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Of Mountains and Men and MINDFULNESS: Basketball's Coaching Legend Phil Jackson and The Soul of Success

This Father's Day, 2013, my third without having a living father on planet Earth to celebrate with in person, I was intrigued by Oprah's Super Soul Sunday being advertised. The guest today was NBA legendary coach Phil Jackson, who has written a book called Eleven Rings -- The Soul of Success.
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The Insomniac's 3 a.m. Yoga Routine; Start or Progress Your Mind/Body Connection, from Oprah.com

The Insomniac's 3 a.m. Yoga Routine, which has a great deal about breathing and mind/body connection, is a topic that I really like from Oprah.com.  The link is: www.oprah.com/health/Yoga-for-Insomnia-Yoga-to-Help-You-Sleep. I have forgotten the exact time that Oprah said she woke up every night, back when she had her network television show, it was 3:something.    read more »

How to Love Yourself

“Your life is a journey of learning to love yourself first and then extending that love to others in every encounter.” ~~ Oprah Winfrey

Love is in the air with Valentines, candy hearts, and chocolate everywhere you look.  As we purchase small gifts for the ones we love, do we consider the basic value of loving ourselves?  read more »

Simple Pleasures

I'm posting this just as spring has come officially.  It's the season for renewal and replenishment, and yet the news from the world this spring has been filled with images of conflict and natural disaster.  The Japanese people, in particular, have been faced with unprecedented challenges.
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Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density - Article in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

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Therapeutic interventions that incorporate training in mindfulness meditation have become increasingly popular, but to date little is known about neural mechanisms associated with these interventions.  read more »

Embrace The Rainbow…Live with Intention

Embrace The Rainbow…Live with Intention. By my colleague Ms. Webster

(Mardy's note -- This piece embraces the aspects of integrative medicine so it appears in all the forums related to body, mind, spirit approach to wellness it discusses.)

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Conference on Chronic Pain and Fatigue, Fibromyalgia - Communicative Convergence of Doctors, Therapists, and Patients

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Anyone interested in the subject of chronic pain should be interested in what we were part of this weekend in Berkeley, CA.  A group of professionals and people with chronic pain or family/friends with it, came together in the most inviting, open room of an art studio and shared our experiences and knowledge for 9 hours.   Two things were most striking for me: that people with chronic pain conditions would attend in such substantial numbers and be able to stay for such an event and that many of the presenters and crew had a history of chronic pain and are sincerely passi  read more »

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