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Mindfulness

Mindfulness Walking Meditation

  Mindfulness Walking Meditation Here is a Mindfulness Walking Meditation in the style I learned from the Vietnamese Buddhist meditation teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. We all need ways to de-stress, especially in the days of Covid and Political turmoil. Mindfulness is...

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Mindfulness Practice in a Nutshell

    Mindfulness Practice is actually quite simple. Mostly what it needs is just practice. The practice of mediation.  A meditation practice. Sounds like a Gertrude Stein poem.   Practice Daily Its really useful to make up your mind to have a Mindfulness...

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Toxins, Sweating, Mindfulness

Toxins, Sweating, Mindfulness is a response to an interesting brief article today in the newspaper health section about Toxins and Sweating, that discusses whether toxins are released by sweating. The answer, by the way, is no, you cannot sweat out toxins.  Sweating...

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Twelve Ways to Heal Eczema Naturally

Here are twelve ways to heal allergic eczema (atopic dermatitis) naturally that I have developed over the years of specializing in the treatment of skin disorders with Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda. One of my first cases in the clinic as a student at...

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How Emotions Create Disease

How Emotions Create Disease (When Unprocessed) We know from Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda, and we should understand from Science based Anatomy and Physiology, that, not only are the mind and body a "continuim", but more accurately stated, Mind and Body are...

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Mindfulness Meditation Body Scanning

Mindfulness Meditation Body Scanning One of the challenges of modern life is balancing the stress response with the relaxation response. Mindfulness Meditation Body Scanning, found in Yoga, Tai Qi, and Mindfulness Meditation (Buddha was, after all, a Yogi before...

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Mindfulness Meditation from Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Thanissero Bhikkhu, Buddhist Monk in the Thai Forest Tradition My favorite teacher of Mindfulness Meditation, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, does not have his photograph on any of his books, and they are distributed free of charge.  And I like that. Thanissaro Bhikkhu is also...

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The Effect of Hot Weather on Anger

Liver Qi, Pitta Dosha, and The Effect of Hot Weather on Anger and Aggression Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda both describe how hot weather increases anger and aggression in humans. It describes in detail how and why hot weather increases levels of aggression by...

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Acupuncture for Pain Relief

Acupuncture vs. Drugs for Pain Relief Doctor Denial Syndrome One of my many pet peeves regarding the neglect of Acupuncture for Pain Relief in Bio Medicine/Western Medicine.  How can such smart people be so smart some of the time, and so dumb other of the time? The...

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Vata in Winter

Let's talk about what happens to Vata in Winter and how it relates to the qualities of the elements Air and Space, or Wind and Ether (as in etheric)  that the Vata dosha is a manifestion of.   Ayurveda describes the ways in which different kinds of foods,...

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Instant Relaxation Stress Busters

Stress busters you can reach for any time. Dial down stress before an important meeting,calm yourself while driving, keep cool when faced with situations or people you find irritating or scary. These proven breathing, body-scanning exercises work. One Minute Stress...

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Vata Dosha, Fear, Anxiety, and ADDH

Vata Dosha, Fear,  Anxiety, and ADDH Vata dosha is the dosha whose nervous system responds to stressors with fear. Anxiety is the cascade of physical and mental responses, or symptoms, that occur when our sympathetic nervous system has been activated by the flight...

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Vacation Time in Ayurvedic Medicine

In the Vedas, the oldest known Indian religious texts, it says, “Go find a quiet place.” This admonition  occurs in the context of what you must do to know God.  It is noteworthy that what it does not say is to go to a temple, the places in which the Gods were...

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Chinese Herbs for GERD

Chinese Herbs for GERD Chinese herbs for GERD--Gastro Esophogeal Reflux Disease, formerly called chronic heartburn, work better and faster than drugs do. That's because they actually help to change the functioning of the tissues causeing the discomfort, the stomic and...

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Mind-Body Links

For anyone who thinks the Mind and Body are not part of a single system. And, its a two way street. just as your Thyroid can influence your Mental State, so, too, do your Mental States influence your internal organ function, endocrine system, blood pressure, muscle...

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The Lonely Polar Bear

There is an excellent analysis of grief in bears and the relationship between humans and other beasts today. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/opinion/sunday/03gus.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1 One of the key points to me this author makes isMany animals have singular...

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Mindfulness Meditation in a Nutshell

Mindfulness Meditation is actually quite simple. Mostly what it needs is just practice. The practice of mediation. A meditation practice. Sounds like a Gertrude Stein poem.Its really useful to make up your mind to have a daily practice at the same time of day every...

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Loving Kindness Meditation (Metta Practice)

Metta Meditation: Meditation on Loving KindnessIt is hard for most of us to be in a continuous state of loving kindness towards other living things. It is not easy. We get disappointed, we disappoint; others are angry at us, we are angry at them; people don't...

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Mindfulness Meditation for Pain

Mindfulness Meditation for Pain, Anxiety, Depression, and Illness Mindfulness Meditation for pain originates in the Buddhist Forest Monasteries Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia. Its practiced by monks, and layfolk alike. It is cultivated in a sitting posture,...

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