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I have worked with Native American Indians for awhile and have been educated in their ways of thinking and their philosophy of life. So when a graduate from the oldest…
COMPLIMENTARY OR ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE WHERE DOES YOGA/AYURVEDA/ACUPUNCTURE FIT INTO THIS PUZZLE The predominant discourse about Health in this world, in the developed and developing world is Western Medicine or called…
MINDLESS EATING EXPLAINED USING RAJA YOGA PHILOSOPHY I do not claim to know a lot of the philosophy behind Raja Yoga, except to say that I am a serious student…
YOGA FOR PREVENTION OF CANCER HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE DIABETES The popularity of Yoga has skyrocketed. Th e practice of yoga has increased in many countries, such as the United States…
ALAIN DE BOTTON ON SUCCESS SENSATION OF SUCCESS. ARE YOU A FAILURE? Alain de Botton, the modern day philosopher who writes and talks about Happiness, Work, Love and Philosophy has…
HAPPINESS, ONE WAY TO ACHIEVE IT Everyone, whether from the North or the South, from the city or the rural area, from a rich or a poor society, from a…
It has been a long time since I have had such a sense of balance in my heart and in my life. As my Hocank Sister would say, “without sacrifice,…
As Medical Students, we had a lunch time talk by a visitor (appropriately dark skinned), about Cross Cultural Sensitivity and we were told that we had to be sensitive about…
LOTUS, GIVERNY, YOGA, DUTY TO MANKIND On this Sunday, a short ride of less than about 60km from Paris, and you are at the village of Giverny, where the Impressionist…
What is the image of Yoga in the western mind? Twisted bodies in contorted poses, clean studios where a group of people meditating or out in the open, preferably by…
Within a matter of hours, I had gone from Spanish voices and mexican indian faces to a plethora of japanese faces with announcements in Japanese... did i travel long? No.…
I have not felt so content being in a city, for a long time.. Not this is not my beloved Havana, where I know the nooks and crannies and the…