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02/02/2021

06/07/2020

I absolutely love this!

Hooray for mindfulness practices and other healing modalities that help calm our restless minds! __/|\__

Just a heads up, there's a blogger using this cartoon:http://www.jessicajmurray.com/2012/11/so-much-on-my-mind.htmlCheck out her giant copyright notice at the top of the page. Then at the bottom of the post, there's a microscopic notice saying "Clip art is not a Jessica Murray original"Presumably, y...

05/03/2019

Communities and environmental groups are fighting U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to build about a dozen new stretches of fencing in southeastern Texas. The barriers will bisect one of the richest areas of biodiversity in the United States, including the prized National Butterfly Center, a 100-acre (40-hectare) nature reserve that straddles the border with Mexico.

Opposition to Trump administration plans for dozens of miles of new boundary fencing in the biodiverse Lower Rio Grande Valley is intensifying as government-hired contractors begin clearing trees and brush for the project along the U.S. border with Mexico. Communities and environmental groups are fi...

30/11/2017

https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/neurobiological-changes-explain-how-mindfulness-meditation-improves-health-284006

Over the past decade, mindfulness meditation has been shown to improve a broad range of health and disease outcomes, such as slowing HIV progression and improving healthy aging. Yet, little is known about the brain changes that produce these beneficial health effects.

11/10/2017

GIVING AWAY YOUR POWER:

We've all been guilty of this at some point in our lives, some of us repeatedly. We've given away our power to lovers, to teachers (gurus), and most of all, to doctors. Today, I want to focus on the latter.

Five years ago, I met with a neurologist and expressed to him that I was experiencing migraines accompanied by a weird pressure as if my brain was pressing into the back of my throat. He completely dismissed my symptoms and refused the MRI I requested. It wasn't until my recent follow up (this time I did not back down on pressing for the MRI) that the sensation I've been experiencing was confirmed with a diagnosis: Chiari I. Essentially, a portion of my cerebellum is enlarger and slipping down into my spine.

In fact, my new neurologist was fascinated, saying "While I've never, in all my years, had a patient experience this sensation, it can't be coincidence that you're pointing to the exact location where the brain is pressing into." (This conversation happened before he shared this image.) That validation was tremendous! There are those of us who, no matter how odd it may seem (even to you doctors) are super connected to, and aware of our bodies. It was so gratifying to have a doctor finally respect and more importantly, make use of my embodied insights rather than dismiss them as falsities and impossibilities.

THE TAKEAWAY IS THIS - TRUST IN YOUR BODY AND HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO STAND YOUR GROUND. AFTER ALL, YOU KNOW YOUR BODY BEST. AND TRUST IN YOUR INTUITION...IT WILL NOT FAIL YOU. IF SOMETHING FEELS WRONG, IT PROBABLY IS.

21/05/2017

NIH study in mice and humans suggests that bacteria in the gut may be responsible for producing malformations that can lead to stroke or epilepsy.

19/02/2017

http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/4-things-you-can-do-to-cheer-up-according-to-neuroscience?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook =1487268187

A neuroscientific approach to maintaining emotional well-being.

14/01/2017

From a podcast from (one of my favorites), Jack Kornfield: "It never hurts to see the good in someone, they often act the better because of it."
–Nelson Mandela

21/06/2016

Happy International Yoga Day! One reminder I want to put out there to all my fellow teachers is this: having a great class sequence is great, but if we can't translate what we've learned on the mat, off the mat, then there is till much work to be done. Be humble. Always, for you're a greater teacher in everyday living than you are instructing a class. ❤️