As a dancer, yogini of over 20 years, and a physician, I have a lot to say about feet and our health. 

This month, I am thrilled to share that the audiobook version of my book Delicious Healing is now available.

The audiobook  

A baffling, disturbing, as well as interestingly timed article was recently published in the Annals  

Sufficient sleep is vital for our physical, mental and emotional well being and in an ideal world, we’d all be going to bed several hours before midnight, waking up without alarms, and feeling refreshed and energized.

I don’t remember not dancing. I am an introvert and was very shy when growing up but I never felt self consciousness dancing. I would create and perform little  

It's been a long break since the last Performing Healing post but all for a good cause: my first book, Delicious Healing was published just a couple of months ago and I am thrilled to share it here on this site with you. 

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common condition that occurs after surviving one or more traumatic experiences.  

The tradition continues! In lieu of the standard article, quiz, and dance link, December’s edition of Performing Healing contains a list of my favorite links this season, as well as of course, a dose of dance.

Yet another study has come out that touts the health benefits of soy, specifically with regards to reducing body fat and inflammation.  Here are my take home points of the study as well as some of my cautions about soy:

This month, I’m sharing what I think is a really important study that was recently published about the link between Vitamin D and cancer.

Here are my take home points:

A really interesting study about exercise came out of Denmark and was published in the Journal of  the American College of Cardiology in Spring 2015. It suggests  

This study, published recently in the BMJ and reviewed in the NY Times, definitely caught my attention.  The study links the consumption of potatoes to high blood pressure and I have quite a few thoughts about it. Here are my take home  

This study, which was published recently in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, explores how something as small as just sitting can, over time, have huge consequences on our health.

Here are the study’s take home points:

This small but fascinating study published April 2015 in Nature Communications looked at what happened when 20 Americans switched their diet with 20 South Africans for 2 weeks.

Here are my take home points.

The health benefits of yoga are widespread and have been documented in medical literature especially when it comes to its effects on stress, mood, and  

In lieu of the standard article, quiz, and dance link, December’s edition of Performing Healing will contain a list of my favorite links this season. 

For the first December edition, I’ve included  

An  

As it turns out, when it comes to prevention from getting sick with a virus, what might be just as important as your hand washing hygiene is your SLEEP hygiene!

The latest in medical research continues to strengthen the evidence of the health benefits of meditation.  JAMA Internal Medicine

Below is an article published by the Annals of  Internal Medicine and presented in the New York Times.  It is offered as cautionary example of the importance of questioning what is often stated as truth.

Here’s a limiting and false belief I’d like to see discarded:  fruit as a cause of