Digest Number 2385 / Kidney / Why don't Zebras get ulcer?

[Guest guest]

Hi Alima,

You'll want to understand the place of the Kidneys/Adrenals in your

whole life.

Go to the 40.25 second mark of the recording at

http://www.lcmedia.com/rafiles/tim391.ram

 

In the recording "The Infinite Mind's" Emily Fisher interviews Dr.

Robert Sapolsky, author of A Primate's Memoir and Why Zebras Don't Get

Ulcers. Dr. Sapolsky is Professor of Neurology and Biology at Stanford

University. Dr. Sapolsky discusses how stress affects the body and mind,

and what we can do about it. For most of the year, Dr. Sapolsky works at

Stanford, where he heads a laboratory that pioneers research in how

brain cells react to stress. He also spends several months a year in the

African savannah, where he studies how baboons cope with stress.

 

In speaking about his work with the baboon troop, Dr. Sapolsky says a

key factor in how a baboon responds to stress is associated with how

well the animal is socially connected. Baboons who have more social

contacts and engage in group activities like grooming, are less stressed

than their more solitary counterparts. When comparing the stress

response of humans and baboons Dr. Sapolsky asserts "they're two sides

of the same coin." For humans, being part of a supportive social

network, for instance, a religious community, can help to provide this

key sense of being heard and understood, helping to lower stress levels.

 

To contact Dr. Sapolsky write to Department of Biological Sciences

Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 or check out the web site for

Stanford's Sapolsky Laboratory

<http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_Sapolsky/>.

 

More specifics on this later,

Dharam Singh

Millis, MA

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Alima Clarke wrote:

 

> Sat Nam all,

>

> I have been following this list for a year or so now and have found it

> interesting and helpful.

>

> I have been practising yoga on and off for about 15 years. I have attended

> several Kundalini yoga workshops and find a deep resonation with this form

> of yoga.

>

> I am seeking advise regarding yoga postures and practises that may help

> strengthen my kidney energy so as to prepare my body for conception. I

> have

> been told by my accupunturist and chinese medicine practioner that my

> kidney

> energy is weak. I recently had a miscarriage at 10 weeks with my fourth

> child ( it had taken us 14 months to concieve this baby). I am 40

> years old

> and am in relatively good health and am not overweight, a smoker, drinker

> etc..

>

> Any help or advise would be appreciated.

>

> Blessing and thanks

> Alima

>

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