Mindfulness in Medicine David N. Korones. MD

This artricle first appeared on the UPAYA newsletter 09/07/2010
 
 
 
As an oncologist and palliative care physician, I was vaguely aware of the concept of mindfulness, “the quality of being fully present and attentive in the moment during everyday activities.’’ Originally a Buddhist practice, its purpose was “to alleviate suffering and cultivate compassion.’’ Hence, it is not [...]

Mustangs, Blondes and the Open Road

Yes, now not only do I look good flying down the highway in my Mustang Convertable, I have PROOF that its good for my health!  Uh, I wonder if I could get a discount on my health insurance now…
Glass roof Ford Mustang returns for 2010
by Damon Lavrinc (RSS feed) on Jun 18th 2009 at 9:27AM [...]

The midlife brain surge that means we DO grow wiser as we get older

This post appeared first at Mail Online July 27, 2010

By
Marianne Power

Getting better with age: Job-related studies found older people performed better than their younger colleagues

Ever traipsed to the shops only to find once there you’ve completely forgotten what you went for? Or struggled to remember the name of an old acquaintance?
For years we’ve accepted that [...]

About Me: Dorian Sagan

This poem appeared on the Upaya Newsletter 07/26/2010
 

Dorian Sagan, son of astronomer Carl Sagan and biologist Lynn Margulis, offered this wild and cogent poem at the Lindisfarne Fellows meeting…
My name is Dorion Sagan.
I am so grateful and therefore, as we learned yesterday, happy to be here.
I am a writer.
I am an animal.

Doga class relaxes dogs and their owners at West Palm Beach studio

By LIZ BALMASEDA
This article first appeared on Palm Beach Post Staff Living  Monday, July 20, 2009
A Yorkie walks into a yoga class and the instructor says “down dog.” The Yorkie looks at the two Malteses stretching on adjacent yoga mats, then looks at the instructor and responds: “Who are you calling dog?”
That Yorkie is Napoleon, [...]

Soothe Back-to-School Anxiety, Teach Kids to Relax

SUNDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) — Children who are nervous about the new school year can relax by practicing “mindfulness” during anxious moments, researchers say.
Experts at Duke University, in Durham, N.C., recommend mindfulness, which is a technique borrowed from meditation, to help children transition into the new school year and deal with many academic and [...]

TO NAP OR NOT TO NAP

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream (Shakespeare’s Hamlet)
Woman to Woman

By Marion Bond West and Julie Garmon, July 05, 2010

Phone conversation, two weeks ago.
“Julie, what’s wrong? You don’t sound too good.”
“I’m just tired. I’m not old enough to be this tired every day.”
“Why don’t you take a [...]

The Ceaseless Society

This post first appeared on SOF Observed, the blog site for Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippet: religion, meaning, ethics

Shiraz Janjua, Associate Producer
I’m not going to lie. I’m really enjoying Jon Kabat-Zinn. His Google talk introduced me to some very simple techniques that I’ve been using lately to help me fall asleep faster. Bedtime is [...]

Mindfulness Meditation Helps Cancer Patients and Caregivers

This post first appeared in UPAYA newsletter 06/28/10 and AJC—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 11-23-09

Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN, is an associate professor at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and a faculty member of Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University. She also is a Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar.
The words, “You have cancer,” [...]

A juxtaposition of God and the human brain

This post first appears on Scientific American Guest Blog Section on May 27, 2010 08:30 AM in Basic Science |

Michelangelo’s secret message in the  Sistine Chapel
By R. Douglas Fields
 

At the age of 17 he began dissecting corpses from the church graveyard. Between the years 1508 and 1512 he painted the ceiling of the Sistine [...]

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