Dr. Goto talking bone health, osteoporosis, osteopenia and more on Dr. Peter D’Adamo’s podcast
David Santander David Santander

Dr. Goto talking bone health, osteoporosis, osteopenia and more on Dr. Peter D’Adamo’s podcast

“So if you're really a person who likes to take a yoga class once a week, you're probably not going to get much of a payoff in terms of bone density. But if you are a regular practitioner, and you do it long enough, it compares favorably to in many of the other ways exercise can induce and prevent bone loss and maintain structural integrity.”

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What is Moxa?
David Santander David Santander

What is Moxa?

What is Moxabustion? A guide for patients and the common folks!

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9 Acupuncture Myths

9 Acupuncture Myths

Acupuncture and acupressure are the same thing: Acupressure and Acupuncture utilize the same exact pathways and the manipulations in acupuncture and acupressure are similar but different. Your finger can’t manipulate the tissue beneath the skin the same way that a needle can. Could you do similar things with fingers and needles? Sure? Are they the same? Maybe. Are they different? Maybe.

Acupuncture is art or not a science:

Oxford definition of science: (n) the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against the evidence obtained.

By this definition acupuncture is, without question, unequivocally, 100%, by definition, a science, and a medical science at that. It is not at all a “pseudoscience” or “quackery” as many would have you believe.

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#5 How Can We Make Medicine Work Better? (with shameless plug…)
David Santander David Santander

#5 How Can We Make Medicine Work Better? (with shameless plug…)

How can we improve medicine in our world today?

Here are the changes we've made based on successes and failures with patients until today. Keeping what works, leaving what's useless, adding what's uniquely our own. 

If it sounds like a shameless plug, it sort of is. I ripped the audio from a video on our website lol! So take it with a grain of salt - as my teacher would say, if you learn one thing listening to it, it's worth it! 

Share if you think it's useful to someone, and if not, well... I'll do better. 

Thanks! 

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Overeating? Watch this - Ram Dass Discusses Addiction and Attachment
David Santander David Santander

Overeating? Watch this - Ram Dass Discusses Addiction and Attachment

Ram Dass responds to questions dealing broadly with attachment and addiction.

Throughout the Q&A he covers a myriad of different concepts including guilt, desire, co-dependency, intimacy, the root causes of negative behaviors, and the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous. Recorded in the Summer of 1989 as apart of 'The Listening Heart' retreat series.

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