By Suzy Hoseus

Occasionally my role as homeschool mother and housewife affords me opportunities to venture out and share my good news. I wasn’t always so happy and contented. To the contrary, I struggled with depression and bipolar disorder for well over 20 years. (more…)

I know one thing for sure: it would be a most delicious and nutritious world! June is the month we dream of in February. Some of the produce that is now available for your raw food dining pleasure include fresh raspberries, apricots, corn, and arugula. And have you ever tried nasturtiums? This is the month to let your imagination run wild with the variety of garden delights! (more…)

Being 40 pounds overweight used to feel almost normal to me because I didn’t remember what it felt like not to be. I got used to being inactive, used to eating for emotional reasons, and used to going on crash diets to keep my ever increasing mass at bay. But the emotional discomfort outweighed (pun intended) the physical, at least for me. I was always self conscious and forever trying to find ways to hide my bulk. (more…)

Hello Tonya:
I’ve written to you in the past and was very pleased to see one of my questions answered in your latest book [Raw Food and Hot Yoga].

Thanks for the inspiration. I feel compelled to write to you again, not to ask a question but to share some revelations I’ve had by eating more of raw food. (more…)

A certain Dr. William H. Fitzgerald introduced in 1915 a concept known as ‘zone therapy.’ This therapy focused on massaging and working the feet in order to improve one’s health. In the 1930s, American physiotherapist Eunice Ingram developed this theory further into what we call today ‘reflexology.’ Russian neurologist and psychiatrist Vladimir Bekterev, who studied the effect of external stimulation on the nervous system and internal organs, was actually first to use the term reflexology. (more…)