Three videos, from Q & As after TJ's solo show Medicine

Tuesday, 13 November 2012 23:45

Pointing to the Moon

Where do we locate the foundations of our health? And what does it have to do with our life's purpose?

Monday, 09 April 2012 15:55

The Brain Science of Mushroom Trips

Psilocybin mushrooms

 

 

Certain parts of your brain become less active, with interesting results.

a pigdog

 

 

 

What exactly is going on in our heads when we give in to a craving?

Monday, 02 January 2012 17:22

The Brain Science of Ayahuasca Experiences

 

the Insual Cortex

 

A recent documentary followed Dr. Gabor Mate's explorations of ayahuasca as a therapeutic tool, and featured research on the neurochemistry involved.

Insite street demonstration

 

A battle wages over the legality of Insite, North America's only safe, supervised injection site, located in Vancouver's Downtown East Side. Friday, Sept 30th, the BC Supreme Court will deliver its verdict.

cancer-cells_1

 

"Doc, why did I get cancer?" An exploration of the roots of cancer, and suggestions for keeping ourselves and our loved ones cancer free.

Monday, 11 July 2011 04:07

Gabor Mate and the Ayahuasca Project

Gabor Mate

 

Dr. Gabor Mate leads shamanic healing retreats twice a year, in which participants ingest the Peruvian plant medicine ayahuasca. 

Tuesday, 10 May 2011 20:10

The Twenty Functions of Human Skin

 

 

A short except from the book Touching: the Human Significance of the Skin, by Ashley Montagu, listing twenty separate and distinct functions of human skin.

Thursday, 17 February 2011 04:40

Gabor Mate on Addiction

Some excerpts from Dr. Mate's book In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction