March 2011
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Four Simple Steps to Freedom, from tinybuddha.com
Editor’s Note: This is a contribution by Jackie Vecchio
“I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Once upon a time my mind was filled with negative talk and self-doubt. Those thoughts were so loud I could not hear my authentic, true self shine through. On a deeper level, I knew she existed, but I didn’t how to get to a place in which I could...
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Federal agency proclaims medical use for marijuana →
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a division of the National Institute of Health, which is itself one of the 11 component agencies that make up the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Last week, the NCI quietly added to its treatment database a summary of marijuana’s medicinal benefits, including an acknowledgment that oncologists may recommend it to patients for medicinal...
Spirit Path: The Five Elements →
spiritpath:
The Five Elements
To actually fully describe any element in its entirety is impossible. The elements are different aspects of the infinite and are themselves infinite. However, it is possible to get a feel for or a sense of a particular element. I believe that this visceral feeling is…
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
– Anaïs Nin
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Acupuncture for PTSD →
When I open my acupuncture clinic in Richmond, VA I plan to work with PTSD sufferers, whether veterans or survivors of some other trauma. Contact me here for more information.
In Annapolis MD, my classmate Mina Johns has a community acupuncture practice serving veterans: Free Annapolis Veterans Acupuncture Clinic (AVAC).
Acupuncture for vets, active duty, their families & health care...
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“People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is...”
– Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”
– Socrates
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“It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to...”
– Helen Keller
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“I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much...”
– Audre Lorde.
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A speech by Dr. Liu Lihong, professor and... →
“Reflections on Gandong: Real Transmission of Knowledge Requires That Our Hearts Are Moved” A speech by Dr. Liu Lihong, professor and director, Institute for the Clinic Research of Classical Chinese Medicine, Guangxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Interpreted by Heiner Frudhauf, L.Ac., Ph.D. Recorded at Jiashan Monastery, Hunan, China, August 2010 One of the most...
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“Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love...”
– Sri Chinmoy
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Meditation Improves Endothelial Function in...
March 18, 2011 (San Antonio, Texas) — Meditation may help improve endothelial function in patients with metabolic syndrome, potentially reducing cardiovascular risk, new research suggests.
Presented here at the American Psychosomatic Society 69th Annual Scientific Meeting, a randomized trial in a group of African American patients with metabolic syndrome showed significant improvement in ...
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Mindfulness Classes Help Women With Hot Flashes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 17 - Women with severe hot flashes said their quality of life improved after taking mindfulness classes that included meditation and stretching exercises, according to a new study.
The findings also suggest that such classes could help improve sleep quality, stress, and anxiety during menopause.
“There’s a broad range of attitudes about hot flashes...
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“There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering,...”
– Anaïs Nin
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“The alchemists detect in the sexual activity of man a correspondence with the...”
– Jim Morrison, The Lords and The New Creatures (via weirdcarnival)
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“The power of language remains, first and foremost, a way of singing oneself into...”
– David Abram (via singingbowls)
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Go Easy on Yourself, a New Wave of Research Urges
My Tai Chi teacher used to tell us, at the end of every class, “Be gentle with yourselves, this week.” Read this story from the New York Times as to why that is good advice for your health!
By TARA PARKER-POPE
Stuart Bradford
Do you treat yourself as well as you treat your friends and family?
That simple question is the basis for a burgeoning new area of psychological research...
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“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power...”
– ” ~ Groucho Marx
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“What’s good for the cosmos is good for the soul. What’s good for the soul,...”
– T. Thorn Coyle:
PantheaCon musings about magick, service, mastery and co-creation.
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Are Doctors too dependent on pharmaceuticals to...
In my training as an acupuncturist, I have not yet learned how to prescribe Chinese Herbal remedies. My only tools to help people feel better include my interaction with the patient (“healing presence”), and needles. Eventually I’ll be able to use cupping, a type of massage called Gua Sha, and another type of massage called Tui Na. But for now, my main tools are my personality...
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WatchThis video shows one woman’s personal experience with Lyme’s Disease.
Anyone with Lyme’s could benefit from acupuncture, along with all the other treatments she describes at the end of the video (9 minutes in):
working with a Lyme-literate MD,
Chiropratic Neurologist,
detoxing with Chinese Herbs, supplements;
a raw diet, eliminating wheat, dairy, sugar, soy.
She does...
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Home Yoga Practice: Favorite Excuses to Avoid
From Yoga Journal: By Erica Rodefer Writer and Charleston based yoga teacher
Even the most dedicated yoga students make excuses to skip their practice sessions from time to time. I like to think I’m fairly dedicated, but I have come up with some whopper excuses on those days that inertia sets in and the last thing I want to do is move.
Here are a few of my favorite...
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Male Fertility: Eat this, not that.
AcupunctureGirl says: Men, in addition to diet, also try acupuncture to help improve sperm quantity, motility, and morphology. Also be sure to avoid placing electronics in your lap or near that critical area. Avoid too-hot baths and showers and saunas and hot tubs. Especially give up smoking and marijuana. And drink water.
Here are some food suggestions:
by Blueheronclinic.com
Monday, 14...
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Acupuncture and Breast Cancer
From Alcantara Acupuncture:
Acupuncture can provide relief to those suffering with the after affects of chemotherapy and radiation from breast cancer.
Did you know that acupuncture, according to the National Cancer Society:
Alleviates symptoms such as hot flashes (often a side effect of cancer treatment)?
Increases the body’s immune system to assist in quicker healing time (it helps...
What to eat →
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How to Enjoy your Routine and Still work toward...
by Cat Li Stephenson
Here are three ways to happily achieve:
1. Live your life one small improvement at a time.
Do not overwhelm yourself with pressures. Simply take it one step at a time. It’s easy to become stressed and enslaved by something we’re diligently pursuing. In the process, we only see the prize—the “someday,” the end—while missing out on the many amazing, little moments that...
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“People usually consider walking on water or thin air a miracle. But I think the...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
Being Present to Sounds in your Life →
emelgy:
Let’s try a simple experiment:
Stop reading and notice the sounds around you.
When you start to attend to sounds, you’ll notice that sounds were going on all the time around you, but you somehow managed to screen them out.
What if you were screening out most of your experience?
Internal dialogues drown out most other experiences. That means that it’s possible to go through life,...
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“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of...”
– Carl Gustav Jung (via kategrice)
“Listen to the patient. He will tell you the diagnosis.”
– Sir William Osler. (via medicalstate)
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What is essential is invisible to the eye
From Antoine De St. Exupery: Le Petit Prince (the Little Prince).
“What does that mean—-tame?”
“It’s an act too often neglected,” said the fox. “It means to establish ties.”
“To establish ties?”
“Just that,” said the fox. “to me, you’re still nothing more than a little boy who’s just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no...
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“The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to...”
– Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, leader of Burma’s democracy movement (via womenandgirls)
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
– Frank Lloyd Wright
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Brene Brown Images
These are all images from Brene Brown’s Website: http://www.brenebrown.com
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Should you schedule that mammogram? →
Along with the points made in the link, and by btb below, there is also the exposure to radiation that is incurred with each mammogram.
backtobalance:
Do the benefits of routine mammography screenings out weigh the associated risks? According to a cochrane review you may be surprised to find:
If 2000 women are screened regularly for 10 years, one will benefit from the screening, as she...
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The Toxic Triad: How Big Food, Big Farming, and...
ONE THIRD OF OUR ECONOMY THRIVE ON MAKING PEOPLE SICK AND FAT. Big Farming grows 500 more calories per person per day than 25 years ago because they get paid to grow extra food even when it is not needed. The extra corn (sugar) and soy (fat) are turned into industrial processed food and sugar-sweetened beverages—combinations of fat, sugar and salt that are proven to be addictive. These...
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WatchWilliam Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that cut off the supply lines and beat cancer at its own game.
About William Li
William Li heads the Angiogenesis Foundation, a nonprofit that is re-conceptualizing global...
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“One of the complications is sudden death. Now the problem with sudden death is,...”
– From the blog of a medical student:
Dr. Cairns explaining the complications of myocardial infarction, where about half of all cardiac deaths are sudden, occurring with one hour of symptoms. (via medicalstate)
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“Don’t entertain thoughts of imperfection, the lack of desirable qualities, etc....”
– Ramana Maharshi (via oceanofmind)
neither a matter of existence or non-existence
(via clothedinsky) 