#breathing

Madison Kolla

The Unclinic

I am in absolute awe of the humans who have come forward since the launch of my “unclinic” in the forest. DIA is not relaxing, feel-good...

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Part Two ~ What Goes Up Must Come Down

The effects of my experiences in the world of psychiatry were not initially apparent. After discharge from inpatient care, I was still...

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Part Three ~ Integration

I don’t know if severe clinical depression was an experience I ‘needed’ to have. Maybe it occurred in part because a crash, a low phase,...

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Entering the Void ~ with Dynamic Interactive Acupuncture (DIA)

The Void is the space in between. It is a space in consciousness, between objective and subjective realities. As we fall asleep at night,...

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The Plunge

** I wrote this nearly a month ago, and didn't feel right about publishing it until now. Something has since shifted and I'm feeling much...

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The Difference Between Pain and Suffering

“I’m just getting tired of the pain. First it was in one place, now it’s another… and I just want it to GO AWAY. I’m getting frustrated...

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Depression Happens

Sometimes you just have a sad day. And sometimes it lingers. Sometimes for a week, sometimes for endless awful months. Sometimes you...

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Start Again

Sometimes all you can do is sigh and start again. I did a Vipassana meditation retreat - it was over a year and a half ago now- and this...

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This is a blog post about Death.

I have a confession to make. I think about dying. I think about it quite a bit. Probably more than is normal for a healthy, privileged,...

Madison Kolla

You Breathe, You!

Some of us have studied the human body- anatomy and physiology, the structure of internal organs and their respective functions. And to...