Ancient Energetics

February 15 in the west loop I’ll be teaching a therapeutic yoga class for women’s hormone health followed by optional community acupuncture.
If you are interested in learning how to support yourself with yoga and lifestyle join us!

Fascinating research on this subject! TCM has much to add to this puzzle.

Another reason to keep your gut healthy!

"“We propose that the brain Ab-peptide aggregates that characterize multiple Candida-associated neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and others, may be generated both intrinsically by the brain and by C. albicans,” Corry said."

Common Fungus Might Fuel Alzheimer's Onset - Neuroscience News The study suggests that the amyloid beta aggregates in Alzheimer’s could be generated both by the brain and by C. albicans.

Welcome to the Great Unraveling: Navigating the Polycrisis of Environmental and Social Breakdown This report seeks to build a coherent narrative about the roots of the polycrisis, the signs of its arrival and evolution, and why we should be thinking differently about the future.

Last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change put out a report on mitigation of climate risks that included a chapter on demand for the first time in the IPCC’s history. Relying on more than a decade of peer-reviewed research, it concluded that people’s needs — food, shelter, water, transportation — are not always explicitly connected to energy, and even when they are, there are ways to dramatically reduce the amount of energy required to meet them.

That conclusion contradicted several decades of economic theory that suggested that increased energy use and, by extension, increased consumption would always equate to a longer lifespan and improved quality of life. Julia Steinberger, an ecological economist and professor at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, contributed to the demand chapter. “In phases of economies when everybody’s in poverty, there’s a lot of demand that drives production,” she explained. “After a certain point, though, you have an overproductive industry that’s constantly driving productivity and competitiveness. … And the outlet for that is various kinds of over-consumption or things like planned obsolescence. Basically you wind up with products looking for markets.”

The “Electrify Everything” Movement’s Consumption Problem Electrification offers an opportunity to rethink how we use energy. Will we squander it?

Insomnia is so prevalent! Insurance will cover acupuncture treatment G 47.01. Sleep impacts memory, weight and insulin resistance. Affected meridians are the heart, lung, spleen, liver. Excess or deficiency is addressed by point selection and the manipulation of needles. Moxa which is very tonifying can also be done at home as self care to maintain treatment outcomes.

Its a good time of year to have a look at subtle systems in your body and correct any that may be out of balance before symptoms appear.

Assessment of the subtle body and a TCM intake inform the treatment to meridians, soft tissue and subtle body to facilitate resolution of presenting disruptions in the free flow of the life force.

In person workshop 5/13 in Chicago. Link for description and to register in comments.

Community, Belonging and the Polycrisis The sense of belonging in community I think we all deeply need now weaves human beings in—integrates us—with the other-than-human world, such that our neighbors are not just our fellow humans, but all of the life around us.

In observance and celebration of the great Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, we are taking a moment to reflect on some of his words.

"It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied together into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. We are made to live together because of the interrelated structure of reality . . . Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you’ve depended on more than half the world. This is the way our universe is structured, this is its interrelated quality. We aren’t going to have peace on Earth until we recognize the basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality.”

To be regenerative is to recognize and honor the interrelated structure of reality every single day. Today and all days, let us be guided by these words in all that we do, from the ways we produce food to how we care for this planet for future generations. Happy birthday, Dr. King.

Scott Lundin

Help our small Y grow!! No donation is too small, even $1 helps! Donate here today! https://operations.daxko.com/online/5039/OnlineGiving/Donation.mvc Kayaking Club gathered at Lake Salinda this morning for a beautiful day on the lake! Cathy Dean and Dee Davis instructed us on how to enter from the boat ramp, how to paddle, we talked about safety (life jackets first) and how to use the kayak launch, that as you can see is “Way COOL!” Join us for the next Kayak Club meet on September 24 at Delaney Creek Park, 10 am. No kayak, no problem! Register online or at the Y!

Have you been told you are just "too sensitive"? It's not a bad thing if you know how to regulate yourself and withdraw from overstimulating surroundings to avoid being overwhelmed.

"This definition takes in the concept of sensory processing sensitivity (SPS, as measured by the highly sensitive self-test), which corresponds most closely in theory to what we refer to as “hypersensitivity” or “high sensitivity” in everyday language. Coined in 1997 by Elaine and Arthur Aron, it presents sensitivity as a personality trait bearing the following characteristics:

greater depth of information processing
heightened emotional reactivity and empathy
increased awareness of subtle changes in one’s environment
greater propensity for overstimulation
The concept of environmental sensitivity can also be seen as a meta trait, i.e., a higher-order personality trait that encompasses and justifies, to a certain extent, existing psychological concepts such as introversion, shyness, behavioral inhibition, or a reactive temperament."

Is Hypersensitivity a Strength or a Weakness? - Neuroscience News While often associated with being a vulnerability, hypersensitivity can be a beneficial strength, researchers report.