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The property comprises a well located two storey office/retail building with a good frontage onto the well trafficked Warwick Road. Internally the property comprises on the ground floor a predominately open plan unit with kitchen and W.C facilities. To the rear is an useful office/store...
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A town centre quality detached house to be let either furnished or unfurnished as required. This quality detached home comprises of Cloakroom, lounge, breakfast kitchen and three bedrooms. There is a delightful well maintained rear garden, off road car parking and garage offers; gas fired centra...
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Amasing food but cold atmosphere - Review of LochLeven Seafood Cafe, Onich, Scotland - TripAdvisor
Amasing food but cold atmosphere - LochLeven Seafood Cafe
“Amasing food but cold atmosphere”
LochLeven Seafood Cafe Onich PH33 6SA, Scotland +44 1855 821048
Website Improve this listing Ranked #1 of 4 Restaurants in Onich
Certificate of Excellence Cuisines: Seafood, Soups, Scottish, British More restaurant details
Restaurant details Good for: Scenic view, Large groups, Kids, Special occasions, Families with children, Local cuisine Dining options: Lunch, Dinner, Late Night, Highchairs Available, Outdoor Seating, Parking Available, Reservations, Seating, Serves Alcohol, Waitstaff, Wheelchair Accessible There are newer reviews for this restaurant
25 helpful votes “Amasing food but cold atmosphere”
During a trip to Fort William, we had a saturday night dinner in this restaurant. To be honest we were close to cancel this dinner because the restaurant is really lost around the loch. But the road worth it. The seafood is so fresh! Amasing things in your plate! A point which can be improved, the decoration. It's a little bit too cold, they should need a designer to help and make this place really amazing. But I would say that you come in this place for the food, so the design doesn't matter for some people.We knew that scottish people are eating very early (we are french), but we arrived in tis restaurant around 8.00pm ... and we were not already at the dessert (9.30) ... the kitchen was closed, everything cleaned and the light turned off... Not very common for a restaurant. :)
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Level Contributor 3 reviews 2 helpful votes “Great seafood resturant”
I have been here several times, and have yet to be disappointed. The decor is modern and minimal but the seafood is what it is all about. They farm fish and shell fish in the Loch at the front of the restuarant so a lot of the produce is really fresh. It is of very good quality, and they use interesting recipes; they do Spanish and Moroccan seafood too. There aren't many good quality resturants in Kinlochleven or Glencoe so this one deserves a visit. It's not a cheap resturant but it's good value.
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Level Contributor 26 reviews 36 helpful votes “Good food served with care”
We visited this amazing little cafe after recommendations from two local B&B owners. We were not disappointed. We ate the Tomato Rissotto Cake with Aubergine Puree - a tasty twist on a bowl of "regular" rissotto and the fish of the day - a whole sole. Both great. The dessert were just average, but then you don't drive just over four miles around the loch for dessert. We saw others obviously enjoying their seafood at other tables. The wine by the glass was good quality. We returned the following night for more.
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This is a really simple concept, fresh fish and shellfish cooked simply on the edge of Loch Leven. There are no frills, the building is little more than a shack tagged on the end of their wholesale business. There's a good little wine list and they also have a snack menu to chose from in the afternoon.Dishes from Lobster to Clams in Cider, you can spend as little or as much as you want, but it will all be good
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8 helpful votes “You won't get seafood fresher”
This is a very under stated venue designwise being an offshoot from the seafood packing companynext door. However, its simple design works well and if you can get a window seat you have a baeutiful view of Loch Leven and the back of the Glencoe pass.The food is beautifully fresh which is not surprising considering it has only been recently pulled out of the loch. the staff are very pleasant and obliging and on both of our visits the special fish of the day has been the best choice (for myself that is).It is not particularly cheap but that's no surprise considering the quality of the food.For me the best eating venue in the area.
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ecce signum: Scuba Diving at the Great Barrier Reef
August 3rd 2006:
My first experience with the Great Barrier Reef (with snorkling) was ok but underwhelming due in part to the murky conditions on the day. So, for today's trip to the reef I asked the tour organisers at the hostel to recommend what they thought was the best operator to go with. Based on their recommendation, I went out today with Tusa Dive for a bit of scuba diving.
Tusa Dive, which is based on Cairns, picked me up from my hotel at at crack of dawn (well, 7:20AM) and dropped me off at the docks where I joined my fellow divers and snorklers. The Tusa boat was your average small-medium sized dive-ferry with a capacity of 28 customers.
After a quick intro to the boat from one of the crew, we were on our way and about an hour later arrived at our first dive location. One of the factors which attracted me to the company was that even they didn't know where they were going until we got closer to the reef: they have 21 possible dive sites in the area and based on sea conditions once they get near the reef, they choose the most suitable location.
The location-delaying approach really paid off: there were two dives today, in two different locations, and both locations had crystal clear visibility with no sign of murky water.
The crystal clear water helped show why the Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the natural world. The reefs were much more developed that Koh Tao and the range of fish on show was nearly sensory-overloading(!) There was plenty of Nemo (Clown) fish to see, but also many larger fish which were not at Koh Tao: these larger fish were at least the length of my arm and half the length again in height. Sadly no sharks again, but there were sea turtles and also some sort of 8-foot long eel. The fish swam amongst many coral formations and it made for interesting diving, swimming close to the coral but not touching it. We, for example, swam through a narrow 40 meter coral chasm with 20 meter vertical walls: we could just fit through the narrow space without touching the walls, and had to swim up at an angle to climb over coral which blocked our route, and a short while later swim back down to avoid other formations blocking the way from above all while schools of tropical fish darted about. It was all great scuba skills experience as you don't use your arms when scuba-swimming: its all about adjusting your breathing to change your buoyancy.
I brought another archaic (film-based) camera down with me and this one is re-usable (as opposed to disposable) so I'm hoping the clear sea conditions combined with this camera's flash capability will produce good results.
I also noticed that whereas we all left the snorkling, a couple of days ago, early due to becoming cold, there was no problem with the temperature during the scuba-diving despite being at a greater depth in the water. Perhaps there were just warmer currents on the further out part of the reef, or maybe the view provided enough of a distraction to forget about the temperature. Whatever the cause, the cold was not a problem.
The icing on the cake came on the way back. I had been chatting the skipper and he allowed me to pilot the boat part of the way back to port :) I was sitting in the captains chair driving the boat from far out at sea, cresting the slightly rolling sea back to the shore. While the ship had GPS, we were navigating based on landmarks on the horizon and in reality all that was required was small course adjustments, but still it was a great experience.
It was a great day out and the scuba diving is well worth doing if you are in the area. The reef was definitely even more impressive than the Koh Tao reef and best of all, unlike Koh Tao, my air hose didn't explose which is always a plus!
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Sky Diving over Cairns
Croc spotting and other sights around Cape Tribula...
Snorkling at the Great Barrier Reef (Low Isles)
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Ein Hod Art and Music Video Clip
Please enjoy this beautiful video clip from the LIVE Art and Music event that took place at Ein Hod Artists Village in the Janco-Dada Museum in Israel on February 1, 2014. The artists who participated in this event are: ORA LAHAV SHAALTIEL, PROF. JOSEPH SHAALTIEL, ZIVA KAINER,KEREN JONASH, ANNALIA MAGEN, DANA KOGAN LAOR and CLEAR YANIV. You can learn more about them at the Ein Hod Artists Village website. If you are interested in helping to fund this project please contact me. Thank you!
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adam-p-reviews: September 2015
Jal, Snorri, Tuttugu, Kara
The Liar’s Key is the second book in the Red Queen’s War series by epic fantasy author Mark Lawrence. The novel follows on from the tale in Prince of Fools as Jalan and his companion Snorri emerge from the Bitter Ice with Loki’s key, a key that can open any lock.
With the murder of his family, Snorri plans to take the key and head south in the hopes of finding the door to Hell. With the magical key, Snorri plans to open Hell’s door and be reunited with his murdered loved ones. Jalan too is eager to head south but with very different goals to Snorri. Jal intends to take the key to his Grandmother the Queen of Red March and her Silent Sister. As usual, Jal is thinking of himself and hopes the gift of the key will raise him in his Grandmother’s esteem, possibly even to the position of becoming her heir. Plus with the cold, dour weather of the far north, Jal is keen to return to the luxuries of his palace and the many comforts of the women in his Grandmother’s Kingdom.
With the help of an apprentice Volva (witch) called Kara and one of Snorri’s old friends Tuttugu, the companions sail south to reach the great continent. However their passage is not easy. Their old enemy Edris Dean peruses them for the Dead King and tries to retrieve Loki’s key. The Dead King also craves the key to open Hell’s door and unleash his undead army into the Broken Empire to seize control and reign supreme. The friends must outthink Dean and stop themselves becoming too engrossed in the battle between the Light and the Dark to take the key and open Hell’s door.
The Liar’s Key was a very enjoyable read from one of my favourite authors. I especially liked that Lawrence is expanding the Broken Empire and taking us to places we have not yet visited with whole new characters. Places such as the banking capital of Florence with its mechanical soldiers and the eerie no-mans-land of the Wheel of Osheim expand his mythical and incredibly clever universe.
The Broken Empire... looks familiar don't you think?
In addition, I like how Jalan’s character is developing. Much like Jorg from Lawrence’s Broken Empire series, Jalan has some very deep and disturbing character flaws. However, where Jorg’s flaws became deeper and darker, Jalan’s seem to become much more humane. He starts to gain a conscience and think about other people’s feelings, even though it pains him to do so. I like that this distinguishes Jalan from Jorg because I was starting to feel that their stories were becoming a little similar. Both of their Mothers were killed when they were young and both of them seem to have issues with their siblings. Plus, both princes crave power but go about getting it in different ways.
Perhaps this is how Lawrence intends it to be and that these links will mean something very significant in future novels or series? However, at the start of The Liar’s Key it felt like the same protagonist with the same past, but with a different story and this disappointed me at first. Nevertheless, as the novel went on, Jalan's story and past became unique making me enjoy reading about him and want to know more about his family's past.
If you like Lawrence’s other novels definitely pick up The Liar’s Key because after a few chapters you won’t be able to put it down and the ending paragraph is hilarious! Though if you have not read any of his other books, I would suggest you start with the Prince of Thorns to get into the world of the Broken Empire. In addition, if you’re a fan of George R. R. Martin or of novels such as The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, you will love this book and Mark Lawrence.
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Brothers in Blood, Simon Scarrow
Brothers in Blood picks up the tale of our two heroes straight after the events of The Blood Crows. Marco and Cato have re-joined General Ostorious’s army and are hot on the heels of the infamous Briton leader Caratacus. With defeat of Caratacus’s army looking imminent, Marco and Cato are sent North on a diplomatic mission to try and ensure the island’s most powerful tribe- the Brigantes, remain loyal to Rome.
If this is not dangerous enough, an old acquaintance from Rome comes to Britannia to warn the duo of an assassin sent to kill them! As a rift between the Emperor’s two most powerful advisors widens, Marco and Cato must eliminate this agent before they disrupt the fragile peace between Rome and its Briton allies.
This was another great read from Scarrow. I didn’t like it as much as The Blood Crows but the plot was extremely thrilling and as usual, Scarrow portrays the sieges and battles in the book in all their grimy and bloody details. Another solid edition to the Eagles series and I can’t wait to see where the next novel takes our two heroes!
Of course I would suggest this book to anyone who has read any of the other Eagles novels. I’d also suggest it to fans of Ben Kane, Anthony Riches, Gordon Doherty and Nick Brown.
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Master of Sanctity, Gav Thorpe
Publishers: Black Library
Annael, Telemenus, Master Sapphon
Asmodai, Astelan
Master of Sanctity is the second novel in Gav Thorpe’s epic The Legacy of Caliban trilogy. The book picks up after the first novel Ravenwing and follows the fate of three different Space Marines in the secretive Dark Angels chapter.
The first tale is that of Sapphon the newly chosen Master of Sanctity. Sapphon’s primary duty is to find and reform ‘The Fallen’, a group of ancient Space Marines that turned on their patriarch and their Emperor centuries before. Sapphon’s approach is unorthodox for a Dark Angels Chaplain as he uses his cunning to find and eliminate the traitor Space Marines. This is shown in his attempt to manipulate the 'Fallen' Astelan in the hopes of capturing even more powerful and corrupt soldiers. However, his task is made harder by his brother-in-arms Interrogator-Chaplain Asmodai whom contradicts Sapphon’s methods instead believing in older, more violent methods of manipulation.
Telemenus has being promoted high within the Dark Angels to the Death Squad, a group of elite Terminators who are the tip of the spear of the Dark Angels when hunting for Fallen. Telemenus has to adapt to his new armour and brothers as a member of the First Company of Dark Angels. As well as this, he has to overcome his own doubt in his abilities and his chapter to become the elite warrior everyone expects him to be. The new Terminator must do this quickly to assist the Master of Sanctity in his hunt for the fallen Space Marines!
I love the artwork from these books!
Finally, Annael was the prominent character in Ravenwing and at the start of this novel is also promoted to Black Knight in the infamous motor cycle detachment of the Dark Angels. Having been promoted, Annael is introduced to horrific secrets from the Dark Angels’ past and has to evolve into his new role as one of Master Sammael’s chosen warriors.
Much like Thorpe’s other Dark Angels novels, this book blew my mind! From the first page I was hooked on the hunt for the Fallen and absolutely loved the character of Sapphon. His cunning and ingenuity really distinguishes him from other characters in the book making him unique in comparison to other Space Marines who shoot first and ask questions later. For me, this made his story the most enjoyable to read because he has to use trickery, lies and deceit to win over his more traditional Brothers.
As the reviewer from SFX states; Thorpe makes his characters ‘actually sound like real people’. I’d absolutely agree with this because he gives the Space Marines real problems like doubt and self-consciousness, which you wouldn’t expect a genetically modified super-soldier to have.
I thought Thorpe did an excellent job of describing the worlds on which the Space Marines visit, especially the world of Ulthor. However, I do kind of question why the story of Ulthor was in the book as it seemed to move away from the plot and in some respects seemed a little pointless. I thought what happens there was exciting and well written but if it hadn’t been in the book, I don’t think the story would be any worse off.
All in all this was a great read. Some people give a little giggle when you tell them you’re reading a Warhammer 40K novel. Nevertheless, I can honestly say they are some of my favourite Sci-fi reads and people who love Sci-fi should definitely check out The Legacy of Caliban trilogy!
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Bravo Two Zero, Andy McNab
Publishers: Corgi
After reading American Sniper I had a keen interest in military memoirs and really wanted to read more books from that genre. Being British, I wanted to see if there was a difference between the psyche of an American soldier and a British one. I knew that there are two really famous British army memoirs, one of which is The Bridge Over the River Kwai. Although I’d love to read this book, I wanted something a little more similar to American Sniper which left me with Bravo Two Zero by Andy McNab. I’m not going to say too much about the book because I don’t want to spoil it for you, but be assured it is an infectious read with a lot of sad and gruesome parts!
As I said above, this book is immensely well known in the UK and was first published in 1991 and has being republished many times since then. The memoir follows SAS (Special Air Service) soldier Andy McNab as he leads his team into an undercover, behind enemy lines operation in the First Gulf War against Iraq in 1990. Their mission is to cut an important communication line between Baghdad and Eastern Iraq where Saddam holds most of his infamous SCUD missiles.
Sean Bean playing McNab in TV show
The mission is clinically planned as every SAS mission is but when unusual weather and a lot of bad luck occur the team are compromised and have to escape Iraq into Syria. Unfortunately, Andy doesn’t make it and is captured by the Iraqis along with two of his friends. What follows is weeks of brutal torture and mistreatment at the hands of the Iraqis before the end of the war. Their job is to break the British soldiers and make them reveal their secrets. But with rigorous training and a strong sense of will, how long can the British soldiers last before their nightmare becomes too much?
This was a vastly interesting book telling an awful but very inspirational story. It gives an insight into the very secretive SAS, Britain’s most highly trained and famous part of the army. I especially liked how honest McNab was about his ordeal and how he doesn’t let his torture define him. As he says, this is what he is paid to do and what he trains for. This comforting though helps give him the will to get through the weeks he spent in an Iraqi jail.
I did enjoy Bravo Two Zero more than American Sniper. I know most of you will say it’s biased because I’m British (and I guess I kind of am!) but the nature of the SAS means that even people who have left the force must remain anonymous which means McNab does not reveal too much about his personal life. Whereas in American Sniper I believe the publisher tried to make Chris Kyle a hero by not just revealing his deeds in Iraq, but by telling more of his personal story and making him the guy everyone would love to buy a beer and pat on the back.
Another great military memoir, the next one I read will definitely be Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor!
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CSC Hosts Dr. Princenthal for Prostate Cancer Seminar
The President of Rolling Oaks Radiology, Dr. Robert Princenthal, spoke to the Cancer Support Community’s Prostate Networking Group on Saturday, September 15 to support Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Dr. Princenthal’s talk focused on two topics: “Controversy in PSA Screening” and “Advances in Prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Detection and Staging.”
This was the second year in a row that Dr. Princenthal was invited to speak at the Cancer Support Community’s Prostate Networking Group, a local group of prostate cancer patients, in an open forum setting. Dr. Princenthal stated, “although prostate cancer does not receive as much media attention as other cancers, it is important for men, and their families, to understand their risk factors. For men with a diagnosis of prostate cancer it is important for physicians to inform patients, and their families, of treatment options.”
Dr. Princenthal’s presentation touched on the following recommendations and resources for patients:
nearly 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime; 1 in 35 will die of the disease;
prostate cancer statistics are very similar to breast cancer statistics — men need to fight like women and raise more awareness around the disease;
men who are candidates for prostate MRI are those with an elevated PSA level, a suspiciously rising PSA level, negative trans-rectal ultrasound guided biopsy and/or positive digital rectal exam with a negative trans-rectal ultrasound biopsy; and
MRI is a very valuable tool, especially in early diagnosis and evaluation of tumors and prostate cancer. MRI images of the prostate and surrounding areas are clearer and more detailed than with other imaging methods, such as ultrasound.
Patients were able to ask questions at any time, which opened up a lot of great discussion. Unfortunately Dr. Princenthal couldn’t address each question as the group ran out of time. Feel free to contact Dr. Princenthal via RollingOaksRadiology.com.
Dr. Princenthal, along with ROR Radiologist Dr. Martin Cohen, recently attended the 2012 Prostate Cancer Conference held in Los Angeles September 7-9. The conference, hosted by the non-profit Prostate Cancer Research Institute, is the largest patient-focused conference for men with prostate cancer in the United States.
Drs. Cohen and Princenthal read prostate MRI for Rolling Oaks Radiology and Liberty Pacific Advanced Imaging.
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Amy E. Beddoe, Chin-Po Paul Yang, Holly Powell Kennedy, Sandra J. Weiss, and Kathryn A. Lee
Correspondence Amy E. Beddoe, RN, PhD, School of Nursing, Walden University, 155 Fifth Avenue South, Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55401. abeddoe@baymoon.com Keywords pregnancy stress anxiety cortisol yoga mindfulness prenatal distress
Objective: To examine the feasibility and level of acceptability of a mindful yoga intervention provided during pregnancy and to gather preliminary data on the efficacy of the intervention in reducing distress. Design: Baseline and post-treatment measures examined state and trait anxiety, perceived stress, pain, and morning salivary cortisol in a single treatment group. Postintervention data also included participant evaluation of the intervention. Setting: The 7 weeks mindfulness-based yoga group intervention combined elements of Iyengar yoga and mindfulness-based stress reduction. Participants: Sixteen healthy pregnant nulliparous women with singleton pregnancies between 12 and 32 weeks gestation at the time of enrollment. Methods: Outcomes were evaluated from pre- to postintervention and between second and third trimesters with repeated measures analysis of variance and post hoc nonparametric tests. Results: Women practicing mindful yoga in their second trimester reported significant reductions in physical pain from baseline to postintervention compared with women in the third trimester whose pain increased. Women in their third trimester showed greater reductions in perceived stress and trait anxiety. Conclusions: Preliminary evidence supports yogas potential efficacy in these areas, particularly if started early in the pregnancy.
JOGNN, 38, 310-319; 2009. DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2009.01023.x
Amy E. Beddoe, RN, PhD, is a nursing writer for CINAHL and faculty member, School of Nursing, Walden University, Baltimore, MD. Paul Yang, MD, PhD, is associate clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco. Holly Powell Kennedy, CNM, PhD, FACNM, FAAN, is associate professor and coordinator, NurseMidwifery Specialty, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco. (Continued)
vidence suggests that psychological distress during pregnancy is associated with adverse perinatal outcomes. The characteristics of psychological distress include anxiety, impaired concentration, depressed immune function, poor coping, muscle tension, and somatic complaints. During pregnancy, stress has been associated with alcohol use (Albrecht & Rankin, 1989), smoking (McCormick et al., 1990), prolonged sick leave (Andersson, Sundstrom-Poromaa, Wul, Astrom, & Bixo, 2004), and increased number of care provider visits (Andersson et al.). Distress places a woman at risk for obstetric and neonatal complications including unplanned Cesarean delivery (Saunders, Lobel, Veloso, & Meyer, 2006), lower birth weight (Paarlberg et al., 1999), prematurity (Dayan et al., 2002; Dole et al., 2003), and postpartum depression (Beck, 2001). Additionally, maternal anxiety in the third trimester has been associated with dicult temper-
ament in infancy (Van Den Bergh,1990) and behavioral and emotional problems in children (OConnor, Heron, Golding, Beveridge, & Glover, 2002). Physical pain during pregnancy is linked to psychological distress and is often overlooked in stress research (Otchet, Carey, & Adam, 1999). For example, daily stressors and lack of control at work place a pregnant woman at greater risk for developing pain (Albert, Godskesen, Korsholm, & Westergaard, 2006; Field, Hernandez-Reif, Diego, Schanberg, & Kuhn, 2006). Pain is often reported as the cause of sleep disturbance (Kristiansson, Svardsudd, & von Schoultz, 1996; Wang et al., 2004). Approximately 70% of pregnant women experience low back pain (LBP) that may start as early as the rst trimester (Kristiansson et al.; Wang et al.). Peak onset of LBP occurs in the second and third trimesters, and pain intensity worsens with ad-
& 2009 AWHONN, the Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
Beddoe, A. E., Paul Yang, C.-P., Kennedy, H. P., Weiss, S. J. and Lee, K. A.
vancing gestation (Fast et al., 1987). Pain has been linked to disability, functional impairment (Wang et al.), and work absenteeism (Kristiansson et al.). Cortisol, secreted from the adrenal cortex, is an indicator of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation and is an important variable in stress research. However, cortisol undergoes a two- to threefold increase throughout pregnancy and peaks in the third trimester making cortisol evaluation challenging (Mastorakos & Ilias, 2003). Nonetheless, Meulenberg and Hofman (1990) demonstrated the reliability of salivary cortisol levels, and others have shown that its circadian rhythmicity is maintained during pregnancy (Allolio et al., 1990; Lindholm & Schultz-Moller,1973). Report of stressful life events in early pregnancy predicts higher cortisol levels in late pregnancy (Obel et al., 2005) and higher cortisol values earlier in pregnancy have been signicantly associated with preterm birth (Sandman et al., 2006) and third trimester anxiety and pain (Field et al., 2006). These results suggest that psychological and physiological distress converge in pregnancy, giving rise to negative emotions and somatic complaints with potential deleterious eects for both mother and infant. Psychological distress during pregnancy is a signicant risk factor in predicting adverse perinatal outcomes. Yet stress is not routinely assessed during prenatal care. The prevalence of anxiety is estimated in the general population at 16.4% and aects twice as many women as men (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS],1999). Its prevalence does not diminish during pregnancy (Breitkopf et al., 2006). Higher stress or anxiety is linked to a variety of pregnancy outcomes, and pain and other somatic complaints often occur with mood disorder in pregnant women (Kelly, Russo, & Katon, 2001). Research demonstrates that yoga and meditation can eectively reduce psychological and physical distress (Rosenzweig, Reibel, Greeson, Brainard, & Hojat, 2003; Williams, Kolar, Reger, & Pearson, 2001) including anxiety (Michalsen et al., 2005; Woolery, Myers, Sternlieb, & Zeltzer, 2004) and back pain (Williams et al., 2005), and the National Institute of Mental Health (DHHS) has endorsed group interventions as promising modalities for people who experience stressful life events. These data suggest the potential for yoga and meditation as an appropriate intervention during pregnancy. Yet few studies using group interventions have evaluated the potential to reduce psychological or physical distress associated with pregnancy. Prenatal yoga is popular (Wang et al., 2005), yet no published studies have evaluated its
Pain and other somatic complaints often occur with mood disorder in pregnant women.
eectiveness for reducing perceived stress, anxiety, or pain during pregnancy. Several researchers have considered the eects of psychological and physiological relaxation on pregnancy. During a prenatal visit, a simple reminder to avoid stress and participate in things that increase relaxation lowered salivary cortisol levels, reduced depression scores, and improved mood in a sample of low-income Latina women (Urizar et al., 2004). A randomized trial evaluated selfreported anxiety, maternal heart rate, and serum cortisol concentrations before and after 45 minutes periods of active and passive relaxation in 58 pregnant women, and outcomes in both groups signicantly improved from pre- to post-treatment (Teixeira, Martin, Prendiville, & Glover, 2005). Bastani, Hidarnia, Kazemnejad, Vafaei, and Kashanian (2005), and Bastani, Hidarnia, Montgomery, Aguilar-Vafaei, and Kazemnejad (2006) conducted a randomized clinical trial of 110 healthy Persian primiparae undergoing a progressive relaxation program. Their data revealed signicant decreases in anxiety and perceived stress in the relaxation group compared with controls. Mean birth weight of infants born to mothers in the relaxation group was higher (p 5 .009) than control infants, and Cesarean birth rate in the relaxation group was signicantly lower. Narendran, Nagarathna, Narendran, Gunasheela, and Nagendra (2005) tested the eects of a yoga and meditation intervention on perinatal outcomes in a study of 335 healthy pregnant women in India. Signicantly fewer treatment group infants were small for gestational age or preterm compared with infants born to control mothers and for a subgroup of 121 women with Doppler abnormalities, infant birth weight was higher (2.78 0.52 kg) compared with controls (2.55 0.52 kg, po.02) (Narendran et al.). A mind/body program provided during pregnancy may alter stress appraisal, oer new ways of coping with psychological and physical distress, and form the basis of personal resources needed to cope with stressful life events during pregnancy and childbirth. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and potential ecacy of a yoga and mindfulness meditation or mindful yoga intervention during pregnancy. To date, no published studies have examined the eects of mindful yoga on pregnant womens
JOGNN 2009; Vol. 38, Issue 3
Mindful Yoga During Pregnancy
Perceived stress, anxiety, physical pain, and salivary cortisol levels were assessed first at baseline and again after the yoga intervention.
perceived stress, anxiety, and somatic complaints. In this pilot feasibility study, the authors tested the hypotheses that a 7 weeks mindful yoga intervention would reduce salivary cortisol levels as well as self-reports of distress operationalized as perceived stress, anxiety, and pain. A third aim was to examine the acceptability of the mindful yoga intervention to the women.
currently used medications for pain, sleep, depression, or anxiety; worked nightshift; or had diabetes, hypertension, HIV infection, or history of back surgery. The researchers screened 42 pregnant women for eligibility and enrolled 23 women; 19 were able to meet on the day and time of the mindful yoga group. Two women left the study due to pregnancy complications (one on bed rest for preterm labor without preterm birth after the third class, the other with preterm birth after the second class). The nal group at Time 2 was comprised of 17 subjects. However, one had incomplete baseline data and was excluded from the analysis.
The pilot study was intended to gather data to estimate the eect size required for a larger cohort of subjects and evaluate the feasibility of the intervention. The study used a one-group pre^postintervention design. Baseline and post-treatment assessments included self-report measures of psychological distress (perceived stress and anxiety) and physical distress (pain and salivary cortisol levels). Acceptance of the intervention by participants was also examined after completion. Data were collected before the rst day of the group intervention (Time 1) and immediately after completion of the seven weekly intervention sessions (Time 2).
Perceived Stress The 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983) was used to estimate the degree to which a person perceives life situations as unpredictable, uncontrollable, or taxing. Responses are rated on a 5-level scale (1 5 never true to 5 5 almost always). Data from Cohen et al. support good internal consistency (a 5 .84) and test-retest stability (.85). The Cronbach a coecient in this sample was .91. Pregnancy Stress The Prenatal Psychosocial Prole (PPP) stressor subscale (Curry, Burton, & Fields, 1998) asks women to indicate on a 4-level scale (1 5no stress to 4 5 severe stress) the extent to which each of 11 items (e.g., nancial worries and feeling generally overloaded) is a current stressor or hassle. Average PPP scores have been between 18 and 20 (range 5 11-44) in studies of culturally diverse pregnant women. Available data suggest good internal consistency (a 5 .73-.78) and test-retest stability (.82) (Curry, Campbell, & Christian,1994). The Cronbach a coecient in this sample was .78. Trait Anxiety The trait subscale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, & Jacobs, 1989) consists of 20 statements in which respondents are asked to describe how they generally feel on a 4-level scale (1 5not at all ; 4 5 very much so). Data from Spielberger et al. support good internal consistency (a 5 .65-.86) and test-retest stability (.87-.92). Internal consistency reliability in this sample was .94. State Anxiety The six-item state STAI (Marteau & Bekker, 1992) is a short-form version of the State STAI that uses a 4level scale (1 5not at all ; 4 5 very much), adjusted
The Committee on Human Research at the University of California, San Francisco approved the study. Participation was voluntary; each subject was assured condentiality and freedom to withdraw from the study at any time. A community sample was recruited from posting approved yers in oces of prenatal care providers and county-sponsored perinatal programs. Childbirth education programs hand-delivered or mailed yers and 5 minutes presentations were made at childbirth education classes. The yers and minipresentations explained the purpose of the study and that women would be paid up to $100 for participating. Women meeting eligibility criteria and interested in participating were enrolled in the study. Eligible women were at least 18 years old, able to read and write English, expecting a rst baby, carrying a singleton pregnancy, planning a hospital birth, and between 12 and 32 weeks gestation when the intervention began. Women were excluded from the study if they reported current psychiatric illness;
Sandra J. Weiss, PhD, DNSc, RN, FAAN, is the Robert C. and Delphine Wentland Eschbach Endowed Chair in Mental Health Nursing and professor in the Department of Community Health Systems, University of California, San Francisco. Kathryn A. Lee, RN, PhD, FAAN, is professor and Livingston Chair in the School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco.
to yield a similar range of scores to those obtained with the full 20-item version. It has been validated with several populations and has shown good internal consistency (a 5 .82). The Cronbach a for this sample was .85. Pain Pain was assessed using a modied version of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) (Daut, Cleeland, & Flanery, 1983) with two dimensions: pain intensity and pain interference with daily activities. The BPI asks subjects to rate the frequency of current pain intensity from 0 5 no pain to 10 5 worst pain imaginable. Pain interference is composed of seven items that assess the degree to which pain interferes with daily activities. Subjects are asked to rate the extent to which pain interfered with activities during the last week from 0 5 does not interfere to 10 5 completely interferes. Data suggest good internal consistency reliability of this scale (Cronbach a coecient 5 .88) (Tan, Jensen, Thornby, & Shanti, 2004) and an a of .91 in the present study.Total hours of pain was calculated by multiplying hours per day of pain by number of days that pain interfered with mood or activities during the past week. Physical location of pain was not monitored. Cortisol Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity, an objective measure of physiological stress, was estimated by salivary cortisol concentration on three consecutive mornings at baseline and postintervention. Cortisol levels in saliva reect the active unbound compound and there is a strong correlation between levels in saliva and the amount available to enter the target tissues (Kirschbaum & Hellhammer, 1994). To control for circadian rhythmicity of cortisol secretion, participants were instructed to obtain a salivary sample at rst rising just after getting up, and not to smoke, eat, brush their teeth, use mouthwash, or take medication before collecting samples in order to avoid contamination by factors known to interfere with analysis (Groschl, Wagner, Rauh, & Dorr, 2001). Each participant was instructed in the passive drool collection method, specimen labeling, and immediate freezer storage until pick up. Samples were transported in an iced cooler to the central freezer and then sent in batch to Germany (Fachbereich I, UniversittTrier, Abt. Klinische und theoretische Psychobiologie, Trier, Germany) for analysis. Acceptability Acceptability was measured at Time 2 with a questionnaire asking respondents to rate their
experience and satisfaction with the intervention. The instrument was modied from an evaluation tool used in a prior perinatal study and from a follow-up questionnaire from the Stress Reduction Program at University of Massachusetts.
The 7 weeks, mindfulness-based yoga intervention combined elements of the yoga methods of Iyengar (1979) and the curriculum of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), a relaxation and stress management program developed by Kabat-Zinn (1990). The primary author facilitated the intervention. She has studied Iyengar yoga for 20 years, received extensive training in MBSR through the University of Massachusetts, Center for Mindfulness (MBSR), and has taught MBSR since 2002. An aim of the intervention was to maintain delity with MBSRs emphasis on mindfulness. Mindfulness is a purposive process of learning how to pay attention from moment-to-moment to ones present experience while noticing and learning to let go of judgments and reactivity (Kabat-Zinn, 1990). The intervention in this study diered from MBSR in its focus on principles of Iyengar yoga, a form of postural yoga that emphasizes the use of props to attain particular poses, careful anatomic alignment, and correct muscular actions. In weekly sessions, mindfulness meditation skills were taught to help participants discover relationships between mindful practice and ability to cope more eectively with stress using the following techniques: (a) body scan, a progressive relaxation in which participants direct attention and observe sensations; (b) sitting meditation, involving observation of ones breathing, sensations, emotions, sound, and thoughts; (c) postural yoga, involving gentle physical poses integrated with breathing to develop strength, exibility, and balance, no more strenuous than a 30 minutes walk on at ground; and (d) walking meditation, involving slow and observant walking. The sessions also explored use of mindfulness in daily life, the psychological and physiological eects of stress, and the possibilities of using mindfulness during birth. The yoga poses used in this study were designed for women late in pregnancy. Each session lasted about 75 minutes with guided instruction throughout each pose, safe ways to get in and out of the positions, pose modication, and use of props to suit needs and limitations of each woman. For instance the seated twist can be done on a chair rather than on the ground. Blankets, cushions, belts, and other props were used to maintain body
alignment, structural support, and comfort. Emphasis was placed on building length along the spine while maintaining neutrality of spinal position, keeping awareness of the breath, and using breath and sensations within the body to anchor attention to the present moment. The emphasis was not on exibility per se.
Data from all instruments were evaluated for completeness. Frequency distributions were checked for extreme or inconsistent values. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the sample. Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to examine change from pre- to postintervention as the within-subjects factor and group (second vs. third trimester) as the between-subjects factor. Because of small sample, dierences between baseline and postintervention scores were analyzed post hoc using nonparametric Wilcoxons signed ranks tests to ascertain signicant change over time and Mann-Whitney U tests to compare groups. These analyses were done using SPSS version 14 for Windows. Because of small sample size and the pilot nature of the study, the a level was set at .10.
cant decrease in perceived stress (p 5 .05) from baseline to postintervention; however, this decline appeared to be from intervention eects on the third trimester group as shown in the time by group interaction (Table 1). Trimester group itself had no direct eect on postintervention stress. Stressors and hassles unique to pregnancy were measured with the PPP stressor subscale. At baseline, participants reported low levels of stressors (18.1 4.6). The decrease from baseline to postintervention showed only a trend toward signicance (p 5 .10) and there was no group-by-time interaction (Table 1). The decrease in stressors and hassles was greater for women in the third-trimester group but this dierence was not signicant. Women reported moderate trait anxiety (36.3 13.6) and state anxiety (28.8 9.7) at baseline. Trait anxiety decreased signicantly postintervention (p 5 .03). This reduction in trait anxiety was due to lower scores for third-trimester women compared with secondtrimester women (p 5 .02). Although state anxiety for second-trimester women increased, it was not signicant. There was no change in state anxiety for either group.
Pain was common in this sample. Prevalence of pain was similar by trimester at the baseline measure (75% for second trimester and 62% for third trimester), and there were large group variances even after excluding 2 women without pain (see Table 2). Repeated measures analysis of variance indicated no signicant changes over time, and no dierences in pain parameters between trimester groups at baseline. At postintervention, only 2 women, both in the third-trimester group, reported no pain. There was a time-by-group eect for the overall BPI scale (p 5 .04) and for the pain interference subscale (p 5 .04), with post hoc analysis indicating that second-trimester women had signicantly lower BPI scores (Mann-Whitney U 5 2.4, p 5 .02) after the intervention and had less pain interference after the intervention (Mann-Whitney U 5 2.4, p 5 .05) compared with the third-trimester group. There were signicant group dierences in pain intensity and hours of pain at both time points (see Table 1). Pain intensity remained higher after the intervention for third-trimester women compared with second-trimester women (MannWhitney U 5 2.5, p 5 .01). For second-trimester women, hours of pain decreased after the intervention compared with an increase for third-trimester women. After the intervention, the third-trimester group still reported signicantly more hours of pain than second-trimester women (Mann-Whitney U 5 2.0, p 5 .05).
Of the 19 primiparous women eligible to participate, 16 participated in the intervention and completed the study. They were college-educated, married women averaging 30.4 years of age with middleclass combined household income. None reported currently smoking cigarettes, taking prescription drugs, illicit drugs, or having medical problems. All planned on attending childbirth education class, intended to breastfeed, and wanted a vaginal birth. Eight women were 27 to 32 weeks gestation when the intervention began and 8 women were in their second trimester (13-26 weeks). A baseline demographic comparison of the 8 women in their third trimester when the intervention began versus 8 women in their second trimester revealed no dierence in marital status, age, income, education, and ethnicity. Most women were planning to work after the baby was born (n 5 13, 81%). Although none of the women reported current mental health problems, nearly one third (n 5 5) reported a history of depression or anxiety.
At baseline, participants reported moderate levels of perceived stress (14.8 8.0). There was a signi-
Table 1: Means (SD) and Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance (RMANOVA) Tests for Differences by Time and Trimester Group
Means (SD) Second Trimester (n 5 8) Third Trimester (n 5 8) RMANOVA Mean Square (1) Within (2) Between Baseline PSS 14.0 (9.7) Postintervention 13.9 (12.2) Baseline 15.4 (6.9) Postintervention 10.3 (6.6) (3) Time by Group 54.4 8.5 48.6 PPP 17.7 (3.4) 16.4 (5.1) 19.2 (5.4) 17.5 (5.1) 7.4 24.6 3.7 STAI-T 33.6 (17.0) 33.7 (17.8) 38.4 (10.9) 34.1 (9.2) 34.1 54.1 38.9 STAI-S 26.7 (5.4) 31.4 (16.0) 30.4 (12.1) 31.9 (9.0) 76.7 33.5 21.2 Cortisol
F (df 1,14) 4.6 0.1 4.1 3.1 0.6 1.5 5.8 0.2 6.6 1.0 0.2 0.3 98.5 0.009 0.12
Significance (Two-Tailed) .05 ns .06 .10 ns ns .03 ns .02 ns ns ns o.000 ns ns
64.7 (26.7)
62.4 (19.5)
20,062.3 3.16 23.5
Note. BPI 5 Brief Pain Inventory; ns 5 not statistically signicant at po.10; PPP 5 Prenatal Psychosocial Prole; PSS 5 Perceived Stress Scale; STAI-S 5 short form of State Anxiety; STAI-T 5 Trait Anxiety. a Cortisol was averaged across 3 days.
Cortisol data were tested for stability over 3 days with intraclass correlation coecients (ICC). An ICC of at least .60 reects acceptable reliability. The three morning salivary cortisol values were not stable at baseline (ICC 5 .02) but were stable at postintervention (ICC 5 .85). The average morning salivary cortisol level increased from baseline (3.2 3.7 nmol/L) to Time 2 (16.1 5.4 nmol/L; t 5 3.06; po.01). There were no signicant dierences in cortisol levels by trimester.
knowing how to take better care of themselves, having greater awareness of a stressful situation at the time it occurs, and having the ability to appropriately handle stressful situations. Eight of the 16 women said they were taking better care of themselves as a result of mindful yoga. Half the women characterized attendance as easy. They lived near where the mindful yoga sessions were held or drove by the site between work and home. Half the women found it dicult to attend and they lived further from the facility.
Acceptability of the Group Intervention
Participant satisfaction was assessed postintervention. Most (94%, n 5 15) reported being satised with the class and would recommend it to others; 81% said the class had been important to them. As a direct result of the class, 63% (n 5 10) reported feeling more hopeful and condent, having a greater knowledge of what is stressful in their lives and
This is the rst study to examine change in perceived stress, anxiety, and pain following a 7 weeks program with weekly group sessions of a mindfulnessbased yoga intervention. It is also the rst prenatal study using yoga principles set forth by Iyengar (1979). This study suggests that women do experience certain benets at the end of the intervention.
Perceived Stress and Anxiety
There were signicant improvements in perceived stress and trait anxiety as well as trends toward effects for pregnancy stress and hassles. For women beginning the intervention in third trimester, anxiety and perceived stress had greater attenuation. For women beginning the intervention in second trimester, the physical pain that normally increases over time was minimized. These pilot data describe an underlying pattern whereby second-trimester women appeared to develop increased physical well-being over the 7 weeks sessions while third-trimester women did not experience increased physical wellbeing but had less psychological distress. An alternative explanation for group dierences is to ascribe reductions in perceived stress and trait anxiety to normal changes of pregnancy that dampen physiological arousal (DiPietro, Costigan, & Gurewitsch, 2003). Glynn, Schetter, Wadhwa, and Sandman (2004) and Glynn, Wadhwa, DunkelSchetter, Chicz-Demet, and Sandman (2001) showed that advanced gestation attenuates perceived stress. However, this study found no trimester group dierences in anxiety or stress that were a direct eect of trimester status. Instead, trait anxiety and perceived stress were attenuated for the third-trimester group as an apparent result of the intervention. Trait anxiety did show change over time. In contrast, state anxiety did not. Other studies have demonstrated attenuation of trait anxiety following a mind-body intervention (Gupta, Khera, Vempati, Sharma, & Bijlani, 2006; Michalsen et al., 2005; Woolery et al., 2004) that, in some cases, was signicantly lowered even when state anxiety was not. These results challenge the notion that trait anxiety yields enduring scores. Alteration in the more stable trait anxiety is desirable, and may indicate neuroplasticity.
baseline to postintervention as they moved into their third trimester (see Table 2). A mindful yoga intervention may have a more positive eect on pain earlier in pregnancy, when good postural habits and awareness of movement can best inuence the trajectory of physical stress and pain. In contrast, the increasing physical discomfort experienced by women in their third trimester may counteract any potential eects of the intervention on their physical well-being. It may also be that mindfulness skills, when obtained earlier in pregnancy, alter how physical stress is perceived, and leads to reduction in pain, an important nding, as pregnant women ascribe pain as the reason for sleep disturbance, impaired activities, and work absenteeism (Kristiansson et al.; Wang et al.).
This study was consistent with others who found that cortisol increased over time in pregnancy. The intervention appeared to have no eect on attenuation of these biologically driven increases. The fact that there were no signicant dierences in cortisol between second- and third-trimester groups may have been due to a ceiling eect where secondtrimester participants already had undergone the largest pregnancy-related increase in cortisol at baseline. Because cortisol showed improved dayto-day stability at postintervention, these data suggest stronger circadian rhythmicity as a result of the intervention. To measure physiological stress, the researchers measured rst rising cortisol values when concentrations peak and are less inuenced by daytime interactions. Obel et al. (2005) suggested that evening nadir cortisol values may better reect stress.
Most participants reported practicing yoga, mindfulness skills, and body scan they learned in class sessions either in their homes or in situations outside of class, but the actual dose of mindful yoga was not directly measured. Duration and frequency in the practice of mindful yoga may be an important element in relieving stress and pain. Some mindfulness-based studies have identied a dose response in practice (Beddoe & Murphy, 2004; Speca, Carlson, Goodey, & Angen, 2000) while another has not (Carlson, Speca, Patel, & Goodey, 2003). Assessment of adherence and preference for mindfulness-based techniques are recommended in future research.
Low back and pelvic pain is a frequent complaint that usually worsens as pregnancy progresses (Wang et al., 2004). Unlike the third-trimester group, however, second-trimester women did not experience worse pain between time points. The prevalence of pain in this study was 69% at Time 1 (11 women out of 16), similar to previous studies (Kristiansson et al.,1996; Wang et al.). Low back pain during pregnancy becomes more intense with advancing gestation (Fast et al., 1987; Kristiansson et al.), yet second-trimester women in this sample did not experience worsening pain over the 7 weeks intervention. In fact, women in the second trimester of pregnancy had signicantly less hours of pain and less pain interference with activity from
Limitations of this study include the absence of a placebo control group and small sample size, both
of which threaten validity. The sample may have been inadvertently biased by selection process, because participation was partially dependent on subjects work schedules and the distance they lived from the location of the intervention. Another limitation is sampling for cortisol in the morning only. Future studies should include an evening sample to assess for diurnal variation. In addition to salivary cortisol, a-amylase as a marker of sympathetic activation should be considered as a stress measure that may respond to mindfulness and yoga. Despite these limitations, this feasibility study served as a starting point for studying eects of prenatal mindful yoga on physical and psychological distress, and acceptability. This intervention, if started early, may be important for limiting physical and psychological distress during pregnancy. In view of the results and womens satisfaction, further research is merited to learn more about minimizing distress during pregnancy. There are currently no recommendations from professional organizations regarding the safety of yoga during pregnancy and experts do not always agree on the ecacy of certain poses during pregnancy. Therefore, studies that evaluate ecacy of a spe-
Women who began the yoga intervention in the second trimester reported less pain and pain interference than women who began in the third trimester.
cic program of yoga practice are crucial. Traditional goals of childbirth education have been to reduce pain and anxiety through relaxation techniques that have their roots in yoga (Collins, 1998) and include breathing techniques, focusing attention, and adopting specic physical positions. Mindfulness-based strategies extend childbirth preparation to include posture and breath awareness, cultivation of nonjudging, acceptance of how things are, opening to diculties without avoidance, and nonreactive observation of personal experience. Mindfulness-based practices have been found to increase pain tolerance (Kingston, Chadwick, Meron, & Skinner, 2007) and predict level of functioning despite pain (McCracken, Gauntlett-Gilbert, & Vowles, 2007). This feasibility study is the rst known in which a mindful yoga intervention has been applied to pregnant women and evaluated for eects on
Table 2: Pain Parameters for Second- and Third-Trimester Groups Before and After the Intervention (N 5 14 Who Experienced Pain)
Means (SD) Second Trimester (n 5 8) Third Trimester (n 5 6) RMANOVA Mean Square (1) Within (2) Between Baseline BPI 23.5 (20.8) Postintervention 16.1 (11.7) Baseline 33.3 (29.0) Postintervention 43.3 (23.9) (3) Time by group 11.3 2,359.4 520.9 Pain interference 14.3 (15.0) 9.1 (9.2) 16.2 (14.7) 22.0 (10.7) 0.9 375.1 205.9 Pain intensity 4.8 (4.5) 4.5 (3.2) 9.0 (8.6) 11.3 (5.5) 7.4 210.6 11.4 Hours of pain 4.5 (3.3) 1.6 (2.8) 20.5 (24.1) 30.5 (45.6) 87.0 3452.2 284. F (df 1, 12) 0.1 2.9 5.5 0.0 1.3 5.4 0.9 4.0 1.4 0.3 4.3 0.9 Significance (Two-Tailed) ns .12 .04 ns ns .04 ns .07 ns ns .06 ns
Note. BPI 5 Brief Pain Inventory; ns 5 not statistically signicant; RMANOVA 5 repeated measures analysis of variance.
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Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurection, and the Mission of the Church - N.T. Wright - A Fresh Perspective Andrew Naffin, Theology, church, scripture, N.T. Wright, Karl Barth
Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurection, and the Mission of the Church - N.T. Wright 11/05/2009
Review by Andrew Naffin
Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright.
In his book Surprised by Hope N.T. Wright, with his now expected scholarly precision and approachable articulation, explains the foundational hope of the Christian life. Wright tackles the tough question of life after death and its implication for life lived in the present.
The entire book deals with two primary and yet intertwined questions. First, what is the ultimate hope of the Christian? And secondly, what hope do we have for change in the present world?
What is the ultimate Christian hope? The answer to this question by Wright is shocking to many Christians today. The ultimate hope according to Wright is that death, in all its various forms, does not have the final say. Our hope is in Christ who overcomes and defeats death. Our hope is in Christ and for the bodily resurrection through Christ. The Christian hope is not the destruction of this world so that we may be given another, but a “radical healing” of the present world (122). Wright puts this succinctly when he says, “The ultimate destination is (once more) not ‘going to heaven when you die’ but being bodily raised into the transformed, glorious likeness of Jesus Christ “ (168).
Change in the present. If the point of salvation is not to be whisked away to ‘heaven’ to be with God, but rather God redeeming his creation, there are then huge implications for the present life. Salvation, in the person and work of Christ, has come into the present moment. The Kingdom of Heaven or the Kingdom of God has already been launched. It is the world in which we presently live. Sin and brokenness still exist in this world in a powerful way that must not be downplayed, but the victory founded and found in the death and resurrection speak to the final overthrow of these powers. The works of healing done now, in this present world, are works that even now are part of the kingdom of heaven that is overturning this world. Properly grasped there is neither a naive triumphalism nor a pessimistic despair over the present state of the world. God’s ultimate setting the world to rights is an incredible motivating power for those of us in the now and has begin to happen even now.
Wright's fresh explanation of Christian hope is terribly needed in Christian circles today and I highly recommend this book to anyone.
Interested in this book? Check it out at Amazon. Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright
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I admit I was very skeptical before reading this book. I feel like the millenium brought forth enormous speculation and even supersition within churches I attended at the time. Today I feel a lot of such sentiments were based on certain theological and hermeneutical presumptions rather than on explicit passages in the Bible. In particular, I feel like the Jerry B. Jenkins trend is really about money. How come a book series about THE END never seems to come to an end?
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Ti.3:1-7 - Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
What is hate? Far too often we define hate as what white supremacy groups practice, or the protests by the Westboro Baptist Church. We like to view hatred as those who dislike Blacks or Jews or even gays. And with that kind of constricted definition we can insulate ourselves from being hateful. I mean we would never use a racial slur or an anti-Semitic term.
But there is a visceral hatred being practiced and openly displayed in thousands of evangelical churches. And this kind of hatred hides behind pillars of morality and the suggestion that the culture is decaying. This type of hatred identifies its objects with man made terms such as liberal, socialist, and an array of other labels. Hatred of this nature is not only tolerated among millions of professing believers, it is embraced.
This hatred is at the heart of American politics, and its Siamese twin is self righteousness. Many who pledge allegiance to the flag and proudly tout the founding fathers and passionately embrace the Declaration of Independence, also dislike the way this democracy now operates. They like the freedom they enjoy but they dislike the freedom others employ. They desire their own pursuit of happiness but desire to restrict the pursuit of happiness by others.
The work of Christ and the Kingdom of God must never be intertwined with the fallen methods of improving the culture. In fact, most people vote and support those who they deem more likely to improve their own earthly situation. But politics, and democracy in general, is filled with self interest and a serious brand of competition that leads to aggression toward those who are opposed to your views. And as we have seen lately, this kind of hatred and verbal assaults are even practiced among those who are supposed to be on the same side.
The entire specter of politics brings out the very worst in people and compromises the very teachings that believers say they espouse. Believers will watch television and allow certain fallen feelings to be aroused in their hearts when they hear liberal or conservative politicians. And many believers will talk among themselves about this one or that one. They will even use derogatory language and in some cases out and out lies. That, my friends, is a clandestine form of hatred.
Hatred is so antithetical to the gospel and to the redemptive plan of God. And we as believing followers of the Lord Jesus are not just commanded not to hate, but we are called to love our enemies. And as challenging as that is, it is impossible if we do not even consider it a command. Our natural hearts are not programmed to love, much less love our enemies. And most of these so called “enemies” are creations of a fallen system which has captured the hearts and minds of those who claim to live in another kingdom. Hatred feels good to the flesh and strengthens and reinforces ties between those who hate the same targets. There is no such thing as soft hatred; it is all hatred.
The two greatest commandments cannot be separated. Loving God without loving sinners is a fraud. Yes, there is such a thing as loving people without loving God. That is humanism. But if we love God, and if we are aware of what took place on the cross, then we must love sinners. And when the Calvinists claim God hates the non-elect they are liars. God is love, and the mystery of that love is profound. We do not have the luxury to hate others while still claiming to represent Christ. And if God does hate the non-elect, then the Westboro Baptist Church is a bold witness for Christ.
I exhort all of us to seek out the love of God in our hearts.
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Well said Rick,
If we being aware of our sin sickness cannot look on those who don't yet know the Physician with compassion, what kind of ambassadors can we be? We can't represent the heavenly government and be involved in a fallen earthly one at the same time. I think scripture calls that being double minded.
corriee said...
I did not know God hated the
non-elect...or at least I had not
thought of them like that.
I think pride, envy and jealously
hide in hate. They can be so close
in feelings and yet a Christian can
wrap all of those into a pretense of 'Holy and Righteousness'...while all the while being evil. It is well for us to examine ourselves daily and ask the Lord to show us our sins, for some we don't recognize ourselves.


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In your July 22 article on the resignation of Planned Parenthood's president, Pamela Maraldo, you refer to Planned Parenthood affiliates' "role as advocates for abortion rights and low-income women's access to health care." What is missing from this description is our mission to provide women the means to manage their fertility through birth control education and services.
As you point out, affiliates devote most of their efforts to services other than abortions -- in Connecticut's case, only 3 percent of patient visits are for abortions. Abortion is a last alternative to an unwanted pregnancy, often used when birth control education is lacking or birth control methods have failed.
The far right, in its zeal to ban abortion, has publicly defined Planned Parenthood as mainly an abortion provider, thus threatening the ability of the two million women who rely on us to manage their own fertility. TODD TURRENTINE New Canaan, Conn., July 24, 1995 The writer is a board member of Planned Parenthood of Connecticut.
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Wake with the Sun: Favorable Winds
The winds were favorable yesterday, from the south, mostly, as we headed north. They are still favorable today. We are heading north, bit by bit, hoping to make it to Burlington at some point, to hang and explore and see friends. Today we are in Kingsland bay, and will stay there again tonight.
Favorable winds on our solar houseboat are winds that blow from behind, so we can move easily at 3 or so miles per hour, without having to use much power off the battery. We only travel during the day for that reason. and for safety.
We are still trying to figure out how we will re-provision. We have yet to put the two bromptons into the pedal kayak to take them to shore. That will be a bit tricky, but of course it is doable. And, if we do make it to shore with the bikes, we can expect a long ride to the supermarket and a long ride back with a load of groceries. Adventures ahead, one way or another.
Here are some photos of this morning's sunrise and paddle in Kingsland Bay. As usual, click any of the photos to see a bigger version.
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