One day when my youngest daughter was in Kindergarten, she came home and told my wife that her yoga teacher said that someone had complained about yoga and the students would no longer be allowed to say Namaste at the end of class. Namaste is a common Hindi salutation which is sometimes translated, “The spirit in me respects the spirit in you”. Personally, I think there is great value in teaching children to show respect to those around them. However,…
A few weeks ago, Margaret Flinter, Senior Vice President and Clinical Director of the Community Health Center, Inc. sent me an email suggesting that I ‘might really benefit from participating in’ the Stress Reduction Program that Beth Roth, MSN, runs at CHC. I suspect she was suggesting a source of material about unique and interesting programs that CHC offers, perhaps, even a chance to meet some fascinating CHC patients, and not a commentary on whether I have been appearing stressed…
Monday morning was dark and rainy. The melting snow added to the problems as flooding started to spread across parts of Connecticut. It seemed like just about everyone I was talking with was having a rough day. Was it just because it was a rainy Monday, or were there other things in play, like Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)? The latest Patient Resource File explores SAD and what people can do about it. Friends have suggested that I might suffer from…