聽By Pete Egoscue聽 The Egoscue Method is about our bodies鈥攜ours and mine. We are different in height, weight, and possibly gender, but our common possession is the body鈥檚 inner power to heal itself and be pain free. Being pain-free takes personal effort and commitment, however. It doesn鈥檛 come from a pill bottle, a surgeon鈥檚 knife, …
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By Felice Dunas, PhD While reading a Harvard Business Review article on authentic leadership (leadership that includes the wholeness of self rather than just ambition based endeavors), I was intrigued by research addressing the importance of a strong support network for leaders. By loving and being loved, by leaning on and being leaned upon in …
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By Subhuti Dharmananda, PhD, Director of the Institute for Traditional Medicine (ITM), Portland, Oregon The Formula and Its Name Gan lu yin is a prescription in the Song Dynasty compilation Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang, one of the main sources of formulas used in modern practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). That …
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By Sarica Cernohous, LAc While speaking at the National Association of Nutrition Professionals鈥� annual conference recently, between sessions I enjoyed a quick visit with another participant, a nutrition professional born and raised in Taiwan and of Chinese ancestry, who relocated to California a few years ago. I asked her who her nutrition clients had been …
By Peter Deadman Slow, deep, lower abdominal breathing, a mainstay of Asian internal cultivation practices for millennia, is a powerful tool for healing and transformation. A wide range of emotional and physical problems can be helped by slow breathing and it can be easily taught to patients, both while lying on the couch and as …
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Patients Experiencing Positive Results with Acupuncture for Vision Loss Approximately 285 million people worldwide are visually impaired: 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision. Many of these conditions are considered untreatable by conventional medicine, often leaving patients in a hopeless situation. My interest in treating degenerative eye diseases began when I was …
What is Tourette syndrome? According to the Mayo Clinic, Tourette (too-RET) syndrome is a disorder that involves repetitive movements or unwanted sounds (tics) that can’t be easily controlled. For example, patients might repeatedly blink their eyes, shrug their shoulders, or blurt out unusual sounds or offensive words. In ancient cultures, Tourette syndrome (TS) was thought …
Both a concern and critique of acupuncture frequently espoused by the biomedical community is that 鈥渢here is no standard of care for acupuncture鈥�. This statement is, at best, disingenuous. Perspectives on Acupuncture Standards from the Biomedical Field FROM THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY Before we get into what determines the standard of care for an acupuncturist, we …
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鈥淭his is a problem with the education system in America: they don’t teach you how to process information,鈥� says Dr. Dmitry Royter. For the last fifteen years, Royter has prepared students for standardized tests such as the GMAT and SAT. When Royter, who runs his own test-prep firm, IvyPrep, took the GMAT himself, he scored …
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By聽Jonathan Glass, MAc Six essential principles are the core of Ayurveda and capture the essential dynamics that contribute to optimal health. Understanding them helps us to better grasp the causes of health and disease. They also identify the elements of any authentic detox process, leading us to health in body and mind. Foundational Principles of …