Know the expression “making lemonade from lemons?” But what if lemons are great as is? Check out the reasons why in this blog by Anastasia Pantsios posted in EcoWatch. Lemon water looks so clean and healthy, so fresh and bright. It’s got a crisp, tart edge that...
U.S. News ranked them, Huff Post curated them, and now you get to see which diets work and which don’t. Hint: Mediterranean & Weight Watchers, good; South Beach & Vegen ok; Atkins & Paleo, not so much. Read on...
Remedy Yoga in LA expects students to smoke some cannabis before arriving at the studio and then think of their mats as “private magic carpets.” It is a glittering generality, but nonetheless true that a yoga practice is designed to change consciousness, i.e. deepen awareness of...
We know all about it. Just shy of the stroke of midnight you added “dieting” to your list of New Year’s resolutions – before dashing to the 'frig for just one more bite of Brie or piece of chocolate. But if you are serious about making 2015 the year for...
We are busy now trying to actualize what we resolved, champagne glass in hand, to accomplish in 2015. But how about this sobering news found in a blog by Anastasia Pantsios in EcoWatch? Anyone who has ever visited a zoo has probably seen the charts depicting how...
January 1 to 8, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn Evening: Venus, Mars It is New Year’s Day morning and I’m sitting at our dining room table watching the snow fall, trying to come up with appropriate words for the first Alacazem column of 2015. A...
Editor's Note: It all started with a Wellness Conference at The Peaks Resort & Spa. The talks featured part-time Telluride local Dr. Alan Safdi, a gastroenterologist who offered evidence-based medical findings for healthy living in easily digestible sound bytes. Telluride Inside… and Out attended a few sessions in the...
December 25 to January 1, 2014 Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn Evening: Mercury, Venus, Mars As December Solstice celebrates the returning light of the Sun – and the year’s shortest day and longest night - it also marks the first day of winter in the Northern...
I’ve never really been a fan of Santa Claus, or even Christmas. I was pretty young when I caught my parents in what I deemed to be not just a lie, but a whopper of epic proportions. A man in a red suit living at...
December 18 to 25, 2014 Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn Evening: Venus, Mars The Season of Light takes place each year when the nights are longest and darkness reigns. It’s a time to acknowledge the retreat of the Sun and celebrate its return on Winter Solstice,...
