Hatha Yoga as meditation-in-motion: synchronized breathing exercises with flowing movements from one pose to another gives the well known benefits of physiological relaxation, flexibility and muscle strength development and increasing bone density, alongside its contribution to cardiorespiratory endurance in the long run, when regularly practiced. Social workers, and members of YATA, along with some ward interns of Casa Esperanza warming up during an introductory yoga session in Dumaguete City last May 5, 2008.
While on summer vacation leave with his wife, on May 5 in the morning, Dr. Simbulan was able to share the preventive health care potential of hatha yoga through an introductory session for social workers, community volunteers and interns of the Casa Esperanza in Dumaguete City. Casa Esperanza is a child welfare project of the local government's social work and community development unit. The activity was arranged by Ms. Dessa Quesada-Palm who is the adviser of the Youth Advocacy through Arts (YATA), and one of the lead organizers of a women's network against violence in the locality.
Participants in Savasana during Yoga Nidra (also known in psychotherapeutic circles as progressive muscle relaxation technique). Participants are guided through relaxation with focused awareness of the breath, from toe to head.
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Dr. Dante G. Simbulan, Jr. has been awarded a Kripalu scholarship grant to undergo a two-month training at the, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts, USA from June 1, 2008. His trip will also be subsidized by the Science Foundation, Inc. of De la Salle University to cover part of the training costs. De La Salle Health Sciences Institute is deeply grateful for the generosity of the Kripalu Center and the Science Foundation for their continuing support for the program of the Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine of the Research Services.
Below is the Mission statement of Kripalu Center:
Kripalu's Mission
To teach the art and science of yoga to produce thriving and health in individuals and society.
Kripalu was formed in 1966 to promote yoga and uplift the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of individuals. For more than 40 years, Kripalu has remained a place where people come together to deeply inquire into the core issues of life, explore new and healthier ways of being, and put inspiration into practice.
Kripalu’s vision is to build a new kind of educational institution, one dedicated to the inquiry of what creates a fulfilled human life. From our point of view, human fulfillment is the critical challenge of our time and the answer to many of our societal problems. The only way we can address the complexity of our personal lives and society as a whole is for more of us to explore, understand, and experience what it means to live an integrated life in which we feel fully alive, connected to others, and committed to fostering the welfare of the whole. We call this exploring the yoga of life.
Kripalu’s mission remains teaching the art and science of yoga, an approach consistently proven to uplift individuals and benefit society. The techniques of yoga integrate body, mind, and spirit, helping both individuals and groups flourish and perform at peak levels. The only way in which this new kind of institution can be built is for its leaders, members, and patrons to embody the discipline of yoga by acting skillfully, being authentic, and confronting our biases and fears as we work together in pursuit of truth.
While grounded in yoga, it is important to understand that Kripalu does not espouse a narrow or sectarian mindset. According to the Kripalu tradition, yoga is an honest and unfettered inquiry into all practices, philosophies, techniques, and approaches that produce thriving for individuals, families, communities, societies, and the planet. This "nondenominational yoga" includes perennial wisdom gleaned from all the world’s religions and spiritual traditions, together with the amazing knowledge gained from science, psychology, and contemporary researchers. It also includes healing techniques drawn from traditional, allopathic, and complementary/alternative medicine that help individuals heal and return to high levels of functioning.
As an institution, Kripalu is dedicated to yoga as a rigorous, nondogmatic, and nonsectarian inquiry into the core issues of life. This kind of truth-based inquiry inevitably frees us from fears, fantasies, and distortions and produces positive ways of being that generate beneficial results. To support rigorous inquiry and dialogue, Kripalu operates in accord with a set of core values that includes: a commitment to authenticity, radical self-trust, the courage to fully express one’s self, and unconditional positive regard for others. Embracing these and other values is a proven way to move toward the state of integrated functioning where what you think, feel, say, and do are aligned.
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The DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-MANILA through the Emergent Program on Worldviews and Beliefs of the College of Liberal Arts held a National Conference with the theme “Theories and Practices of Interfaith Dialogue in the Philippines ” , from April 24 - 26, 2008. There were 146 delegates, with 25 paper presenters, including 4 plenary speakers. DLS-Philippines System President Bro. Armin Luistro delivered the Welcome Address.
The CIM chair, Dr. Jun Simbulan, presented a paper with the title, "Mind-Body Practices in Interfaith Dialogue : Hatha Yoga's Modern Applications".
For more pictures, see http://interfaithphilippines.wordpress.c
The Goals of this Conference were:
1. to bring together local/national practitioners and theoreticians dealing with Interfaith Dialogue;
2. to identify, analyze, and indicate possible links/convergences of emerging field practices of and theoretical/academic approaches to Interfaith/Religious Dialogue;
3. to encourage conversational exchanges among practitioners in order to document the diversity of practices both in the field and academic settings;
4. to fortify relations among practitioners across regional, linguistic and religious boundaries.
INTRODUCTORY YOGA TRAINING AT DLS-PHILIPPINES ECOCAMP
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YOGA PHILIPPINES NATURE SANCTUARY (SAMAR)
This is the YOGA RETREAT CENTER of Bela Lipat in Samar. Also, see Bela Lipat's website at http://www.yoga-bela.com/.
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Free summer yoga classes for Lasallian students and employees start March 27, 2008, every Thursday, from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.. for both regular and walk-in students.
A separate yoga training program for community development workers in Cavite and for other Lasallian units in the Lasallian Justice and Peace network is being arranged.
Lunge pose
BACK TO KAGINHAWAHAN HOME PAGEIn cooperation with CIM, the College of Physical Therapy is conducting a series of lectures and workshops on traditional and alternative health care for its students.
Lecture series 1: FEB. 9. a.m. 9 - 12 noonPHILIPPINE INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE IN COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH PROGRAMS; a short introduction to acupuncture- Dr. Jenny Madamba, Head,Advocacy, Research, Training &, Networking Department ,INTEGRATED MEDICINE FORALTERNATIVE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS (INAM) PHILIPPINES, Inc.Lecture-Workshop Series 2: Feb. 16, 9 - 12 noonHERBAL MEDICINE LECTURE-WORKSHOP for PT students (Dr. Deo Panganiban, Pharmacology Dept)Lecture-Workshop Series 3: Feb. 23, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.Whole day MEDICAL YOGA lecture-workshop for PT STUDENTSMorning lecturers: 9 - 11 a.m.History of Yoga : Ms. Jesselyn Perez. Head Yoga Teacher of International Yoga Institute, Inc. (Philippines)Medical Yoga: Dr. Dante G. Simbulan, Jr.Afternoon Yoga Practicum Worskhop facilitators: Ms. Jesselyn Perez and Dr. Simbulan (:1:00 - 4 pm)
MABUHAY
The Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CIM) will now be known as the Complementary and Integrative Medicine Department, retaining the CIM acronym. It is an education, training, research and complementary and alternative health care service unit under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research of the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute. Formerly known as the Center for Indigenous Medicine, it was established in the mid-nineties alongside the Clinical Epidemiology Unit and the Basic Research Unit, with the original aim of promoting effective and safe methods and approaches of traditional medicine. Since then, it has funded and supported research projects in herbal medicine, established a herbal medicine garden, maintained an acupuncture clinic and had given training on the basic principles and practice of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine. It has also sponsored lectures on Eastern schools of relaxation and exercise therapeutics. Through the years, it has built a library of books and videos on complementary and alternative medicine. Since its establishment, it has had two previous unit heads, namely Dr. Ces Acuin and Dr. Josephin Alayon. [http://www.hsc.dlsu.edu.ph/research/cim.h
Under the revised organizational chart of the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute Research Services under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research headed by Dr. Melchor Frias IV, the CIM Department will immediately fall under a newly formed position, the Director for Research Support and Extension, currently Dr. Rita Alvero.
BELOW IS AN OUTLINE OF THE BROAD FIELD OF COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE around the world and the existing projects of CIM.
For more information on different target areas of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) practices and research, go to the following links from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health :
1. Mind-Body Medicine (download pdf file, click here)
2. Energy Medicine (download pdf file, click here)
3. Manipulative and Body-Based Practices (download pdf file, click here)
4. Biologically-Based Practices (download pdf file, click here)
5. Whole Healing Systems (download pdf file, click here)
For more information on CIM activities, please email the CIM Chair Dr. Dante G. Simbulan, Jr: dantejr@gmail.com or call our Staff Assistant Ms. Emie Guimary at 046-416-0226 local 181 or local 191.
CIM's Kaginhawahan LiveJournal has also links to CIM's LiveJournals in the following areas:
1. Mind/Body Fitness
2. Medicinal Plants Garden
3. Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (under construction)
4. Massage Therapy
5. Program on Healthy Living and Integrative Nutrition (under construction)
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From Jan. 14 - 18, 2008, the De la Salle Health Sciences Institute introduced a one week 1-1/2 hour Office Yoga lecture-workshop series for employees. HRD Training Officer Ms. Lorali Ann Beltran-Reyes started the 1st day of the workshop and introduced the Research Vice Chancellor Dr. Melchor Frias IV to give the opening remarks. Five different batches of employees attended the workshop.
The 5-day activity was initiated and facilitated by Dr. Simbulan , Chair of the Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research Services) of DLS-HSI, in cooperation with the HRD (Training Section) and Office of the Vice Chancellor for Mission and Linkages. An 18 page illustrated handout prepared by CIM was reproduced by the HRD. HRD, with the help of HRD staff assistant Honeyleen Estano, mobilized employees from various university units to attend daily sessions to learn some practical stress management exercises, and provided afternoon snacks after the workshop. Photos taken by Mang Jess.
CIM will now be offering this as a continuing program for employees of the DLS-HSI whole year round during office hours for those who have not been able to attend. It has also started offering it to regular student participants of Yoga classes in the evenings. We hope to export this to other DLS Philippines units in the future.
Office Yoga offers practical exercises for office and school employees, as well as students, who live sedentary lifestyles during the 8-hours of stay in campus. Office Yoga is basically synchronization of slow breathing exercises (belly breathing/ diaphragmatic breathing, also called "ocean sound-breathing" through the nostrils) and physical stretching movements in an office or classroom situation, while the practitioner is seated on a chair. It can also be done at home or in one's dormitory.
Office Yoga is meant to train participants to induce the "relaxation response" (1, 2 ) which was discovered through controlled research studies by Dr. Herbert Benson of the Department of Physiology of Harvard University in the mid-1970's, in the same laboratory where Dr. Cannon discovered the "stress response". Dr. Herbert Benson has since built up the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine of the Massachussets General Hospital.
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LAUGHTER AS THE BEST MEDICINE they say. Being with good friends, having harmonious relationships, and sharing a laugh.... hmmm... better than stressful yoga done incorrectly and mindlessly.
Surely these dancing cats will make us laugh, or at least smile. There are now laughter clinics associated with some medical institutions in some parts of the world. Seriously speaking, watching funny movies have been shown to relax, while serious, horror movies can indeed heighten our defense mechanisms.
In fact, laughter, as part of good human relationships, can have equally beneficial effects as other mind-body modalities such as Yoga, Tai Chi, Qigong, brisk walking and the like.
See: Laugh your way to stress relief (the physiological benefits of laughter)
CLICK OUR PHOTOS TO MAKE US DANCE.
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The Research Services Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CIM), in cooperation with the Vice Chancellor's Office for Mission and Linkages and the HRD, will be holding daily sessions on "OFFICE and SCHOOL YOGA FOR BUSY PEOPLE" for employees of DLS-HSI from 3:30 - 5 pm, Monday to Friday, as part of celebrations during La Sallian week at the DLS-HSI from Jan. 14 - 18. Venue will be at the Meeting Room 1, 3rd floor, of Angelo King Medical Research Building. "Office Yoga" consists of relaxation techniques for office workers who do not have regular time for exercise after office hours, with participants doing stretches synchronized with meditative breathing exercises while sitting down on chairs. While this will be the second time that a yoga workshop for employees at De La Salle Health Sciences Institute will be held since October 2006, this is the first time that "Chair Yoga" will be introduced here which can be practiced in office environments. The same set of exercises can also be practiced by students.
Happy New Year ! Regular Yoga Classes Resume Thursdays and Fridays
Evening Friday Yoga classes Trainors' Training: Thursday Class
started Jan 2007 exactly a year ago. (De
Free Regular Yoga classes resumed last Jan. 10 and 11, 2008 after the Christmas and New Year break, and will continue till the end of the school year, every Thursday and Friday, 5 - 6:30 pm. Venue: Meeting Room 1, 3rd floor, Angelo King Building. Thursday classes are intended for those who regularly attend, forming the core of future trainors. Friday classes are intended for walk-in participants from the academic community. These classes have been going on for the past year, except during holidays.
Past Yoga Training Workshops
A YOGA WORKSHOP FOR NURSING STUDENTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKERS CAVITE
(CAVITE CITY, Feb. 23, 2007)
1st Employees Stress Management Workshop College of Physical Therapy students
with Hatha Yoga exercises (Oct 30, 2006) get to learn basic yoga exercises for flexibility
Mental Health Month, Villarosa hall
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LINK UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Dr. Joan Ottao will soon be re-joining the Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine as medical acupuncturist , and also as an incoming faculty member of the Department of Pharmacology of DLS-HSC College of Medicine. Dr. Ottao has training in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture under ATRC, now known as INAM. The acupuncture clinic is also currently being maintained by Dr. Frederick "Joy" Hipol of Department of Orthopedics who uses acupuncture for complementary pain management for some of his orthopedic patients, and those suffering from muscle pains. Our former CIM director and medical acupuncturist Dr. Josephin "Pin-Pin" Alayon is currently in Australia.
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CIM MASSAGE THERAPY TRAINING PROGRAM GETS A BIG BOOST WITH ACQUISITION OF A DOH LICENSE
Dr. Simbulan successfully acquires a DOH massage therapy license for CIM's evolving massage therapy program at the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute. Left, HANDSPRING INSTITUTE classmates after DOH Oath Taking Ceremony last Dec. 20, 2007; Right, with Handspring classmate Dr. Becky Singson, MD, Oby-Gyn, owner of Rebirth Spa at the Asian Hospital. Dr. Singson topped the Practical Massage examinations given last Dec. 10, 2007. All of my classmates are either physical therapists, practicing spa therapists, spa owners or medical doctors.
The CIM Massage Therapy Program got a big boost with the acquisition of a massage therapy license by the CIM chair, Dr. Dante G. Simbulan, Jr., after successfully hurdling the written and practical examinations given by DOH last December 4 and Dec. 10, 2007 respectively. Only around 32% of total number of examinees passed the licensure examination. Massage is being developed by CIM as one of relatively low-cost traditional and alternative modalities for preventive health care. Traditional and alternative health care research, advocacy and development is supervised by the Department of Health's Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC). The DOH massage therapy accreditation program is under direct supervision of the DOH Health and Human Resources Development Bureau (HHRDB), through its Committee of Examiners for Massage Therapists (CEMT).
The oath taking ceremony was conducted at the DOH Convention Hall in the morning of Dec. 20, led by HHRDB Chief Dr. Kenneth Ronquillo who is also the head of the Committee of Examiners for Massage Therapists. Every June and December every year, examinations are given for aspiring massage therapists and future massage trainers as required by law. These massage therapists are then required to supervise massage technicians who will be working under them.
This is a historic transition as the old curriculum requiring only 60 hours training will be replaced by a 560-hour curriculum, prior to taking the DOH massage licensure examination starting next year. Dr. Simbulan underwent the basic local training program in practical massage at the Handspring Institute of Massage and Shiatsu headed by Sir Benjamin Eugenio.
While the Spa and Wellness industry has been riding the wave of health consciousness among people around the world, the CIM Massage Therapy Program aims to be different in that it would cater to the needs of low-income communities, by propagating massage as a common household skill for stress management and other therapeutic purposes through short, practical massage courses, which would cover both oil-based and dry massage techniques. This is in line with the La Sallian mission to serve the least economically empowered among our compatriots.
In the future, it is part of CIM's vision to also help develop courses and a faculty within the Health Sciences Institute which will be able to train aspiring massage therapists who would wish to hurdle the new 560-hour curriculum.
Cross-training with Massage schools and trainers here and overseas will be a way to develop in-house training capabilities of CIM. A CIM Therapeutic Massage Study Group will soon be organized within the Health Sciences Institute to study and propagate the scientific benefits of massage.
Successful examinees: Handspring Institute Alumni and Staff,
center (Sir Benjamin Eugenio, President
of Handspring Institute of Massage and Shiatsu)
For evidence-based research on the benefits of massage, see the website of the Touch Institute of the University of Miami's School of Medicine.
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This is the link to our database on Philippine Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. We are initially focusing on the 80 medicinal plant species in the DLS-HSC Research Services Herbal Garden being maintained by the Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CIM), which includes the 10 Medicinal Plants endorsed by the Department of Health - Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC). It is our aim to include a listing of all Philippine and foreign scientific and folk literature on Philippine medicinal and aromatic plants, including related websites maintained by other institutions and individuals.
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What is the Mind-Body Studies and Fitness Program ? This portion explores this evolving field of complementary and integrative medicine, which is also known as Mind-Body Medicine.
"Mind-body medicine focuses on how the brain, mind, behaviour and body interact, and on the powerful ways in which emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and behavioral factors can directly affect health. It regards as fundamental an approach that respects and enhances each person's capacity for self-knowledge and self-care, and it emphasizes techniques that are grounded in this approach.
Mind-body medicine typically focuses on intervention strategies that are thought to promote health, such as relaxation, hypnosis, visual imagery, meditation, yoga, biofeedback, tai chi, qi gong, cognitive-behavioral therapies, group support, autogenic training, and spirituality. The field views illness as an opportunity for personal growth and transformation and health care providers as catalysts and guides in this process." (Excerpts from MIND-BODY MEDICINE: AN OVERVIEW, NIH-NCCAM document)
Right now, the Mind-Body Studies and Fitness Program of the Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine of DLS-HSC focuses on using modern adaptations of Hatha Yoga as a relaxation training tool, on top of its strength- and flexibility-training benefits.
1st Philippine Mind-Body Conference was held last August 25 - 26, 2007 at Richmonde Hotel (21 San Miguel Avenue, Ortigas Center), organized by a network of fitness professionals in the Philippines. CIM chair Dr. Simbulan was one of several guest lecturers to talk on "Why Yoga Works to Benefit Mind-Body Fitness: A Physiological Perspective and Reflection on the 8 Limbs of Yogic Wellness."
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Teaching the future of nutrition and wellness
The Institute of Integrative Nutrition in New York turns out Health Counsellors with a strong background in holistic nutrition. What can Filipinos learn from these alternative nutritional approaches in the First World, considering that a great majority of the people in the Philippines are mired in poverty ? One is that there is increasing advocacy among holistic practitioners globally to focus on plant-based diets (not necessarily vegetarian ), to counter the negative influence of the fast-food industry in highly populated cities and towns. Rich, middle class, or proletarian alike in population centers are affected by the unhealthy fast food culture with its high meat/ high fat , low vegetable/low fiber content. Another is that the concept of holistic or integrative nutrition is not just about Food for the body, but more about healthy lifestyles and social relationships. In addition, there is an increased focus on ecological issues and nutrition. It is also interesting to note that ancient societies perceived eating as an important social activity for people to nourish themselves and share experiences. It is in this context that evolving schools of integrative nutrition would wish to resurrect the important nourishing and energizing role of emotions, feelings and our social relationships, including human spirituality as primary food, and what we generally consider as nutrition as secondary sources of nourishment.
An exciting trend in holistic nutrtion is the integration of nutritional issues with holistic lifestyles and social justice issues, role of natural farming methods and safe foods, defending local food and agricultural systems of different bioregions from the onslaughts of trade liberalization, and so forth. As more science gets into the picture, we may get to understand why different people react differently to different types of diets.
Among one of its perceived strengths of the school is its focus on Dietary theory. Below are some excerpts from the school's website (http://public.integrativenutrition.com/i
Dietary Theory
"We (Institute for Integrative Nutrition) teach more than 100 different dietary theories, from the traditional to the modern, Eastern to Western, popular to esoteric. Our curriculum teaches bio-individuality, or that one person's food is another person's poison, because no one diet is right for everyone.
Some of the major theories we cover include:
5 Element Theory
An ancient Chinese belief system based on the idea that we are surrounded by five energy fields: wood, fire, earth, metal and water. These elements are constantly moving and changing. Keeping all the elements in balance promotes harmony in our surroundings and in our selves.
90/10 Theory
A flexible approach to eating that strives for eating healthy foods 90% of the time and allowing 10% of the time to eat whatever you feel like eating. A lot of people try to stay 100% on their chosen diet program, which is bound to cause stress and likely to result in failure. A 10% range of flexibility can help you indulge without guilt and maintain a basically healthy diet.
Atkins Diet
This diet restricts carbohydrates, causing the body to burn its own fat for fuel, instead of carbohydrates. When the body is in this state, many people tend to feel less hungry, and as a result, lose weight.
Ayurveda
This ancient healing system from India emphasizes eating in accordance with your individual body type and the seasons. The system promotes health and disease prevention through balancing doshas, or mind-body types.
Blood Type
An individualized approach to eating that combines anthropology, medical history and genetics. Each blood type(O, A, B and AB) is derived from a different time in human evolution, and thus affects how people of each type react to food and disease.
Calorie Restriction
Calorie-restriction diets aim to expand life expectancy through minimal caloric intake. This restriction sets your body at an ideal weight to achieve maximum metabolic efficiency, slow the aging process and reach a maximum life span.
DNA Diet
The DNA diet is a customized approach to eating, which offers specific recommendations for food based on the results of genetic testing. The idea spun out of the Human Genome Project, which identified nearly 25,000 genes in the human body.
Macrobiotics
Translated literally, macrobiotics means “great life.” The philosophy is based on eating only natural foods and balancing yin and yang in the body. The idea is to live within the natural order of life.
Raw Food
Raw or living food diets are based on eating unprocessed and uncooked plant foods. This philosophy believes that cooking destroys vital enzymes in food and disrupts your body’s ability to absorb nutrients from the food.
Sally Fallon and Weston Price
Sally Fallon looked at the work of Dr. Weston Price, who studied the diets of many ancient societies, and decided that by eating nourishing, traditional foods and farm produce, we could achieve optimal health. She asserts that local, fresh foods provide the vitamins, minerals, oils and enzymes that our bodies need.
South Beach
Developed by a cardiologist from this fashionable beach town, this diet is similar to other low-carb diets but offers a unique approach by distinguishing the right kinds of carbohydrates and fats and puts emphasis on lean proteins.
Vegetarian/Vegan
Vegetarian diets restrict eating meat for moral, spiritual, environmental or health reasons. A vegan diet restricts all animal products including eggs, dairy products and honey and sometimes restricts other products tested on animals or derived from animals, such as leather and fur.
The Zone
This diet is based on a theory that excess insulin, a hormone that helps control blood sugar levels, makes us gain weight and keep it on. By regulating blood sugar levels with a balance of carbohydrates, fats and proteins at every meal, the body burns fat more efficiently and has more energy."
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Click Fr. Ryan's picture to go to National Catholic Reporter article on
Yoga Classes he holds for his parish in New York.
Rev. Thomas Ryan
Rev. Thomas Ryan, a Catholic priest, Kripalu Yoga teacher, and author, coordinates ecumenical and interreligious affairs for the Paulist community in the United States and Canada. He has recently published The Sacred Art of Fasting and Reclaiming the Body in Christian Spirituality and released the DVD Yoga Prayer. (from kripalu.org)
For more, download magazine article from National Catholic Reporter, "Tuesdays with Father Yogi".
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CLICK PICTURE ABOVE TO ACCESS WEBSITE OF Companions of the Cross Healing Ministry
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Find out why plant-based diets can help save the planet and promote our personal wellbeing. Read or download the following links below.
Vegetarianism and Ecology
Position Paper of the American Dietetic Association on Vegetarian Diets (html version or pdf file non-printable version)
To download pdf printable version , click here.
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The video above shows the effects of global warming on the Arctic region. Global warming is a result of the so called "Greenhouse effect" brought about by a few hundred years of industrialization with continuous carbon dioxide emissions which warms up the planet. Governments around the world came up with the Kyoto Protocol in the latter part of the last decade to try to reverse or slow down global warming, but this was resisted by the Bush administration in the United States. Together with environmental movements, former U.S. Vice President and recent Nobel Peace Prize awardee Al Gore was able to galvanize world opinion to pressure the current U.S. government under Bush to acknowledge the reality of global warming and back down from its reactionary stance. For all of us who eat three times a day, let us try to re-asses our lives to see how we can make our lives simpler so others may simply live.
LET US ALL STOP GLOBAL WARMING. LIVE SIMPLY SO OTHERS MAY SIMPLY LIVE.
As we try to perform our roles to improve the social condition, we have to take care of of our own health. It is in this line that the Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CIM) will play an important part in preventive health care education. CIM will also continue to focus on the 4 main programs below for the coming year:
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