By WILLIAM J. BROAD
On a cold Saturday in early 2009, Glenn Black, a yoga teacher of nearly four decades, whose devoted clientele includes a number of celebrities and prominent gurus, was giving a master class at Sankalpah Yoga in Manhattan. Black is, in many ways, a classic yogi: he studied in Pune, India, at the institute founded by the legendary B. K. S. Iyengar, and spent years in solitude and meditation.
New research adds weight to the increasingly recognized theory that trauma is a factor in the development of chronic pain.
By Jennifer Davis
Muscle Deterioration In Patients With Lung Disease Seen Connected To Heightened Carbon Dioxide Levels In The BloodScienceDaily (Apr. 23, 2009) — Muscle deterioration in patients with lung diseases might be a direct consequence of high carbon dioxide levels in their blood, an international team of researchers headed by Prof. Yosef Gruenbaum of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found.
David-Dorian Ross
David-Dorian Ross is America's T'ai Chi Champion, whose competitive performances have won him seven US gold medals, two World bronze medals and a World silver medal -- the highest awards ever given to a non-Asian for T'ai Chi performance. He has been called America's best-loved T'ai Chi teacher, and is dedicated to raising the quality of T'ai Chi in America. He is the owner of Full Circle Fitness, and the Full Circle T'ai Chi Academy. David-Dorian is the executive producer and co-host of the 13-part public television series, "T'ai Chi in Paradise," and the host of the award-winning videos T'ai Chi (The Short Form) and Flow Motion.
He is the author and featured instructor in the Chi for Beginners series, produced by Living Arts Video. In 2005, his DVD, Tai Chi Beginners Practice, won the Aegis Award for Best video in the Training/Education category. In 2006, he was again awarded the Aegis Award for Tai Chi Beginners Practice Kit, and also for Tai Chi Daily Practice. He also won two Telly Awards, for Tai Chi Daily Practice, and the Tai Chi Swivel Disk Workout. He is the author of the books The Tai Chi Companion; Power, Freedom and Flow; and Exercising the Soul and he is currently at work on a new manuscript called The Rules of the Road
Professional Member of the National Qigong Association
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