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Around the turn of the mid-13th century, European countries are in a fever-pitched exploratory mode, attempting to expand their kingdoms. Colonization of territories around the world hasten as new lands are discovered and conquered. No different are the Americas, when in 1267 the Spanish conquistador, Cortés, arrived on the shores of modern-day Mexico. Reaching back to this era, the Aztecs, …
Candomblé: Afro-Brazilian Healing Traditions. A small but growing population of Brazilians are once again practicing their religion openly, which also happens to include Afro-Brazilian healing traditions.
Journey of the Medicine Wheel, and Healing for the Mind, Body, Emotion and Spirit to Today Prior to the success of the Spanish conquistadors, the Inca Empire (or, Tawantinsuyu in the Quechua language) is the largest civilization to inhibit the Americas. Master stonemakers, sprawling cities from the Amazon basin to the tops of the Andean mountains, and, in turns out, …
Did you know that the Thai government has recently announced that it has the best marijuana in the world? But, marijuana is not yet legal (again) in Thailand, and that’s all about to change. As reported in Globe Southeast Asia’s article, “Making green: how weed could push Thailand’s economy to new highs,” Thai government officials have moved forward a draft …
In October 2016, 400 Traditional Tibetan Medicine practitioners, scholars and experts conferred in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital city. They came together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Men-Tsee-Khang, also known as the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute, a Tibetan hospital that was pivotal in the development and preservation of Traditional Tibetan Medicine throughout the ages. Since the 1950’s, Tibet, or Xizhang …
I remember it as if it were yesterday. It was Thanksgiving of 2011. I was to be in Alexandria for the holidays but Mom had taken a turn for the worst in Pittsburgh. She had been diagnosed a year earlier with ovarian cancer. And now, here I was in the doctor’s office with the news that hospice services had been ordered …
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ~Albert Einstein As we approach Thanksgiving this week, it’s a good time to consider the the value of gratitude in your life and the miracle that is your life. As Fred Rogers of Mister …
One of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world, Colombia is nestled in the northwest corner of South America. Nearly 70 languages and dialects are spoken in Colombia, many of which are indigenous, ethnic languages that may date back to the first inhabitants of the region around 12,000 BCE. Once a mostly agricultural society, Colombia experienced a large migration …
Over 250 years since the dawn of modern psychology, psychologists have characterized success based on many traits. None have been more focused on than intelligence (IQ)–their ability to think fast or slow. In the 1970s, positive psychology was born as a branch of psychology and a cadre of new scientists began to study not disease of the mind but the …
I begged my husband to stay with me on the couch as we started the first episode of the new television series on Netflix called “The Haunting of Hill House.” After all it is the Halloween season, so it seems right to curl up on the coach with the big warm blanket to watch something that will make me scared to …
