who is depressed by even mild sunny weather. I was promptly at the barn at 8am to…

After just two rides Rizzo and I went to a Dressage Show, won our class and completed the 5th out of 6 rides I need to earn an achievement called the United States Dressage Federation Bronze Medal. It is something I first learned of at age 20, 15 years ago now… It has been a…

A Devasting Yet Cinematic Tragedy may 25 2019 I used to have a best friend who I experienced yoga with for the first time in the Annex of our local lighthouse. It has a wood burning stove and sits on jagged coastal rocks, no lifeguard on duty. Our pacific ocean can be very far from…

The year is passing by, the whole state of California is littered with wildfires and summer pathologies are in full swing. As mentioned in a previous post, each season is affiliated with an organ, element and emotion. The summer relates to the heart, fire and joy. Who doesn’t love summer?! Certainly beats the grief of…

Man Plus Tree = Harmony The legend goes a guy was in the woods and he rubbed his shoulder on a tree, found relief from pain and from that notion acupuncture evolved into what it is today. Ancient needles were made of bone, before man was working with metal. A notable acupuncture patient is Otzi…