by Eyton Shalom | Dec 22, 2015 | Ayurveda, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Wellness
Winter and Sleep in Chinese Medicine: Kidney Qi Its Winter. Classical Chinese Medicine has this to say about it. “Go to sleep early, but get up LATE, after the sun has risen.” Makes total sense because as an animal you don’t want to waste your...
by Eyton Shalom | May 5, 2015 | Featured Wellness Articles, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Practice, Wellness
Thanissero Bhikkhu, Buddhist Monk in the Thai Forest Tradition My favorite teacher of Mindfulness Meditation, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, does not have his photograph on any of his books, and they are distributed free of charge. And I like that. Thanissaro Bhikkhu is also...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Feb 12, 2014 | Acupuncture Articles, Ayurveda, Conditions Treated, Mindfulness, Wellness
Here is a link to a post on my old blog about the effects of hot weather on anger and the relationship between the feelings of frustration, anger, irritability, even rage, and the sensations of heat in the body itself. There is a link in the other article to an...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jan 17, 2014 | Ayurveda, Mindfulness, Vata, Winter
Let’s talk about what happens to Vata in Winter and how it relates to the qualities of the elements Air and Space, or Wind and Ether (as in etheric) that the Vata dosha is a manifestion of. Ayurveda describes the ways in which different kinds of foods,...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Nov 7, 2013 | Meditation, Mindfulness
Great video on the Scientific American page to learn how meditation benefits the brain. Meditation is under the category of Mental Culture in Buddhist tradition; things we do to cultivate our mental abilities about ability to be good human beings. Click Here how...