The Best of Natural Medicine Curation #88 - Nature Calls - a selection of Natural Medicine stories and otherwise Healing Content

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https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/naturalmedicine/Q5OrroCk-BWdivider.png ##### It's pretty clear that the world and especially us human beings are getting a much needed wake up call. The past months and those to follow will show whether we have listened to it or if we decide to continue on the destructive path that we as 'the dominant species' have been taken for quite some time, whether we choose freedom or the opposite, trust or mistrust, love or fear. Healthy food, natural medicine, love for nature in general, listening to our body and mind, increased social behavior, helping each other out, raising awareness for nature and health and so on and so forth. We all need this now more than ever and this is the time to increase our focus on the aforementioned. If you're reading this, you're probably one of those who have removed their blinders already. You're moving in the right direction. Hopefully you can be an example for those around you who haven't made it that far yet. Not by preaching, but by showing the best you that you can be - a being more in tune with ( their inner ) nature. This community and its abundance of quality content, as well as that of related tribes, assures me that all is far from lost. It proofs that there is indeed a huge rise in awareness, a surge of people turning towards a life that is more in balance with nature. I hope and feel that the following curation serves as an example of that. Much love, @vincentnijman

https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/paradoxtma/dRiu3a1z-20200505_181456_HDR.jpg Eric, @paradoxtma starts his gardening story with the following wise words: > Everyone likes to share the pictures and stories of their success. I'm not here to show off, I'm here to share my experience. That means there's going to be some failure on the feed. This post will feature failure on a couple levels. I suggest that you read [When Things Go Wrong](https://peakd.com/homesteading/@paradoxtma/when-things-go-wrong) , as it is indeed the so called 'failures' that give us the opportunity to grow.
_{Every week, at least 5% of the post's rewards go to one of the curated users. This week they'll go to you, Eric :<)} https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/naturalmedicine/Q5OrroCk-BWdivider.png https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://images.esteem.app/DQmfXeFBPZmVECb21rhfcydyMmnmpQ2hep4wKbUU6UYcn94/image.png In [Mangoes from My Terrace](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@bala41288/mangoes-from-my-terrace) @bala41288 writes: > I feel happy to live in such a beautiful vegetation where I can pluck mangoes from my terrace. Not everyone gets this gift. There is a mango tree right next to my house compound wall. Of course the tree is in my neighbor's house but it is accessible from my terrace. They actually don't mind if we pluck mangoes from the tree. He talks about sharing among neighbors and the natural cycle that doesn't waste a single thing. He also describes how concrete is slowly taking over nature and how water has become more and more scarce in Chennai, India. [Read his full story here](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@bala41288/mangoes-from-my-terrace) https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/naturalmedicine/Q5OrroCk-BWdivider.png https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQWxsWCydUxuBGjH1RReyxu58rVodkqaSrCj6X9PGnuBy/quinoa-casserole-13.jpg @amy-goodrich is back and explains why she has been absent for a while, while sharing another amazing recipe in [Quinoa Casserole with Parsley Cauliflower Cashew Cheese Sauce](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@amy-goodrich/quinoa-casserole-with-parsley-cauliflower-cashew-cheese-sauce) Here's an excerpt: > The past few weeks life has been very hectic. While most of you are in lockdown, our pop-up, mobile tuk-tuk bakery has been running at full speed. Now more then ever people are relying on staple foods - such as bread - that can easily be picked up or delivered and enjoyed at home. [Continue reading here](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@amy-goodrich/quinoa-casserole-with-parsley-cauliflower-cashew-cheese-sauce) https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/naturalmedicine/Q5OrroCk-BWdivider.png https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/auelitairene/aLSVHEAw-WhatsApp20Image202020-05-0520at2011.04.2820AM.jpeg @auelitairene the youngest 'grandmother' I've ever met - although I suspect she's lived many past lives - teaches us about Yopo in [( Grandmother's ) medicines](https://peakd.com/naturalmedicine/@auelitairene/grandmother-s-medicines-indigenous-rape-eng-esp) , its benefits, the way to use it as well as her personal story around it. > Since I can remember I have been an anxious person, I have always felt that I do not belong, my learning has always been a little different from everyone else's and my brain is always going through a thousand things at once, which has generated in my states of depression, stress or anxiety If you recognize any of the above in yourself ( I - @vincentnijman - sure do ), I highly recommend you to dive into [Grandmother's Medicines](https://peakd.com/naturalmedicine/@auelitairene/grandmother-s-medicines-indigenous-rape-eng-esp) https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/naturalmedicine/Q5OrroCk-BWdivider.png https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://images.hive.blog/DQmWxp9K2HeFsPJ1fsMfoSFVSsodA6rtG5KqYyB9KCTBSPo/albinajp_result.jpg @creativemary is a living example of how interrelated art and medicine are. Not only is she an amazing artist, she also doesn't shy away from sharing her personal story and the creative process. In [Just Bee. 33 Hours of Focus](https://peakd.com/ocd/@creativemary/just-bee-33-hours-of-focus) she says: > Because I have experienced difficult times during quarantine, facing it alone far from family and with an agitated personal life, I feel that this bee was like a little friend that I kept on going back to. Dot by dot. Pointillism sure can be healing and this piece of art just makes my heart sing.
_{`If you're interested in learning more about a specific technique to use art in a healing way, I recommend you to check out` [Art as Medicine](https://peakd.com/hive-174301/@vincentnijman/art-as-medicine-i-attended-an-art-workshop-via-zoom-today-and-loved-it) `and` [Art as Medicine 2](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@vincentnijman/art-as-medicine-part-2-dealing-with-difficult-emotions-by-means-of-a-special-drawing-technique)}

**More Content Worth checking out:** I just found out about this amazing initiative to raise money for Alzheimer's disease. Çheck out Hive Forest, a [unique take on 'adopting trees'](https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@livinguktaiwan/hive-forest-adopt-a-tree-for-charity) by @livinguktaiwan and it's follow up [New trees added to my Hive Forest - Adopt a Tree for Charity](https://peakd.com/hive-123046/@livinguktaiwan/new-trees-added-to-my-hive-forest-adopt-a-tree-for-charity) https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/livinguktaiwan/oFifdqif-Group208.jpg Marieke, @artemislives talks about ways to increase the potential of Hive by onboarding and focusing more on people who have something 'important' to say in [Are We Ready To Grow Hive With Topical Focused Content People Will WANT To Read?](https://peakd.com/hive-100421/@artemislives/uiffcofb). @goldenoakfarm takes us along on a little road trip on ( her husband and ) her anniversary in [The Anniversary Road Trip](https://peakd.com/travel/@goldenoakfarm/the-anniversary-road-trip-may-9-2020-goldenoakfarm) @mamrita underlines the importance of really listening to your body, something most of us seem to unlearn when we grow older, in [Tuning into my Body - it's Time to Rest](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@mamrita/tuning-into-my-body-it-s-time-to-rest) @paradigmprospect has been using [baking soda as toothpaste](https://peakd.com/naturalmedicine/@paradigmprospect/baking-soda-for-brushing-your-teeth-update-after-6-months-of-use-it-s-awesome) for half a year and shares this experience with us. He also talks about [a vain / conscious little bird](https://peakd.com/self-awareness/@paradigmprospect/everything-is-becoming-more-self-aware-including-nature-feat-mr-semi-conscious-bird) that serves as a daily wake up call. @riverflows talks about being social in times of so called 'social distancing' in [I am not Social Distancing](https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@riverflows/i-am-not-social-distancing) https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/naturalmedicine/Q5OrroCk-BWdivider.png

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