“Yoga is also good exercise because it is a type of full-body conditioning. It improves strength, balance, and flexibility in the entire body. It’s like swimming, in that every part of your body is involved and benefits. It can even have cardiovascular benefits when done vigorously. But in MBSR (mindfulness bases stress reduction) the wayContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn “Full Catastrophe Living”; Mindfulness and Yoga”
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Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) “The Heptameron”: Love and the monarchy
“ ‘The reason is” said Dagoucin, ‘that in order to maintain peace in the state, consideration is given to the rank of families, the seniority of individuals and the provisions of the law, and not to man’s love and virtue, in order that the monarchy should not be undermined. Consequently, in marriages between social equalsContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) “The Heptameron”: Love and the monarchy”
Dr. Walensky and Dr. Fauci Speak at White House Press Briefing
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials MARCH 29, 2021 • PRESS BRIEFINGS Via Teleconference 11:04 A.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATION SLAVITT: Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Today, I’m joined by Drs. Walensky and Fauci. The cases of COVID-19 are once again on the rise. Dr. Walensky will highlight the public health consequencesContinue reading “Dr. Walensky and Dr. Fauci Speak at White House Press Briefing”
What should we think of vaccine pauses?
What to Make of Vaccine Pauses A cautious, transparent response reveals a process committed to vaccine safety. Q&A WITH DANIEL SALMON | APRIL 15, 2021 Facebook Twitter Linked In Email Pinterest https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18394544/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/fb5600/ Public Health On Call This conversation is an updated excerpt from the March 22 episode of Public Health On Call, in which Salmon spoke with Stephanie Desmon about theContinue reading “What should we think of vaccine pauses?”
Jon Kabat-Zinn “Full Catastrophe Living”: Thinking during meditation
“Thinking is not bad, nor is it even undesirable during meditation, What matters is whether you are aware of your thoughts and feelings during meditation and how you are in relationship to them. Trying to supress them will only result in greater tension and frustration and more problems, not in calmness, insight, clarity and peace.Continue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn “Full Catastrophe Living”: Thinking during meditation”
Regional STEM Fairs Go Virtual with support of Youth Science Canada
The fair must go on… Twenty-one regional STEM fairs go virtual, April 19 to 21, with the support of Youth Science Canada Students have one last chance to register their projects online; all others are invited to continue their STEM education through project-based learning at mystemspace.ca OTTAWA, April 14, 2021 – Twenty-one regional science fairs will take placeContinue reading “Regional STEM Fairs Go Virtual with support of Youth Science Canada”
How You Frame COVID Determines your Reaction to Public Health Initiatives: Can we say COVID ideology?
April 6, 2021 New Study Casts COVID-19 and Government Mandates in a New Light in Rural America HOW PERSONAL VIEWS ON THE PANDEMIC AFFECT MASK WEARING AND OTHER PREVENTION BEHAVIORS When Adam Koon, PhD, MPH, an assistant scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, arrived in his wife’s hometown last summer to quarantine with theirContinue reading “How You Frame COVID Determines your Reaction to Public Health Initiatives: Can we say COVID ideology?”
United States Puts Hold of J&J Vaccine
Joint CDC and FDA Statement on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine The following statement is attributed to Dr. Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director of the CDC and Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and ResearchEspañol (Spanish)Media Statement For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 13, 2021Contact: Media Relations(404) 639-3286 As of April 12,Continue reading “United States Puts Hold of J&J Vaccine”
Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: thoughts during meditation
“During meditation, we intentionally treat all our thoughts as if they are of equal value. As best we can, and with the lightest touches, we bring awareness to them when they arise, and then intentionally return our attention to the breath as the primary focus of our attention, regardless of the thought and the emotionalContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: thoughts during meditation”
Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: Time for a “Free Trait Agreement?: A deal between introverts and extroverts?
A Free Trait Agreement acknowledges that we’ll each act of character some of the time-in exchange for being ourselves the rest of the time. It’s a Free Trait Agreement when a wife wants to go out every Saturday night and a husband who wants to relax work out a schedule: half the time we’ll goContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: Time for a “Free Trait Agreement?: A deal between introverts and extroverts?”
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