Gratitude is the gracious acknowledgement of all that continues to sustain us in our life. The whole state of your heart and mind can soften, open to joy, and be renewed in delight as you practice gratitude. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular courses — though be sure to subscribe and listen because lessons won’t stay in your feed forever! To get 14 days of free Commune Membership, which includes access to watch or listen to 140+ courses, go to onecommune.com/free.

Letting go does not mean losing the knowledge we have gained from the past. The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is simply to release any images and emotions, grudges, fears, and disappointments that bind your spirit. Like emptying a cup, letting go leaves us free to receive, refreshed, sensitive, and awake. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular courses — though be sure to subscribe and listen because lessons won’t stay in your feed forever! To get 14 days of free Commune Membership, which includes access to watch or listen to 140+ courses, go to onecommune.com/free.

Grief is one of the heart’s natural responses to loss. By our willingness to mourn, we are able to acknowledge, integrate, and accept the truth of our losses. This allows us to feel the truth of our pain. The heart has its own rhythms. It will open in its own time, little by little. In a culture that has forgotten how to grieve, we can heal by honoring our pain instead of succumbing to the urge to “get over it.” About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular courses — though be sure to subscribe and listen because lessons won’t stay in your feed forever! To get 14 days of free Commune Membership, which includes access to watch or listen to 140+ courses, go to onecommune.com/free.

As human beings, we are constantly at war to escape. To escape from fear, pain, or the circumstances we can’t control. But instead of escaping, we create immeasurable suffering for ourselves. Simply being still, silent, open, and present with loving awareness for all things. For this is your true nature. And this is how you stop the war in and around you. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular courses — though be sure to subscribe and listen because lessons won’t stay in your feed forever! To get 14 days of free Commune Membership, which includes access to watch or listen to 140+ courses, go to onecommune.com/free.

The human heart has the extraordinary capacity to transform the sorrows of life into a great stream of compassion. Compassion proclaims the power of the tender and merciful heart in face of the sufferings of the world. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular courses — though be sure to subscribe and listen because lessons won’t stay in your feed forever! To get 14 days of free Commune Membership, which includes access to watch or listen to 140+ courses, go to onecommune.com/free.

Today, Dr. Mark Hyman introduces you to a revolutionary approach to health called Functional Medicine, and how you can have a healthier doctor-patient relationship. Functional Medicine is the future of conventional medicine–available now. It seeks to identify and address the root causes of disease, and views the body as one integrated system, not a collection of independent organs divided up by medical specialties. It treats the whole system, not just the symptoms. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular courses — though be sure to subscribe and listen because lessons won’t stay in your feed forever! To get 14 days of free Commune Membership, which includes access to watch or listen to 140+ courses, go to onecommune.com/free.

Today Dr Hyman begins with a discussion of reference ranges, and how what medicine considers as “normal” may not be optimal for your health. Next, we apply this knowledge to the most basic medical measurements—your vital signs. Everybody knows that when you go to the doctor, the first thing you do is you get your vitals taken by the nurse: your blood pressure, your weight, your heart rate, your temperature, etc. But does your doctor tell you what these numbers mean? Do they just mean you're not dying? How can you tell if you're thriving? Let’s find out. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular courses — though be sure to subscribe and listen because lessons won’t stay in your feed forever! To get 14 days of free Commune Membership, which includes access to watch or listen to 140+ courses, go to onecommune.com/free.

Every single chemical reaction in our body needs enzymes, and every single reaction needs a coenzyme, or helper. Guess what coenzymes are? They're vitamins and minerals. This is why a diet that's rich in whole foods is essential to health. Calories are abundant in our life, but the majority of Americans are deficient in one or more vitamins or minerals at the minimum amount to prevent a deficiency disease. How do you know if you're one of the 90% that's lacking in something essential? Today’s lesson discusses the tests you can use to find out, and more importantly, what to do about it. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular courses — though be sure to subscribe and listen because lessons won’t stay in your feed forever! To get 14 days of free Commune Membership, which includes access to watch or listen to 140+ courses, go to onecommune.com/free.

When our hormones are out of balance, our energy levels, our zest for life, and our moods go haywire. The main hormones we address in this video are sex hormones (testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, LH, FSH), thyroid hormones, and adrenal hormones (like cortisol). We also have to balance our insulin, but that is covered elsewhere in the course. Remember that if you have abnormal lab tests that point to low testosterone or PCOS, for example, the story should not end there. You don't want to take the pill and cross your fingers. You want to go back and find the real issue, which is often the metabolic disturbance caused by a diet that is high in starch and sugar. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular courses — though be sure to subscribe and listen because lessons won’t stay in your feed forever! To get 14 days of free Commune Membership, which includes access to watch or listen to 140+ courses, go to onecommune.com/free.

For too long our cardiovascular treatments have been overly broad, incomplete, reactionary and ineffective. Instead of a proactive lifestyle change, we wait until crisis sets in and hope that a statin or some other miracle drug will fix us. This is hardly effective and a far cry from “Functional Medicine.” Today we learn which tests you should be pursuing for a total view of your heart health and how to synthesize those results systemically. We move beyond the traditional lipid profile and really look into what’s under the hood. By addressing it now, we can start to shape a plan for continued heart health for years to come. About the Commune Courses Podcast Commune creates video courses with world-renowned teachers on topics such as integrative medicine, nutrition, spirituality, meditation, personal growth, relationships, and mindful leadership. This podcast offers free audio excerpts of our most popular courses — though be sure to subscribe and listen because lessons won’t stay in your feed forever! To get 14 days of free Commune Membership, which includes access to watch or listen to 140+ courses, go to onecommune.com/free.