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Kamau Kokayi Kamau Kokayi globalmedicinereview@gmail.com no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/11/10/community-radio-in-crisis/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/11/10/community-radio-in-crisis/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:48:41 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=608 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/11/10/community-radio-in-crisis/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr Kokayi and Faybiene air their final Global Medicine Review program (an eight year stretch) and Dr Kokayi takes issue with the direction that the station is moving and what this means for the listening audience. Dr Kokayi’s and Dr Al[...] Dr Kokayi and Faybiene air their final Global Medicine Review program (an eight year stretch) and Dr Kokayi takes issue with the direction that the station is moving and what this means for the listening audience. Dr Kokayi’s and Dr Ali’s combined greater than sixty years of clinical experience doing integrative medicine was placed at the 11PM hour with both shows being narrowed down to thirty minutes as part of an arrangement to bring Gary Null back to the noon time hour five days a week. The program is interrupted by station management because of the nature of Dr Kokayi’s remarks but Dr Kokayi convinces management that he and Faybiene should be allowed to finish their program. During this interlude Dr Kokayi learns from Program Director Tony Bates that he came to New York with the intention of bringing Gary Null back on the air. Callers’ comments and farewells are heard for the second half of the program and Faybiene shares two poems. Health Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/11/03/energetic-healing-with-dr-bengston/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/11/03/energetic-healing-with-dr-bengston/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:00:56 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=612 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/11/03/energetic-healing-with-dr-bengston/feed/ 1 1:00:32 Dr Kokayi interviews Dr William F Bengston, author of the Energy Cure. Drawing on his 30 years of rigorous research, unbelievable results, and mind-bending questions, Bengston challenges us to totally rethink what we believe about our ability to he[...] Dr Kokayi interviews Dr William F Bengston, author of the Energy Cure. Drawing on his 30 years of rigorous research, unbelievable results, and mind-bending questions, Bengston challenges us to totally rethink what we believe about our ability to heal. His backround as a statistician has helped him to create impeccable research models that have yielded results in the area of energetic healing and cancer that challenge closely held premises of Western medical science. Dr Kokayi and Dr Bengston take this discussion to a very interesting place from which you must draw your own conclusions. Check out bengstonresearch.com Health Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/09/29/the-international-college-of-applied-kinesiology/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/09/29/the-international-college-of-applied-kinesiology/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:21:48 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=599 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/09/29/the-international-college-of-applied-kinesiology/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Health, Kinesiology Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/09/22/divination-dagara-style-with-alwyn-thomas/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/09/22/divination-dagara-style-with-alwyn-thomas/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:36:46 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=591 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/09/22/divination-dagara-style-with-alwyn-thomas/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr. Kokayi interviews Alwyn Thomas on the topic of Divination, specifically the Divination system coming out of the Dagara culture of West Africa. Thomas has been intrigued by the principles of divination since the age of 14, and through the event[...] Dr. Kokayi interviews Alwyn Thomas on the topic of Divination, specifically the Divination system coming out of the Dagara culture of West Africa. Thomas has been intrigued by the principles of divination since the age of 14, and through the events of his life journey was compelled to become a diviner. It was through one of Malidoma Patrice Some’s courses in New York, that Thomas was able to begin to take up his calling. Divination is a ritual process by which the diviner taps into a universal consciousness that leaves its imprint on the arrangement of the divining items. The diviner performs this reading in a ritualistic fashion which involves the diviner intuiting and tapping into a different aspect of Consciousness which brings the stories represented in the divining kit to life. Thomas explains the role of diviner as one of submission, and through that submission it is possible to tap into unlimited consciousness. Your intuitive processes are in control and you must move with the spirit in order to make this work. He relays accounts in which he was able to perceive parts of peoples’ life stories as well as foresee solutions to their life problems. Thomas also discusses the components of a divination kit and the process of creating it. Africa, Metaphysical Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/09/15/cutting-edge-biochemical-assessments-for-the-nervous-endocrine-and-immune-systems-with-dr-eileen-marie-wright/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/09/15/cutting-edge-biochemical-assessments-for-the-nervous-endocrine-and-immune-systems-with-dr-eileen-marie-wright/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:30:02 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=588 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/09/15/cutting-edge-biochemical-assessments-for-the-nervous-endocrine-and-immune-systems-with-dr-eileen-marie-wright/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr. Kokayi interviews Dr. Eileen Marie Wright, of Neuroscience Inc,. on the importance of laboratory work that is looking to establish guidelines for corrective measures that can be taken with nutrients and phyto nutrients. Dr. Wright is a physicia[...] Dr. Kokayi interviews Dr. Eileen Marie Wright, of Neuroscience Inc,. on the importance of laboratory work that is looking to establish guidelines for corrective measures that can be taken with nutrients and phyto nutrients. Dr. Wright is a physician with a conventional board certification in emergency medicine but she also has extensive training in metabolic and nutritional medicine, hormone therapies, Ayurvedic medicine as well as many other alternative and complementary modalities. The interplay of the immune, endocrine and nervous systems is discussed with a new look at their functional interaction. Although from a conventional perspective each of these systems is observed independently the interplay that their biochemical substrates can have on each other is being brought out more clearly thru the work of Neuroscience Inc. This cutting edge lab is able to provide doctors with functional measurements of somatic signals like cytokines which help to create an interplay between these systems which were previously looked at separately. The same cytokines my affect immunity as much as they do psychological states. More information on Neuroscience Inc. can be found at www.neurorelief.com. Allergies, Arthritis, Biochemical, Laboratory Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/09/08/internal-healing-arts-with-tom-bizzio/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/09/08/internal-healing-arts-with-tom-bizzio/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:09:36 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=491 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/09/08/internal-healing-arts-with-tom-bizzio/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Books - A Tooth from the Tiger’s Mouth: How to Treat Your Injuries with Powerful Healing Secrets of the Great Chinese Warrior - Strategy and Change: An Examination of Military Strategy, the I-Ching and Ba Gua Zhang - The Essentials of Ba[...] Books - A Tooth from the Tiger’s Mouth: How to Treat Your Injuries with Powerful Healing Secrets of the Great Chinese Warrior - Strategy and Change: An Examination of Military Strategy, the I-Ching and Ba Gua Zhang - The Essentials of Ba Gua Zhang - The Attacking Hands of Ba Gua Zhang - Zheng Gu Tui Na: A Chinese Medical Massage Textbook Websites New York Internal Arts (NYIA); Zheng Gu Tui Na  Dr. Kokayi interviews Tom Bisio on Internal Healing Arts. Tom Bisio has an extensive background in East Asian martial arts, philosophy and medicine, with over 30 years experience. He’s a licensed practitioner and has a busy clinic in New York. The immediate efficiency of Eastern medicine is discussed as well as the role that it plays in the health of middle-aged people. The importance of breathing exercises such as Qi-Gong are presented as possible ways to allow for better flow of Qi, which would allow for a healthier body and lifestyle. Mr. Bisio also talks about how he incorporates acupuncture as well as many other alternative modalities (like herbal poultices, physical manipulation, lifestyle changes and internal herbal treatments) to supplement the healing and or prevention of severe physical trauma. A focus on internal martial arts forms is emphasized for a more complete, healthy lifestyle. Tom Bisio began his study of the martial arts and Oriental medicine studying karate at age 14. A Black Belt in Isshin Kempo at 17, he trained in the Filipino martial arts while completing a BA in East Asian studies at Columbia University. He later competed in full-contact Tournaments in New York’s Chinatown and tied for first place as Co-Champion in the Senior Instructor Division at the 1st National Arnis Championships in Cebu, Philippines, in 1979. In 1984 Tom began to study Chinese medicine and the internal styles of Chinese martial arts with Vince Black. Tom took numerous trips to China and South East Asia where he studied both medicine and martial arts with many different masters including his current teachers: Gao Ji Wu (Ba Gua Zhang) and Song Zhi Yong (Xing Yi Quan). Tom has taught martial arts since 1979. During that time, he apprenticed with Chinese herbalists and experts in acupuncture, qi gong, Chinese massage and bonesetting. He went on to become a licensed practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine and today heads a busy clinic specializing in trauma, Chinese sports medicine, and orthopedic conditions. Tom has also worked as an athletic trainer at the elite Sports Training Institute, where he collaborated with physical therapists to create and implement rehabilitation programs for injured athletes. He was a guest lecturer at the Laban Institute for Movement Studies, working with dancers and movement therapists. Tom has been a guest lecturer at the Tri-State College of Acupuncture, the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine the graduate program of Oriental Medicine at Touro College. Tom Bisio is the co-founder of Zheng Gu Tui Na (www.zhenggutuina.com) a company that teaches workshops in Chinese medicine in the USA and internationally. He also the founder of New York Internal Arts www.newyorkinternalarts.com. Tom is the author of A Tooth From the Tigers Mouth (Simon and Schuster), a book on treating injuries with Chinese medicine, Zheng Gu Tui Na : A Chinese Medical Massage Textbook (by Tom Bisio and Frank Butler) and he collaborated with Gao Ji Wu to write The Essentials of Ba Gua Zhang in 2007. More recently he has produced a three volume DVD set on Ba Gua Zhang in collaboration with Single Step Productions and written Strategy and Change: An Examination of Military Strategy, the I Ching and Ba Gua Zhang. Tom’s latest collaborative effort is a dual-language (English-Chinese) book, The Attacking Hands of Ba Gua Zhang written with Gao Ji Wu of Beijing and accompanied by Valerie Ghent’s stunning photos. Health Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/08/25/green-medicine/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/08/25/green-medicine/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:11:35 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=509 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/08/25/green-medicine/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr. Kokayi interviews Dr. Larry Malerba on his new book “Green Medicine”. Dr. Malerba is a distinguished practitioner, educator and leader in the field of holistic medicine for more than 20 years. His book “Green Medicine”[...] Dr. Kokayi interviews Dr. Larry Malerba on his new book “Green Medicine”. Dr. Malerba is a distinguished practitioner, educator and leader in the field of holistic medicine for more than 20 years. His book “Green Medicine” challenges the assumptions of general health care with regard to the allopathic biochemical approach to healthcare. The approaches of orthodox allopathic medicine and alternative paradigms of healing are compared and contrasted throughout the book and some of this is discussed in the interview. Dr Malerba shares some case histories to highlight the value of other medical paradigms. Dr Malerba’s work clearly helps to establish the role that non allopathic therapies could and should be playing in the general health care of the population. Health, Homeopathy Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/07/28/matrix-energetics-the-physics-of-miracles/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/07/28/matrix-energetics-the-physics-of-miracles/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:34:52 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=484 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/07/28/matrix-energetics-the-physics-of-miracles/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr. Kokayi interviews Justice Bartlett on Matrix Energetics. Her father, Richard Bartlett, author of the Physics of Miracles, is the founder of Matrix Energetics and she’s a master practitioner and instructor within this system. The crux of this s[...] Dr. Kokayi interviews Justice Bartlett on Matrix Energetics. Her father, Richard Bartlett, author of the Physics of Miracles, is the founder of Matrix Energetics and she’s a master practitioner and instructor within this system. The crux of this system revolves around the use of consciousness to “drop down” to the zero point field, beneath the quantum field where lies the matrix out of which all energy matter creations come out of. A practitioner so engaged at this level has the potential to bring about instantaneous changes at the macrosopic level. The creation of alternative realities as it relates to health is discussed and the listening audience is asked to participate in a basic matrix energetics 2 point exercise. Ms Justice also shares a case of Alzheimer’s disease that was successfully treated. This is a cutting edge technology that comes under the banner of energy medicine and requires one to drop certain preconceived notions about the structure of reality. Health Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/07/21/from-slavery-to-petroleum-to-earth-energy/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/07/21/from-slavery-to-petroleum-to-earth-energy/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:57:17 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=489 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/07/21/from-slavery-to-petroleum-to-earth-energy/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Blaine Pope, who holds a PhD and Master’s from Field and Graduate University in the field of human and organizational systems looks at the progression of American society with respect to energy consumption…from slavery, to petroleum consumption, and[...] Blaine Pope, who holds a PhD and Master’s from Field and Graduate University in the field of human and organizational systems looks at the progression of American society with respect to energy consumption…from slavery, to petroleum consumption, and a look at the movement toward earth based technologies. The cost of our dependence on petroleum is clearly too high with respect to the impact on health and the environment. From plastics to gasoline, every phase of our lives are touched by petroleum. People in lower socioeconomic communities are more likely to suffer more from the largely unrecognized affects of petroleum because of their proximity to industrial complexes. Health Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/07/14/community-health-and-development-within-an-african-cultural-paradigm/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/07/14/community-health-and-development-within-an-african-cultural-paradigm/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:33:20 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=464 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/07/14/community-health-and-development-within-an-african-cultural-paradigm/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr. Kokayi interviews Sister Kwayera Archer-Cunningham, founding president and chief executive officer of the Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy. Ifetayo’s success at creating a community based organization that not only gives younger people skills but [...] Dr. Kokayi interviews Sister Kwayera Archer-Cunningham, founding president and chief executive officer of the Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy. Ifetayo’s success at creating a community based organization that not only gives younger people skills but helps to reestablish their cultural identity is highlighted. Ifetayo has been able to overcome many of the problems that plaque organizations in resource poor communities. With almost twenty years of operation Ifetayo has drawn on traditional African community and and spiritual values and cultural technologies to lay the foundation for an organization that has had to offer no apologies for its orientation but yet has been able to successfully garner resources from the non profit world as well as setting up other programs in and out of the United States; Chicago, Brazil, Senegal, Ehtiopia, Jamaica, and South Africa. Africa Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/07/07/permaculture-solutions-for-modern-living/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/07/07/permaculture-solutions-for-modern-living/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:08:56 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=461 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/07/07/permaculture-solutions-for-modern-living/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr. Kokayi interviews Andrew Faust, a certified Permaculture designer and someone who embodies the skills that can lead individuals and municipalities back to a reciprocating respectful relationship with the earth. The concept of Nature Deficit Di[...] Dr. Kokayi interviews Andrew Faust, a certified Permaculture designer and someone who embodies the skills that can lead individuals and municipalities back to a reciprocating respectful relationship with the earth. The concept of Nature Deficit Disorder is used to discuss our disconnect from nature and how this affects us. Andrew Faust explains to us how his Permaculture course aims to create that reconnection with nature. Some of the strategies involved include off-the-grid energy systems, landscape design, and the development of eco villages. Faust looks at the level of waste generated from our present way of living and how permaculture offers a solution to our self destructive life styles. He also shares with the audience information on a 14 week course that will be starting up in the middle of August. Permaculture Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/06/24/power-living-system/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/06/24/power-living-system/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:24:02 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=454 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/06/24/power-living-system/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr Kokayi interview Dr Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy on her power living system.  Dr Kennedy is a Harvard business graduate and former VP at MTV who went thru a life transformation after becoming seriously ill.  Now she is a transformational coach and educ[...] Dr Kokayi interview Dr Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy on her power living system.  Dr Kennedy is a Harvard business graduate and former VP at MTV who went thru a life transformation after becoming seriously ill.  Now she is a transformational coach and educator assisting people to get the most out of life.  Her book 40 Days to Power Living is full of inspiration, truths, and most importantly provides a framework for people to assess where they are at in life and then to take the next step.  An important distinction between coaching and counseling is made and Dr Kennedy shares some of her work, particular with men, as Father’s Day approaches. Health Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/05/05/the-foot-doctor/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/05/05/the-foot-doctor/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 18:01:07 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=442 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/05/05/the-foot-doctor/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr Kokayi interviews George Morgano, a licensed podiatrist with a holistic orientation.  The affect of wearing shoes on the human foot is one of hte topics discussed.  Dr Morgano and Dr Kokayi review some common problems that occur with the feet `li[...] Dr Kokayi interviews George Morgano, a licensed podiatrist with a holistic orientation.  The affect of wearing shoes on the human foot is one of hte topics discussed.  Dr Morgano and Dr Kokayi review some common problems that occur with the feet `like fungal infections, neuromas, plantar fasciitis, and the effects of diabetes.  Dr Morgano shares how he integrates aspects of alternative medicine into his practice including foot reflexology and applied kinesiology podiatry Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/04/21/a-black-male-perspective/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/04/21/a-black-male-perspective/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:10:14 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=439 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/04/21/a-black-male-perspective/feed/ 3 1:00:32 Dr Kokayi interviews Kevin Powell, author and activist. The topic revolves around the reality of Black Men in this country and what it takes to successfully raise a black male child.  Kevin Powell shares his backround and how he came to develop the [...] Dr Kokayi interviews Kevin Powell, author and activist. The topic revolves around the reality of Black Men in this country and what it takes to successfully raise a black male child.  Kevin Powell shares his backround and how he came to develop the Black Male Handbook and what he has encountered in his travels around the country.  A college student that Dr Kokayi mentors Bafemi Silver also shares his journey.  Kevin Powell shares an insightful analysis of where things stand at present and how the internal emotional and physical detoxification and nourishing is just as important as dealing with external inequalities. Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/04/14/rising-plague/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/04/14/rising-plague/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:31:13 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=435 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/04/14/rising-plague/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr Kokayi interviews a west coast infectious disease specialist, Dr Brad Spellburg, the author of Rising Plague: the Global Threat from Deadly Bacteria and our Dwindling Arsenal to Fight them.  Well the subtitle says it all. Bacteria are becoming so[...] Dr Kokayi interviews a west coast infectious disease specialist, Dr Brad Spellburg, the author of Rising Plague: the Global Threat from Deadly Bacteria and our Dwindling Arsenal to Fight them.  Well the subtitle says it all. Bacteria are becoming so rapidly resistant to antibiotics that its no longer profitable for pharmaceutical companies to focus on making these drugs.  This has become an international problem and bacteria have appeared that are resistant to every known antibiotic.  Dr Spellburg gives a very dramatic account of how this resistance can affect healthy people and what is at stake in the near future Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/04/07/medical-hypnosis/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/04/07/medical-hypnosis/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:25:32 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=431 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/04/07/medical-hypnosis/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr Kokayi, as part of the continuing programming around consciousnes and the role it can play in relieving many health problems, interviews a well known medical hypnotist Michael Ellner.  Mr Ellner has used hypnosis extensively within a medical fram[...] Dr Kokayi, as part of the continuing programming around consciousnes and the role it can play in relieving many health problems, interviews a well known medical hypnotist Michael Ellner.  Mr Ellner has used hypnosis extensively within a medical framework and has documented its effectiveness in helping people with chronic pain.  Chronic pain can be impacted on by shifts in consciousness facilitated through the hypnotic process.  Cross cultural comparisons are made between hypnosis and trance states used by other cultures to alter mind space. Hypnosis Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/03/31/integrative-medical-researcher-and-stem-cell-therapy/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/03/31/integrative-medical-researcher-and-stem-cell-therapy/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:04:44 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=406 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/03/31/integrative-medical-researcher-and-stem-cell-therapy/feed/ 0 1:01:02 Guest: Dr. George Zabrecky Dr Kokayi talks with his friend and colleague George Zabrecky MD. Dr. Zabrecky has the distinction of being a chiropractor and MD but even more than this he is one of leading researchers in  the field of integrative medic[...] Guest: Dr. George Zabrecky Dr Kokayi talks with his friend and colleague George Zabrecky MD. Dr. Zabrecky has the distinction of being a chiropractor and MD but even more than this he is one of leading researchers in  the field of integrative medicine. He is responsible for developing evidence based protocals for a number of problems including chronic hepatitis and certain forms of cancer.  He also has a stem cell research facility that has documented success with autistic children and is partnering with a major medical center here in New York. Health Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/03/24/two-sides-of-consciousness-with-dr-larry-dorsey/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/03/24/two-sides-of-consciousness-with-dr-larry-dorsey/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:58:04 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=388 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/03/24/two-sides-of-consciousness-with-dr-larry-dorsey/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Guest: Dr Larry Dorsey Book: The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future Can Shape Our Lives Dr Kokayi and Dr Larry Dossey discuss his works on consciousness with respect to the power of prayer and meditation and  the precognition that many o[...] Guest: Dr Larry Dorsey Book: The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future Can Shape Our Lives Dr Kokayi and Dr Larry Dossey discuss his works on consciousness with respect to the power of prayer and meditation and  the precognition that many of us experience as premonitions.  Dr Dossey sites scientific experiments that are seriously forcing scientists to rethink their ideas on consciousness and the role that it plays in medicine and healing.  Dr Dorsy refers to consciousness as being non local ie. beyond any physical locus…the implications of which will profoundly change our conception of reality. Health Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/03/10/gmr-march-10th-2010/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/03/10/gmr-march-10th-2010/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:30:33 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=394 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/03/10/gmr-march-10th-2010/feed/ 0 1:00:03 I’m going to attempt to cover a lot of ground leading into our topic and guest today.   We are going to look at medicine within a physics framework in order to illuminate more clearly an ever growing group of therapies which rely on aspect of life t[...] I’m going to attempt to cover a lot of ground leading into our topic and guest today.   We are going to look at medicine within a physics framework in order to illuminate more clearly an ever growing group of therapies which rely on aspect of life that functions more by the rules of quantum mechanics than classical physics.  Basicly I’m speaking about consciousness and the role of mind in creating disease and bringing about restoration of health. Lets keep in mind that the mechanistic model of life and medicine was erected on the edifice of Newton’s Principia published in 1687.   A lot has happened since then and a lot was going on during Newton’s time but this was the best model that the European intelligencia could come up with at that time.  Out of this understanding The West developed the idea that mind and matter are separate and for a while that they could not influence each other.  Moreover things exist independently of each other.  Remember that all models of reality are approximations, an ultimately fall short.  These models when agreed upon can set up an energy field that can make it hard for people to function outside of these commonly accepted realities.  For instance when many of us develop a named disease like cancer there are certain shared perceptions that we have about what it means to have cancer which are invariably reinforced by health practitioners. Now your body is a solid object and adheres to the rules that govern Newtonian universe but you are also a quantum object and are subject to a set of rules that work in a quantum universe.   These rules of course are in place even if you don’t know them.  If you walk in front of a speeding truck what’s going to happen to your body.  But what comes into play when a patient has metastatic cancer throughout their body and goes into complete remission?  We call something miraculous because it does not conform to our shared notions of reality and what should be possible. When you get down to the subatomic level our need to define objects or particles creates some interesting results.  We can not track the momentum and the position of a particle.  If we observe one we lose the other.  This is totally confounding to the left brain which is a linear processor.  In quantum physics objects are more like probabilities or possibility waves.  And here is the crux of it.  At the quantum level our need to create the particle, to measure it, collapses the wave function.  Consciousness is the crucial factor creating the illusion of this physical particle. We are always collapsing this wave function but we do it within the construct that our collective minds have created.  Somebody that has had something miraculous happen has experienced the rearrangement of the subatomic world within a different context of possibilities. The question is what aspect of the human psychical process is capable of causing enough of a collapse of the quantum wave function to induce a change in macro objects ie. the physical body or physical objects in a non predictable fashion.  Or do we need some supertechnological instrument that can bend the subatomic world? In our present model of reality linear left sided thinking dominates which causes the quantum wave function to collapse around physical realities that we experience over an over again or what can be called weighted probabilities.  The left side of the brain follows logical sequences which leads to events, problems or realities.  Its  difficult to free ourselves from our own creations at that point. That’s why examples of such a liberating result as the spontaneous recovery from a life threatening illness is called miraculous.   How do we collapse an old pattern into a new possibility?. Intention has to be harnassed in a way that creates a probability for change.  Just like we speak of the creation of chi or prana, constructs that our collective consciousness has created, with respect to the subabomic world and what we want to tap into on[...] Health Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/02/24/plant-diet-recipes-and-rational-with-nathalie-thandiwe/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/02/24/plant-diet-recipes-and-rational-with-nathalie-thandiwe/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:21:00 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=372 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/02/24/plant-diet-recipes-and-rational-with-nathalie-thandiwe/feed/ 8 1:00:32 Guest: Nathalie Thandiwe Book: The Yummi Cookbook: Healthy, Delicious, Affordable Food without Meat, Dairy, Wheat or Soy & Nut Free I think during my third year of medical school I realized I could not be a mainstream doctor.  I watched the trea[...] Guest: Nathalie Thandiwe Book: The Yummi Cookbook: Healthy, Delicious, Affordable Food without Meat, Dairy, Wheat or Soy & Nut Free I think during my third year of medical school I realized I could not be a mainstream doctor.  I watched the treatment that people received in the hospital and not that it was bad but as a student we were required to take a history and physical from many patients on the wards.  I realized that the pharmaceutical prescriptions being given by well meaning doctors were not really going to address the problems that people had.  When I looked into psychiatry and spent my summer after my first year in medical school at a community health center I became alarmed at the drugs being prescribed.  I voiced this to the head psychiatrist at this clinic in New Haven who told me that I was a fool for not wanting to get on the drug bandwagon.  I don’t remember what my reaction was at the time but I guess you could say that I was more disturbed by what I saw happening in the clinic than his comments to me.  I was a vegan during my medical school years and many years after.  And of course through that filter all of my patients appeared to be suffering from the effects of meat eating and the toxic chemicals that were added to the food. I was a vegan for about 22 years.   Along the way I realized some things about my own diet that were problematic for both myself and my family.  My motivation to maintain this dietary approach had been sustained because most of what I was seeing in the hospital and private practice had to with bodies being destroyed by what was going in the mouth and indeed what was not coming out.   When I expanded this model to include spirit, mind, and mechanism I began to feel like I was on the right track although I had to go outside of modern medicine for diagnostic techniques and therapeutics.  While I was learning other healing arts the food industry was changing even more.  I began to lose my motivation for a vegan diet which truth be told was largely soy based.  I also had watched the American public shift to a largely carbohydrate based diet with an emphasis on low fat.  With this I have witnessed the devastating consequences with respect to the increasing incidence of obesity and diabetes.  I have witnessed a charade being carried on about cholesterol and became aware of the food and pharmaceutical industry’s role in coopting the medical profession to push an agenda that has more to do with profits and their products than the health of the American public.  I have witnessed a major transfer of wealth in this country with the American public left holding the bag and in dealing with my own finances finding that for a short period of time I a health professional could not afford health insurance. For years I left the dietary aspect to the able hands of other people in my practice because the information was like shifting sands.  While doctors are really the last source of information to be relied on for nutrition most other people involved in this industry seemed to be pushing products.  And then in 2005 I met my wife and partner who was attending a film lecture I was giving at the Open Center.  As we began to hang out I would compare what I was eating to what she was eating and realized  that even though she would eat meat her diet was much better than mine with respect to nutrient density and unwanted calories.    I know she was challenged to prepare food for me and my kids because of how vegetarian orientation.  Actually my teenagers were already flexing their free choice genes and were eating things that were not served at home.  As for myself  I am not a beast person.  I  have watched how fish have raised the level of  mercury in my system and the bodies of many of my patients.  My wife has also reminded me that older people on animal based diets do not fair that well.  Well with my wife’s cooking I have adjusted to more beans in my diet. We also do more raw food.  And with one[...] Toxins, Vegetarianism Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/01/27/on-the-ground-in-haiti-two-weeks-after-the-earthquake/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/01/27/on-the-ground-in-haiti-two-weeks-after-the-earthquake/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:14:18 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=363 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/01/27/on-the-ground-in-haiti-two-weeks-after-the-earthquake/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr Kokayi has the opportunity to interview two doctors who have just returned from Haiti earlier in the morning after being part of relief efforts for over the last seven days.  Dr Henry Paul a nephrologist is Hatian born and Dr William Lois a surge[...] Dr Kokayi has the opportunity to interview two doctors who have just returned from Haiti earlier in the morning after being part of relief efforts for over the last seven days.  Dr Henry Paul a nephrologist is Hatian born and Dr William Lois a surgeon is Cuban born.  Both have practices here in the NY area and Dr Paul is president of the NY chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Haitians (noahny.org). Both share their impressions about the devastation taking place there and the field hospital that they were a part of establishing.  Both doctors along with Dr Kokayi’s long time friend Dr Jonel Daphnus, also a guest for this program, are preparing to return to Haiti next week.   All three doctors are looking to a future in which massive efforts will be needed to bring some level of restoration to a land where people are living under sheets tied to four poles with a rainy season just a couple of months away.   There account is emotionally provoking an informative.  Callers also shared comments and questions. Well the first of two earthquakes in Haiti was just over two weeks ago (I’m including the earthquake that was greater than 6.0 on the Richter scale that occurred several days later as the second quake…too strong for an after shock) ….so we have witnessed the outpouring of support  to the Haitian people as well as comments from some of America’s more ignorant from suggestions that this was God’s wrath to we should not give these people anymore AID because poverty still exists so they re not capable of being helped to the fact that given the proximity of the ocean they should just go fishing for food.  But by and large Americans and corporations of all ilks are stepping up.  Verizon wireless customers have donated 7.82 million which stand stands atop the list of contributors that I have to 100,000 from the Shell Oil company.  Most of these donations have gone to organizations like the American red cross,  doctors without borders, Save the children, and Partners in Health. But you can also check out some local organization in the New Yorkarea.  I have posted two suggested by one of our guests ..the Haitian Woman For Haitian Refugees and MUDHA (Movement of Dominican Haitian Women…you can find more information at Globalmedicinereview.com.  Countries the world over have been sending aid and rescue teams to Haiti.  We would like to think that at these times humanity shows its best face.  In a moment we will here from two American doctors in the Haitian community who just returned from Haitiafter being there this past week. I want to first turn to the question of the Price of AID…the Price of Assistance from the West.   There has been an ongoing effort on the part of organizations like the Jubilee Debt Relief campaign  to have Haiti’s external debt forgiven.  Lets not forget that following Haiti’s independence in 1804 Francepopped up with warships in 1825 demanding that Haitirepay them for the loss slave of their slave colony to the tune of 21 billion dollars.  Haitiwas paying this debt into the 1900s.  Keep in mind that under French slavery the average Haitian lifespan was 21 years. And of course there was Papa Doc and Baby Doc, the Duvalier regime from about 1964 to 1984 accounting for 30 to 40% percent of Haiti’s present debt, according to what sources you read. And lastly the two USbacked coups to remove the democraticly elected government.  But at least now with the USand other monetary funds moving  closer to dealing with a total forgiveness posture for this debt, something very similar to nearly total forgiveness package like the Martial plan, that Americans created right after World War 11 for Western European nations, this is certainly a cause for some optimism.  Of course the  USand IMF  offered to give Haitianother  loan initially in the aftermath of the earthquake….but they changed their tune with the public outcry. And lastly money attracts so many other problems.  How much of this aid wil[...] Health Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/01/13/the-double-helix-of-time-a-tool-for-a-paradigm-shift/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/01/13/the-double-helix-of-time-a-tool-for-a-paradigm-shift/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:26:31 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=329 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/01/13/the-double-helix-of-time-a-tool-for-a-paradigm-shift/feed/ 0 0:45:31 Today we have the interesting task of trying to create a picture of a four dimensional reality  that you can appreciate on these airways.  I have an able guest…a professor of some thirty years but let me set the stage. The question we have to ask ou[...] Today we have the interesting task of trying to create a picture of a four dimensional reality  that you can appreciate on these airways.  I have an able guest…a professor of some thirty years but let me set the stage. The question we have to ask ourselves in 2010 is whether our problems on a global level have outpaced our ability to solve them.  Western culture the dominant culture on the planet has taken the world in a direction that brings into question whether this wave of humanity can survive to 2100. While many of us are inspired by ancient an indigenous cultures the larger mainstream seems to be moving in a headlong course that guarantees an acceleration of cataclysmic event that will further destabilize human life. The machine can’t slow itself down whether its global warming or  need to maintain global dominance.  No sooner that do we create one solution perhaps in the form of an alliance with a political regime or inventions that are the hallmark of western civilization like the atomic age do we create a series of problems of increasing complexity  that will have to be confronted down the road.  You don’t have to be too old to see the similarities between Viet nam and AFghanastan..  The same is true for our own development. Any one who has spent time with themselves or undergone psychotherapy will be a witness to how certain situations will repeat themselves over and over in our lives until we have gained mastery. So while humanity struggles to evolve and not repeat itself  from the individual to larger societal aggregates  many of us can sense that something is profoundly wrong with the trajectory that the world is headed in.  But we struggle because we don’t have a conceptual model  that will allow us to grasp what is happening and at the same time point the way for action.   In the West we don’t have and no longer believe in oracular systems as a way to understand the will of the unseen hand that shapes things.  Moreover as I pointed out last week our individual everyday work is not linked  metaphorically or technically to larger universal principles or realities which if further isolating and stunting to the imagination.   For the most part we are educated to  perform in our little boxes, doctor, teacher , engineer etc.   When we try to step outside of our box we may be rewarded, punished,  exalted, or depressed or perhaps even all of these at once or in different times. I want to share something that our guest wrote about his field of endeavor and I want you to see if it also resonates with what you have found to be true in your own work The current educational system, divided into exclusive specialized disciplines emphasizes analytic rather than synergistic thinking The current educational systems tends to emphasize indoctrination rather than nurturing the development of problem solving skills Effective comprehensive solutions require a combination of skills and expertise beyond the scope of  any single discipline Professional disciplines tend to focus their efforts within narrow boundaries ignoring the broader ramifications of their field of expertise Research and development is primarily controlled by major corporations with a vested interest in maintaining or expanding their market share while finding new applications for existing technology Our environmental actions have consequences that are global in nature Now I could have written these vary statements as a description of the field of medicine.   But this was actually written by my guest an architect.  That’s right.  And I’m sure that you see how it can apply to your work. Last week I tried to share with you a direction that I have taken as a physician trying to link up with an be in sink with the larger field of healing which supercedes any particular mechanistic system.   It’s a path that is multidimensional and bridges a gap between modern western physics and indigenous systems of healing. Today our guest is going to share what I feel is truly a[...] Health Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/01/06/directions-in-health-care-and-healing-liberation-cosmology/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/01/06/directions-in-health-care-and-healing-liberation-cosmology/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:31:54 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=315 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/01/06/directions-in-health-care-and-healing-liberation-cosmology/feed/ 1 0:45:31 I wanted to take some time at the beginning of this year to share some of my own thoughts about medicine, healing, and health care.  Outside of my radio intros I have not put anything in print since last January’s letter to Obama. The easy part of t[...] I wanted to take some time at the beginning of this year to share some of my own thoughts about medicine, healing, and health care.  Outside of my radio intros I have not put anything in print since last January’s letter to Obama. The easy part of this commentary is the health care piece.  Health care for working people is abominable, this being the case for overwhelming majority of the American population whether you can afford it or not. And many times you really don’t realize this until you are sick and have to interface with the health care system on any consistent basis.   If your problem fits neatly into modern medicine’s conceptualization of what is going on with you then you may get thru the system unscathed and even recover your health.  But this is not the rule.  Being medicated is not the same as being healed.  Your options become really limited unless you spend disposable income.  Yet your premiums are going up. Beyond the administrative and financial headaches the real  question is what is the intention of your practitioner and the health care system as a whole and how is your problem being conceptualized. Are you someone to be fit into a protocol or is something being designed for you during that five to ten minutes that you are with your doctor.  In modern medicine you are working in a closed solution set dictated by the pharmaceutical and insurance industries….not by science. Much of what goes on in medical practice is by way of convention and not the hard science that is constantly being referenced. Your doctor may not have any training in nutrition or any other modality other than making a pathology diagnosis and prescribing drugs.  Who would want to be in this situation? But the obstacles to receiving real quality health care with a emphasis on healing are systemic…and as I wrote in my letter to Obama last January  we are caught in the grip of an insurance pharmaceutical monstrosity that will suck us and this country dry.   More money is taken for less service and dependency on medication is a goal.  In the meantime cancer rolls are growing with almost one out of every other male and one out of every three woman developing cancer in their lifetime. The pharmaceutical companies and their investors are having a field day in this growth industry.  And beyond diet who is going to take on industry and the chemicals that have flooded our environment and are part of our modern lifestyle.  In some instances the companies that provide the chemotherapy also make the chemicals that poison us.  We have practically become the “harvest” depicted in the Matrix.   Add to this an epidemic of obesity which is associated with many other diseases, from cardiovascular disease, to cancer and diabetes…and just plain early mortality.  And yet the medical community has been manipulated by industry to create a mythology around cholesterol and low fat foods. Like the earth’s atmosphere our protective shields, our immune systems have been weakened.  It’s the enemy within whether we are speaking about the chemicals that break down the ozone layer or the trans fats, sugars, and toxic chemicals that break down the lining of our blood vessels an organs.  We are at the heart of our problems.  We have glorified a way of life that is destroying the planet and our lives and most importantly future generations.  We even inject our own children with toxic substances , increasing rates of autism,  with doctors in denial about the role vaccinations are playing in this.  We have replaced thimerosal with aluminumn as we sacrifice many of our new born at the alter of corporate profits and priorities. This is the backdrop for the delivery of health care in AMERICA in 2010. Health care can’t be based on pathology or disease…it impossible to fund such a system.  A culture of wellness must be developed.  We reach for superfoods like noni juice, acai berries,  ginseng, and all manner of green drinks and wheat grass and any number of other miracle fo[...] Health Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/12/23/the-spirit-of-the-holidays/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/12/23/the-spirit-of-the-holidays/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:27:49 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=310 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/12/23/the-spirit-of-the-holidays/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Guest: Dr Lewis Mehl Madrona Greetings…well it’s the third day of the winter solstice,  two days Before Christmas, three days before  Kwanza and four days since Hanukkah ended.   Regardless of your religious persuasion or lack thereof something shif[...] Guest: Dr Lewis Mehl Madrona Greetings…well it’s the third day of the winter solstice,  two days Before Christmas, three days before  Kwanza and four days since Hanukkah ended.   Regardless of your religious persuasion or lack thereof something shifts at this time of year.  Many people develop physical and emotional complaints as the holiday season unfolds and expectations and connections are not made or perhaps old wounds are reopened.  If this wasn’t enough we get to head into the fullness of winter  for at least another three months after the holidays. A key measure of health is your adaptability.  For instance cell phones are here to stay.  Most of us will adapt to this electromagnetic interference  but some will not be able to handle this kind of energy and will have their lives seriously affected.   The same was true with television, radio and computers.  But moving away from things how about this time of year.  It’s a little different from the spring when the body has to deal with nature rising and all the living things that can trigger allergies.  During the Holiday time its more the emotional and spiritual side of ourselves that is challenged.  The endless holiday songs dredge up both pleasant and unpleasant memories.   We think about what we were doing on previous holidays. Who is in our lives now and who is no longer with us.  And there is probably no greater reminder in secular life of the passage of time than the second we move from one year to the next.  Another year added to our lives. Are we living the life that we want to live? What are some of  the ingredients that go into our maintaining our homeostasis, of our maintaining our adaptability.  Is it more important for us to give into the communal urge to relax our discipline in our diets and get with the holiday cheer or do we need to maintain our disciplines and perhaps use this time to go more within. Is our focus spiritual, material, friends and family oriented or a mix that we design or is designed for us.  These are questions that you might want to give some conscious thought to.  How do you want to experience this time of year? Today we want to use the opportunity that this time of year gives  to reflect on dimensions of life that are important to us but that maybe we take for granted or have not consciously looked at. I’m speaking about friendship and community building.  These are important aspect of our lives and can form the basis of  interconnected circles that enrich our lives and those we come across. Joining us today will be a Western trained psychiatrist and family practitioner who happens to be Native American and a practitioner of  Native American Healing arts.  …Dr Lewis Mehl Madrona Health Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/12/16/gmr-dec-16-2009/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/12/16/gmr-dec-16-2009/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:55:58 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=297 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/12/16/gmr-dec-16-2009/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Guest: Alex Stark Well its Holiday time or Holy Day time whichever one you ascribe to.   On the one hand we are being urged more than ever to buy an shop, with shopping made easy over the internet, but on the other hand  from the standpoint of cultu[...] Guest: Alex Stark Well its Holiday time or Holy Day time whichever one you ascribe to.   On the one hand we are being urged more than ever to buy an shop, with shopping made easy over the internet, but on the other hand  from the standpoint of cultures present and ancient,  from around the planet, rooted in the reality of the earth being a living and dynamic entity, there is not a better time to pray and meditate.  Its ironic that the culture that has demonstrated the capacity to dissect our world down to a subatomic particle can not create a system that allows humans to play their part in an interconnected, multidimensional  world. The truth is there are all kinds of intelligences that we can be endowed with and moreover they have a hierarchy.  Needless to say that hierarchy is not in effect at present, so we live in a world that creates realities that are self destructive for humans and inhabitants of the planet.  Lets go into this a little deeper.  Modern medicine is rooted in classical physics.  The heroes of the beginnings of  modern medicine, men like Harvey, Boyle, Laplace, Lavoisier, were all scientists that dissected their known universe in such a fashion that their findings could be  transposed to the human body with the resultant mechanistic way that we deal with health and disease.  But this is the old physics and the new physics beginning with Maxwell and Faraday in the late 1800’s going right up to quantum field theory and its applications is something that mainstream medicine is only beginning to explore.  The truth is that other peoples and traditions on this planet,  because of their own cultural realities, developed systems of healing that were expositions of these non mechanical ways of looking at the universe, nature, and the human body. For instance we have the meridians of Chinese Medicine,  documented to be  a representation of the electromagnetic grid that constitutes our body.  And then we have what have been called shamanic practices, whether in South America or Africa, Practices that bend time and space to the will of consciousness; practices that give testimony to the more recent exposition of physics as the West gets caught up to at least theoretically what ancient cultures had known and lived. The question that we can ask ourselves is why hasn’t medicine in the West adopted  and developed technologies that  reflect  more updated versions of physics and how the universe really works.   The truth is in three parts one: it has but we call it alternative medicine…from electrodermal screening that can tell you what is imbalanced in your body down to the tissue level through assessing the energy at different electromagnetically active points of the body to applied kinesiology and various energetic therapies that interface with consciousness and our emotions in a non chemical fashion, two:  Profiteering and monopoly in corporate medicine make  it necessary for the corporate world to discourage and actually block  new directions in treatment and care that could revolutionize medicine but adversely impact the monopoly and profits associated with it. Billions of dollars, pensions funds, institutions and the US economy itself are tied up in medicine and pharmaceutical practice  as it exists presently.  Take the cancer industry.  What’s really new about survival rates once you remove the statistical manipulation and deal with cold hard numbers.  Virtually nothing.  Yet we have ascribed to a system of diagnosis and treatment that has failed, but is essential to the maintenance of the status quo.  One out of 2.5 people alive will develop cancer.  Sounds like a growth industry to me yet its surrounded by the strictest covenants as to who gets to participate in the care of cancer patients.   The attempts to discredit and prosecute cancer treatment mavericks like the late Dr Revici and Dr Brudzinsky should be of no surprise, not to mention therapies that you would never even hear about.  And three:  efforts [...] Health Kamau Kokayi no no