Food Combining

Feb 06, 2012 Comments Off by

These days there are more than enough fad diets out there, none of which will deliver what they promise in the long term unless you make those changes permanent, a daunting thought at best to most people.  But there are small changes you can implement within ANY diet or lifestyle that can improve digestion, speed [...]

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Behold…Buckwheat!

Feb 01, 2012 Comments Off by

More and more people are waking up and realizing that starchy complex carbohydrates are not a healthy option.  Most Whole Foods Markets now have large sections dedicated to gluten-free products for those who have given up wheat and all grains containing gluten.  The reasons to do this are compelling and important enough for their own [...]

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Welcome Letter from the Creators of Raw Living Magazine

Feb 01, 2012 Comments Off by

Welcome, one and all, to our sanctuary of sanity online!  Our names are Brian Hinesley and Alexandra Grayson, and we are humbled and delighted to offer you a safe space in which to explore holistic lifestyle options that will bring Raw passion, Raw radiance, Raw energy and Raw love into your lives.  The title of [...]

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Spring Cleaning – Many Roads to Detox

Feb 01, 2012 Comments Off by

While it might still feel like winter in many places right now there is no denying that spring is just around the corner.  Days are becoming longer and brighter, giving us more daylight hours and often that coincides with feeling more energetic and optimistic; solar healing.  Spring is also the most natural time in which [...]

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Baby Boomer Diet

Feb 01, 2012 Comments Off

I am so glad I went with my instincts and ordered this book – I worried it might be too repetitive since I have 2 previous editions of the original Body Ecology Diet book (which changed my life forever,) but honestly, this new book is an absolute gem. On first glance I could easily see [...]

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Janet Stone’s Ganesha Flow Yoga DVD

Feb 01, 2012 Comments Off

This is my first exposure to Janet’s teachings, I’d never heard of her and stumbled across her as a recommendation online while surfing yoga DVDs. I love my home practice, so my yoga DVD library is epic, lol. About 40 or so right now, I’d guess, but I am always on the lookout for wonderful [...]

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ModKat!

Feb 01, 2012 Comments Off

Mod Kat review I wanted to share a recent discovery that has made our lives as kitty parents SO much easier!  While searching online in relative desperation for anything that would help with the problem of tracking litter all over the house I stumbled across something that sounded intriguing; Mod Kat litter boxes.  With two [...]

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Making Changes – Where to start?

Dec 31, 2011 Comments Off

Step By Step   Inevitably the New Year always brings with it that horrible tradition of “resolutions”, usually along the lines of; quit smoking, eat healthier, exercise regularly, make more time for my family or partner, lose weight, blah,  blah, blah.  I’ve always found the whole concept of setting some enormous and seemingly masochistic goals [...]

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Who we are and why we are here

Dec 31, 2011 Comments Off

The two illustrious founders of this ambitious web magazine are Alexandra Grayson and Brian Hinesley.  We are a dynamic duo from vastly different backgrounds, and generations, who have worked together to create something we wished we had seen out there already; a sanctuary of sanity for everyone and anyone seeking to bring more raw passion, [...]

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Seasonality

Dec 31, 2011 Comments Off

Ah, the creature comforts of modern living, where would we be without them?  Thanks to the advantages of this technologically advanced world of ours we can sail through the year with minimal discomfort while we enjoy our central heat and air, unseasonal produce trucked or flown in from all over the world and life as [...]

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