Balance Through the Belly: The Anatomy Lesson You Never Got November 17, 2015This month, I’ve been writing about balance. As beings who are immersed in the phenomenal world with seven billion others, balance tends to come and go. One of the greatest...
Addition and Subtraction November 10, 2015I must admit, when I’m seeing a patient for the first time and I ask what’s brought them to me, I don’t get excited when they say they want to...
Stick to the Plan November 3, 2015After years of working with patients on their medical and psychological issues, I’ve become increasingly aware of a widespread need for guidance in overall life balance. I meet so many...
What To Do When Meditation is Too Hard October 27, 2015When I recommend meditation to a patient, I often have to help them over several hurdles. The first is convincing them of the value in doing it. Last week, I...
Thirteen Reasons to Meditate October 20, 2015Last week I wrote about the balance between movement and stillness as a core element of health, and I explained how modern humans have trended toward imbalance in two ways....
An Imbalance Between Movement and Stillness October 13, 2015One of the things I love about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is its ability to distill complicated problems down to simple ones. If you were to look in a textbook...