Category: Wellness
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My Mindful Math Teacher
Who knew that my math teacher in high school was a Buddhist monk? I certainly didn’t at the time and often wondered about Mrs. Clark’s strange exercises that she would have us practice just prior to exams. Shouldn’t we have been focusing on algebra, trigonometry or calculus? Wouldn’t we have been more likely to improve…
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Forest bathing
No claw-footed tub in the woods needed or romantic shower under a waterfall. (Sorry to disappoint… as I love the idea of both) Forest bathing, as it has been dubbed, is actually a studied medical practice. In Japan, the research is spawning a whole new dimension of patient treatment called “forest therapy.” Forests, like other…
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Hold Your Head Up
Your Brain Will Thank You (And So Will Your I) Ever notice how everyone these days looks like they’re bowing to their phone overlords? Heads hanging low, shoulders curled forward, eyes glued to glowing screens. We even gave it a name: Text Neck. Sounds harmless, right? Wrong. Forward Head Posture (FHP)—that forward tilt we adopt…
D. Shannon Patterson, Chiropractor 