This is a very nice post Teo.
Thank you for bringing this subject to our attention.
In the East, people have always considered the mind and the body connected. Practices such as meditation, yoga, tai chi and acupuncture, which focus on the person as a whole to help the individual attain harmony and well-being, have been used both in medicine and religion for centuries.
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