AE028 - Epilogue into the Unknown.mp3
Anecdotal Evidence with Daniel Johnson, MD
In this episode I sift through the anthology of conversations and reflect on what I've learned from the podcast. A special thank you to all of our guests; I'm filled with gratitude for this experience and I hope this provides a little inspiration for 2017 and beyond. Well wishes and many blessings. Daniel Johnson, MD
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AE027 - Chris Wilhelm - Living the Music.mp3
Anecdotal Evidence with Daniel Johnson, MD
I'm super excited to send you a Christmas present from the Anecdotal Evidence. This is my conversation with the local musician, Chris Wilhelm. I sat down with Chris way back in February of this year for a conversation about music and the healing pathways into our being that it opens up. It was special for me in that Chris and I share a lot in common. We're both the oldest of three brothers, we have some common musical interests in Bob Dylan and Neil Young, and we both have relocated to Asheville to call home. We get into all of that in some detail during...
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AE026 - Angela Hind, MD - Ethical Medicine in a Toxic World.mp3
Anecdotal Evidence with Daniel Johnson, MD
Thanks for checking out Anecdotal Evidence. I'm very excieted to share this week's episode with my conversation with Dr. Angela Hind. I had the good fortune of meeting Angela earlier this year after reading an article about fluoride in the local Mountain Xpress. Fluoridating our water supply is a very controversial issue that stirs up charged debate. It is an interesting issue to explore because there are strong opinions on either side of the argument. It represents a polarizing issue that makes it difficult to foster intelligent discussion without devolving into...
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AE025 - Bhante Ujotika Bhivamsa - Happiness Through Peace of Mind.mp3
Anecdotal Evidence with Daniel Johnson, MD
Thanks for checking out Anecdotal Evidence. I'm very excited to share this week's episode with Bhante UJotika Bhivamsa. Bhante is a Buddhist monk who teaches meditation at Serenity Insight Meditation Center here in Asheville. He is originally from Burma where he was raised in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. He has dedicated his life to learning, practicing and teaching meditation. It was a great privilege to get a chance to sit down with him for a conversation. Here in the west we are just beginning to understand and value the meditative arts. But...
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AE024 - Indu Arora - Wake Up to Your Self.mp3
Anecdotal Evidence with Daniel Johnson, MD
Hello and Happy Labor Day! As we embark on another change in seasons, I hope you've enjoyed your summer and are looking forward to fall. The last few episodes of the podcast have been dedicated to my experiences from Insight India 2016. This trip was founded and led by Indu Arora. We traveled to several cities in India to learn from great teachers of Ayurveda and Yoga, and to experience these disciplines still alive in modern practice. As discussed in these last few episodes, the total experience was a challenge to my whole being - humbling, and yet rich...
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AE023 - New Delhi, Early Reflections
Anecdotal Evidence with Daniel Johnson, MD
Insight India 2016 pushed me out out my comfort zone and challenged me to open my mind. It was an immersion in a distant country with different culture and customs. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to see this part of the world and to feel the impact of how an experience of a different culture changed me. Part of how I felt that was the desire to share it through the podcast format. Anecdotal Evidence has developed into an ongoing discussion about the phenomenon of our health as we experience it. At the end of the trip I was exhausted and my...
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AE022 - 9 Emotions in Vrindavan
Anecdotal Evidence with Daniel Johnson, MD
For the next installment from the series on my recent trip to India, I'd like to share my personal experience with these emotions in Vrindavan. AE022 - 9 Emotions in Vrindavan Vrindavan is the ancient Indian city where it's said that the Hindu Lord Krishna spent his childhood days. There are many temples dedicated to Krishna in Vrindavan and we had the opportunity to experience these temples as a place of living sacrament. Devotees crowded into the temple to chant, read sacred texts and leave offerings to the male form Krishna, and the female form Radha. In our...
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AE020 - Insight India 2016 - Siddhartha Krishna - Lecture 1
Anecdotal Evidence with Daniel Johnson, MD
This is the first of two lectures given by Siddhartha Krishna to our Insight India group. The lecture was given on March 19, 2016. Here he introduces the ancient Indian philosophy of the Vedas, and what relevance it may have to all of us.
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AE021 - Insight India 2016 - Siddhartha Krishna - Lecture 2
Anecdotal Evidence with Daniel Johnson, MD
The second lecture from Siddhartha Krishna given to the Insight India 2016 group. This lecture was given on March 21, 2016 in Rishikesh, India. Siddhartha elaborates on how technology affects the future of yoga and expounds on Vedic philosophy.
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AE019 - Insight India 2016 - Dispatch from Rishikesh.mp3
Anecdotal Evidence with Daniel Johnson, MD
Recording on the banks of the Ganges in Rishikesh, India March
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For the next installment from the series on my recent trip to India, I'd like to share my personal experience with these emotions in Vrindavan.
AE022 - 9 Emotions in Vrindavan
Vrindavan is the ancient Indian city where it's said that the Hindu Lord Krishna spent his childhood days. There are many temples dedicated to Krishna in Vrindavan and we had the opportunity to experience these temples as a place of living sacrament. Devotees crowded into the temple to chant, read sacred texts and leave offerings to the male form Krishna, and the female form Radha.
In our Insight India 2016 trip we had the fortune to experience this city firsthand. Our homework assignment during the trip was to reflect on our experience up to that point through the lens of examining our emotions according to the rasa classification system. I found it to be a useful exercise for exploration and recorded a mini-episode that I'm sharing with you here. The YouTube video for this episode includes the video segment of the recording., showing the numerous monkeys that co-inhabited the ashram where we stayed. This includes one brief clip of a monkey walking right past me as I was recording - fear and wonder captured live!
Looking back on the experience now it's been interesting for me to note how my emotions associated with the experience there have changed in character in various capacities. I think this is a useful metaphor for observing how our emotions change in character with time. Taking the time to tune into the emotional disturbances of the mind gives us an opportunity to use our intelligence to determine what caused these disturbances. It also teaches us pathways for resolving these emotional disturbances based on our previous experiences. These are referred to often in the psychological world as coping skills.
I hope you enjoy the episode. Namaste.