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May Newsletters
May 2011
Healthy Living Tips from Middle Path Medicine (MPM)
We have now defined “stress” and “stress reduction” in a way that provides meaning for the remainder of our series. We will conclude with novel approaches to the development of a stress reduction program that honors both your individual viewpoint and your unique path of self-expression.
For any one of us to evolve our level of awareness so that we can grow and develop those habits which promote our own well-being, we proceed through a necessary “chain of knowingness”. True freedom comes through the conscious cultivation of habits which break through the walls in our prison of past conditioning. This chain of knowingness helps us understand why we do or don’t evolve within our own lives. This chain is as follows:
Belief precedes Understanding which leads to Knowingness. (BUK) ... Read More
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107 Nelson St, Arroyo GrandeStress - how to develop a self-realization program with the side-benefit of stress reduction. Have you never been able to “meditate”?
When: Monday, June 20th from 5:30PM-7:00PM
Where: Equity Reach Mortgage Community Conference Room
107 Nelson St., Arroyo GrandeGary E. Foresman, MD, Board Certified in Internal Medicine and an Integrative Medicine
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• Mindful Eating and a Healthy Diet
• Food Allergies – How to Determine if You Have Them
• Optimizing Digestion
• Relieving Bloating and Gas
• “Leaky Gut” – What It Is and How to Relieve It
• Constipation and/or Diarrhea
• The 4 R Program – The Road to Digestive Health:
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Meditation is not stress reduction. Nor is it prayer, or thought control, or “having no thoughts”, or any of a myriad of concepts you may have happened upon. The only way one can truly teach the practice of meditation is by discussing all things which it is not. As a meditation teacher for the past two decades, what I can advise about this subject would be to regard any information you hold to be true about it in an “as if” manner. Most followers of any specific path have been led to yet another belief system, which is the last thing humanity needs.
If meditation is best learned as a practice with no truths to be found, why would you read another article or attend another seminar about such a subject? Because there are enough belief systems already, because understanding is a usual part of the path to knowingness, and because the essence of what makes us human is our ability to meditate. Because you have been taught by religion to fear those practices which invoke spirituality without praising a certain god or belief system to tithe or donate to. Because you have been taught by science to fear things you cannot understand; it sounds too much like religion. More importantly, you have been taught to fear any teachings that transcend fear. Most importantly, nearly all of us possess a deep inner knowingness that there is more to life than fear and simply what our senses tell us, and it is that inner knowingness that seeks peace and unconditional joy... Read More
This article is intentionally kept brief, clean and without metaphors or discussions on why we meditate. I am just giving you guidance on one validated method of practice.
Place: One can meditate anywhere. Having a designated room, or space in your home, for the practice of meditation assists tremendously, however it is not necessary. Meditating outside, although wonderful, adds many layers of distractions that can make it difficult for novice and experienced meditators alike. Pets love meditators; this is not pet cuddling time!
Time: I encourage practicing 30 minutes twice daily, at any time of day. Sunrise and sunset are beautiful meditation times. Meditation is also preferable before eating, as we are not trying to encourage sleep-time! Have a timepiece nearby for you to feel comfortable with the passage of time during meditation. I discourage alarms as they can pull one out of meditation too abruptly. We don’t have the time to not meditate, so allow as much time as you can into your schedule even if it is only 15 minutes per day.
Easy In/Easy Out: As time permits try to allow for some gentle yoga or stretching going into meditation. It allows the body and mind to settle. When finished take the time to gently allow your body and mind to acclimate to normal activity instead of rushing out of meditation.
The Practice: ... Read More
