Yoga in Jails Helps Bad Dads Be More Good Dads by Berkson

Yoga study on 14 groups of male inmates over 3 years, showed that yoga classes help reduce child abuse and make these guys better dads. I remember when I began studying yoga after the Beetles came back from India hanging with the Maharishi, we were called nuts and losers. Most people assumed if you did yoga, you did drugs. They assumed if you ate nuts and berries, you did drugs and made love with swingers. But it has all come to pass. This program, called "Fit Fathers, Successful Families, Inside and Out”, shows that the body, mind and spirit are designed [...]

I Love Life I woke up this morning realizing how much I love my life. Health, neighbors, amazing friends and colleagues, research and connecting-the-dots, helping patients (incredible people I get to meet), my gym on the Lake, morning coffee, my favorite chair, the new paint on the house, having been around so long I get to connect the-dots-of my own life. Robust health. I'm lucky, now. But it's been a long journey. I had to fight and over come many illnesses and challenges in the past. That drug given to my mother while pregnant with me caused many serious health issues in [...]

Wisdom seems to occur in people that have the rare (or most likely hard fought for and earned) PERSPECTIVE of THE BIGGER PICTURE (and act upon on it—what a concept). Seeing less compartmentalized and more how "it all" fits together. That's how LSD works. It heightens consciousness. At least that's what the scientists from the American College of Neuropsychpharmacology are now saying. Though I remember a number of psychologists saying that in the 60's. Functional MRI scans and magnetoencephalography show that LSD reduces the extent to which separate networks remain distinct in their patterns of firing and makes the brain more [...]

All over the world mother’s are bemoaning, “What is happening to my child’s brain?” Kids have more autism spectrum disorders, shorter attention, shorter tempers and more illness. It is not just due to TV, movies and electronic equipment. It has much to do with what we have always regarded as our most pristine environment, the womb. Up till the last few years we have thought this was the last safe bastion. Now we see that it too, is under siege. And thus, our children’s brains. (And our thyroid glands). When I was a distinguished estrogen scholar at Tulane we called this [...]

We are not just what we digest. But also a product of where we live. Harvard School of Public Health has a study that shows: Low-income housing residents who live in 'green' buildings that are built with eco-friendly materials and energy-efficient features appear to have fewer 'sick building' symptoms than residents of traditionally constructed low-income housing, according to a new study. Asthma outcomes -- hospitalizations, attacks, and missed school days due to asthma -- were also significantly lower for children living in the green buildings. What you can do to be greener and healthier? Water filters. Especially in shower as we [...]

Overwhelmed We think of high cholesterol as mainly causing heart issues. But excessively high blood fats, like bad cholesterol and triglycerides, have been linked to more tendon injuries and pain. Wow. The basic mechanism is that too many blood fats overwhelm white blood cells and the cells that make up tendons. Wow again. Balance There are many NATURAL answers to lowering and BALANCING blood fats, healthfully. There are many adverse side effects to cholesterol lowering drugs. And, it's not prudent to bring blood fats down to extremely low levels. Remember, cholesterol is the parent (starting) compound of hormones. And cholesterol is [...]