Happy Lunar New Year of the Yin Metal Ox!
February 12, 2021 was the start of the Lunar Year of the Yin Metal (white) Ox one of 12 signs of Chinese Zodiac. The late Taoist scholar Liu Ming described these Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Interesting News Tidbits
Shelter in Place Part 8 – Imagining the Future
Week 13 of Shelter-in-Place I’ve been arguing with a friend who advocates re-opening the country, “thinning the herd”, saving the economy. I get that my friend is stressed and just Continue Reading →
Sheltering in Place Part 6 – Fractal Re-opening
Week 10 of Shelter-in-Place. My late father having been a research scientist at an institute now affiliated with the University of Massachusetts, I happened this week to attend a webinar Continue Reading →
Sheltering in Place Part 4- Planning Ahead
Sarana’s managers, Tatyana, Jennifer, and I, have started working our way through a long list of considerations for re-opening: equipment needed; procedures to create for: cleaning and sanitizing, and tracking Continue Reading →
Sheltering in Place Part 3 – Gratitude
End of week 6 of Shelter-in-Place. Here’s what I’m grateful for today. 💜 Gavin Newsom’s approach to CoVid19, his quickness to order state-wide Shelter-in-Place (SIP) and his continued thoughtful decisiveness in Continue Reading →
Happy Lunar New Year of the Yang Metal Rat!
January 25, 2020 is the start of the Lunar Year of the Yang Metal (white) Rat, one of 12 signs of Chinese Zodiac. The late Taoist scholar Liu Ming described Continue Reading →
Relaxation Hack
You can calm your nervous system down in 2 minutes or so, by using a strategic breathing pattern that utilizes longer exhalations. This breathing rhythm sends a message to heart Continue Reading →
Pain, Opioids, and Acupuncture
The “Opioid crisis” is something we are concerned about, both as practitioners that are involved in helping patients cope with both acute and chronic pain, as well as helping those Continue Reading →