Empowering Self-Reliance and Sustainable Living & Microbiomes
Empowering Self-Reliance and Sustainable Living & Microbiomes
After so many days, months, and even years of dreaming, planning, building, digging, planting, painting, and pushing through, the Living Ground store is finally open. On opening day, over 150 people came through the doors. I stood there and watched them wander through the aisles, pick up jars of fermented …
Let’s get something clear. Symbiosis isn’t a fairy tale. It’s not a sweet song of unity and harmony. It’s a gritty, often uncomfortable dance of survival. Push and pull, give and take, competition woven into cooperation. That’s the real rhythm of nature. When you zoom into the microscopic world, things …
We are living in a time of disorientation. Many are searching for meaning, for answers, for someone to speak truth in a world that feels increasingly synthetic and detached. We’re told to look to the experts, the institutions, the leaders in suits and robes, the ones who speak from marble …
There is a presence in the garden that does not announce itself loudly. She does not climb or sprawl with wild ambition. She doesn’t need to. Lemon Balm, Melissa officinalis, grows with quiet purpose, humming with a bright lemony scent that drifts across the garden like laughter on a breeze. …
In this article, I explore the intricate relationships between the soil microbiome, plants, and human health. Through recent discoveries and personal experience, I share how restoring healthy soil is about more than adding microbes, it is about rebuilding the living terrain itself. Together we are learning that the health of …
I can feel it … the pulse of something long planted, now pushing its way to the surface. The Living Ground Store and Café is almost ready to open. And standing here, on this edge between what has been vision and what is becoming reality, I’m carrying a thousand stories …
In creating the Living Ground Project, my vision revolves around self-reliance and a profound sense of responsibility for the state of our world, our soils, and our fellow humans. Imagine a community where we share tools and knowledge that empower us to be self-sufficient, where we come together to dismantle …
Iron is one of the most paradoxical minerals in the human body. When I sit with clients and look at their live blood on the screen, and I see codocytes, ghost cells, tiny microcytes or other stressed red blood cells, I do not just think “you need more iron.” I …
Exploring the Intersection of Ayurveda and the Human Microbiome: A Personal Journey Many years ago, I had the privilege of studying Ayurveda with Dr. Lad Vasant, an experience that profoundly shifted my understanding of health and healing. This transformative moment echoed a similar epiphany I had while studying the Soil …
except from the Human Microbiome Course Manual This is one of my favorite stories because you know the story. You already know what I’m going to tell you… I’m just going to bring it to your attention. Some of the words you might not understand yet, but you will understand …