by Siegfried Othmer, PhD Day 10 September 25 (Thursday) It was day two of the Dalai Lama’s teaching, and on this occasion I already felt that I came to the event with an altered sense of time. Some of my customary time urgency had dissipated. I assume that this must be one of the fringe […]

by Siegfried Othmer, PhD Day 9 September 24 (Wednesday) This was the first day of the Dalai Lama’s teaching. We got up at 5:00 AM to get an early start at the line for security checks. Badges had already been obtained previously. The crowd management challenge was immense, with some 600 people expected inside the […]

by Siegfried Othmer, PhD Day 8 September 23 (Tuesday) The day started early with the circumambulation of the Monastery grounds, in the tradition of the walking meditation of Tibetan Buddhists. First one had to run the gauntlet of beggars gathering outside of the monastery entrance. It occurred to me at this point that I had […]

by Siegfried Othmer, PhD Day 7 September 22 (Monday) On this, the first day of our course, only a few of us were needed for setup and lecture. The program offered all others the opportunity to visit long-term meditators who were living the life of hermits in the nearby mountains for periods of three up […]

by Siegfried Othmer, PhD I s it not remarkable that the entire field of education regards the challenges faced in education entirely without reference to the brain? This holds true from Arne Duncan at the Department of Education down to the local school board and even to the teacher in the classroom. It is almost […]

by Siegfried Othmer, PhD Day 6 September 21 (Sunday) The day of our trip to Dharamsala had arrived. The hotel limo took us to the airport at 6:30 in the morning, a time remarkable only for the dearth of traffic at that hour and the liberty that provides for the resident monkeys, who were out […]

by Siegfried Othmer, PhD Sight-seeing Day 5 September 20 (Saturday) Barbara and Virginia had made arrangements with a very knowledgeable guide to see Old Delhi. Off they went early in the morning, starting in the narrow alleyways of the spice market, densely packed with merchants hawking spices and teas, bangles and saris, all best observed […]

L anier Fly, who’s been using neurofeedback at his Newport News, Virginia practice Fly Family Therapy and Neurotherapy for 15 years, believes that he received a higher calling to use his skills to help the people of the Congo. He prepared a team of five colleagues to travel to the Bukavu in eastern Congo. Lanier […]