The last decade has seen an explosive growth in the number of yoga studios locally, but the passion for yoga is taking it far outside the traditional studio or even fitness club. Yogis and yoginis can now be found practicing pranayama in parks, teaching in schools, OMing in offices and even correcting postures in correctional institutions. In short, if yoga was a struggling actor, she has finally made it, and made it big!
The Ayurvedic tradition is a wide, rich and deep river of knowledge on the human condition and our relationship with nature. It is a healing science over 5000 years old, and is still considered the traditional medical system in India. Students at Ayurvedic universities with a Bachelors degree curriculum take the same human biology courses as traditional doctors, but also study plant biology, along with psychology, spirituality and an esoteric understanding of the subtle energies of the universe.
AGH discovers that stress management is just as critical for doctors and nurses as it is for patients
The regular Wednesday lunchtime training at Allegheny General Hospital is designed to keep the staff informed of the latest developments on a wide variety of medical issues. The auditorium was nearly full on a recent Wednesday for a talk by Dr. Eva Selhub, who spoke passionately about her story of stress survival, yet clinically in terminology clear to doctors, on the effects of mental and emotional stress on the physical body. She also described some simple, easy, non-invasive techniques for how to deal with it.
Local world traveler Akasha talks about her mystical healings at the hands of the renowned Brazilian healer, and why she keeps going back, taking others with her.
Akasha is a world traveler who currently calls Pittsburgh home. She regularly takes people to see the mystical healer in Brazil known as John of God. In this conversation, she describes the protocol and ceremony involved with seeing him. She tells of the miraculous healings she has witnessed, and why she keeps going back.
In recent years, there's been an explosion of interest in EFT, which involves tapping on the body's energy meridians. While some critics dismiss it as nonsense, it is the only aspect of psychology that uses the word “cure" and has the scientific evidence to back it up. In this exclusive interview, a local psychotherapist, who also happens to be a founding father in the field, outlines the latest science on the human energy field.
The prolific author of books on The Shadow Self has written a new book on how to detox your consciousness. In this exclusive interview, she talks about the importance of facing your own shadow, and how Tiger Woods is an example of what happens if you don't.
Debbie Ford is not shy about talking about her shadow self, or at least the self-destructive drug-abusing fast-life side of herself that caused her to hit rock bottom. Out of that experience came a career as an expert on the Shadow, with the classic books The Dark Side of Light Chasers, The Secrets of the Shadow and Why Good People Do Bad Things, and now a full DVD on The Shadow Effect, which is a condensed version of her multi-day workshops called The Shadow Process. Here's an excerpt from the interview:
