A recent blog by Bhakti yoga experts Ed and Deb Shapiro contends that over-emphasis on the intellect in Western cultures…

As social beings humans communicate significantly via their physical appearance, with skin and hair color contributing disproportionately. It is well-accepted that hair growth (a mammal-specific trait) and pigmentation have facilitated evolutionary success in non-human mammals (i.e., via thermal insulation, camouflage, social and sexual communication, and sensory perception) (Wu et al., 2008). However, these traits do not [...]

Guest Post by Rory Green: I have a skin condition called Vitiligo.  Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder that causes pigment to disappear.  My body is scattered with randomly shaped patches and spots that have lost all colour.  I’ve named them my islands of white.  Thousands of people are living with the condition in varying degrees. [...]

Nathalie’s Vitiligo Friends Podcast kicks off 2012 with Rory Green, creator of Write to Be You workshops in Los Angeles, California. Nathalie and Rory will discuss how you can use writing to deal with stress, and to overcome inhibitions that sometimes become a part of our life with vitiligo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb-ZPaKYwGs Related PostsVitiligo: A balancing actGinger [...]

A recent article by NY Times science journalist William Broad claims that “a number of commonly taught yoga poses are…

A few days ago Kam left a comment here about her success with protopic repigmenting vitiligo. It’s wonderful and hopeful news… I had quite a lot of pigmentation around the eyes mainly. First my GP told me there was nothing that could help me. For other reasons I changed my GP and the new GP [...]

A recent study suggests that intensive and sustained meditation may boost the activity of telomerase (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21035949), an enzyme responsible for…

A recent study suggests that intensive and sustained meditation may boost the activity of telomerase (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21035949), an enzyme responsible for…

The basics of protopic 1. no evidence of skin cancer has been associated with use of these agents in humans 2. it suppresses the immune response associated with vitiligo 3. it’s not a steroid 4. works for some, but not all, cases of vitiligo 5. it’s not absorbed into the bloodstream or body What is [...]

As research studies continue to validate claims of the many benefits of yoga, there are still skeptics out there who…