January 13, 2018
Joe Brady
Oxford Study Lectures- Community Med School Living Healthy Naturally A public lecture series for people interested in learning the natural health and healing secrets of Traditional Chinese Medicine. at the University of Denver’s Osher Life Long Learning Institute (OLLI) and Heather Gardens Designed to share traditional Chinese medicine with our greater community, our mission is…
December 10, 2017
Joe Brady
It is all too easy to fall into the idea that our happiness, our enjoyment is dependent upon forces outside of ourselves – dependent upon our families, dependent upon our incomes, dependent upon our geographical location or the circumstances of our health. Meanwhile, scientists are finding what our ancestors knew: enjoyment comes from within the…
October 29, 2017
Joe Brady
According to evolutionary biologist George Baker aging is defined as “the decline over time in the fitness of an organism to deal with the stress of daily life”. An ancient maxim in Chinese medicine runs “Wind is the mother of aging and disease.” Wind being the Chinese term for stress, both external environmental stress, and internal…
September 10, 2017
Joe Brady
One of the hottest topics in modern biomedical research is also the world’s oldest and most popular forms of exercise used as medicine. The evidence base of clinical studies on T’ai Chi is growing as more benefits are found. According to the Harvard Medical Health Publication “T’ai chi is often described as meditation in motion,…
June 5, 2017
Joe Brady
You don’t have to kill yourself to live longer! Exercise is life! In order to be considered alive we must move. The biological definition of life is anything that can move and react to it’s environment, gain and utilize energy and reproduce cells, is alive. Healthy aging is about living a vigorous life. It is…
January 22, 2017
Joe Brady
Healthy Aging in Mind, Body and Spirit Healthy mind/body practices like Tai Chi, Qigong and yoga help reestablish the connection between mind and body and prevent many of the debilitations we see in aging. A review of 77 studies, found strong evidence that such practices improve cardiorespiratory fitness, physical function and bone health, balance and…