Health and Wellness with Allison

SIMPLIFY FOR SPRING - The lesson I learned from Meat & Potatoes. Yesterday, as I was in the grocery store, wandering around the produce isle and thinking, what should I to cook for dinner? I experienced a wave of strong surges of thoughts, feelings and emotions. My mind began to race with questions such as What produce is in season? Which vegetables should I eat? I think I need more fiber, more protein... My stomach tightened and my breath shorten. Recently, I modified my diet to heal from  candida albicans (Candida), a overgrowth of yeast and unhealthy bacteria in the gut. By cutting out refined sugar, wheat and corn and eating more vegeatbles, I have increased my energy level and have cleared up the embarrassing acne on my face. I have also been experimenting with different herbal concoctions and taking different vitamins and supplements. But still, I have been having bad stomach pains and indigestion. As I stood behind my cart in the grocery store, ...

FULL CIRCLE - From Player to Coach I've been meaning to start a blog for a while now. I kept hesitating, not knowing where or how to start but now I'm finally writing! And the inspiration to write came from a unexpected yet totally understandable place for me - the softball field. I played softball for 14 years, and when I left the game in college, I thought I was done. After my softball career, I lived in Nepal, New Zealand, and Australia. I studied meditation and Reiki at a monastery in San Diego and completed my yoga teacher training in Los Angeles. I am currently teaching yoga in Marin County, CA and training to be a health coach at Integrative Nutrition.   I didn't think softball would find a place back in my life, but it has! And I believe that my coaching experience at Drake High School this year will positively inform my life journey and holistic health practice.  Today was my first game as Assistant Coach for Drake Varsity Softball. We had a grea...