Dear Readers, As each issue of LILIPOH develops, my thoughts extend to you, the reader, as our editorial staff does its best to fill each page with articles of inspiration and information that wakes us up. The broad scope of our content sometimes makes it tricky to sum up what LILIPOH is all about; our tagline, The Spirit in Life, ... Read More ►
By Alicia Landman-Reiner, MD, and Glenda Monasch, TE A therapeutic collaboration between an anthroposophic medical doctor and a therapeutic eurythmist Anthroposophic medicine is most fully realized when practiced through a multi-disciplinary approach. In much the same way that an illness may be expressed through varied symptoms and manifestations, so, too are the manifold therapeutic approaches that can work to support ... Read More ►
By Sarah Hearn “There are a great many people who do not know how the paper on which they write or the material they are wearing is manufactured, nor, if they wear leather shoes, how the leather is prepared…we cannot of course achieve everything in this direction, but we try to make it our aim as far as possible to ... Read More ►
Dear Readers, Whenever we put together an issue on education, it comes together quite effortlessly. In fact, there are so many authors in our community who have important messages to share about the education of children that LILIPOH could easily become a magazine with a purely educational focus. As you will read, many of these creative educational models use the ... Read More ►
Walter Alexander Interviews Dean Ornish, MD A medical doctor's story of personal awakening, perseverance, and how his research-based work is bringing about a new standard of care in heart medicine and more Dean Ornish, MD, is president and founder of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, as well as Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of ... Read More ►
By Eleanor Zimmerman, Oona Younger, Paul Scharff, M.D., Ann Scharff, Elizabeth Scherer, Jairo Gonzalez, Yoko Conlon, Catherine Commerford Work-Based, Intergenerational, Long-Term Care for Elders The Fellowship Community is an intentional community that “walks its talk” every day. Since 1966, the Fellowship Community has existed with the intention of “serving needs.” We work not so much for money, but more for ... Read More ►
Dear Readers, During recent travels through the Himalayan mountains of Nepal, I spent time in Tamang villages accessible only by four days of walking into the Langtang River valley. Tracing their ancestry from Tibet, for 1000 years or more, these indigenous inhabitants of Nepal have resided along the Tibetan border, often at elevations of 12,500 feet and above. The daily ... Read More ►
By Mary Lou Sanelli On Saturday, March 22, 2014, at 10:37 a.m., a major mudslide occurred in Oso, Washington, engulfing an entire neighborhood, and covering an area of approximately 1 square mile, killing forty-two people. Others are still missing. Ask any columnist how she decides what to write, and she may say, “no matter how I begin, another idea will ... Read More ►
By Craig Weiner, DC Having been a health care provider for nearly thirty years, the question of how to encourage patients to be more active on behalf of their own health and well-being has always both challenged and inspired me. I’ve had the blessing of having a relationship with my patients that is unique and heartfelt. For me, the patient/doctor ... Read More ►
Dear Readers, I wanted first to follow up on my note to you from our last issue, where I shared my commitment to say no, to do less. No sooner did I declare this to the world than I learned my father was dying, and within a day, canceled all appointments, commitments, and hopped on a plane to be with ... Read More ►
