Awakin Calls is an initiative of ServiceSpace, a global, all volunteer-run community dedicated to inner change and outer service. In Awakin Calls, we   engage in deep conversations with individuals gently shaking the world, and inspiring us to transformative action. Reimagining Our Biology, Health, and the Process of Aging A physician, author, and public figure, Dr. Mark Hyman has been transforming Western medicine for 30 years. As a young man, he taught yoga and wandered Ti

When we think of infections or toxins or pollutants, we typically think of protecting ourselves. A rigid shield to protect us from the outside. While there's nothing wrong with this, a response of hypervigilance and alert can trigger the "fight or flight" stress mode which, if chronic, can suppress the immune system. Perhaps you get sick more often. Or your joints and muscles ache. Or your seasonal allergies are worse. Or you tire more quickly. These may be signs that the imm

If you’re reading this post, you likely feel sick, but your labs are normal. Or maybe this has happened to your partner or another family member. I had the experience myself, for years after the birth of my first child. I couldn’t sleep or think straight. I felt awful. All my energy went towards keeping a precarious inner stability. And yet, my screening tests were normal. As a doctor, I'd concluded that I didn’t have a disease, that I must be fine, and if I wasn't, it was al