One side of the islands get lots of rain, the other side not so much. Add that to the fact that Hawaii is near the equator, and you get lots of growth. A rain forest covers parts of the islands. In it we see exotic flowers and magnificent trees. The Oheo tree is the...
Mauna Loa, a volcano, is known as the long mountain. It and its neighbors have spawned a lot of the other Hawaiian islands. Its lava runs to the sea, spilling in constantly and creating new land. Volcano National Park contains a lot of the volcano. However, sometimes...
A rainbow greets us to open our retreat Turtle Bay Resort on the north shore The beach at Turtle Bay Surfers at the famous north shore With Tom Bird after writing my book Mahalo means much more than thanks Sunset view from the hotel room Conjunction of the moon and...
An hour and 50 minutes of inspiring short films of people from all walks of life sharing how they have achieved the most important thing: self-discovery. UPDATE: the MORE series is available for free on YouTube! The MORE Series (A Mindful Choice production) from A...
In every lifetime, there comes a time when you realize there's got to be more . . . https://vimeo.com/192363253 A Mindful Choice - the movie is about people like you and me: stressed business people, a cancer patient, ballet dancers and writers, foster children and...
Herbs do not work in the body the way that you think they do. Beyond St. John's Wort and grapefruit juice, the interactions of herbs with drugs are unpredictable and usually minimal. This is the bottom line of what I heard from Jonathan Treasure this past weekend at...
I have heard so many patients declare that since their neck hurts, they must have slept wrong. Or that they need a new pillow. So they get a new pillow and it is a little better for a while. My question is: How could sleeping in a certain position cause neck pain...
Did your pain start with an injury? Yes, pain with injury is part of the process. Did the pain remain beyond the time it was a useful signal? In order to understand when an injury should stop hurting, let’s look at the steps your body went through to heal from an...
Use IT, don't let IT use you We are surrounded by and often very dependent on the technology that surrounds us. But that technology is not Nature, it is not naturally occurring. Technology has been constructed with an agenda: to believe things, spend our...
Verde Canyon Railroad The train station Near the station The Verde River Black Mountain Basalt Cliff walls Mingus Mountain Don the Guide Train heads over the Trestle Bridge Black mountain visible on a curve The Verde River reflecting the blue sky Red Sandstone with...
