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I’m Dawn Boiani, a wellness coach and I wanted to share my process of deep inner healing and insight. I recovered from acute stress and trauma that led to insomnia that I had for many years. My comprehensive CBT-I course offers invaluable material as to how to get back on track, sleeping soundly and… thrive!

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Healthy Tibetan Bread- Balep Korkun

Healthy Tibetan Bread- Balep Korkun (Monastery Bread) I lived amongst Tibetans in Nepal for many years. Every morning we would get up and make a homemade kneaded bread called Balep. I used to do a lot of solitary meditation retreat there and this was the easiest and fastest thing to

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Self Care- A Warm Healing Bath of Love Insomnia Cure

Be your own Valentine, a warm bouquet of roses… to you for you! Today is Valentine’s Day and one of the most amazing treats of my life that I offer to myself nightly, is just to make myself a warm Epsom salt and rose bath, with candlelight. It’s so easy

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WHEN QI GOES WRONG: QIGONG DEVIATIONS

Written by Jampa Mackenzie Stewart, M.S.O.M., L.AC. The term Qigong Deviations refers to the adverse reactions that may occur in the course of Qigong training. These reactions can be physical, energetic, and/or mental. Qigong is like medicine. It can be tremendously healing if prescribed correctly and used according to directions,

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Golden Moon Milk Calming Tea

What is Golden Moon Milk Calming Tea? Feeling a bit overwhelmed? When I start to feel a bit anxious, I immediately take that as a sign to take it easy and go into self care. One of the very first things I do, is make Golden Milk, it’s essentially Turmeric

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The Heart Pulls You To Bravery- My Thanks to Jared Polis

BOULDER, CO – June 23: U.S. Representative Jared Polis gets scarves placed over his shoulders by the His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the Eight Verses of the Mind event at the Coors Events Center June 23, 2016. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)I just wanted to share this little

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Secret Recipes for Tibetan Hot Sauce!

This hot sauce is amazingly flavorful and versatile. It’s like Tibetan Momo (dumpling) sauce, called Sepen, but it’s oil and chili based rather than tomato. The recipe is highly coveted.  It is, of course, the highly desired recipe for… this Tibetan Hot Sauce famous at Shambhala Mountain Center formally known

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Homemade Cocoa Butter Face Cream Recipe

I was amazed to discover the very best natural face cream and now use it every.single.day. I would say it’s no less than the fountain of youth. I was taught how to make this by my flower-child neighbor who uses only the best organic and well sourced ingredients that she

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Tell your Male Doc: Anxiety & Insomnia are Hormones!

Natural healing from anxiety and insomnia without sleeping pills or antidepressants I was 43 years old when my amazing life, just fell apart. I was a devout Tibetan Buddhist, Tantric meditation and yoga practitioner, world traveler, owner of a pretty successful small company, mom, and married to a gorgeous and

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