Day 26~ Medicine

onthemat • December 20, 2017

“It’s medicine,” says Linda, as we hold and hold and hold a pose. “If it’s medicine, why won’t my health insurance cover yoga?,” I wonder to myself. Yoga measurably contributes to my overall health. Simply by being aware of my body and my breath (although at times it’s not so simple), I learn to take […]

“It’s medicine,” says Linda, as we hold and hold and hold a pose. “If it’s medicine, why won’t my health insurance cover yoga?,” I wonder to myself. Yoga measurably contributes to my overall health. Simply by being aware of my body and my breath (although at times it’s not so simple), I learn to take more control of my well-being. The marvels of modern medicine improve our lives in vital ways (antibiotics, surgery, cancer cures), but for many ordinary complaints of daily living (stress, back pain, imbalance) yoga is a proven safe and effective treatment (See The Science of Yoga by William Broad). A couple of doctor visits and a set of inconclusive diagnostic tests could easily cost as much as a year’s worth of yoga. Our health care system is mostly a sick care system with few incentives for those who devote time and resources to improving their health. And the situation is even more challenging for individuals living in low income and/or under-served communities. I don’t have a solution and our politicians certainly don’t seem to. So for now, I will take my yoga medicine and advocate for health care for all.

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Heart~ Day #7 (Week #4)

By Linda Malcomb • May 3, 2020
“There is a light in the core of our being that calls us home—one that can only be seen with closed eyes; We can feel it as a radiance in the center of our chest. This light of loving awareness is always here, regardless of our conditioning. It does not matter how many dark paths we have traveled or how many wounds we have inflicted or sustained as we have unknowingly stumbled toward this inner radiance. It does not matter how long we have sleepwalked, seduced by our desires and fears. This call persists until it is answered, until we surrender to who we really are. When we do, we feel ourselves at home wherever we are. A hidden beauty reveals itself in our ordinary life. As the true nature of our Deep Hear is unveiled, we feel increasingly grateful for no reason—grateful to simply be.” —John J. Prendergast, PHD, The Deep Heart

SUN!~ Day #6 (Week #4)

By Linda Malcomb • May 2, 2020
Seems like it’s been rainy, windy, dreary for eons. Which may have helped us shelter inside a bit more. I remember reading years and years ago in a Seth book that weather can be influenced, and even created by mass human emotion. Why not? We are far more powerful than we currently acknowledge, and science is beginning to validate many phenomena that had seemed inconceivable before. Those seemingly endless days of “bad” weather seemed congruent with the emotional tone of covid her in New England. And now SUN! Glorious, warming, invigorating, hope-filled Sun! Today I will be outside basking and gardening and thanking. And I’m sure the whole neighborhood, and most of New England will go outside, stand with our faces to the sun and breathe a huge healing breath of joy. And maybe the collective energy of that will resonate out across the word as a promise of brighter days to come.
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