Just a few things to mention. It’s your time to catch up on missed episodes while I’m away. Check the website for links to The heat is on: how weather affects our health and Accessible…
Life After Cancer: Reduce Toxins (1 of 3)
- March 20, 2019
- Tagged as: breast cancer, cancer, chronic pain, healing, meditation, spiritual health, support groups, writing, yoga
How does a diagnosis of cancer and treatment change a person? In this 3-part series you’ll hear different stories on how a woman – diagnosed with cancer (breast, thyroid, and ovarian) – experienced the changes….
An echocardiogram technician told me I have a beautiful heart and that got me going. What makes for good heart health? What role do genetics, lifestyle, and environment play? Dr. Erica Pitsch talks about the…
Self-Care Challenge: Move that Body
- February 6, 2019
- Tagged as: back pain, high blood pressure, motivation, movement, self-care, yoga
Hopefully you have already downloaded the Health Storylines app and are using it to record and monitor your self-care goals. If you’re new to our monthly Self-Care Challenge, check out this earlier post. My recent…
One yoga teacher’s health journey. Katrina LaShea was able to ease her back injury and subsequent ankle injury pain through a yoga practice. What once worked as a treatment, later became her passion. Today Katrina…
Sometimes I see Facebook posts from high school classmates reminiscing about the “good old days.” I did have some unbridled fun back then but I far prefer my adulthood. Even with a chronic health condition….
If you’ve joined me on this Self-Care Challenge since the first month, thank you! I hope you’re progressing well, learning a lot, and achieving a few goals you may have set for yourself. If you’re…
Sound Bath? Sound Meditation? Sound Symphony? It’s become a wonderful therapeutic tool to access deep relaxation. For many, it is a gateway to meditation. Melissa Felsenstein of Inner Sounds Meditation shares her story of how…
Baxter Bell, MD is not just a family medicine physician, he’s also a certified acupuncture practitioner and yoga therapist. Together with co-author, Nina Zolotow, they wrote the book, Yoga for Healthy Living: A Guide to…
Pranayama
- December 16, 2017
- Tagged as: breath awareness, meditation, pranayama, respiratory, yoga
Yesterday I went to my second Pranayama class at a well-respected yoga institution celebrating 40 years of yoga education in the San Francisco Bay area. It’s a monthly session focused on different methods of yogic…