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Dharma Singh
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Main Areas: Board Certified in Anesthesiology, Pain Management and Anti-Aging Medicine; Brain Longevity; Meditation as MedicineBorn in Ohio and raised in Florida, Dharma Singh Khalsa. M.D. is a graduate of Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Dharma, as he is usually called, received his training in Anesthesiology at the University of California Medical School in San Francisco, where he was Chief Resident. Dr. Dharma has also received advanced training at Harvard and UCLA.
Dr. Dharma has helped people from all over the world, including a past president of a foreign country, Hollywood writers and celebrities, business leaders, doctors, lawyers, professionals, and others from all walks of life. He has been invited to share his work at medical meetings in the USA, South America, Europe, Monte Carlo, and India.
For fourteen years he has been the President and Medical Director of the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation in Tucson, Arizona, the original voice in the integrative medical approach to the prevention and treatment of memory loss. The ARPF is dedicated to fighting Alzheimer’s disease and finding a cure through research and prevention. In 2006, the ARPF started a breakthrough research project in conjunction with University of Pennsylvania Medical School to examine the effectiveness of meditation on early cognitive impairment.
In May 2003, Dr. Dharma testified before Congress about his pioneering work in the area of lifestyle influence on Alzheimer’s disease, and called on Congress to fund a national education and outreach campaign designed to inform the public of the benefits of an integrative medical approach to Alzheimer’s. After testifying, he had a private meeting with the Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, M.D., to discuss the public health challenges of this disease. At that meeting Dr. Carmona voiced strong support for Dr. Dharma’s work. Dr. Khalsa has recently been named Associate Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine Center for Spirituality and the Mind.
He is the author of the international best sellers Brain Longevity, The Pain Cure, Meditation As Medicine, Food As Medicine, The Better Memory Kit, The New Golden Rules, and The End of Karma.
Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D. is the host of The Healing Zone, a weekly internet radio show produced by HayHouseRadio.com that counts over 1 million listeners. He lectures and consults worldwide. Dharma lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife Kirti, who is originally from Rome, Italy.
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Dharma Singh
• ‘Some people think that meditation involves sitting in bliss, like a Buddha with half-closed eyes and a mysterious smile, but meditation means acknowledging what you are feeling and opening yourself to what is really true.’
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• ‘Meditate while you are waking up, housecleaning, walking, cooking or taking a shower. Pay attention, release thoughts and emotions, and focus on your breathing.’
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• ‘Meditation can be a key strategy for rejuvenating the endocrine system and balancing hormones because of its ability to induce the Relaxation Response, a medically proven condition wherein heart rate and blood pressure are reduced, hormones are balanced via the hypothalamic-pituitary gland axis, and psychological stressors are discharged.’
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• ‘Spirituality is a powerful took to process the mega stress caused by the anxiety associated with the attacks and the further threats we face as a nation.’
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• ‘Medical meditation is the perfect adjunct to medical care. Whether it’s heart disease, cancer, chronic pain or any other illness, medical meditation can be used to activate the body’s own natural healing force.’
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• ‘Medical meditation is more useful than other forms of meditations because it can be made specific to each person.’
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• ‘I apply scientific principles to alternative medicine. After studying both Eastern and Western medicine for so long as a doctor, I think the body has a tremendous ability to heal itself, if given the chance.’
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• ‘Conventional medicine certainly works. I use it in my practice. I would never take a person off medication. I recommend things to do with it: nutrition, stress management, exercise and meditation.’
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Contacting Dharma Singh
DHARMA SINGH KHALSA, M.D.
Khalsa International, Inc
6300 E. El Dorado Plaza, Ste.400
Tucson, AZ 85715
Phone : (520) 749 – 8374
Fax : (520) 296 – 6640
Website : www.drdharma.com
