We're already a week into the new year and NM folk are excitedly preparing their resolutions for the New Year's challenge, which you can find here if you'd like to join in to win some steem!
As @riverflows writes this curation, she's hoping that one of the resolutions for Steemfolk is to KEEP BEING AWESOME - it's great to come back from a digital detox and read some wonderful natural medicine posts from you all! I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I did.
In case you were wondering how we chose posts to be featured in these curations, we favour:
- original articles
- a blend of personal stories and facts/research (either anecdotal or otherwise) to engage the reader
good images or photos - novel or interesting approaches to self care through natural remedies
- content that makes us go aaaaaaaaahhhhh
If you'd like help making your posts pop, please let us know - we're here to help you succeed!
@trucklife-family always has wise and beautiful words to say about living a natural life. In this post she writes eloquently about her new year's resolutions in this regard. It's this passage I loved the most:
Modern medicine, is meant to be quick and efficient and if it is not, then it is seen as not working. Yet healing your body, healing your mind should never be rushed. When we rush any healing, we are disrespecting ourselves. Yet ye have been taught to ignore our own bodies, our children are being taught to trust only what the professionals say, as they know best. But no one should know your body better than you, surely that is what we should be teaching our children, surely that is what we should be promoting. Our children need to listen and learn for themselves when it comes to their bodies. This is where true empowerment lies. Learning to connect with our bodies, to see them for what they are, amazing creations that need to be honoured and respected.
@zen-art's post about the benefits of hugging made me go and hug my man again (he's been away for three weeks). I kinda knew hugging had to be good for you - it does make you feel darn good, and this post affirms it. She writes:
Researchers tested if hugs act as a form of social support, protecting stressed people from getting sick and their findings were published in Psychological Science. In this small study, those who got frequent hugs were less likely than others to catch a cold and if they did, they had less severe illness symptoms. The reason behind this are lowered stress levels and we all know how our bodies have a stronger immune system when they are not under stress. The lead researcher concluded how the protective effect of hugs may be attributed to the physical contact and a behavioral indicator of support.
One of our more recent members, @vanessamidwife, wrote a truthful and heart wrenching post on her miscarriage, which she chose to do naturally. You can read it here. She writes:
I knew this journey was also spiritual. It was not just physical. Maybe that was why my body had none of the typical reactions. God gave me time to use this situation to learn something essential about Him. Maybe He spared me from dangerous situations like sepsis and excessive bleeding. My case was unlike all others because my journey was unlike all others. I knew that with all my heart. I knew my solution would come when I got to the heart of God. I gave up my right to have a natural miscarriage. I gave up my right to have children. If this miscarriage just never happened, I decided I was ok. I just wanted to be in God’s will.
It was beautiful to read about her homebirth later in the week - a lovely happy ending!
@immaroja's posts are always informed by science and curiousity, and I love reading about the medicines in her native Phillipines. In this post she writes about the benefits of mangoes, and in this one she writes about jamaican cherry.
Hugs must also be given to others contemplating natural healing in their lives too - @misslasvegas wrote an awesome story about the conflict that can often occur with mainstream medicine when doctors don't listen to you, @nomadicsoul asks us to reflect on poop transplants, @el-nailul writes about the benefits of spices in his quality post, @ofsedgeandsalt takes us on one of her informative and gorgeous plant walks, and @enosh has a series happening on natural healing. Oh, and hey, me! I wrote about why I walked away from a vipassana meditation course.
We hope you loved these posts as much as we did!
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Wow! Sounds like a great round up! I already read @misslasvegas’ post but I’ll surely check out the others.
Thanks NatMed! Who need some huggin?
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thank you for including me in this wonderful curation and for all the amazing work that you do in getting all of this info out there, here's to a very empowered 2019xxx
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Looks like a good start for 2019!