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Biped Ponderings I: Keeping Your Hustle On

3/14/2015

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Walking.  We figure out how to do it after crawling for a while.  We do it for decades without a second thought.  We skip and run, we carry loads and climb ladders and live life on two feet.  Walking is effortless.  

When an injury happens, suddenly walking isn't so easy.  We must learn how to walk again, step by wobbly step, using crutches, rails and the strong arm of a friend. Over the years our injuries accumulate.  It isn't many few decades after we stop crawling that we begin to stiffen up and slow down.  Arthritis brings persistent pain into our paces.  

Healing is spontaneous most of the time, and sometimes we get knees repaired or joints replaced.  When walking isn't so easy, we appreciate just how important it is.  Our ability to walk is part and parcel with our lives.

Walking speed correlates directly with life expectancy in our later years.  Fast walkers live longer.  Overall, not in every specific case.  When congestive heart failure (CHF) strikes and we are confined to our beds, walking can save us or kill us.  Research has shown that most people with CHF get better when they begin a program of walking.  A few individuals have worse outcomes, early, the rest of have better outcomes, period.

Walking is a test and if you pass, you live.

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I passed boards!  ...And rowed the Colorado through Grand Canyon

10/23/2012

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After taking boards in August, I went on a series of adventures.  As you may know by now, my favorite form of outdoor recreation is boating down whitewater rivers.  I got to run the Rogue River here in Oregon for the first time, and returned to Arizona for another trip down the mighty Colorado River through Grand Canyon.  Our Grand Canyon adventure was 21 days long; a very long time to be away from cars, money, electricity, and everything else modern.  I love that.  On both trips I was rowing a raft.  I enjoy rowing in part because it strengthens my core and makes me feel awesome.  I had let myself get soft while studying for boards, and I feel much stronger after these trips.

While we were away my board results came in.  My mail was on hold so it wouldn't pile up in the mailbox.  When we got home I fell to the project of unpacking and cleaning up.  My partner asked me "Are you going to open the mail?" and finally I did.  I expected to pass, but the way those exams are, you never know for sure until you get the results.  Thankfully, I passed with room to spare.  I'm done running around on major multi-day river trips for now, and well rested to tackle the paperwork involved in starting up my practice.  Here goes!!!
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Chitari Foundation works to create Naturopathic Hospital

5/22/2012

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http://www.chitari.org/    <----Here's the link to the org that is creating the Naturopathic Hospital in Oregon.  This is going to be awesome.  =-]   (Chitari means meeting place in Nepalese.)
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Naturopathic Hospital In The Works

5/17/2012

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I just received word that Satya Ambrose and her team have finally found a suitable site for our dream hospital.  It is 84 acres of old growth forest beside the mighty Clackamas River here in Oregon.  The hospital is intended to be a lovely inpatient facility where one can go to heal, recover and renew.  Imagine a room with a view of the forest and river, excellent fresh organic food, cheerful staff and supportive treatments, instead of invasive procedures, benign neglect and crappy hospital food!  At this point we need investors and contributors who can help purchase the property and break ground on the facility.  We need to raise several hundred thousand dollars in a few weeks.  Do you want to help?  Please contact Satya.  Comment and I will provide you with phone numbers.
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Happy Samhain

11/1/2011

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Tis the turning of the seasons, for those of us up here in the northern hemisphere.  Suddenly it is dark at 6:30pm.  The train whistle blows eerily in the distance.  The candle is lit in the pumpkin.  I enjoy this time of the year.  I love the crisp air and the bright rich colors of the maples.  I love to nest, to make my homespace warm and lovely, to invite friends over to enjoy early evenings.  I like to get extra sleep when the nights are long.

I have a theory about humans and winter.  In our culture there is this diagnosis called Seasonal Affective Disorder.  This disorder is said to affect people in the winter, when they get SAD because they aren't getting enough daylight.  I think that a certain amount of hibernation is normal in humans.  When the nights are long, our bodies know what we need.  We want to eat more potatoes and less greens.  We want to go to bed earlier, or lay cuddled on the couch with a blankie.  I think that winter makes us SAD when we do not allow ourselves to retreat inward, to relish our warm homespace.  I think that SAD occurs due to a modern idea that the show must go on, we still must go to work for the same number of hours, and do the same amount of extracurricular activities, even if we don't feel like it.

But what would happen if we let our bodies and our instincts guide us?  What if instead of making ourselves go to another event that happens after sundown, we stayed home?  Got comfy?  Lit a candle?  Spent a little extra time with a loved one?  Would we still be so SAD if we just let it be winter?   What if we let winter be a time to hibernate, a time to enjoy warm furs and firelight and quiet times with our closest intimates?  I think we might find that the retreat into winter provides us with the restoration that we need to continue living life to its fullest, with great joy.
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