Joshua Phillips, ND

The concept of rugged individualism is a central theme in the American ethos, and for many still runs deep in the way we move through our lives. The idea that it is through our own grit and determination that we will find success, happiness and well-being certainly has its place, but in some ways is […]

Central Oregon is a place where spring is somewhat confused, wavering between beautiful warm days beckoning time on the river, right next to another epic pow day, calling us right back to the mountains. The flowers and trees are equally confused, but a recent blast of sunshine and warmth had the Juniper trees deciding it […]

We are a culture that has gone through a massive transformation in the way we connect to one another and information over the last 20 years or so. Ironically, while we have the tech for such tremendous connectivity, we may have simultaneously lost some of the incentive for old-fashioned physical connection and closeness — trading […]

The experience of soaking in mineral-rich hot springs is one that not only inspires deep relaxation and a sense of internal unwinding, but in many ways also supports greater health and vitality. For millennia, Native Americans and other Indigenous and ancient peoples, including the early Greeks, Romans and Egyptians, have soaked in hot springs that […]

I f you have not had it yourself at this point, you probably know friends or family who have, as the seasonal influenza — the flu — is making the rounds in Oregon. We are in the middle of this year’s flu season, which typically affects people between the months of December and February. While […]

One of our most fundamental connections to life is the assimilation of oxygen from the air we breathe into every tissue in our bodies. Without oxygen, and its ability to spark our body’s life-giving process of creating cellular energy, we could not survive. For centuries, physicians have used oxygen in a healing capacity, and at […]

The early snowfall this year has many of us in Central Oregon buzzing with excitement about getting out into the hills to play in the rapidly deepening snowpack. Some rally with snowshoes or cross-country skis, others get after it on their snow machines, and many are diving into backcountry trips by ski and snowboard. Regardless […]