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2011 Nepal Trip with Bob Flaws and Honora Wolfe	11/23/2011
Last week 4 volunteers, Bob Flaws, Honora Wolfe, and I all landed here in Nepal safely and happily ready to volunteer at the Sechen Clinic.
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Volunteer Coordinator Rich Blitstein	8/23/2011
I am writing this on my last day in Kathmandu after a whirlwind two weeks which were very fulfilling, tiring and especially fruitful. It was wonderful to see first hand, the results of our work at Mindful Medicine Worldwide (MMW) on the ground in Nepal.
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Come join MMW at the WBEZ Worldview Expo with Jerome McDonald. At UIC this Saturday April 26th, 2012 1-6pm
Organizations from 100 different countries will represent their wonderful work. Opportunities to network, volunteer, and donate will be available. Food and music too!

MMW Founder and Director, Grainne McKeown L.Ac. in the Sunday Chicago Tribune in March. Read the story online.

Nepal Clinic Opportunity for Acupuncturists to work with Bob Flaws and Honora Wolfe.
Thank you to all who participated in this trip and making it such a great success. If you are interested in the instructor trip for next year, featuring various instructors from around the world, please send an email to info@mindfulmedicineworldwide.org

April Newsletter

Grainne McKeown, Founder of MMW, Interviewed on NPR

On Thursday April 7, Grainne was interviewed by Jerome McDonald on the NPR series Worldview, Global Activism, for her work with Mindful Medicine Worldwide. The show focuses on individuals who work to make the world a better place. Download and listen to the recorded interview on WBEZ Chicago.

MMW Welcomes Stephen Brown, L.Ac to our clinics in Nepal

Stephen Brown is a faculty teacher at Seattle Institute or Oriental Medicine as well as one of the foremost teachers of Japanese Acupuncture in the country. Stephen gave workshops in Japanese Acupuncture and direct moxa techniques to our trainees in Nepal.

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Bob Flaws and Honora Wolfe Teach in Nepal

Read about Bob Flaws, LAc and Honora Wolfe LAc's trip to Nepal as volunteers for Mindful Medicine Worldwide on the Blue Poppy website.

By Bob Flaws

I know I said I wasn't going to post anymore blogs, but I want to share some of Honora's and my experiences working with Mindful Medicine Worldwide in Nepal last month. Mindful Medicine is an NGO founded and run by Chicago acupuncturist Grainne Mckeown. The ability to combine volunteer service with pilgrimage to some of the Tibetan Buddhism's holiest sites was simply too good to pass up... read more

Notes from the Founder

11/23/2011: 2011 Nepal Trip with Bob Flaws and Honora Wolfe

8/3/2011: Mindfulness, Desire, and Sharon Salzberg

11/4/2010: Namobuddha clinic

From the Field

8/23/2011: Volunteer Coordinator Rich Blitstein

8/23/2011: Kelsey Dixon at Sechen Clinic

4/19/2011: Joseph Jablonski in Chapagoan Clinic