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Year: 2008
Tenuous connections: Terry-Thomas – Subud and gold-plated Bentley’s
(Above) Stage pass from gala benefit show to rescue T-T (1989)(Left) Book cover of the new Terry-Thomas biography...
My first book – 1974 – "Osteopathy: Head-to-toe Health through manipulation"
The 2 photographs (from the DVD in Muscle Energy Techniques 3rd edition, 2006, Churchill Livingstone) show osteopathic...
Autism & Vaccination : historic ruling in USA supports direct connection
Photograph: Hannah & her parents Jon & Terry (from: Atlanta Journal Constitution)In November 2006 a secret (at that time) decision by the US Courts of Federal Claims conceded that vaccination was the cause of autism in a specific case. The ruling was made by US...
Apple: Futuristic technology and design— but a Stone-age business model gives me the pip!
I went to the Regent Street Apple store today to buy a new MacBookAir laptop computer (see picture). This slimline, aesthetically magnificent machine, weighing in at well under a kilo, and with a number of scintillating features, is due to be a replacement for my...
Wet sock treatment for the common cold
This image is taken from Google ImagesIf additional credit is required please contact meTo understand the relevance of this image to my cold....read onI have a cold...or rather I had one Earlier this week I started with the usual (for me) scratchy throat, followed by...
Naturopathic Physical Medicine: An Interview with Leon Chaitow, ND, DO
Leon Chaitow, ND, DO, a regular contributor to Naturopathy Digest, is just about to see the culmination of three years of his work, in the form of a new textbook, Naturopathic Physical Medicine: Theory and Practice for Manual Therapists and Naturopaths. He took some...
Is the new evidence about antidepressants depressing or liberating?
Hypericum - St.John's Wort This is a brief posting as time pressures are reducing my opportunities to detox via this superb medium.I am writing this because this morning's news from the BBC regarding antidepressant use was really upbeat, from my perspective, since it...
From Fiddler-on-the-Roof to Westminster University – a nostalgic history
Photographs in this posting show:Bernarr Macfaddden (aged 65)Stanley LiefBoris Chaitow (giving NMT treatment)My Grandfathers General Store in Pilgrim's Rest (1915) - now a museum town,where this building remains as a restaurant.Those shown in the photo are (L to...
Synchronicity again + Steiner and Healthy Skin
Rudolph Steiner In a previous posting the topic of synchronicity was mentioned, and yesterday one of these cosmic wrinkles demonstrated itself again in a subtle linking of thoughts and activities. I have previously urged visitors to this peripatetic blog to have a...
New edition of Clinical Applications of Neuromuscular Techniques – and a cunning Valentine’s day plan goes wrong!
It may not be obvious to you, when buying a new edition of a book, just how much effort goes into the process. New material that has emerged via research and clinical work needs to be refined and melded with existing text, which itself needs to be trimmed of...
Bodywork High: The Cannabinoid Connection
Originally published in Massage Today February, 2008, Vol. 08, Issue 02 Have you ever wondered why your clients/patients feel so good after receiving bodywork: massage, manipulation and mobilization? Is it the simple effect of feeling more relaxed, with an altered...
Travel travails, and a tale of two icons
There's been a slight hiatus in blog postings as I transferred from Corfu to London.The process was less than pleasant due to many hours of delay at Athens airport while the backlog of fog-delayed flights into London gradually cleared.The delay induced the strong...
Synchronicity, Intuition and Sisyphus
Sisyphus (Σίσυφος) was clearly the theme of the dream that woke me this morning.This mythological Greek King was - for complex reasons you can discover yourself by plunging into Greek mythology - condemned by the Gods to perpetually roll a huge rock up-hill, only to...
An extraordinary Story – Krishnamurti and his Message
See the picture, two young indian boys playing on the beach in Goa around 100 years ago, as a lone Englishman - Charles Leadbetter - approaches and speaks to them. Today, what images flash into the mind? And what if the individual was in factK born 1895 -1986was...