Year Of The Water Dragon 2012 If you want a second chance to celebrate the New Year here’s your opportunity. According to the Tibetan calendar, February 22 marks the beginning of the new lunar year. 2012 is characterized by the Dragon and the element of water. It is considered to be a year [...]
Birth, Old Age, Sickness and Death There is physical pain we cannot avoid and then the mental suffering associated to that pain. The Buddha taught that there are certain situations each sentient being will meet in life: birth, old age, sickness and death. These four situations reveal an important truth about reality; everything changes. Within this [...]
All the hype about green tea has gotten me wondering about my morning cup-o-joe. What is really more beneficial; green tea or coffee? Should I pack-up my trusted French press and move in the hand-made Japanese tea pot? Here is a list of the pro’s and con’s of each: green tea Green Tea Benefits of [...]
How the Spine gets injured A herniated, degenerated, prolapsed, ruptured, or slipped disk are all terms referring to a disk that sits between two vertebrae and has been injured. Basically, what has happened, is that some sort of compressive force, injury, or accident has caused two of your vertebrae to slam together forcing the discal [...]
Medical Model Ancient Remedies Growing up in the South, I was steeped in the medical model. The professional hierarchy when you had a problem was to either go to your priest or go to your family doctor. There were very few options available back then and the only expert on healing and health was the [...]
About Complementary and Alternative Medicine Complementary and Alternative Medicine otherwise called CAM is an emerging aspect of modern medicine. CAM combines the use of alternative medicine and therapies alongside the use of modern medicine. The medical industry has begun to recognize the benefits of “alternative” therapies and reports show that nearly 40 percent of adults [...]