Tag: health
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Whispers of Insight: the pull of vision
Carrie Bergener “We are pushed by pain until we are pulled by vision,” (Michael Bernard Beckwith). This insightful thought lands delicately and sits subtly on a listener’s shoulders. It whispers until it is heard, then roots deeply and ingrains into the soul. The words become pain itself and define as a catalyst for vision. Pain…
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Integrating Neuroscience into Yoga Practice
Using Neuroscience to Deepen Yoga Practice, Teaching, and Advocacy. The integration of neuroscience principles into yoga instruction is a legitimate, health-supporting approach. The mind’s power, its regulation, learning, and ability to focus drive physical postures, breath, and meditation. And merging clinical insights into how embodied yoga practice affects the human body offers accessible, evidence-based reflections…
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Yoga Movement: a Whole-body Event
Every movement of the human body is created by the networking of its many systems. The mind thinks, and the brain activates the systems. Signaled by the brain, nerves prompt the muscles, bones, joints, and connective tissue to respond. Neuroreceptors engage to maintain balance. Also, the heart and lungs are ready to deliver the needed…
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Ten Tools of Balance
Toes! Our toes may be the most overlooked parts of our anatomy, yet they play a crucial role in balance, posture, and forward movement. We shove those humble appendages of our anatomy into tight-fitting shoes, inappropriately cushioned socks, and beautiful, designer-style shoes that risk balance and subsequent falls. And exercise regimes rarely target the importance…
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Integrative Brief
Combining conventional and complementary medicine The Integrative Brief is a publication that shares knowledge about modern conventional medicine and validated complementary medicine. It is used by mainstream, everyday people who want to understand different therapies and treatments, options for blending modalities, and working in partnership with healthcare professionals towards integrative medicine. Integrative medicine is whole-person…
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Immunotherapy: The Fourth Cancer Treatment
By Carrie Bergener, MHA, RN Cancer treatment has come a long way since its earliest days, and one of the most exciting advances is immunotherapy. While it might seem like a modern breakthrough, the concept of harnessing the immune system to fight cancer is over a century old. And today, immunotherapy stands alongside surgery, chemotherapy,…
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Listening Again: the sound of staying engaged.
Hearing loss is sneaky – it doesn’t announce itself; it slowly shrinks your world without asking permission. I’ve always trusted my body – it shows up for me every day. I exercise, teach yoga, bike, and hike – feel younger than my years, and I live like someone much younger – so this adjustment felt…
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The Making of a Life
At the turn of each year, find an avid desire to know. Be driven by a passion that remains forever curious and never stops searching. Always turn to whatever desires life lays along the pathway. The impassioned, risk-taking time of childhood is untempered by fear, unrestrained by lessons learned, and embodied with a fervent love…
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Forever a Student: taking a lifetime to build old age
These are three phases of life. The passionate and risk-taking time of childhood, the designing and construction of adulthood and the time of old age – a time when we contemplate and associate all our experiences for our best life. Just as it takes steps to make a mile and days to build years –…
