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By Felicia Marie Tomasko
Dr. David Simon MD, board-certified neurologist, champion of the healing power of Yoga and Ayurveda, and co-founder (with Dr.
Deepak Chopra) of the famed Chopra Center, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2012. His words, speech, healing presence, medical practice, books, and classes touched many in the 61 years of his life. His life and work is a powerful reminder that our words and actions matter and health and healing comes in many forms.
In 2004, LA YOGA founder Julie Deife interviewed Dr.
Simon in a wide-ranging and powerful discussion about the intersection of medical paradigms and the work of the Chopra Center.
David Simon is Professor of Development Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, and Director of Mistra Urban Futures, Chalmers University of.
We publish this here in tribute.
Julie: How are we coming, integrating Ayurveda into our western health care mindset?
Dr. Simon: Patience is a virtue. This is a pretty recent shift in western consciousness. It is really our generation who for the first time is approaching a critical mass of people who even know about meditation and yoga.
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