May 15, 2011
PLASTICITY AND THE BRAIN: A BASIS FOR YOGA CURE
PLASTICITY AND THE BRAIN: A BASIS FOR YOGA CURE? Brain was viewed as a static organ in the body until as recent as the 1980s. We can now say with…
Stories
Field notes from the road
Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Apr 15, 2011
MINGALARBAR IN SIEM REAP.. DINNER ORGANIZED BY KO MAUNG MAUNG OF MANDALAY INN
KO Maung Maung and I have been friends ever since that distant day when Siem Reap did not have so many hotels and I wandered into his model hostelry in…
Apr 15, 2011
Diversity in America.. the most beautiful aspect of being here
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.…
Mar 15, 2011
SOLITUDE IS NOT LONELINESS
HOW SOLITUDE SHAPES YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS This is a continuation of my previous post: Network in Social Network Occasionally, an email arrives inviting to join Face Book or some of the…
Mar 15, 2011
What all Happens in the course of One day?
HOW MUCH HAPPENS IN A DAY Cuanto pasa en un dia. title of a poem by Pablo Neruda from his collection Extravagaria, translated by Alastair Reid… “But, in one day,…
Mar 15, 2011
Cuban Doctors, Cholera in Haiti and their valiant Assistance
I am so proud of what the Cuban doctors are doing, to help the sister nation of Haiti . This is the little known aspect of Cuba's aid to 69…
Feb 15, 2011
Native American Wisdom to live by
I believe that being a medicine man, more than anything else, is a state of mind, a way of looking at and understanding this earth, a sense of what it…
Feb 15, 2011
Native Americans and Yoga: Symbolism East and West
Symbolism East and the West Native Americans and Yoga I have with me a book, since 2004, which I have not begun to read: Veda and Torah: Transcending the Textually…
Feb 15, 2011
Homeopathy/Natural Care for Chronic Rhinitis
Natural Remedies for Chronic Rhinitis, Sinusitis and Oro-pharyngitis If you are one of the multitudes of sufferers, the Chinese are especially burdened with this, of Chronic Rhinitis, you can be…
Feb 15, 2011
What does LIFESTYLE CHANGES mean?
LIFE STYLE CHANGES VERSUS QUALITY OF LIFE CHANGES The recently released information on Obesity rates in America and also the rest of the world, serve the troubadours of the tragedy,…
Feb 15, 2011
CULTURE OF GEOGRAPHY OF BIRTH
Culture of Geography of Birth? I was told of a forthcoming wedding in Paris. A Mali born French Nanny in her early thirties with a 12 year old daughter will…
Feb 15, 2011
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY MALAYSIA 14 FEBRUARY 2011
Malaysia warns Muslims of Valentine's Day 'trap' Muslims make up nearly two-thirds of Malaysia's 28 million population Malaysia stepped up a campaign to stop Muslims celebrating Valentine's Day - labelling…
Feb 15, 2011
Adieu Mon Professeur Dr Joel Glaser
The Funeral of Dr. Joel Glaser From the moment I arrived at the Funeral Home, until I left, I couldn't control my tears. They came out effortlessly. My sister’s husband…
Feb 15, 2011
Loss of Dr Joel Glaser: Adios Mi Gran Amigo
Death of Dr. Joel Stephen Glaser Loss of a Book that educated you Dr. Glaser, with his late wife Irena, had been part of every step of my life in…
Feb 15, 2011
Happy New Year 3.2.2011 to Mexican Kickapoo.. also to Chinese and Vietnamese
Today in 2 February 2011 and I am far removed from the Asian Continent but it was good to receive emails from countries with sizeable Chinese populations and also from…
Jan 15, 2011
Shekhinah or Love of the Universe: Trip from Paris to the Blue House among the Indians
Air France 0636 Boeing 777-300 Paris Charles de Gaulle international airport to Houston International Airport 10 th January 2011 0701 train from Becon les Bruyers in Paris to Gare San…
Jan 15, 2011
The Four Directions A Formula for Euphoria in Life
THE FOUR DIRECTIONS Happiness Decrease Your Desires Joy in Life Be helpful to others Contentment Be a Hollow Bone through which Spirits would enter the world of Others Be Grateful…
Jan 15, 2011
Express your Gratitude, says the American Indian Wisdom
Gratitude List for 2010 As the year 2010 ends, it is good to recollect those people on whose shoulders the great fortune of 2010 came riding to us. Without them,…