Global Medicine Review is a talk show program hosted by Dr. Kamau Kokayi and Faybiene Miranda dedicated to exploring topics of interest in medicine, health, culture and healing. The show airs on WBAI every Wednesday from noon - 1PM. You can download individual shows below or from iTunes. You can also subscribe to our iTunes feed and get the show automatically downloaded to iTunes or to your mp3 player.

Archive for the ‘Mind-Body Healing’ Category

Total Biology and BioReprogramming

Dr Kokayi has a chance to interview two practitioners in one of the Western world’s most cutting edge medical therapies that delves into the interface between mind and body and the true roots of disease. Dr Kokayi’s guests Mitchell Rabin and Isabelle Benarous share with the listening audience the science and art of Total Biology and Bioreprogramming. The method of Bioreprogramming contains powerful tools to undo personal and ancestral programs at a subconscious level, with acute precision, in order to create lasting solutions and healing of unresolved mental stress at the heart of pathological conditions in the body. As Mitchell Rabin points out the approach to total biology is like “Louis Hayes on steroids”.

 
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Biofeedback and Cognitive Therapy

Both Dr Kokayi and Faybiene comment on Barack Obama becoming president elect with Dr Kokayi bringing up questions around the depth of change needed, particularly as it relates to health care and what people want and need. The subject of mental health is approached from the standpoint of the Four Pole Model of mechanism, biochemistry, energetics and spirit as the blueprint for understanding all diseases, diagnostic tools and therapy. The spirit/consciousness component of disease and therapy is highlighted with a look at how techniques like cognitive therapy and biofeedback can help people break out of states of mind that are causing and perpetuating disease states whether the resulting problem is called hypertension or anxiety. The guests, Benita Wilson a psychotherapist and biofeedback specialist and Dr Aminah Dean, naturopath and bio energetic healer, both working at the Kokayi Center, dialogue with Dr Kokayi about techniques to address the nonphysical roots of illness.

 
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Quantum Diagnostics and Vibrational Medicine

This program focuses on how one practitioner utilizes non conventional methods in her naturopathic practice that allow her to diagnose and treat without a focus on blood work or physical exam. While these are things that she uses in her practice her main diagnostic tool belongs to a class of instruments that measures “vibrational “ energy of a patient to arrive at an understanding of the pattern of imbalance and then guides the practitioner in the selection of vibrational and biochemical therapies. The guest, Dr Tarryn Tranquility Foster, found that her interaction with patients constantly brought her back to issues that speak to the spiritual nature of people. Her unique way of approaching medicine allows her to access this medium. In approaching this topic Dr Kokayi also shares a some aspects of his practice and his development as a practitioner.

 
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Hypnosis: A Bridge between Consciousness and the Biomedical Model

In light of many cultures around the world that use mind altering techniques in their healing traditions and ceremonies, and the fact that modern physics is proving the points of ancient cultural systems as it relates to the nature of reality and consciousness, hypnosis is explored with an internationally known expert, Dr Tim Brunson. The role of consciousness is being more fully explored in medicine and hypnosis is seen as one possible way to alter the biochemistry of a person down to the gene level. Indeed if the universe is ultimately a mental creation then hypnosis has a very important part to play.

 
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QI Qong Master in New York City

Dr Kokayi interviews the world renowned Qi Qong master Robert Peng. They discuss his initiation in to the healing arts which took place in a remote monastery in China after the Cultural Revolution. Mr. Peng had to undergo a 100 day fast of which at least fifty days was water alone. He describes the physical transformation that took place in terms of his energy. Dr Kokayi and Mr Peng discuss his current work in the New York City area, particularly with cancer patients. Dr Kokayi first met Mr Peng at a meeting at Yale Medical School where he energized a dollar bill and broke two chop sticks in half with the bill!

 
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Andean Cosmology

Dr Kokayi interviews Alex Stark, a Yale trained architect and Peruvian shaman. Alex Stark shares with the listening audience the major themes of Andean cosmology. Cross cultural correspondences are made with other indigenous systems and Mr. Stark shares some of the applications of this Andean world view.

 
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Biography becomes Biology

Discussion with Paul Epstein ND on the nature of medicine and healing. With a broad based training in naturopathic medicine and his approach to helping people to bring out the inner healer within Dr Epstein shares his work in helping people to explore their own consciousness, with the understanding that you can’t solve a problem with the same consciousness that created it. Among other things Dr Esptein uses clinical guided imagery to help people look at their problems anew.

 
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Crystal Healing and Naturopathy with Dr Aminah Dean

This program focuses on the work of a very talented naturopathic physician and healer, Dr Aminah Dean. She has cultivated natural gifts which allow her to detect aberrations in peoples’ energy fields. She describes herself as an empath and through the use of crystals she is able to help restore people to health. The energy work she does is very palpable and an example of cellulitis clearing with this work is sited.

 
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Indigenous African Psychological/Spiritual Traditions – Dr. Gail Foster and Dr. Terri Nelson

Dr. Kokayi and his guests discuss an upcoming conference on Indigenous African Spiritual Traditions. Dr. Nelson talks of the foundation principles that she’s incorporated in her own life and work in relation to all of the study that she’s done – including Kah Ab Bah which is the idea to achieve harmony in the physical, emotional and mental body. Dr. Foster discusses her inspiration and her hopes for the conference which includes allowing people to learn about a number of African spiritual heritages.

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: Who are you, who am I?

 
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The Journey – Skip Lackey

Dr. Kamau Kokayi and his guest, Skip Lackey, talk about the distinctions that make the healing technology called “The Journey” unique. Mr. Lackey discusses the origination of “The Journey”. He also cites some examples in which this particular healing technology was successful. The Journey comes out of the work of its founder Brandon Bay and represents a spiritual technologycapable of reversing physical pathology an addressing emotional pathology.  Lay people learn and use this technology.

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: The Journey

 
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