Imbolic
Imbolc, also called Saint Brigid's Day, is a Gaelic traditional festival. A Celtic word, Imbolic means 'in the belly or womb.' Pronounced...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Dec 11, 2022
- 3 min
Winter Solstice or Yule
The winter #solstice is the shortest day of the year, the moment when half the Earth is tilted the farthest away from the sun when in the...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Nov 22, 2022
- 9 min
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Not a pathology we typically learn in school. I don't remember it in any of the textbooks I read, and I am a self-proclaimed nerd; I do...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
Autumn Equinox or Mabon
Having wanted to dive in a bit more this year to celebrating the seasonal transitions more so than stressing myself out with spending far...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Jun 22, 2022
- 7 min
Celebrating the Summer Solstice
Yesterday we probably bombarded you with social media pictures of our experience at the Yoga Fest on the Monumental Circle in...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Dec 8, 2021
- 4 min
Getting Your Feet Under You: Muladhara
The past few weeks, I've been studying a little bit about our energy bodies. We have them; MRIs measure them as do EEGs. We just avoid...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Sep 4, 2021
- 7 min
Creating a Healing Environment
For the past three years, I have been providing primary care and functional medicine consults within my home office (see pictures below)...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Jul 15, 2021
- 7 min
Alcoholism: Understanding the Underlying Cause
My mother was an alcoholic by definition. She certainly drank more than four #beers a week, but I don't think I ever identified as having...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Jun 16, 2021
- 7 min
Bleeding at the Roots
Functional medicine claims digging into the roots as the heart of the specialty, and I would argue this is true too of #wellness, in that...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Jun 13, 2021
- 6 min
Working Yourself Into the Ground
Yep, I've been there. I think I assumed doing so was evidence I was healed from prior #traumas. I received poor midwifery care, nearly...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Jun 12, 2021
- 6 min
If Women Rose Rooted
"Other indigenous cultures around the world may still respect and revere the feminine, but we Western women lost control of our stories a...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Feb 26, 2021
- 9 min
How to Relax
No joke, this may be the toughest task. The last pose in #yoga is savasana or the corpse pose and it is easily the hardest for most...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Oct 30, 2020
- 4 min
Electromagnetic Allergies: Are you at Risk?
The American Medical Association now recognizes the medical diagnosis of #electromagnetic sensitivity. Scientists have been expressing...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Oct 7, 2020
- 8 min
Footwear for Hikers
The top priority of essentially all back-packers is securing shelter; this includes clothing and most especially your footwear. I've had...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Oct 3, 2020
- 29 min
Hiking: Planning My Backpacking Come Back
More than twenty years ago now, I took my first back-packing trip in the depths of the Costa Rica jungle. It was glorious,...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Sep 23, 2020
- 4 min
Glorious Goldenrod
Fall has always been my favorite season, yet this fall, I seem to feel it's only a loud alarm bell for the end of such a beautiful summer...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Sep 14, 2020
- 4 min
Spend 30 Minutes Taking a 5-Minute Walk
This may be challenging for many of you, particularly those who live a very busy life, the Type A personality. I hate to admit this to...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Sep 10, 2020
- 7 min
Parasites: Symbiotic or Pathologic?
Not too long ago, the germ theory was the prominent mindset of medicine and today we pay big bucks for the most diverse #probiotics with...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Sep 7, 2020
- 4 min
Waning Moon: Time to Turn In
These last few years of tuning in more to my own needs and prioritizing self-care has allowed me to rediscover my love for #nature, and...
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Dr. Penny Lane
- Jul 13, 2020
- 5 min
The Shoe: Potentially the Most Dangerous Modern Invention
Nearly twenty percent of our national expenditure is for healthcare expenses. Ten percent of that expense is for prescription medicine....
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