India & Ayurveda
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Many of you have asked how you can learn more about Ayurveda in a live classroom setting…
I am so happy to let you all know that I will be teaching a course on Ayurveda at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco on Wednesday evenings during the month of April. As a student […]
Talking to Yourself: Meditations … Mantras … Affirmations
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Revealed in this week’s issue…
Meditation 101
Gandhi’s Mantra! Yes, You can use it too!
Affirmations for Abundance…Remain centered in financially stressful times
As we begin 2009 we have an opportunity to “reset” some of our habits. No matter where I turn…the TV, newspapers or the Internet I hear noise about financial struggle.
No wonder our inner voices are […]
Dr. Craig’s Heart Healing Journey to India: The End and the Beginning
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008 - Sebastopol, California
Dr. Craig here for my final post on my journey to India. But before I go into this last update, I’d like to take a moment to once again extend my thanks to all of you who have supported me through this trip and my struggle to deal with […]
Dr. Craig’s Heart Healing Journey to India - Part 5
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008 - Pune, India
I can’t believe it: my journey is almost done! I leave in a few hours for Mumbai to catch the early morning flight to London and then on to San Francisco. By the time I get home, I will have been gone exactly 4 weeks, and though it will […]
Dr. Craig’s Heart Healing Journey to India - Part 4
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008 - Pune, India
Hello again. Dr. Craig here, reporting from India. I’m sitting here after almost two weeks of daily Panchakarma treatments - 11 out of 15 treatments, to be exact. Believe me, I’m counting the days until I can return home! The one thing I can tell you about Panchakarma is […]
Dr. Craig’s Heart Healing Journey to India - Part 3
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008 - Pune, India
Hello, friends. Dr. Craig here.
Strokes affect the people who have them in many different ways. Why? Because the brain is involved in all the processes of the body - even the smallest, in some way. Fortunately, my stroke was a ”minor” stroke, which I think is classified as a stroke […]
Dr. Craig’s Heart Healing Journey to India: Part 2
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008 - Pune, India
Hello, friends. Dr. Craig here, and this is the first of my weekly reports from India where I’ve come to have Ayurvedic Panchakarma treatments under the care of our friends and colleagues, Dr. Narendra Pendse and Dr. Aruna Pendse.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT!
First, I want to thank […]
Dr. Craig’s Heart Healing Journey to India: Part I
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
For the next few weeks, I’m turning over this ezine to my husband, Dr. Craig Thomas, D.C. so that he can post and share with you entries about his month-long journey to India for Ayurvedic treatment.
After recently suffering from a stroke and seeking help from Western medicine, Dr. Craig decided that more could be done to […]
The Answer to Childhood Obesity? Ayurveda! NOT Statin Drugs
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read in the New York Times that the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued new guidelines to “aggressively screen and medicate for high cholesterol in children” and that they plan on administering cholesterol-lowering drugs - called statins - to kids as young as age 8! Age 8!
WHAT’S […]
Ayurveda on Sunshine and Sunscreen
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
I’ve never used sunscreen. Not once in my entire life! From when I was a kid, long before studying Ayurveda, I intuitively knew it was bad for me.
In fact, most kids don’t like sunscreen. It smells bad, it feels icky. It’s not something they want to cover their bodies with.
But their parents tell […]