Madison Kolla
September
September. This past week especially, the change has been palpable. Cold, crisp mornings. Breeze slightly more cutting, bit of an ominous...
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Madison Kolla
- Jun 20, 2017
- 4 min
Abandon Hope
"Hope is very often a refusal to know what is so, and steadfastly it is a refusal to live as if the present moment is good enough and all...
Madison Kolla
- Jun 15, 2017
- 1 min
a tribute
For Peggy, who’s constantly teaching us that the next great adventure is always within our reach, if you only have the vision, the...
Madison Kolla
- May 18, 2017
- 2 min
Who Are You?
“Who. Are. You?” demanded the Caterpillar. “Well, I… I hardly know sir. I’ve changed so many times since this morning, you see.” “I do...
Madison Kolla
- Apr 26, 2017
- 9 min
A Madness Memoir ~ Part One
I’ve just made a cup of coffee. It smells delicious - rich and comforting, spiced with a pinch of cinnamon, made creamy with almond milk....
Madison Kolla
- Apr 26, 2017
- 6 min
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...
Madison Kolla
- Apr 26, 2017
- 7 min
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,...
Madison Kolla
- Apr 21, 2017
- 2 min
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,...
Madison Kolla
- Mar 17, 2017
- 3 min
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...
Madison Kolla
- Sep 16, 2016
- 2 min
The Gift.
Everything that we have has been Given to us. I, for one, have earned nothing - Not this life, not my body, not my health. Not my family,...
Madison Kolla
- May 13, 2015
- 3 min
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...
Madison Kolla
- Feb 6, 2015
- 3 min
Depression Happens
Sometimes you just have a sad day. And sometimes it lingers. Sometimes for a week, sometimes for endless awful months. Sometimes you...
Madison Kolla
- Dec 29, 2014
- 6 min
The Guru Speaks
A highlight of my time here in Mysore has been "conference" with Sharath. At the end of each week, The Boss takes a break from folding us...
Madison Kolla
- Nov 30, 2014
- 6 min
Ceiling Fans and Misery
Over the past month in Mysore, I have begun to develop quite a deep and intimate relationship with my ceiling fan. Although there remains...
Madison Kolla
- Nov 16, 2014
- 4 min
This is India
Ask anyone who's ever travelled to India and they will undoubtably tell you the same thing - that this is the land of unapologetic...
Madison Kolla
- Nov 11, 2014
- 4 min
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...
Madison Kolla
- Oct 12, 2014
- 2 min
Lessons from India
I've been in India for two weeks and am simply loving it. But I've quickly come to see some of the frustrations people have to deal with...
Madison Kolla
- Sep 24, 2014
- 6 min
Because Sometimes the Only Appropriate Response is a Feminist Rant
A really unfortunate and yucky incident happened to me the other day. The kind of yucky that persistently runs around in your brain, over...
Madison Kolla
- Apr 12, 2014
- 1 min
It's almost like Acupuncture is about People, not Needles.
When I am good at what I do, I am fully present. I'm not at my best when I'm coming up with the most accurate diagnosis, or the most...
Madison Kolla
- Mar 10, 2014
- 3 min
Yin and Yang and The Way To Do.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is built on the foundational theory of Yin and Yang. Some people might recognize the Yin/Yang symbol...
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