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I stopped to refuel, on my way home. I was thinking about a breathing course. Whether it was worth it. Whether it would add anything to my Chi Kung practice, after 25 years. I filled the tank. Went to pay. Two people ahead of me in line. The first was breathing through the mouth. With…
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For 28 years I lived with chronic asthma. I learned to manage attacks, to recognize the signs that anticipated an episode, to always have my inhaler with me. What no one taught me was that these symptoms — breathing through the mouth, almost always having a stuffy nose — were not only related to my…
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There is a question I hear often: where to start? Among so many practices, so many methods, so much information — what is the first step? The most honest answer I have is also the simplest: breathe through the nose. It’s not an answer that seems sufficient. But the data tells a different story. What…
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There is a phrase in a classic Traditional Chinese Medicine text that accompanies me every summer. When I read it almost 30 years ago, it had a more complex, more elaborate meaning — and over time it has become increasingly clear and simple. Because in the past, the mindset of those who wrote these texts…
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There is an established idea that circulation is a winter problem. Cold hands. Cold feet. A body that doesn’t warm up. And the usual conclusion: poor circulation. It’s true — winter challenges circulation. But what I observe, and what physiology confirms, is that summer has its own circulatory challenges. And these are often ignored precisely…
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A Harvard psychiatrist spent fifteen years studying something that conventional medicine tends to ignore. Cases of people with debilitating chronic illnesses — terminal pancreatic cancer, brain tumors, severe autoimmune diseases — who recovered when everything pointed to the contrary. These were not miracles. They were patterns. What Jeff Rediger discovered throughout this work contradicted what…
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Have you ever been through this? It starts with determination. A new book, a gym membership, a program. Days or weeks later, the motivation fades. The habit disappears — or is replaced by another that brings that feeling of ⟨1>this is really it.⟨/1> And then it passes. And the cycle starts over. I don’t know how…
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A few years ago, a professor of mine mentioned in a class that in certain cases he avoided giving very deep meditation at the end — because he had a student who, after an intense session, had crashed the car. We all laughed. Some time later, after a deep meditation session at home, I went…
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Every week, while I wait for my son at jiu jitsu, I go to practice Chi Kung at my own pace, to the crossfit space where the dojo is located. And during the more contemplative moments of my practice, it is possible to observe the athletes in that gym. What I see is impressive —…
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It’s common, when the topic of meditation and its challenges arise, that I recall a conversation with a friend. Someone with years of practice and study in this field. We were talking about meditation, about the expansion it has experienced in recent years, and about how I had been gaining increasing benefits since I started…