by Sasha Chaitow | Jun 14, 2023 | Books, Health Sciences, News, Writing
Over a decade ago, as he completed some of the earlier revisions to his manual therapy textbooks, my father Leon Chaitow said to me, laughingly, “When I’m dead this’ll be your problem.” Little did I know how quickly that time would come, and...
by Sasha Chaitow | Nov 14, 2022 | News, teaching
This highly popular, scholarly but accessible course is running for another year, hosted by Treadwell’s books. Extended and augmented, this twelve-month offering explores esoteric traditions to give a well-rounded sense of their content; it teaches their...
by Sasha Chaitow | May 20, 2022 | Health Sciences, News, Writing
When talking about autism in the healthcare context, it is often automatically perceived as a condition to be treated or cured. This is a prevalent attitude among the general public and healthcare professionals alike, yet, according to many in the autistic community,...
by Sasha Chaitow | Mar 1, 2022 | Health Sciences, News, Writing
A contentious issue in the manual therapy professions is the question of how far specific applications are or are not evidence-based, and the degree to which clinical experience should be part of the clinical reasoning process. Promoting evidence-informed medicine...
by Sasha Chaitow | Feb 14, 2022 | News, teaching
The late 19th-century Parisian occult community gave birth to an extraordinary initiatory system, hidden and obscure – until now. Joséphin Péladan (1858 – 1918) created a program for esoteric self transformation centred upon artistic creativity, personal...
by Sasha Chaitow | Nov 1, 2021 | Health Sciences, News, Writing
The last three articles in this series explored what I have called a “holistic revolution in biomedicine” in the form of narrative medicine – an approach to the clinical encounter designed to address ethical and practical shortcomings of the...
by Sasha Chaitow | Sep 1, 2021 | Health Sciences, News
Published in Massage & Bodywork Magazine, September/October 2021 This is the third in a series of four articles on narrative-based medicine, a protocol for building the therapeutic alliance that rests on holistic principles and addresses shortcomings in the...
by Sasha Chaitow | Jun 8, 2021 | News, Philosophy Lectures, teaching
This coming autumn/winter Sasha will be offering three entirely fresh courses via Treadwell’s Events. Delivered fully online via Zoom with a delayed viewing option, these are available from anywhere in the world, in all time zones. The courses will open for...
by Sasha Chaitow | May 25, 2021 | Events, Health Sciences, in memoriam, News, Videos
I was deeply touched on receiving an invitation from the organisers of the CIVO International Osteopathic Congress organised by Escuela Osteopatica de Madrid – Chile, that took place online in May 2021, asking me to share my father’s thoughts on osteopathy...
by Sasha Chaitow | May 21, 2021 | Events, News, Philosophy Lectures
Invited lecture for a Symposium on the goddess Hekate. Description: The oldest known Hymn to Hecate was composed by the epic poet Hesiod, a close contemporary of Homer who claimed to have received the stories of the birth of gods from the Muses themselves. His...
by Sasha Chaitow | May 14, 2021 | Health Sciences, News, teaching
These course elements were commissioned by the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Patras as part of the Postgraduate Research Planning Module in their new MSc in Therapeutic Exercise. I was invited to provide specialised training to contribute to the...
by Sasha Chaitow | May 13, 2021 | News, Philosophy Lectures, teaching
I am delighted with the experience and feedback from course participants, whose warm engagement made this second pandemic winter a pleasure to navigate. This course is now complete, and the recordings are being professionally edited before we make them available in...
