Kathy James We all experience physical aches and pains at one time or another.  Some of these pains are acute (recently developed), while others may stay with us or develop over time (chronic). If you’re like many others, you may have had the experience that your physical pain is aggravated by movement—which is accurate: Our body’s natural response to pain is often to increase muscular tension, restrict movement, and make postural changes … Read More »

Jean Grant-Sutton If you practice yoga you know that nearly every aspect of yoga is intricately linked to the breath. If you haven’t tried yoga yet, when you do, you will learn that the breath is synonymous with Prana, the vital life force energy that animates us. The ancient art and science of yoga puts great importance on the breath because it is what sustains all our basic life functions. The job … Read More »

Richard Strozzi-Heckler Ph.D. First time visitors to the dojo often find themselves mesmerized by the rolling and falling.  Their eyes light up as they follow the movement of the person falling and their body has a bit of body English in it as if to catch the sensation of oneself as a circle and spinning effortlessly across the floor.  Then a look of perplexity crosses their face as the person thrown … Read More »

Marsha Sendar, MSPT, CNC, MSHS Has all the talk about swine flu made you a bit nervous? Are you coming in contact with people who are coughing and sneezing? Yes, winter is officially here, and you may wonder why you have a tendency to succumb to a cold or the flu during or immediately after the holiday season. As we all know, the holidays are generally a time of overindulgence in … Read More »

Sara Thyr, N.D. As this is my first blog post for the Argus Courier, I’ll provide a brief introduction. I have been a naturopathic doctor for 10 years, here in Petaluma for one and a half. It was something of a circuitous path to this profession. I went to undergraduate school at a small, liberal arts college in Kansas, where I was raised. There I was a biology major, and thought after graduation … Read More »

Ed Bauman, PhD If we really are what we eat, then what happens to children who eat processed, refined, and fast food in their formative years? We see the answer all around us…obesity. Is obesity reversible? Absolutely! As soon as families learn how to eat fresh, real foods and break addictive junk food habits, weight gainers become big time weight losers and fitter kids. Obesity doesn’t have a chance to thrive … Read More »

Jeff Friedman D.C. Heredity can be either blessed or blamed for many of our physical characteristics, from the inheritance of Mom’s curly hair to Dad’s bald head to, unfortunately, Grandpa’s diabetes. In fact, just knowing about or having observed a beloved relative suffer from a hereditary illness can create an aura of ticking time bomb in our own lives. How are we to know if we have inherited genetic weaknesses and if … Read More »

Naomi Richman MFT In my last blog I spoke of how a homeopath goes about finding the right remedy for a person out of the thousands to choose from. Since we treat the individual who has that particular condition, rather than the condition itself, we try to get to know the patient as thoroughly as possible. There is a classification system used by homeopaths to order remedies that also helps us … Read More »

Ian Rawlinson L.Ac. I first became aware of how effective Chinese medicine can be in treating migraine headaches in 1978. At that time I was living in Cambridge, England where I was teaching yoga. One of my students, Anna, had started classes because she was suffering from chronic back pain, insomnia, fatigue and migraine headaches. Within a few weeks of starting her classes Anna’s most of Anna’s complaints had eased, … Read More »

Kathy James The Feldenkrais Method® is unusual, unusually deep, subtle, and powerful.   It’s a revolutionary approach to understanding how we function both physically and mentally, as well as providing tools for our improvement.  So for example, if you are someone who experiences pain and have been told to exercise it is a step but it may not be enough. Our tendency to move in the same ways, guided by the … Read More »