Ordinary life events such as aging, menopause, feeling blue and so on–are often wrongly defined as medical problems through a process known as medicalization. Dr. Paul Fulton explains why this dangerous trend is so prevalent today. Better to be fit for life rather than medicated for life.
Dr. Paul Fulton—clinical psychologist, author and long time contemplative practitioner—is the Director of Mental Health for Tufts Health Plan, one of the top five health plans in the United States. He has a deep and abiding interest in the integration of psychotherapy and meditation, a powerful means of cultivating mindbody fitness. Dr. Fulton trains mental health professionals nationally on the use of mindfulness-based techniques in psychotherapy, and he is the President of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy.
Is a focus on money overshadowing your life? Professor Jacob Needleman says that we can learn a great deal about who we are by looking at our relationship with money. What is your relationship with money saying about you?
Jacob Needleman, is a world-renowned writer, thinker and teacher and currently a Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University. His body of groundbreaking work allows us to see more clearly and more deeply what truly matters in life. His book Money and the Meaning of Life sheds light on what we really need to know about money and our relationship to money.
There can be a big difference between your calendar or chronological age and the actual age of your body. Your habits and lifestyle may add to or take away from your “Real Age.” Dr. Michael F. Roizen has developed a test to help you determine how old or young you really are.
Dr. Roizen is an anesthesiologist and internist, prolific author and Founder of Real Age Inc. He has been continuously listed in the Best Doctors in America reference since 1989. He is a frequent guest on Oprah, the Today Show, Good Morning America as well as CNN, CNS and PBS. His bestselling book The Real Age Makeover demonstrates the power of actionable knowledge for taking conscious control over our health and well-being.
Dr. Anne Marie Bennstrom tells us that unless our mind and body are “worked out and trained” to align with our Heart, with our essential being, we’ll never be truly fit or well. “Body-only fitness” is a superficial and mechanical affair.
Dr. Anne Marie Bennstrom is the owner of The Ashram, the smallest, roughest, toughest, leanest, meanest-and sweetest-mindbody health and fitness retreat in the world. She has been inspiring a world-class clientele at The Ashram for over 30 years. Anne Marie has a special gift: She really knows how to help people connect with who they deeply are, a connection that is the foundation of true fitness and well-being.
If you go to the “health club” and work out while you watch TV, listen to loud music and talk on your cell phone, you won’t get very fit. Dr. George Leonard explains why true fitness depends on synchronizing mind and body.
Dr. George Leonard is a mindbody fitness expert and a pioneer in the field of personal growth and human potential. Leonard holds a fifth-degree black belt in aikido and he’s authored twelve books, including The Ultimate Athlete and Mastery. An award winning writer, Leonard produced annual Ultimate Fitness sections for Esquire magazine during the 80’s. He has served as president of Esalen Institute, a world renowned education and training center for mind, body, spirit and soul.
Almost all of us are addicted to something — sex, work, food, drugs, shopping — and so on. Dr. Marion Woodman says that our early experiences and popular culture feed our many addictions, addictions that share in common a craving for perfection.
Dr. Marion Woodman is a Jungian analyst, writer, international teacher and workshop leader. She is one of the most widely read and well respected authors of our times on depth and feminine psychology and on the life of the soul. Her bestselling book Addiction to Perfection is a landmark study on the spiritual and psychological roots of addiction. n women and on the addictive dilemmas that plague us.
Dr. Paul D’Arezzo tells us why and what we need to know and do to create healthy musculoskeletal alignment. Improper positioning of bones, muscles and joints can compromise our strength and stamina and, as we age, leave us weak, inflexible and in chronic pain.
Dr. Paul D’Arezzo, is a highly regarded medical physician, author and expert on mindbody fitness and health. His special concern has been on the effects of posture or body alignment on joint and muscle health and function. Combining his extensive medical background with yoga and other mindbody disciplines he trains people to develop strong, flexible and proper alignment so they can preserve and protect their muscle and joint function throughout their lifespan.
Professor Jacob Needleman says that America’s Founding Fathers forged a vision of freedom based on a profound inner fitness, an inner fitness needed to live deeply and meaningfully without hindrance, an inner fitness often misunderstood or forgotten today.
Jacob Needleman is a Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University and a highly regarded writer, thinker and teacher. His body of insightful work allows us to see more of what truly matters in life and why. His book, “The American Soul” not only tells an amazing story about early America, its Founding Fathers and conscious citizenship—it also wisely suggests what deep inner fitness is really all about.
Women face special health and fitness challenges because of unique complex mindbody changes. Dr. Kathryn Hayward tells us how a program that combines proven fitness strategies with traditional and complementary medicine can help women get and stay optimally fit so they can be and live at their best.
Dr. Kathryn Hayward is an internist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Clinical Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Her deep commitment to excellence in patient care has won her acclaim. In addition to effectively caring for patients with complex medical problems, she’s developed a pioneering integrative program to fitness, health and wellness. Her program powerfully integrates mindbody fitness with western and complementary medicine, an approach adopted by elite health and fitness clubs, including The Sports Club LA.
Joseph Goldstein discusses the difference between a fit and an unfit mind and how to train for mind-side or “inner” fitness. Chronic stress can make your life miserable and make you ill. If you can make your mind stronger, more resilient and more flexible, you’ll not only get rid of stress but you’ll also live a much higher quality life.
Joseph Goldstein is a foremost Western contemplative scientist, an expert on “inner fitness”. He’s led meditation and mind-side fitness retreats throughout the world since 1974. His writings have won worldwide acclaim for their clarity and power in exploring inner development. He is the co-founder and teacher at a number of contemplative retreat centers, including one devoted to the integration of scholarship and inner spiritual practice and another dedicated to long term meditation retreats.
