by L Iyengar | Jul 11, 2019 | Cover Story, Health & Wellness, Healthy Life
Thinking and writing about the complexity of mental health issues has jogged several memories. When I was in graduate school a fellow student tried to take his own life. He had a brilliant academic record, was doing well at school, and was Indian. Fortunately, a...
by Mukund Acharya | Jun 25, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Healthy Life
I typed the word – nutrition – in the Google search bar. About 1,480,000,000 results (0.63 seconds) appeared with a display of the first 11 links. Whoa! I paused, then I typed – Nutrition for South Asians. About 97,700,000 results (0.60 seconds) was...
by Sujata Srinivasan | May 28, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Health & Wellness, Healthy Life
An essay first published in April 2017. My dad’s yoga practice was as dependable as mangoes in Chennai’s summer and Carnatic music concerts in December. I don’t think he missed a single day of sirasasana and sarvangasana—perfectly aligned head and shoulder stands,...
by Mukund Acharya | May 14, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Health & Wellness, Healthy Life
Scholars of Sanskrit give us various meanings for the word Prana including breath (or life-force), energy, spirit and soul. A simple meaning of Pranayama is breath control. An important text in Hindu tradition compiled prior to 400 CE, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali,...
by Mukund Acharya | Apr 22, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Health & Wellness, Healthy Life
Aging is not an event – it’s a continuous process. It can creep up on you, sometimes in a disruptive fashion. However, it is an inexorable process. Have you noticed, however that although we’re all aging, some people feel older or younger than they are? How old do you...
by Ashok Jethanandani | Apr 15, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Healthy Life
The numbers are worse than estimated earlier. A recent study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that more than half the adults in California have pre-diabetes (46 percent) or diabetes (nine percent). Among those who have pre-diabetes, about 70 percent...
