Tag: cancer

  • Holistic Holiday at Sea, Part 4

    Lino Stancich instructs passengers on the art of self-massage for healing on the top deck of the MSC Poesia. THIRTY THOUSAND FEET OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO – It’s hard to believe it was just a week ago that I made this journey in reverse, catching my pre-dawn flight in Guadalajara, deplaning in Miami to…

  • Holistic Holiday at Sea, Part 3

    When Dr. Martha Cottrell turned 50, she was a mess. She suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and severe allergies. She didn’t think it could get much worse – but one day, it did. She was diagnosed with a pre-cancerous lesion of the cervix. “I was doing everything I had been taught,” she told the audience,…

  • Healing on the High Seas – Part 2

    Sunday dawned somewhere over the high seas, and we emerged poolside to find the yoga instructor cheerily calling out over a stiff ocean breeze: “Remember, surrender all resistance; we’re in battlefield conditions. This will strengthen your practice!” A hundred pairs of arms reached for the sky as the last shades of pink faded away, and…