November 2013
Light Your Fire: An Affirmation of Personal Power
This mornings yoga class at Karma Yoga was hot and passionate; the “fun factor” was high and the music was right on cue. “Change” by Natalie Merchant was a particular favorite today – we played it three times! Following a sequence of fiery core strengthening exercises all beings were able and ready to move from […]
Men, Looking for Some Vulnerability Lessons? Try Kundalini Yoga
BY DR. JOEL KAHN In the last few decades, men have been schooled by male icons like Clint Eastwood to act tough, know all the answers, and never reveal weakness. That expectation of a strong veneer is cracking lately and acknowledging vulnerability, the susceptibility to emotional or physical injury, is a rather hot topic in […]
Meditation is a Powerful Medication: A Cardiologist Explains
By Joel Kahn, M.D. On a visit to a cardiologist’s office with your elderly aunt just released from the hospital for heart issues, you carefully take notes. You record the recommendations to avoid smoking, to walk daily, and to eat a Mediterranean style diet. You write down the prescription medications that she is supposed to […]
Take A Mindful Breath This Holiday Season
By Kate K. Smith How many times have we made up our minds that this holiday season “we are going to be good?” We begin to plot and plan and make up a thousand different scenarios in our minds about what we will and won’t allow ourselves to eat, only to find ourselves abandoning our best plans […]
Re-living,Releasing,and Rebirthing a Family
We drove from the airport to Northeast Maryland, just north of Baltimore, for the last time. My sister, brother-in-law and I began our 5-day journey of reminiscing, joy and tears. It was a sunny day as we turned the corner down the long entrance road, golden fall leaves adorning the trees. We arrived at 107 […]
“Fitting in”…Do I Have To?
Probably a question we ponder from a young age. Exactly, what IS fitting in? Who defines that, anyway? No doubt, we can get mixed messages as kids and then we end up not really knowing what fitting in means, whether we want to or with whom. Many of us grow up thinking we’re never good […]
