Breathing – stress, hiccups, sleep, CO2, mouth taping
Breathing how the simple act of doing it wrong can ruin your health in so many ways.
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Overcoming Hip Osteoarthritis
Tai Chi has proven to me an excellent way to rehabilitate a damaged joint.
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Spring Allergies, enjoy it without the drugs
Allergy blog post Spring is a beautiful season full of flowers, fresh air and sunshine. However, for many people suffering from allergies it can be a real pain, making it difficult to enjoy. Fortunately, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), including acupuncture, can offer natural relief from seasonal allergies. Acupuncture works by targeting specific points on the
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The Story of the Human Body
Mismatch disease is when our culture has changed more than our bodies can handle, sickness results. The story of the human body is a book by Daniel E. Lieberman a Harvard Professor of human evolutionary biology. He has a few books on running, exercise, evolution of head and hundreds of scientific papers. I found this
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Yearly Review – Goal setting: why and how
I review my life in a more formal way twice a year and I often make an article to sell you on doing it also. Here’s this years pitch, enjoy. Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.– Soren Kierkegaard I think an important thing in ones life is to recognize
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The LP record and family holidays
I wrote this originally a few years ago. I modified it a bit and I hear about this at work everyday during the “family holiday get togethers”. You have not seen your brother for 4 years but it is like you started the argument from the last word that was said, all that time ago.
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Complexity of humans and 10 rules for a healthy life
I am doing a course on Nutrition and Eating in Chinese Medicine and I came across this story in the book. “Welcoming Food, Andrew Sterman”. Understanding Ourselves?There is a wonderful teaching about the neurology of worms. The common worm has 302 neurons (brain cells), connected by perhaps 7,000 synapse. That’s a lot, but its’ not
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Fascia, the connection between it all!
Fascia is the connective tissue that surrounds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber and muscle. It helps hold things in place and provides some internal structure and if you have persistent pain this may be your culprit. Fascia has six times more nerves than muscles making it almost as sensitive as skin. When stressed, injured
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My walk with Buddhism and pain management
I was recently invited to the opening of the Okanagan Buddhist Cultural Centre (Chùa Tây Trúc Kelowna) [They are working on their website]. It was a wonderful experience, which reminded me of my experiences with Buddhism and how it has helped me. A long time ago (November 1, 1991) a car hit my car at
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Optimist vs Pessimist in Parenting
I am getting rid of books. I have just run out of space. I am going through my early childhood parenting books and I re-read the highlights and take notes before they go the book club. I did this one: How to Raise a Child with a High EQBy Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph.D. A number
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