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By Angelica Singh
Imagine for a moment that after a blissful yoga class, your expanded being is shopping at Whole Foods Market. You make your way down the beauty supply aisle and drop in your basket a new line of organic shampoo and conditioner. As you round the corner, you select a variety of organic seasonal veggies. Anticipating the preparation of a nourishing consommé, you are absorbed in feelings of radiant health. You move into the line, and notice that it is packed with other shoppers, carts and baskets. Minutes pass, and lo and behold a senior citizen in front is struggling with her payment method. The sweat on your midriff is by now cold, your stomach is growling, and the yoga calm is all but a faint memory. Time crawls as your impatience grows, until soon you are ready to jump out of your third eye and help the woman along her own spiritual journey by strangling her with your recycled, plastic veggie bag.
Of course, no one has ever been strangled in a Whole Foods Market for being slow, and yet this example serves to illustrate the paradoxes we often face in confronting notions of health; mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. As modern yogis, students of life, spiritual seekers, and human beings living in the Western world, we all have ideas of what health is and the images and expressions it conjures. But how do we define health in a modern age?
Having been trained in Western Medicine as a medical doctor, as an acupuncturist, in homeopathy, and in psycho-spiritual dynamics and theory, Dr. David Allen form Longevity Medical Center in Los Angeles utilizes his vast experience and training to assess and facilitate the achievement of optimum vitality. Dr. Allen explains that a key component for achieving optimal health is balancing brain and body chemistry. "Neurotransmitters such as serotonin, and dopamine, are natural "feel good" chemicals, made from building blocks of amino acids in our bodies. Many people are stressed and do not get enough amino acids in their diets, which causes a depletion of neurotransmitters. This often leads to symptoms such as insomnia, migraines, depression, fatigue, and anxiety to name a few."
Copyright Information: angelicasingh@earthlink.net Model - yoga instructor Lucy Bivins Clothing and jewelry courtesy of: Birdland Ranch EcoFashions – birdlandranch.com, Linda Loudermilk – lindaloudermilk.com/press, Sculpture to Wear – sculpturetowear.com, Tonic- mytonic.ca
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