Double-crested cormorant: Garden Party on Saturday afternoon August 10th around 5 pm on my porch in Canyon in honor of summer * * * Healing ... and both Allopathic Medicine and Yoga? (Am an appreciator of knowledge-based allopathic medical approaches when they can knowledgeably help ...eg Stanford Harvard MDs idea for 3rd and 4th 2nd opinions ... but when not viable, and when one's in pain) * * * Manuel Castells, "Communication Power" (2009/2013): first sentences of chapters * * * Sailing ... Jane MacLeod, Peg Parker, Scott MacLeod from Cuttyhunk island's West End with Matha's Vineyard in background #Cuttyhunk #CuttyhunkIsland #MarthasVineyard (and ship in background ) ~ wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Sailing @WorldUnivAndSch ~

Am having a Garden Party on Saturday afternoon August 10th around 5 pm on my porch in Canyon in honor of summer - it may be a baby shower too. Potluck. We’ll have tea and veggies - hopefully from my garden in a box! Please come and partake in some yummies. (And, everyone, put your musical instruments in the car .... have invited too some SCD musicians ... who may bring pink and blue Scottish Country Dance sheet music books ... perhaps some of us can explore playing some of these tunes slowly and creatively and in an improvisational way even! Dancing allowed... if we find our way to music-making! )

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Happy upcoming birthday, Barbara!

May I bring a little cake or some cupcakes or similar by on your birthday for a celebration at your place?

Hmmm .... other approaches to back challenges with successful outcomes? By way of comparison, my right ear eustachian tube dysfunction seems to be changing and developing but is still manageable. Yoga sitting and releasing and forward bending in half lotus mornings daily has some benefits, as do shoulderstands some afternoons. Headstands possibly ... all as movement therapies, with benefits of exercise to the bodymind as a whole as well. Angela's email response (after I was in her course in Berkeley in 2017) to my ETD dysfunction is below, which might be edifying re your ongoing back condition too.

Hilary Thorsen continues to be interesting re my seeking a friend, girl friend, partner, wife, mom-to-be ... as way opens (as Friends say:).

Happy upcoming birthday! A wee celebration with sweet cake chez toi? :)

Scott

Hi Scottie in the fab.kilt!

it was so fine to see you in Namaste this weekend and you added some colour and fun to the class!
I just got you email this morning.   I was hacked some years ago and lost everything so have a new address but am not much into social emails so best to just connect with Victor as you have been doing!

Re my EUSTACHIAN TUBE DYSFUNCTION question ...

I suffer also from ringing In the ears....sometimes it is almost deafening but anything to relax tension around the shoulders and neck eases it a bit. 
For me it is never the Asana but how I can release and undo tension from inside...   Computer work inevitably tightens us up in these areas.
   I use my fingers and thumbs when lying down to get into the really tight 'ropes' on either side of my neck....great to do it in bet as then I fall way to sleep beautifully!
Staying away whenever possible from loud and mechanical noises, listening to water...ocean waves, rivers, rain, wind in the trees , birdsong...all soothing to the ears.
I guess we have to live with these problems but softening and becoming more receptive is the best help.

Finding a mate is not up to us.  When we are truly ready to be open and loving with ourselves and NO Expectations for others.....just to honour and accept them as they are...there is a chance that something wonderful appears
Expectations will ruin any relationship.  gratitude and love is the best medicine
Lots of love
Angela! 

I’m currently on a gluten-free diet (in addition to my meat, fish and egg-free regular diet).  Am also trying to avoid refined sugar as that also increases inflammation.  So probably cake would not work right now, but that was a kind offer!  I have a new acupuncturist who recommended the gluten-free approach to reducing inflammation (esp in my back!).  Have been doing it a couple of months now.  I am healing but it’s not for sure the microdisc piece will resorb.  Hence the surgery option.  I really want to get back to laying the fiddle!

I hope you are enjoying your time in MA.

CA greetings!

Barbara

Hi Barbara,

Thanks for your nice email, and best wishes in your healing process. (Am an appreciator of knowledge-based allopathic medical approaches when they can knowledgeably help ...eg Stanford Harvard MDs idea for 3rd and 4th 2nd opinions - and eg my friend David T went ro Mass Eye and Ear with his ear balance condition Meniere's disease and had a successful!operation and MA paid for it, ... but when not viable, and when one's in pain ... one searches for solutions ... and I attempt to keep my noninterventionist allopathic medicine skepticism active for self preservation, and to avoid errors to my body ... so all the best in your ongoing search for a therapy that works (would a MD for smarts, knowledge training skill etc do the microsurgery hypothetically? ) ... my own Yoga training and A/V conversation are helpful re my own healing (and am not actively teaching Yoga too these days) and re asana movement therapies (re Dona's Yoga books)  ... so best wishes with your search

Savory gluten-free  birthday cakelets?  LET's explore this possibility after I return to Bay on 7/30. :) Happy upcoming birthday !

Warm regard,
Scott

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