May 15, 2011
YOGA IN MALAYSIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE All Efforts at Self Improvement is Yoga. Men and Women are confronted by existential questions about Happiness, Tranquility in Life and question…
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May 15, 2011
GRATEFUL LIST ON THIS BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY AMONG THE AMERICAN INDIANS
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,…
May 15, 2011
LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY OF AMERICA-NEW YORK
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…
May 15, 2011
LIFE STYLE CHANGE FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES
What is lifestyle Change for a patient with Diabetes? A patient with Type 2 Diabetes is usually given a lot of information but rarely given tools to understand why they…
May 15, 2011
Where are People More Equal and Healthier
when talking about standards of living, GDP, Gross Domestic Product is often mentioned and most travelers realize that it is not a good indicator of the quality of life. Most…
May 15, 2011
EAT HEALTHY SAVE THE PLANET RESPECT JAPANESE CULTURE
EAT HEALTHY SAVE THE TUNA SPARE THE GROUPER HAVE A KIND HEALTHY HEART AND SAVE THE PLANET Among the ubiquitous proliferations, insulting to a Japanese sensibility to cuisine, has been…
May 15, 2011
LOTUS, GIVERNY, MONET, YOGA, DUTY TO MANKIND
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…
May 15, 2011
HAPPINESS COMPASSION THE WEB WE WEAVE
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…
May 15, 2011
The Experience of Raja Yoga: Notes from Malaysia
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…
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…
May 15, 2011
A CUT ABOVE at Bangsar Merci Beaucoup Feiwen GS and Nadia
A Cut Above at Bangsar Village, Kuala Lumpur. Luxury with Friendship For a person who lives on the other side of the world to KL, I am lucky to have…
May 15, 2011
MOTIVATION TO BEGIN RAJA YOGA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE MOTIVATION TO BEGIN RAJA YOGA After having several discussions with Mun Ching Yong, Founder of a newly set up enterprise Meher Yoga…