As part of my long-ago graduate studies, the following was written years before the Covid pandemic hit. Upon recently re-reading it, I was struck by how recent events cast a new light on these ideas, and I thought I’d share. This is the 2nd installment. “Cosmology of Health Part 2” delves into some of the … Read More
Author: Lisa Lindahl
Cosmology of Health
As part of my long-ago graduate studies, the following was written years before the Covid pandemic hit. Upon recently re-reading it I was struck by how recent events cast a new light on these ideas, and I thought I’d share. Health, or the supposed lack thereof, has been an on-going thread in the tapestry of … Read More
What is a Shaman?
I get asked this quite a bit. Who better to answer this question than the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (FSS), where I studied. I offer this information now because remembering such fundamental and powerful ways of perceiving and healing is helpful in these transitional and transformative times. From the FSS Spring/Winter/Spring 2021 newsletter: FSS POLESTAR: … Read More
Women Save the World?
March is Women’s History Month, and March 8 has been designated “International Women’s Day.” So in the spirit, I offer the following thoughts: In 2009, at the Peace Conference in Canada, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said, “The world will be saved by the Western Woman.” Yep. He actually said that, or at least that … Read More
The Smithsonian, the Inventors’ Hall of Fame & Me
Being asked to go to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History to tell them about myself and about inventing the very first sports bra back in 1977 was a humbling moment. Actually many humbling moments. Many moments because we took time during that trip to D.C. to also visit the National Inventors Hall of … Read More