Barry Bittman MDAccording to Arthur Hull, father of the drum circle movement in our nation, "You won't find the word, 'rhythmaculture' in your dictionary." This Rhythmical Evangelist refers to it as an "Arthurian" word, based upon the fact he coined the term to...
People, especially older folks, generally don't talk about being depressed. The symptoms of depression vary considerably and are hard to diagnose, especially when growing older for some seems to imply that these symptoms are expected to occur. In...
Growing old isn't easy for most people. In our culture it frequently represents loneliness and abandonment as families grow apart. In "Depression: key insights for the elderly –part I" Barry Bittman, M.D alerts us that depression among the elderly...
Are you spending every precious moment working and sacrificing for your perfect future? Perhaps it's time you learned that rushing toward the end is the surest way to destroy the journey. In "Time Out: for living life fully" Barry Bittman, M.D...
Many people in our society suffer from insomnia for no apparent cause. In "A Good Night’s Sleep: without drugs" Barry Bittman, M.D. defines a little understood condition, sleep maintenance insomnia, as a condition characterized by more than 30...
Roger Jahnke OMDWhen an individual purposefully seeks a state of deep relaxation a number of very important physiological mechanisms are triggered. Many disease states are aggravated by the over activity of the sympathetic nervous system. Inducing the relaxation...
Siri-Ved Kaur KhalsaThe February "There's a Yogi in the Kitchen" column by Siri-Ved Kaur Khalsa is "The Stinking Healer!" about garlic, one of the most ancient remedies in the history of humankind. Used as both a medicine and a food, garlic is known as an effective...
You have heard the expression, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." The January "There's a Yogi in the Kitchen" column by Siri-Ved Kaur Khalsa offers a new one to remember: "An onion a day keeps disease away!" Onions' job is to keep the blood...
While you have heard that "looks can kill", have you considered that verbal attacks have the potential to inflict wounds that often result in a lifetime of pain and suffering. In "WORDSWORDSWORDS: sharp and to the point" Barry Bittman, M.D. teaches...
Yogic cooking is really based on a very simple truth: "We are what we eat." We are what we allow into our selves, whether it be food, sounds, the thoughts we dwell on, the purity of the air we breathe, the discipline we let into our lives, the...
