Uses of the Ashwagandha Plant 

Ashwagandha is best known for its ability to reduce stress. It’s classified as an adaptogen, a substance that helps the body cope with stress. It may help control stress, including the heat shock proteins, cortisol, and stress-activated protein kinase. Published at healthline.com, in a small study with 58 participants,...

Parental Doubt

Moms and dads, do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and spend the next forty-five minutes to five hours making a list in your head of all the ways your parenting is sub-par? I have made that list so many times it writes itself: I don't...

Guilt is an Ego Strategist

Guilt can destroy you and destabilize you only if you give it power. You are this being of power. Your power, directed by love, has no limits. You even have the power to deny the existence of love. Obviously, this negation lasts only as long as the illusion. You...

Pho is Fa

Recap: Good Morning, From Here - April 13 - 19, 2024 Monday Last Friday, about 70 of us descended upon—nope, make that ascended—Rick and Monica Miller's penthouse terrace for their first pop-up party of this year—Stolie on vocals, guitar, harmonica, and looping provided the music. Everyone brought food and wine...

The Fireflies are Here

Last night, for the first time in all the years I've lived on this farm, I saw fireflies already in the trees. In April. I never knew they came this early. Only one, then another, then not another. I thought it was a star through the clouds but it was a firefly rising.  Then...

What Instrument Does AJ Play?

As I have never failed to mention in the current incarnation of this space, I'm, like, totally in a band now. The whole thing is a lot of fun--some of the best moments of my life have been interspersed into the past 6 months or so--and I gotta be...

Why You Should Consider a Spike Protein Detox

Spike proteins can circulate in your body after infection or injection, causing damage to cells, tissues, and organs. Spike protein may cause inflammation and clotting in any tissue it accumulates. A Japanese bio-distribution study found that vaccine particles move from the injection site to the blood, after which circulating...

Introducing Eco-Cubos Mexico

By Hans Brinkerhoff First, I would like to thank Vallarta Mirror for allowing me to tell you about my Eco-Cubos Mexico business. I am just a guy from the States. Puerto Vallarta really is a natural beauty to me; I love looking at the mountains of Mexico. However, when walking in...

Garden Therapy

This is an excerpt from an article of mine published in El Papellillo/The Leaflet, the Vallarta Botanical Garden's free online monthly newsletter.  "Exposure to a natural environment such as a botanical garden is not just a pleasant experience by refreshing the spirit and pleasing the senses; it has a proven healing...

Amapas Ascent: Stairway Stories

The Amapas Neighborhood Association has announced the next phase of revitalizing the Lower and Upper Amapas stairs. Renowned and beloved local artist extraordinaire Danyol León, AKA Tamale Ringwald, will be creating his vision and directing the painting of murals of Vallarta icons on the Amapas Stairs. He has already...

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