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Zen	and
and	the
the	Art
Art	of
of	Stress
Stress	Relief
Relief	Zen
Zen	and
and	the
the	Art
Art	of
of	Stress
Stress	Relief
Relief	March
March	By
By	Lynn
Lynn	Somerstein
Somerstein	PhD
PhD	E
E	RYT
RYT	Object
Object	Relations
Relations	Topic
Topic	Expert
Expert	Contributor
Contributor	bubble
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zen	stones
stones	signifying
signifying	balance
balance	and
and	harmony
harmony	That
That	s
s	so
so	Zen
Zen	people
people	say
say	meaning
meaning	peaceful
peaceful	accepting
accepting	and
and	soothing
soothing	But
But	what
what	is
is	Zen
Zen	exactly
exactly	You
You	might
might	picture
picture	a
a	room
room	filled
filled	with
with	fluffy
fluffy	pillows
pillows	decorated
decorated	in
in	blues
blues	and
and	grays
grays	lavender
lavender	incense
incense	and
and	synthesizer
synthesizer	sound
sound	waves
waves	punctuated
punctuated	by
by	gongs
gongs	I
I	d
d	probably
probably	like
like	hanging
hanging	out
out	on
on	those
those	pillows
pillows	but
but	Zen
Zen	is
is	much
much	more
more	than
than	relaxation
relaxation	It
It	s
s	a
a	way
way	of
of	life
life	emphasizing
emphasizing	the
the	value
value	of
of	meditation
meditation	and
and	intuition
intuition	and
and	realizing
realizing	one
one	s
s	true
true	nature
nature	the
the	purpose
purpose	of
of	Zen
Zen	We
We	complain
complain	about
about	stress
stress	about
about	losing
losing	ourselves
ourselves	in
in	the
the	hectic
hectic	din
din	of
of	constant
constant	activity
activity	always
always	on
on	the
the	go
go	busy
busy	and
and	in
in	touch
touch	We
We	even
even	sleep
sleep	with
with	our
our	phones
phones	kept
kept	handy
handy	on
on	the
the	nightstand
nightstand	so
so	we
we	can
can	be
be	available
available	That
That	is
is	too
too	much
much	stress
stress	but
but	stress
stress	is
is	not
not	only
only	a
a	bad
bad	guy
guy	it
it	s
s	a
a	good
good	guy
guy	too
too	often
often	supporting
supporting	growth
growth	Find
Find	a
a	Therapist
Therapist	Submit
Submit	Advanced
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Search	Think
Think	of
of	how
how	stress
stress	helps
helps	in
in	the
the	gym
gym	Muscles
Muscles	get
get	bigger
bigger	with
with	resistance
resistance	training
training	which
which	is
is	a
a	form
form	of
of	stress
stress	on
on	the
the	muscles
muscles	No
No	strain
strain	no
no	gain
gain	and
and	use
use	it
it	or
or	lose
lose	it
it	are
are	popular
popular	refrains
refrains	but
but	we
we	have
have	to
to	find
find	the
the	optimal
optimal	amount
amount	of
of	strain
strain	that
that	promotes
promotes	growth
growth	We
We	need
need	to
to	work
work	those
those	biceps
biceps	with
with	the
the	proper
proper	weight
weight	Too
Too	much
much	will
will	tear
tear	our
our	muscles
muscles	and
and	too
too	little
little	will
will	leave
leave	us
us	with
with	spaghetti
spaghetti	arms
arms	This
This	is
is	where
where	a
a	trainer
trainer	in
in	the
the	gym
gym	or
or	a
a	meditation
meditation	teacher
teacher	a
a	spiritual
spiritual	leader
leader	or
or	a
a	psychotherapist
psychotherapist	can
can	come
come	in
in	handy
handy	making
making	sure
sure	that
that	the
the	stress
stress	you
you	re
re	experiencing
experiencing	is
is	optimal
optimal	be
be	it
it	physical
physical	cognitive
cognitive	spiritual
spiritual	or
or	emotional
emotional	We
We	need
need	to
to	balance
balance	stress
stress	and
and	relaxation
relaxation	Zen
Zen	practitioners
practitioners	develop
develop	a
a	sense
sense	of
of	balance
balance	as
as	well
well	as
as	simplicity
simplicity	order
order	and
and	harmony
harmony	Right
Right	diet
diet	regular
regular	exercise
exercise	enough
enough	sleep
sleep	right
right	livelihood
livelihood	and
and	mindfulness
mindfulness	activities
activities	such
such	as
as	meditation
meditation	yoga
yoga	prayer
prayer	and
and	other
other	techniques
techniques	help
help	us
us	recover
recover	from
from	too
too	much
much	stress
stress	When
When	we
we	quiet
quiet	the
the	mind
mind	and
and	the
the	body
body	we
we	have
have	a
a	better
better	chance
chance	of
of	finding
finding	the
the	true
true	self
self	That
That	s
s	the
the	goal
goal	of
of	Zen
Zen	finding
finding	the
the	deep
deep	self
self	who
who	you
you	really
really	are
are	a
a	key
key	to
to	a
a	more
more	rewarding
rewarding	life
life	and
and	why
why	psychotherapists
psychotherapists	often
often	include
include	meditation
meditation	techniques
techniques	as
as	part
part	of
of	their
their	treatment
treatment	plan
plan	although
although	it
it	is
is	not
not	a
a	replacement
replacement	for
for	psychotherapy
psychotherapy	Zen
Zen	is
is	a
a	peaceful
peaceful	way
way	of
of	life
life	which
which	avoids
avoids	killing
killing	or
or	harming
harming	another
another	living
living	thing
thing	shuns
shuns	stealing
stealing	promotes
promotes	sexual
sexual	responsibility
responsibility	and
and	practices
practices	truthful
truthful	speech
speech	that
that	does
does	not
not	hurt
hurt	anyone
anyone	Drinking
Drinking	and
and	drugging
drugging	anything
anything	that
that	diminishes
diminishes	consciousness
consciousness	is
is	to
to	be
be	avoided
avoided	The
The	Shakyamuni
Shakyamuni	Buddha
Buddha	simplified
simplified	what
what	a
a	Zen
Zen	life
life	looks
looks	like
like	when
when	he
he	said
said	that
that	Zen
Zen	means
means	to
to	do
do	no
no	evil
evil	to
to	cultivate
cultivate	the
the	good
good	and
and	to
to	purify
purify	one
one	s
s	mind
mind	These
These	are
are	down
down	to
to	earth
earth	principles
principles	which
which	help
help	us
us	live
live	the
the	good
good	life
life	without
without	too
too	much
much	stress
stress	A
A	central
central	aspect
aspect	of
of	Zen
Zen	is
is	meditation
meditation	Often
Often	it
it	s
s	wise
wise	to
to	start
start	a
a	meditation
meditation	practice
practice	by
by	resolving
resolving	to
to	meditate
meditate	every
every	day
day	at
at	the
the	same
same	time
time	if
if	possible
possible	and
and	for
for	a
a	period
period	of
of	perhaps
perhaps	five
five	minutes
minutes	so
so	when
when	your
your	meditation
meditation	time
time	is
is	over
over	you
you	want
want	more
more	and
and	you
you	re
re	ready
ready	to
to	start
start	again
again	the
the	next
next	day
day	You
You	can
can	use
use	a
a	timer
timer	if
if	you
you	wish
wish	just
just	choose
choose	a
a	sound
sound	that
that	you
you	like
like	There
There	are
are	some
some	really
really	good
good	apps
apps	for
for	that
that	You
You	can
can	gradually
gradually	lengthen
lengthen	the
the	time
time	spent
spent	meditating
meditating	Meditation
Meditation	practice
practice	is
is	simply
simply	sitting
sitting	quietly
quietly	while
while	maintaining
maintaining	good
good	posture
posture	and
and	focusing
focusing	on
on	one
one	thing
thing	often
often	the
the	breath
breath	Watching
Watching	the
the	outbreath
outbreath	is
is	emphasized
emphasized	because
because	the
the	outbreath
outbreath	is
is	a
a	relaxing
relaxing	breath
breath	by
by	its
its	nature
nature	We
We	breathe
breathe	out
out	let
let	go
go	and
and	then
then	wait
wait	through
through	the
the	pause
pause	and
and	on
on	to
to	the
the	next
next	breath
breath	a
a	bead
bead	in
in	the
the	necklace
necklace	of
of	your
your	life
life	s
s	breaths
breaths	While
While	you
you	meditate
meditate	and
and	focus
focus	on
on	the
the	breath
breath	you
you	try
try	not
not	to
to	get
get	caught
caught	in
in	the
the	endless
endless	thoughts
thoughts	stories
stories	and
and	fantasies
fantasies	that
that	our
our	brains
brains	are
are	constantly
constantly	spinning
spinning	Each
Each	time
time	you
you	catch
catch	sight
sight	of
of	your
your	thoughts
thoughts	you
you	simply
simply	say
say	thinking
thinking	without
without	judgment
judgment	and
and	then
then	you
you	return
return	your
your	attention
attention	to
to	the
the	breath
breath	The
The	without
without	judgment
judgment	part
part	I
I	say
say	it
it	twice
twice	it
it	s
s	that
that	important
important	NO
NO	JUDGMENT
JUDGMENT	Meditation
Meditation	is
is	not
not	a
a	self
self	improvement
improvement	program
program	It
It	is
is	a
a	getting
getting	to
to	know
know	and
and	accept
accept	yourself
yourself	program
program	after
after	which
which	you
you	can
can	get
get	to
to	know
know	and
and	accept
accept	other
other	people
people	too
too	People
People	often
often	get
get	angry
angry	with
with	themselves
themselves	when
when	they
they	catch
catch	themselves
themselves	thinking
thinking	instead
instead	of
of	meditating
meditating	They
They	might
might	feel
feel	like
like	failures
failures	but
but	it
it	s
s	exactly
exactly	the
the	opposite
opposite	Catching
Catching	yourself
yourself	thinking
thinking	is
is	the
the	sweet
sweet	spot
spot	You
You	didn
didn	t
t	do
do	something
something	bad
bad	but
but	just
just	the
the	reverse
reverse	you
you	noticed
noticed	you
you	woke
woke	up
up	and
and	were
were	aware
aware	this
this	is
is	the
the	essence
essence	of
of	meditation
meditation	the
the	gentle
gentle	road
road	to
to	mindfulness
mindfulness	which
which	leads
leads	inside
inside	to
to	your
your	true
true	nature
nature	Mindfulness
Mindfulness	is
is	an
an	extended
extended	awareness
awareness	throughout
throughout	the
the	day
day	noticing
noticing	not
not	simply
simply	reacting
reacting	Meditation
Meditation	reduces
reduces	stress
stress	by
by	increasing
increasing	positive
positive	feelings
feelings	and
and	decreasing
decreasing	anxiety
anxiety	As
As	you
you	get
get	to
to	know
know	yourself
yourself	better
better	and
and	learn
learn	to
to	treat
treat	yourself
yourself	and
and	others
others	with
with	greater
greater	kindness
kindness	your
your	ability
ability	to
to	navigate
navigate	your
your	emotional
emotional	reactions
reactions	with
with	more
more	skillfulness
skillfulness	also
also	leads
leads	to
to	a
a	greater
greater	ability
ability	to
to	get
get	along
along	with
with	yourself
yourself	and
and	with
with	others
others	Self
Self	acceptance
acceptance	again
again	is
is	key
key	There
There	have
have	been
been	many
many	scientific
scientific	investigations
investigations	into
into	the
the	benefits
benefits	of
of	mindfulness
mindfulness	An
An	early
early	one
one	was
was	the
the	relaxation
relaxation	response
response	developed
developed	by
by	Dr
Dr	Herbert
Herbert	Benson
Benson	who
who	founded
founded	the
the	Mind
Mind	Body
Body	Institute
Institute	affiliated
affiliated	with
with	Harvard
Harvard	University
University	He
He	reports
reports	that
that	meditation
meditation	produces
produces	healthful
healthful	changes
changes	in
in	metabolism
metabolism	heart
heart	rate
rate	respiration
respiration	blood
blood	pressure
pressure	and
and	brain
brain	chemistry
chemistry	The
The	National
National	Institutes
Institutes	of
of	Health
Health	concur
concur	Other
Other	findings
findings	reveal
reveal	that
that	long
long	term
term	meditators
meditators	have
have	increased
increased	grey
grey	matter
matter	in
in	their
their	brains
brains	and
and	an
an	increase
increase	in
in	alpha
alpha	wave
wave	activity
activity	Meditation
Meditation	can
can	be
be	an
an	important
important	part
part	of
of	your
your	daily
daily	life
life	With
With	patience
patience	you
you	will
will	reap
reap	great
great	benefits
benefits	of
of	consciousness
consciousness	and
and	emotional
emotional	development
development	Following
Following	basic
basic	Zen
Zen	principles
principles	of
of	compassion
compassion	and
and	nonviolence
nonviolence	and
and	establishing
establishing	a
a	regular
regular	meditation
meditation	practice
practice	makes
makes	for
for	a
a	satisfying
satisfying	life
life	with
with	less
less	stress
stress	and
and	provides
provides	the
the	tools
tools	to
to	handle
handle	stress
stress	when
when	you
you	need
need	to
to	A
A	Zen
Zen	mind
mind	set
set	can
can	go
go	a
a	long
long	way
way	toward
toward	teaching
teaching	us
us	to
to	deal
deal	with
with	stress
stress	You
You	don
don	t
t	have
have	to
to	make
make	a
a	huge
huge	change
change	to
to	gain
gain	its
its	benefits
benefits	Recommended
Recommended	reading
reading	The
The	Wisdom
Wisdom	of
of	No
No	Escape
Escape	by
by	Pema
Pema	Chodron
Chodron	The
The	Trauma
Trauma	of
of	Everyday
Everyday	Life
Life	A
A	Guide
Guide	to
to	Inner
Inner	Peace
Peace	by
by	Mark
Mark	Epstein
Epstein	Peace
Peace	Is
Is	Every
Every	Step
Step	The
The	Path
Path	of
of	Mindfulness
Mindfulness	in
in	Everyday
Everyday	Life
Life	by
by	Thich
Thich	Nhat
Nhat	Hanh
Hanh	Arnold
Arnold	Kotler
Kotler	and
and	H
H	H
H	the
the	Dalai
Dalai	Lama
Lama	Mind
Mind	and
and	Life
Life	Discussions
Discussions	with
with	the
the	Dalai
Dalai	Lama
Lama	on
on	the
the	Nature
Nature	of
of	Reality
Reality	by
by	Pier
Pier	Luigi
Luigi	Luisi
Luisi	with
with	Zara
Zara	Houshmand
Houshmand	Copyright
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the	easiest
easiest	ways
ways	to
to	begin
begin	implementing
implementing	more
more	of
of	a
a	Zen
Zen	lifestyle
lifestyle	into
into	my
my	day
day	to
to	day
day	activities
activities	I
I	want
want	to
to	lead
lead	a
a	more
more	peaceful
peaceful	and
and	stress
stress	free
free	life
life	but
but	to
to	be
be	honest
honest	with
with	you
you	I
I	don
don	t
t	think
think	that
that	I
I	am
am	really
really	even
even	sure
sure	how
how	to
to	get
get	started
started	on
on	that
that	path
path	It
It	sounds
sounds	all
all	well
well	and
and	good
good	til
til	I
I	start
start	trying
trying	to
to	weed
weed	it
it	all
all	out
out	and
and	then
then	something
something	constantly
constantly	throws
throws	a
a	roadblock
roadblock	in
in	my
my	way
way	that
that	stops
stops	me
me	from
from	fully
fully	getting
getting	the
the	benefits
benefits	of
of	it
it	And
And	then
then	I
I	am
am	back
back	right
right	where
where	I
I	started
started	all
all	over
over	again
again	Reply
Reply	SaraB
SaraB	March
March	th
th	at
at	AM
AM	I
I	think
think	that
that	you
you	hit
hit	the
the	nail
nail	on
on	the
the	head
head	when
when	you
you	described
described	it
it	as
as	a
a	wya
wya	of
of	life
life	That
That	is
is	exactly
exactly	it
it	It
It	is
is	not
not	just
just	about
about	doing
doing	this
this	one
one	thing
thing	or
or	another
another	it
it	is
is	all
all	about
about	changing
changing	your
your	whole
whole	entire
entire	lifestyle
lifestyle	to
to	reflect
reflect	a
a	different
different	way
way	of
of	living
living	and
and	thinking
thinking	It
It	is
is	a
a	way
way	to
to	let
let	go
go	of
of	the
the	many
many	outside
outside	worried
worried	and
and	stresses
stresses	that
that	generally
generally	come
come	with
with	everyday
everyday	life
life	and
and	develop
develop	a
a	simpler
simpler	and
and	usually
usually	better
better	way
way	to
to	deal
deal	with
with	all
all	of
of	that
that	anxiety
anxiety	I
I	can
can	almost
almost	guarantee
guarantee	you
you	that
that	once
once	you
you	adopt
adopt	this
this	lifestyle
lifestyle	in
in	a
a	holistic
holistic	manner
manner	you
you	will
will	feel
feel	better
better	from
from	head
head	to
to	toe
toe	almost
almost	immediately
immediately	Reply
Reply	lynn
lynn	somerstein
somerstein	jpg
jpg	Lynn
Lynn	Somerstein
Somerstein	March
March	th
th	at
at	AM
AM	Thanks
Thanks	Katie
Katie	and
and	SaraB
SaraB	for
for	reading
reading	and
and	writing
writing	your
your	thoughts
thoughts	Katie
Katie	I
I	think
think	if
if	you
you	try
try	to
to	plant
plant	one
one	small
small	seed
seed	rather
rather	than
than	digging
digging	up
up	your
your	whole
whole	lawn
lawn	you
you	may
may	be
be	successful
successful	Just
Just	give
give	it
it	lots
lots	of
of	time
time	and
and	be
be	open
open	to
to	restarts
restarts	SaraB
SaraB	I
I	think
think	you
you	are
are	a
a	gardener
gardener	I
I	enjoyed
enjoyed	reading
reading	your
your	insights
insights	Reply
Reply	SaraB
SaraB	March
March	th
th	at
at	AM
AM	a
a	gardener
gardener	hmmm
hmmm	I
I	like
like	that
that	Reply
Reply	Wally
Wally	March
March	st
st	at
at	AM
AM	But
But	you
you	do
do	think
think	that
that	the
the	Zen
Zen	life
life	could
could	be
be	compatibale
compatibale	with
with	other
other	lifestyles
lifestyles	Like
Like	I
I	have
have	always
always	been
been	under
under	the
the	impression
impression	maybe
maybe	mistakenly
mistakenly	that
that	this
this	was
was	more
more	of
of	an
an	offshoot
offshoot	of
of	Buddhism
Buddhism	so
so	I
I	couldn
couldn	t
t	be
be	a
a	Christian
Christian	and
and	practice
practice	something
something	like
like	this
this	But
But	reading
reading	this
this	doesn
doesn	t
t	make
make	it
it	seem
seem	this
this	was
was	and
and	makes
makes	it
it	sound
sound	like
like	I
I	could
could	certainly
certainly	implement
implement	some
some	of
of	these
these	teachings
teachings	into
into	my
my	everyday
everyday	life
life	without
without	compromising
compromising	my
my	religious
religious	beliefs
beliefs	Would
Would	you
you	agree
agree	with
with	that
that	Reply
Reply	lynn
lynn	somerstein
somerstein	jpg
jpg	Lynn
Lynn	Somerstein
Somerstein	March
March	st
st	at
at	AM
AM	Hi
Hi	Wally
Wally	That
That	is
is	a
a	wonderful
wonderful	question
question	I
I	am
am	not
not	a
a	theologian
theologian	but
but	I
I	think
think	that
that	you
you	can
can	incorporate
incorporate	some
some	of
of	the
the	teachings
teachings	into
into	your
your	Christian
Christian	life
life	such
such	as
as	compassion
compassion	and
and	non
non	violence
violence	and
and	the
the	practice
practice	of
of	meditation
meditation	Thanks
Thanks	very
very	much
much	for
for	writing
writing	Take
Take	care
care	Lynn
Lynn	Reply
Reply	Heather
Heather	Schwartz
Schwartz	March
March	st
st	at
at	AM
AM	Lynn
Lynn	you
you	write
write	Catching
Catching	yourself
yourself	thinking
thinking	is
is	the
the	sweet
sweet	spot
spot	You
You	didn
didn	t
t	do
do	something
something	bad
bad	but
but	just
just	the
the	reverse
reverse	you
you	noticed
noticed	you
you	woke
woke	up
up	and
and	were
were	aware
aware	this
this	is
is	the
the	essence
essence	of
of	meditation
meditation	the
the	gentle
gentle	road
road	to
to	mindfulness
mindfulness	which
which	leads
leads	inside
inside	to
to	your
your	true
true	nature
nature	Mindfulness
Mindfulness	is
is	an
an	extended
extended	awareness
awareness	throughout
throughout	the
the	day
day	noticing
noticing	not
not	simply
simply	reacting
reacting	I
I	love
love	this
this	It
It	s
s	so
so	true
true	This
This	is
is	a
a	wonderful
wonderful	summary
summary	of
of	informal
informal	and
and	formal
formal	meditation
meditation	Reply
Reply	Lynn
Lynn	Somerstein
Somerstein	March
March	st
st	at
at	PM
PM	Heather
Heather	thank
thank	you
you	Have
Have	a
a	lovely
lovely	weekend
weekend	Lynn
Lynn	Reply
Reply	Wally
Wally	March
March	nd
nd	at
at	AM
AM	Lynn
Lynn	thank
thank	you
you	for
for	caring
caring	enough
enough	to
to	address
address	my
my	concerns
concerns	I
I	think
think	that
that	I
I	am
am	ready
ready	to
to	seek
seek	out
out	some
some	more
more	writings
writings	on
on	the
the	subject
subject	and
and	see
see	if
if	there
there	are
are	some
some	ways
ways	to
to	incorporate
incorporate	this
this	into
into	my
my	daily
daily	life
life	without
without	having
having	to
to	give
give	up
up	other
other	things
things	that
that	are
are	dear
dear	to
to	me
me	Thanks
Thanks	again
again	Reply
Reply	lynn
lynn	somerstein
somerstein	jpg
jpg	Lynn
Lynn	Somerstein
Somerstein	March
March	nd
nd	at
at	AM
AM	Wally
Wally	my
my	pleasure
pleasure	Take
Take	care
care	Lynn
Lynn	Reply
Reply	kimmy
kimmy	March
March	nd
nd	at
at	PM
PM	I
I	know
know	that
that	now
now	everyone
everyone	will
will	agree
agree	with
with	me
me	but
but	I
I	have
have	always
always	had
had	this
this	sense
sense	about
about	myself
myself	that
that	the
the	tough
tough	stuff
stuff	That
That	is
is	what
what	tends
tends	to
to	make
make	me
me	a
a	little
little	bit
bit	stronger
stronger	The
The	gym
gym	analogy
analogy	was
was	a
a	great
great	one
one	because
because	life
life	is
is	a
a	whole
whole	lot
lot	like
like	those
those	muscles
muscles	The
The	harder
harder	the
the	work
work	at
at	it
it	well
well	the
the	easier
easier	it
it	gets
gets	That
That	doesn
doesn	t
t	mean
mean	there
there	won
won	t
t	still
still	be
be	hard
hard	days
days	but
but	you
you	will
will	eventually
eventually	just
just	be
be	a
a	little
little	better
better	prepared
prepared	to
to	handle
handle	the
the	tough
tough	ones
ones	Reply
Reply	Iz
Iz	March
March	th
th	at
at	AM
AM	No
No	matter
matter	what
what	name
name	it
it	chooses
chooses	to
to	go
go	by
by	we
we	must
must	all
all	establish
establish	this
this	sense
sense	of
of	order
order	and
and	balance
balance	in
in	life
life	Reply
Reply	lynn
lynn	somerstein
somerstein	jpg
jpg	Lynn
Lynn	Somerstein
Somerstein	March
March	th
th	at
at	AM
AM	Yes
Yes	Thanks
Thanks	Iz
Iz	Take
Take	care
care	Lynn
Lynn	Reply
Reply	Paco
Paco	March
March	th
th	at
at	PM
PM	Any
Any	thoughts
thoughts	on
on	how
how	much
much	this
this	has
has	grown
grown	in
in	popularity
popularity	I
I	mean
mean	even
even	a
a	few
few	years
years	ago
ago	you
you	would
would	have
have	never
never	heard
heard	anyone
anyone	talking
talking	about
about	this
this	It
It	s
s	like
like	it
it	had
had	it
it	s
s	hey
hey	day
day	in
in	the
the	s
s	and
and	s
s	and
and	then
then	kind
kind	of
of	crashed
crashed	and
and	burned
burned	but
but	is
is	now
now	having
having	a
a	resurgence
resurgence	I
I	guess
guess	it
it	is
is	true
true	that
that	all
all	things
things	are
are	cyclical
cyclical	because
because	this
this	seems
seems	to
to	be
be	coming
coming	back
back	into
into	fashion
fashion	again
again	as
as	well
well	Only
Only	this
this	time
time	I
I	hope
hope	that
that	it
it	will
will	stick
stick	around
around	because
because	I
I	kind
kind	of
of	like
like	the
the	emaning
emaning	behind
behind	it
it	and
and	think
think	that
that	a
a	lot
lot	of
of	people
people	really
really	could
could	gain
gain	a
a	lot
lot	from
from	it
it	if
if	only
only	they
they	would
would	stick
stick	to
to	it
it	and
and	give
give	it
it	some
some	time
time	to
to	work
work	I
I	think
think	a
a	lot
lot	of
of	people
people	though
though	give
give	up
up	on
on	it
it	just
just	a
a	little
little	too
too	soon
soon	Reply
Reply	lynn
lynn	somerstein
somerstein	jpg
jpg	Lynn
Lynn	Somerstein
Somerstein	March
March	th
th	at
at	AM
AM	Hi
Hi	Paco
Paco	I
I	agree
agree	there
there	is
is	a
a	resurgence
resurgence	of
of	interest
interest	in
in	Eastern
Eastern	medicine
medicine	thought
thought	and
and	philosophy
philosophy	just
just	as
as	you
you	said
said	Let
Let	s
s	both
both	hope
hope	people
people	remain
remain	interested
interested	Reply
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