A Functional Medicine Approach to Autoimmune Disorders “It is estimated that over 23 million Americans suffer of an autoimmune disease and 78% are women.” At Holistic Specialists we apply the latest in functional medicine, addressing the underlying causes of your autoimmune disorders (instead of just treating symptoms) so you can get well ...

Sleep, in Chinese Medicine, is understood as the yang energy of the day entering into and being consumed by the restful yin energy of the night.   All day, we predominantly utilize our yang energies of activity, of force, of creation.  Yin is the principle of rest, of inspiration, ...

Love yourself -  One of the most imperative components of life is self-care.   We become so involved with schedules, events, and deadlines, that sometimes we forget to simply BREATHE.  How many times a day are you aware that you are breathing, that you are inhabiting this sacred ...

Yoga is the journey of the self through the self to the self The Bagavad Gita Designed thousands of years ago in India, yoga is a mind-body-spirit system used to help the practitioner discover their true-self. It's worth noting that although it's most commonly recognized in the Western world through ...

"It is well known that stress has become a major contributing factor in the cause of disease, with some studies attributing up to eighty percent of disease to stress. From the Ayurvedic point of view, the cause of disease is attributed to “the mistake of the intellect”. This occurs when ...