Healthy Modern Living

walking after dinner

Walking After Dinner

The health benefits of walking after dinner have been known as long as human health has been contemplated. While the physiological reasons behind the benefits may have been unknown, the value of physical activity – in its most basic form, has been around for a very long time. Walking After Dinner: 100 easy steps to…

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Hildegard of Bingen Viriditas

What is Hildegard’s Viriditas?

“O most honored Greening Force, You who roots in the Sun; You who lights up, in shining serenity, within a wheel that earthly excellence fails to comprehend. You are enfolded in the weaving of divine mysteries. You redden like the dawn and you burn: flame of the Sun.” –  Hildegard von Bingen, Causae et Curae Viriditas:…

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Subconscious Virtues

Hildegard’s 35 Subconscious Virtues

Hildegard believed in a holistic approach to wellness. Her notion of living a good life was based on the concept that wellness was the natural result of the choices and actions people make every day. Wellness is lived, through the pursuit of a virtuous life that is constantly seeking balance and moderation.

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gardening crafts

5 Gardening Crafts Using Reclaimed Materials

Hildegard of Bingen was a lover of all things related to gardening, from the process to the final product.  Gardening captures nature’s creative force of Viriditas.  Here are some gardening crafts that add another element to the process and some creative power to your garden. Gardening Crafts After you’ve transitioned to spelt coffee, you can turn…

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Healthy Goals

Healthy Goals in Six Steps

Perhaps by now you have incorporated your new year’s resolution into your daily life. Or maybe you are like most people and have already let the idea slide out of reach. That’s ok. We are here to help you bring your vision back into focus by setting healthy goals.

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Hildegard Easter

Happy Hildegard Viriditas Easter

If you celebrate Easter, consider how the resurrection can inspire you to create growth in your life, to encourage the greening of viriditas in yourself and those around you.

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Strength as a Skill

Spirit Mind Body: Strength as a Skill

At Healthy Hildegard, we like to look at strength as a skill that may occupy many different vectors of life. It is something that we build through our actions, something to be practiced, not a singular metric to be achieved.

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Bodily Humors and Balance Featured

Bodily Humors and Balance

When the soul, body, and mind are equally strong, the four life “juices” are balanced.  Our bodily humors thus operate as a healthy system.

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