| A Heart of Iron & Wax | By Dr. Claudia Welch For a long time I have reflected on something that my … |
| Animals and Africa; Plants and South America; Humans and India | (Like the pithy title?) I just finished the second of two books I read back-to-back. … |
| Fear, Seduction, & Preventative Procedures (like Mammograms): How can we make (informed) decisions? | How do we decide whether or not to undergo a, “preventative” procedure like a mammogram? First, … |
| The Mechanics of Emotional Contagion: Who Affects Whom? Excerpt From, The Four Qualities of Effective Physicians | Dear Friends, My previous book, “How the Art of Medicine Makes the Science More Effective: … |
| Good vs. Evil; Devas vs. Asuras; Good Planets vs. Bad Planets: If We are Scientific, Why We Should Even Bother With Stuff Like Myth, Movies & Astrology? | A few months ago, I was reading about how one of the big Hindu Gods … |
| Environment as Medicine (Vaidyagrāma—the Ayurvedic Eco- Village) | I suppose that, at any given time, there are always at least a few places … |
| Becoming the Medicine We Practice | Ancient Āyurvedic texts describe four qualities one must possess to become an effective physician: Excellence … |
| What To Look For And How To See It (And why this has anything to do with the Art of Medicine) | What To Look For And How To See It (And why this has anything to … |
| Um. Try Not to Be a Psychopath With Your Patients | I just spent such a delightful weekend with the Kripalu School of Ayurveda students, who … |
