Four Worlds Wellness, LLC

As a scientist, herbalist, veggie-centric caterer, and lifelong spiritual seeker, I’ve learned that living well means tending to your body, emotions, mind and spirit – what I call Four Worlds Wellness. My passion is to help you find the best strategies for self-caring through online classes and intimate retreats. Whether we gather in person or online, our wellbeing is so greatly enhanced in the company of like-hearted others. That’s the true power of community. Here’s to your good health and happiness!

-Dr. Gilah Rosner

In 2016, I began a beautiful and fruitful collaboration with my dear friend, mentor and now, business partner, Dr. Joan Borysenko, one of the foremost pioneers of mind-body medicine. Together we have created a variety of live and online integrative wellness programs are that informed by science, grounded in positive psychology, rich in traditional wisdom, and steeped in spirituality. Our work together is happily my main focus these days.

Our signature programs include GraceFull360, Sacred Santa Fe, Loving Your Legacy, and holistic programs built on our healing model, SyNAPSE.

Since the dawn of humanity, we have relied on plants for our food, our medicine, our clothing and our shelter. The accumulated folk wisdom in almost every tradition is intimately interwoven both with its medical practices and its religious practices. Plants are universally part of ceremonies and rituals, as they are known to carry profound healing energy in addition to their pharmacological properties. Most of the world, through human history has healed with plants, and continue to do so today. One might say we’ve been involved in a vast “clinical trial” for millennia with a multitude of species of medicinal plants. Herbalism provides both preventative care to keep us well and treatments that target the root cause of disease. Working with our plant allies keeps us connected to the Earth and to the wonderment of nature.

Pictured here is “The Queen of Herbs” also known as Tulsi or Holy Basil-revered for its broad-spectrum healing properties, and as a tonic for mind-body-spirt. Tulsi helps us adapt to environmental, physical and emotional stress. Just the fragrance alone is so soothing!

You might know that the SLOW Food movement originated in Italy, and who knows more about the art of eating well? Here are two great acronyms to help you remember what and how to eat – i.e. SLOW food.

Seasonal. Local. Organic. Whole.

When we eat in harmony with the seasons, we appreciate the bioenergies, blessings and challenges of that season, and eat accordingly.  The absolutely perfect foods we need are the one that are available in that season… slightly bitter, tender greens in Spring, ripe, juicy fruits in Summer, nutrient-dense squashes in Autumn, and healthy fat-rich foods in Winter.  Go for local and organic as much as possible. The impact on your health will be enormous, once you stop ingesting so many toxins, like glyphosate. Go for whole foods too. The information in whole foods provides not only nutrients, but actual signals that regulate our gene expression.

Sensuous. Lovingly prepared. Overflowing with awareness and gratitude.  With a measure of good company (or silence).

Buy the best quality foods you can afford. Eat the rainbow, and make your food beautiful, textured, fragrant, flavorful, and nutritious. And find some signature dishes that are easy or fun to prepare. Serve in a lovely, relaxed setting. Then indulge in the full joy and pleasure of the experience. 

That’s what I call the Zen of eating.

Shown here, sauteed kale with carmelized onions and delicata squash, pomegranate seeds and toasted walnuts. A rainbow of seasonal fall treasures. Yum!

A ritual is an activity that is performed with conscious awareness and intention to bring a bit of the sacred into everyday life. Many rituals are tied to specific rites of passage in one’s life within a culture or community. Other rituals are tied to the seasons or the cycles of the moon and sun.

Rituals related to illness, healing or conversion to a new spiritual tradition are performed on an ad hoc basis. They might include simple prayer, reading of scriptures, immersion in water, or more complicated rituals performed by shamans or other healers, including potions, and sacred objects like rattles, bones, and herbs.

In our signature program, GraceFull360, we encourage the practice of simple, personal rituals that can infuse a ‘regular’ day with gentleness, mindfulness, and sanctity. Our rituals honor and celebrate nature and are designed to connect us with the energies and gifts of each season. We encourage participants to embellish them in any way that brings meaning and joy.

All rituals embrace three phases. The ‘before’ phase allows us to prepare and to give thought to our intentions. The ‘during’ phase is the actual doing.  We may want to give voice to our intentions before we begin the ritual, and when it’s done, we might want to offer a little prayer of gratitude.  The ‘after’ phase is the conscious re-entering into ‘regular’ time with the either the integration of positive feelings, the release of undesirable thoughts or feelings, or both.

Simple rituals can move and inspire us, creating blessed moments of grace, beauty and sanctity.

Photo of prayer stick ritual at one of our “Sacred Santa Fe” retreats.