You must not seek, you must search...

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"You must not seek, you must search. You must not see, you must look at. You must not hear, you must listen to. You must not touch, you must palpate. You must not smell, you must sniff." �B.K.S. Iyengar from Sparks of Divinity

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Friday Q&A: Kyphosis (Dowager's Hump)

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Brad's Perspective on Migraine Headaches

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by Brad Phases of Migraine Headaches by Brad Gibson The first time I had a migraine �aura,� I was working at my computer and wondering why there was this small area of flashing light in the center of the screen. I was using a new large screen Apple display and I was concerned that it might be malfunctioning. It didn't take too long, however, before I realized something was wrong with me: my vision was screwed up. Stroke? Migraine? Something else? I decided to quickly conduct an experiment: I walked down to the bathroom, shut the door and turned off all the lights and with my eyes open or closed, I saw the same thing, a growing crescent and jagged shaped object that was oscillating in my filed of vision. As I walked back to my office, I suspected this was a migraine aura, something that I had heard about (in words) but never experienced. As fate would have it, I ran into a neurologist colleague in the hallway and explained what was going on. He immediately replied, �Do you get heada...
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Friday Q&A: Neck Pain and Fear

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