Yoga is a wonderful collection of practices and techniques designed to integrate mind, body and spirit. Traditionally, yoga was proliferated using the guru model of student and teacher making a commitment to communicate and share the practice passed down from one to the next orally. In today’s modern American yoga culture you can find multiple…
YOU WILL START TO FEEL NOTICEABLY BETTER IN MANY WAYS… When I first speak to women who are trying to become pregnant, I am always painfully honest. I never knowingly mislead or over-state the power of acupuncture to help someone get pregnant. Every human can respond differently to acupuncture just as they can respond…
Can Acupuncture Help You Get Pregnant? A New Book In her new book, “A Patient’s Guide to Acupuncture”, Acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist Sarah Swanberg, MS, LAc, sets out to demystify the Eastern healing modality. In simple language, she explains the philosophy and history, answers common questions, and explains how to find a practitioner. Then, she…
The following thoughts have been inspired by reading the fictional novels – “Breakfast with Buddha, and Lunch with Buddha written by my favorite author Roland Merullo. Native Americans made few lasting architectural masterpieces (although I have been told Cliff Dwellings are pretty incredible), they made no great libraries, had no in-depth modern scientific knowledge of…
The urge to argue and win is nothing but the egotism of the intellect. Giving in to it, is the equivalent of worshiping a false god. Don’t engage in it. People will take our non-interest in arguing to mean that our point of view is weak and indefensible. Don’t care what they think. Be at…
The stronger the link between the Amygdala and the Pre-frontal Cortex the less individuals respond strongly to the emotional sensory input. Mindfulness meditation helps strengthen that link.
Learning about and practicing meditation with other people in a peaceful group setting can have a positive impact on our mental and emotional health.
For many of us our minds tend to wander frequently throughout the day and jump from one thing to another. This makes it challenging to meditate and fix our mind on only our breathing. However, the good news is, the more we practice the easier it is.
Mindfulness Meditation is a form of secular meditation. There are many other styles or types of meditation, most of which have been practiced for thousands of years in one form or another.
Acupuncture can raise the fertility potential of women by effecting the quality, quantity, balance and flow of Qi and blood.
