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.
Healing Environment Conference
The Svetko Patient Education Center and The Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center are proud to present The Healing Environment Conference
Proposed Agenda:
8:00 am - Registration
8:50 am - Welcome
9:00 am - Enhancing Quality of Life Focusing on the Whole Person: Through Traditional Medicine, Complementary Medicine, and Spirituality - Mark Casanova, MD
10:00 am - Break
10:15 am - Breakout Sessions
1. The Masks We Wear
2. Creating a Sacred Place
3. Organic vs. Natural: What’s the Deal
4. Tai Chi for Health - by Sifu Chris Bouguyon
11:30 am - Break
11:45 am - Breakout Sessions
1. The Masks We Wear
2. Organic vs. Natural: What’s the Deal?
3. Qigong for Health - by Sifu Chris Bouguyon
4. Touch Therapies for Health and Relaxation
1:00 pm - Dismissal
Professional Member of the National Qigong Association
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