Religion & Spirituality
Special Guest Bridgette Shea Discusses Her New Book, Cultivating Your Microbiome: Ayurvedic and Chinese Practices for a Healthy Gut and a Clear Mind. In this holistic guide to cultivating a healthy microbiome, Bridgette Shea explores digestive functioning from the perspectives of Western science and traditional medicine. She examines Ayurvedic principles on digestion and constitution types and reveals how, in addition to describing what we now call the microbiome, traditional Chinese Medicine has long recognized the importance of an adominal organ that modern science has only recently acknowledged, the mesentery, the tissues that connect and support the internal organs. Bridgette Shea, L.Ac., MAcOM, is a licensed acupuncturist, energy healer, writer, public speaker, and wellness educator who has been practicing traditional modalities for more than 20 years. Her private practice involves the integration of Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine, and she teaches workshops on energy medicine, and healthy breathing. She's the author of Handbook of Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda. Her book can be found at: https://www.innertraditions.com/books/cultivating-your-microbiome