Sentences with phrase «studying ancient practices»

I spent years studying ancient practices and teaching thousands of high performers.

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His biography contains elements of an epic novel: growing up the son of a jailed Trotskyist labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving as a young balance of payments analyst for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.

Corey Finney, I've had Catholic Priests and others who study ancient Christianity (not Mormon) corroborate the practice of proxy baptism for the dead in the early Christian Era.

Recent scholarly studies such as by Stickler, Cholij and Cochini have reopened the debate about the origins of priestly celibacy, arguing that the Eastern practice is not ancient but an accommodation to lapses among married clergy.

Bondi shares what she has learned about the practice of prayer from her study of Christian monks of ancient Egypt.

The relation between the study of ancient Near Eastern cultures and the practice of preaching, for example, needs to be given theological articulation.

Physiologic studies on swaddling: an ancient child care practice, which may promote the supine position for infant sleep

Villagers are also ending an ancient practice of burying loved ones near their homes due to the rising sea, the study says.

Now, using up - to - date technologies, these ancient practices are being increasingly studied by neuroscientists.

Hatha yoga is an ancient spiritual practice that involves meditation and focused breathing while an individual moves through a series of stylized postures, said Neha Gothe, who led the study with University of Illinois kinesiology and community health professor Edward McAuley.

You might shudder at the mere thought of ancient brain surgery, but recent studies of the practice at Bronze Age sites in Turkey suggest that early neurosurgeons were surprisingly precise and that a majority of their patients may have survived.

Yoga, an ancient mind - body practice which originated in India and incorporates physical, mental, and spiritual elements, has been shown in several studies to be effective in improving cardiovascular risk factors, with reduction in the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

That is the implication of a series of studies showing the ancient practice of grafting can allow even distantly related plants to swap all three kinds of genomes they possess.

The largest trove of ancient bones unearthed in Belgium offers signs of «intentional butchering» which suggest our prehistoric ancestors may have practiced cannibalism, a new study revealed.

I know many passionate students who are delving deeper into Yoga on their own volition, using their free time to read and study about the many principles and ancient insight the practice has brought our way.

Best of all, this ancient practice is suitable for both the young and old, and studies suggest that yoga can help to lower blood pressure.

The latest studies however, suggest that the Indians with their ancient, 5,000 year old practice of Ayurvedic medicine, have known the best way to take turmeric all along.

It was with him that Krishnamacharya studied philosophy, learned ancient source texts as well as the physical yoga practice.

Best for: All kinds of pain Why it works: A recent study conducted in the emergency department of a hospital showed promising results of the ancient practice of pricking needles into the skin at specific pressure points.

Spending more than 10 years studying and practicing the ancient art of Hijama wet cupping under various teachers around the world, Dr. Tawwab first learned about cupping therapy during medical school in Ajman, UAE, after suffering a sports injury.

As traditional medicine is opening its doors to the ancient healing arts, and the benefits of these practices are being studied and validated in a medical context, there is a great opportunity to integrate conventional medicine with the holistic healing that yoga has to offer.

A spiritual guide and gifted healer, Shaman Durek acts as a mediator or «bridge» between the spiritual and physical planes, applies ancient spiritual wisdom, coupled with decades of devoted study and practice, to help bring success, happiness and healing into people's lives.

Study and practice the ancient healing science in the birth place of Ayurveda during Ayurveda classes in Kerala.

Certified lady doctor, specializing in Ayurvedic Medicine along with a team of associates shall take you through seventeen sessions of intense study and practice of the ancient healing science of Ayurveda.

Since 2008 I have worked with Yoga teachers, Spiritual Gurus, Shaman elders, great wisdom teachers and healers, studied and practiced a variety of holistic modalities and ancient teachings, from those found within the pages of the Bhagavad Gita and in Vedic Culture to working with the powerful healing properties of crystals, and have expanded and experienced healing on deep and profound levels.

Through his many years of practice and study Paulie continues to evolve his unique style of yoga that is rooted in the ancient Taoist tradition he learned.

Practice observing bodies, study breathing patterns, analyzing doshas (body - mind types as described in ancient Ayurvedic medicine), and tailoring personalized therapeutic yoga practices.

This is, of course, just one example of historic — even ancient practices retaining efficacy today, and studies like these are a constant encouragement to those of us pursuing natural treatments or support.

Through their study of the human being and their own spiritual practice, the ancient seers discovered a source of largely untapped, yet infinite energy that sat at the base of the spine.

Since ancient times the practice of yoga has included the study and chanting of Sanskrit mantras to induce calm and clarity in meditation.

These most intimate of ancient human artifacts were often ignored or discarded during many previous archaeological excavations, but careful study of materials painstakingly recovered from human paleofeces says a lot about what ancient human dietary practices were like, given their incredibly high content of fiber, undigested plant remains.

Leading Ayurveda specialist Dr. John Douillard explains that the lymphatic system, the body's largest circulatory system, is always the first system evaluated in Ayurveda, the ancient healthcare practice of India, and yet in western medicine it is the most forgotten, under - studied, and least understood system in the human body.

Matthew demonstrated his reading, writing, and research skills through a series of projects connected to a study of architecture: evidence - based essays pertaining to the architecture of ancient civilizations, based on the written work of David McCauley; a profile of a fictional architect, based on an interview with a practicing architect; and colored blueprints of an originally designed and furnished home, which he drafted to scale and executed to code.

While in Nepal, Rachel studied ancient copper casting techniques practiced by Newari Buddhist icon makers and sojourned to sites that are sacred to Buddhist and Hindu pilgrims.

Sikander's practice extends from encompassing installations to huge animated videos, all of which links back to her studies of this ancient art.

Meditation, or the practice of observing your thoughts and clearing your mind, is an ancient practice, but its benefits have been confirmed by modern scientific study.

To suggest that most of the ancient fires in the areas studied were anthropogenic in nature defies logic to anyone truly familiar with the terrain and the food gathering practices of the tribes that inhabited those areas in ancient times.

Ouroussoff describes how architect Norman Foster studied traditional islamic planning and ancient construction practices.

In my effort to effectively address professional considerations of touch, I examined this topic through several means including my doctoral research in DPT (Courtney & Gray, 2011; 2014); through extensive post-doctoral study; implementing DPT in practice with children and families for over 20 years; by attending training at the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami; becoming an Infant Massage Educator, developing a course on the Ethics of Touch in Play Therapy, and even studying the ancient healing art of Reiki.