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Forming a Grass-Roots Organization – Healing as a Social Task: Physicians’ Association for Anthroposophical Medicine (PAAM) Introduces the New Patient and Friends Organization

January 17, 2019/in 2019, anthroposophic medicine, Health /by Kirsten

by Stephen Johnson, DO A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members. ---Mahatma Ghandi Although being president of the Physicians’ Association for Anthroposophical Medicine (PAAM) can be a challenging task at times (especially saying the name), I appreciate the opportunity it affords me to meet so many good people from around the world. Recently, I have ... Read More ►

Old Age

October 29, 2018/in 2018, Death, Eldercare, Health, Past Issues, Spirituality /by Kirsten

By Renee Meyer, MD Even if we are enjoying a vigorous middle age, somewhere in our sixties we begin to sense our mortality. A quiet, persistent reminder arises from deep recesses of our thoughts, or stirs the air behind our shoulders. It breathes “but time may overcome you,” when we indulge in long-term planning or think fondly of undertaking a ... Read More ►

Dementia

August 26, 2018/in 2018, anthroposophic medicine, Eldercare, Health, Past Issues, Rudolf Steiner /by Kirsten

Renee Meyer, MD There is an advertisement picturing a middle-aged couple walking down the beach. As they walk, the woman’s image slowly dissolves, leaving just one beach walker. Families of people with dementia experience this feeling of dissolution and loss. In the early stage of dementia, the afflicted patients themselves can often feel loss and sorrow as their own organizational ... Read More ►

Beginning to understand … Trauma

May 8, 2018/in 2018, Anthroposophic Psychology, Health, Past Issues, Spirituality /by Kirsten

By David Tresemer, PhD Thousands of pages are written about trauma every year. Trauma has become a favorite subject in mainstream psychology. To begin to understand the phenomenon, let us build a picture of the human being: To the receiving department of the soul’s kitchen, fresh cartloads of sensory impressions are brought—cartload after cartload, every moment. Just as one harvests ... Read More ►

Anthroposophic Naturopathy: From Half Science to Whole Science

February 24, 2018/in 2018, anthroposophic medicine, Health, Holistic, Medicine /by Kirsten

By Robert Kellum, ND To fully understand anthroposophic naturopathy today, we need to be clear what naturopathic medicine is, and how anthroposophy can help it to evolve; to understand what path anthroposophy offers naturopathic medicine, and all medicine for that matter, to move forward toward the higher, integrative ground we all need. That ground can’t be defined by any one ... Read More ►

Winter 2018, Issue #90: Editor’s Note

February 24, 2018/in 2018, anthroposophic medicine, Health, Holistic, Medicine /by Kirsten

Hello LILIPOH Readers! We are getting a lot of thanks and appreciation for finally bringing back into print our Holistic Wellness Guide. Originally published in 1997, this fully updated edition of the Guide has a mission to empower the individuals, families, and caregivers in a practical and accessible way. This guide centers on home care and includes hundreds of recommendations on ... Read More ►

Who Do We Owe?

July 14, 2017/in 2017, Economy, Health, Money, Past Issues, Social Health /by Kirsten

By Abraham Entin St. Peter don't you call me 'Cause I can't go; I owe my soul To the Company Store. —“Sixteen Tons,” Merle Travis, 1947 The question of debt has emerged as the defining issue of our era. Whether it is students entering their lives burdened by unpayable loans, or countries being called upon to adopt austerity ... Read More ►

Acknowledging Illness, But Not Being Defined by It: How Do We Participate in Our Own Healing?

October 24, 2016/in 2016, Health, Holistic, Medicine, Past Issues, Spirituality /by Kirsten

By Adam Blanning, MD Fall 2016, Sacred Nature - Issue #85, Vol. 21 As we once again approach the question, “How can I participate in my own healing?” we come to a very personal place. This fourth and final contribution borders on a delicate kind of research. Although it seems to have important practical implications for therapy, it also resonates ... Read More ►

Mindful of Breath By Heather Grace Mackenzie

September 16, 2016/0 Comments/in Children & Families, Health, Holistic, Spirituality, Youth /by Christy

The breath is one of the most powerful balancers and something that we can come home to in each and every moment. A microcosm of the cycle of life, our breath is with us from the moment we take our first breath until the moment we return home to Source. Paying attention to the breath gives us a real insight ... Read More ►

The Fellowship Community; Celebrating Fifty Years of Service, 1966 – 2016

June 27, 2016/in 2016, Biodynamic, Community, Eldercare, Farming, Health, Past Issues /by Kirsten

By Ann Scharff and Friends Summer 2016, Society & Community - Issue #84, Vol. 21 Last year we entered into our forty-ninth year—our seventh seven-year period of the Fellowship Community, a dynamic, work-based, intergenerational community founded on the ideas of Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophy. Our mission is “to care for the elderly and to nurture the body, soul, and spirit within the ... Read More ►