by Sondra Barrett | Apr 30, 2011 | Blog, Cell Wisdom, Cultivating Well-being, Secrets of Your Cells
A while back a friend and I were talking about cancer. He’s a long-term survivor and has groups for people with cancer. As a medical scientist who did cancer research for years (funded by NIH, ACS) I like to learn about people’s healing experiences. He...
by Sondra Barrett | Apr 10, 2011 | Blog, Secrets of Your Cells, Shaping Taste
All my words and pictures about the art and shapes in wine may strike you as odd. However there is some scientific grounding in the idea of the shape of molecules. They have a complementarity meaning they must fit another molecule in order to exert their effects. In...
by Sondra Barrett | Mar 27, 2011 | Art and Science, Blog, Cultivating Well-being, Featured, Secrets of Your Cells
There are lots of views about “In the Beginning.” One of the most common ‘INITIATORS’ of CREATION is SOUND. In the beginning was the word, was the sound, was the thought, was the Big Bang. No matter the myth, sound in some form played an...
by Sondra Barrett | Mar 23, 2011 | Blog, Cell Wisdom, Featured, Secrets of Your Cells
The most exciting science discovery to come out of biology – the STRINGS of our cells. Underneath the glimmery shimmery membrane is a gossamer fabric reaching throughout the cell -from end to end, from the outer barrier to the core genes in the nucleus. It is...
by Sondra Barrett | Mar 18, 2011 | Art and Science, Blog, Cell Wisdom, Secrets of Your Cells
When asked about how I teach about the dense topic of our cells, one answer is that we become them by embodying and humanizing them. In other words, we act them out as we learn how they work and what are their lessons. Last week I met an incredible...
by Sondra Barrett | Dec 10, 2010 | Art and Science, Blog, Cultivating Well-being, Featured, Secrets of Your Cells
This time of year is tricky in that it’s a time of both celebration and going into the darkest times, time to go inner. Plus the chill of winter and wetness does a lot to dampen spirits. So what brings you cheer or balance? What cheers me – the people I...
