Naturopath Dr. Tim Shannon provides an overview of Parkinson’s with a look at the basic physiology. This will make it easier to see how some solutions may play a part. He discusses some studied treatment options and exciting “creative” Parkinsons Disease options. Dr. Shannon embraces the concept of treating the Parkinson’s Disease patient versus the disease only.
Holistic Health Practitioner Barbara Frank discusses how she came to realize that Parkinson’s disease is a result of many factors. The main factor according to her empirical findings is a parasite that eats away the nervous system and critical neurons in the brain. Different people are affected in different ways, but she has found that excellent improvement can be attained by natural remedies which she discusses during the show. Visit www.barbarafrank222.com for more information
Holistic health practitioner Barbara Frank who has seen remarkable results using her unique approach to eliminating the critters in and on our body.
The effect of Parkinsons on the voice has been in the news spotlight recently due to Linda Ronstadts recent revelation of her diagnosis of PD and her report that she can no longer sing. It is devastating for anyone, let alone a professional singer, to lose her voice. But does it have to happen? Join sound healer and voice expert Judith Kahealani Lynne as she shares some helpful tips on how to keep your voice active, audible and alive.
She is joined by Bianca Molle, author and wellness coach, and they tell us about the Healing Holiday in Hawaii for PWPs and Friends, planned for January, 2014 in Kona, Hawaii. Open and receive the gifts offered by the healing frequencies of this tropical Paradise. Supported by nourishing, organic, local foods and a restful environment, we will allow the island to work her healing magic on body/mind/heart/soul. We sill visit and do ceremony at sacred sites, learn the graceful movements of the hula, establish a regular qigong and toning practice, and commune with wild dolphins and humpback whales. This promises to be a life-changing experience.
Bianca shares the latest news about her book Reboot and Rejoice.
As both a psychotherapist and a long-term yoga teacher, Barbara Gage takes an integrative approach to her lifes professions, often combining both practices to help her clients achieve optimal mental health and physical well-being.
On sale September 17, 2013, Yoga and Parkinsons Disease: A Journey to Health and Healing, co-authored by Peggy van Hulsteyn, Barbara Gage, and Connie Wilson, is an easy-to-follow and encouraging yoga guide which specifically acknowledges the needs and limitations of a Parkinsons patient. In addition to the physical postures helping a PD student gain strength, balance, limberness, flexibility and elasticity, the components of yoga that Barbara tries to instill as a psychotherapist are calm, confidence, improved self-image, emotional/mental stability, spiritual awareness and meaning.
Listen the the show to discover how yoga can help Parkinsons patients breathe and stretch their way to a more fulfilling existence.
Dr. Brown believes that the patient can use these modalities and work on improving lifestyle and cycles as a means to recharge their dopamine system, which is critical for reducing symptoms. These approaches will not replace prescription medicine for Parkinson’s. However, they will enhance the effectiveness of those medications and improve the quality of life. People can expect to have more energy, ability to move, mental clarity and engagement with the world. His Website: www.haveahealthymind.com
Ayurveda is a tried and true approach to recovery from disease that originated thousands of years ago.
What is Ayurveda?
Is it effective for persons with neurological challenges like Parkinson’s?
What changes are necessary to see recovery unfold?
Mark Keister has introduced Ayurveda to clients for 30 years. He currently practices in France. Many of his clients have experienced neurological challenges, so his perspective is grounded in a rich history that spans across four decades.
You will be dazzled by his insights and suggestions for what is required to jump start a recovery program. Mark Keister reveals long forgotten secrets about what it really takes to recover. His insights are profound; his experience impressive; his recommendations right on target in my book of good suggestions for people with Parkinson’s symptoms.
Kimberly Burnham, PhD, is an integrative medicine specialist helping children, adults and seniors experience comfortable movement, flexibility, clarity, energy, and life, despite diagnoses of brain, nerve, or vision dysfunctions. Specializing in helping people with Parkinson’s disease, Macular degeneration, insomnia, fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis, she consults with clients in West Hartford Connecticut, as well as across the United States and Europe.
To support healing in her clients, Kim uses Integrative Medicine (Energy), Matrix Energetics (Information), Integrative Manual Therapy, Acupressure and Emotional Freedom Technique (Touch), Sensational Medicine (Senses) and Health Coaching (Words).
It is now well established that exercise is beneficial for the general population. Exercise has all of the same beneficial effects of people with Parkinson’s disease as it does on healthy individuals. In addition, it can help to alleviate some of the negative signs and symptoms of the disease such as bradykinesia. It can also reduce the positive signs such as tremor.
Daniel Corcos, Ph.D. is Chair of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Director of the Neural Control Of Movement Laboratory at University of Illinois at Chicago.
The show today airs a terrifically informative and practical interview done with Rick Carson, author of Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of YourOwn Way and a delightful woman named Debi Eger who began having symptoms in 2001 and was diagnosed with Parkinsons in 2005. Debi has used Carsons Gremlin-Taming Method to manage the internal turmoil, emotional angst, and identity confusion that comes with the territory of living with Parkinsons.
Ms. Eger and Carson describe in simple terms how the exceedingly practical Gremlin-Taming Method can lead to inner peace even in the midst of outrageously difficult circumstances. Taming Your Gremlin is available as both a HarperCollins book and as an audio version via CD or download wherever books and audio are sold. For more information on Gremlin-Taming and Rick Carsons work, visit www.tamingyourgremlin.com.
Bianca Molle, M.Ed., spent over twenty-five years in both Special Education and Regular Ed., as well as parenting an autistic child. Fortunately, this background likely helped prepare her for the patience, dedication, and persistence necessary to heal herself herself from Parkinsons Disease energetically using the body/mind method of qigong. Bianca is now totally recovered and happy to share her story, reflections, and method. Come hear a discussion between herself and Master Mingtong Gu, the man who taught her the practice.
