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Beltane
A #Celtic holiday and time to welcome the abundance of the fertile earth, Beltane (sometimes spelled Beltaine or even Bealtaine) is a day...
Dr. Penny Lane
Apr 30, 20246 min read
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Whey do we need Wasps?
After practicing in Indiana for about twenty-five years - ouch - my husband and I relocated to the Lexington area, which is only a three...
Dr. Penny Lane
Apr 18, 20245 min read
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Trauma-Informed Maternity Care
Yesterday I wrote a bit about maternal and child outcomes being pretty catastrophic here in the United States which I relate to the...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 18, 20248 min read
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The Moon & its Effect on Us
The Moon has a powerful and magical influence over many aspects of life here on this amazing planet. We don't like to lean into this much...
Dr. Penny Lane
Dec 9, 202313 min read
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A Witch's Diary: Another Old Book Discovery
If you're new here, I love old books, particularly on medicine and midwifery, botanicals and raising a family. Witches were the women...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 7, 20236 min read
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Spring Equinox or Ostara
Ostara brings new beginnings, fertility, rebirth and renewal to the Celtic Wheel. This is the time of each year when the natural world is...
Dr. Penny Lane
Mar 16, 20235 min read
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Imbolc
Imbolc, also called Saint Brigid's Day, is a Gaelic traditional festival. A Celtic word, Imbolc means 'in the belly or womb.' Pronounced...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jan 18, 20237 min read
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Winter Solstice or Yule
The winter #solstice is the shortest day of the year, the moment when half the Earth is tilted the farthest away from the sun when in the...
Dr. Penny Lane
Dec 11, 20224 min read
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Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Not a pathology we typically learn in school. I don't remember it in any of the textbooks I read, and I am a self-proclaimed nerd; I do...
Dr. Penny Lane
Nov 22, 20229 min read
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Autumn Equinox or Mabon
Having wanted to dive in a bit more this year to celebrating the seasonal transitions more so than stressing myself out with spending far...
Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 1, 20222 min read
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Celebrating the Summer Solstice
Yesterday we probably bombarded you with social media pictures of our experience at the Yoga Fest on the Monumental Circle in...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 22, 20227 min read
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Getting Your Feet Under You: Muladhara
The past few weeks, I've been studying a little bit about our energy bodies. We have them; MRIs measure them as do EEGs. We just avoid...
Dr. Penny Lane
Dec 8, 20214 min read
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Creating a Healing Environment
For the past three years, I have been providing primary care and functional medicine consults within my home office (see pictures below)...
Dr. Penny Lane
Sep 4, 20217 min read
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Alcoholism: Understanding the Underlying Cause
My mother was an alcoholic by definition. She certainly drank more than four #beers a week, but I don't think I ever identified as having...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jul 15, 20217 min read
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Bleeding at the Roots
Functional medicine claims digging into the roots as the heart of the specialty, and I would argue this is true too of #wellness, in that...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 16, 20217 min read
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Working Yourself Into the Ground
Yep, I've been there. I think I assumed doing so was evidence I was healed from prior #traumas. I received poor midwifery care, nearly...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 13, 20216 min read
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If Women Rose Rooted
"Other indigenous cultures around the world may still respect and revere the feminine, but we Western women lost control of our stories a...
Dr. Penny Lane
Jun 12, 20216 min read
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How to Relax
No joke, this may be the toughest task. The last pose in #yoga is savasana or the corpse pose and it is easily the hardest for most...
Dr. Penny Lane
Feb 26, 20219 min read
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Electromagnetic Allergies: Are you at Risk?
The American Medical Association now recognizes the medical diagnosis of #electromagnetic sensitivity. Scientists have been expressing...
Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 30, 20204 min read
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Footwear for Hikers
The top priority of essentially all back-packers is securing shelter; this includes clothing and most especially your footwear. I've had...
Dr. Penny Lane
Oct 7, 20208 min read
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