I first heard of David Briscoe from reading his book, A Personal Peace, when I was reading every macrobiotic book and healing story I could get my hands on. I even remember the place I read it ... while lying on the couch at my house on Cranbrook Drive (in Cape Elizabeth, Maine) ... two houses ago. At that time, I could barely lift my head to read, as I was going through chemo for advanced breast cancer and was exhausted. So, I was lying down (every time I think of a book that I read, I always flash back to the spot that I read it. (Does everybody do this??)
Anyway, his story was about how he had started a macrobiotic diet as a young adult because of his schizophrenia. I met David at my first Macrobiotic Summer Conference, in Westfield, Mass. He ended up being one of my favorite presenters. At each consecutive conference I went to, I always made a beeline to his presentations ... along with many others.
What really impressed me the last time I saw him was him describing how doctors told his mother when he was young that he'd never hold down a job, never have children and never get married. Well, he noted at that point, that he'd been teaching for 25 years, married for as long and had five children. I LOVED that. He is also a very gentle, kind and compassionate person.
David is from California and he has a great Web site, where among other things, you can take an online class.
Cynthia and David Briscoe
I first heard of David Briscoe from reading his book, A Personal Peace, when I was reading every macrobiotic book and healing story I could get my hands on. I even remember the place I read it ... while lying on the couch at my house on Cranbrook Drive (in Cape Elizabeth, Maine) ... two houses ago. At that time, I could barely lift my head to read, as I was going through chemo for advanced breast cancer and was exhausted. So, I was lying down (every time I think of a book that I read, I always flash back to the spot that I read it. (Does everybody do this??)
Anyway, his story was about how he had started a macrobiotic diet as a young adult because of his schizophrenia. I met David at my first Macrobiotic Summer Conference, in Westfield, Mass. He ended up being one of my favorite presenters. At each consecutive conference I went to, I always made a beeline to his presentations ... along with many others.
What really impressed me the last time I saw him was him describing how doctors told his mother when he was young that he'd never hold down a job, never have children and never get married. Well, he noted at that point, that he'd been teaching for 25 years, married for as long and had five children. I LOVED that. He is also a very gentle, kind and compassionate person.
David is from California and he has a great Web site, where among other things, you can take an online class.