Why
Healing Matrix?
The word Matrix comes from the Latin
word "meter" or "matris" standing for mother or womb. As soon as the
umbilical cord is severed and we step into the world, we are faced
with pain, anxiety, illness, disillusion and spiritual emptiness.
Through writings, deliberations and explorations this matrix will
be a shaper, creator and an agent of illumination helping us regain
the organic unity within our being which was lost somewhere along
the line. Healing Matrix, thus, is a symbol and turning point towards
wholeness and healing taking us back to that original sense of peace
and joy- a metaphorical return to womb.
This magazine
seeks to provide a platform where poets and scientists, rationalists
and spiritualists, skeptics and believers can deliberate without
posturing, hence suggesting ways to lead a wholesome life. It will
be, at once, a plaza for collision, merger, confluence and a collage
of ideas and experiences.
People Behind Healing Matrix
Dr Manjit Handa, Editor
Dr.
Handa holds a PhD in English Literature with specialization in Poetry
and Drama. Her doctoral work was based on the Irish Nobel Laureate Seamus
Heaney. She has taught English literature to undergraduate and postgraduate classes at Panjab University, Chandigarh and ASSM College, Mukandpur, India. Her extra-curricular interests include drawing, painting
and singing. She has held private exhibitions in drawing and is
deeply interested in using literature, art and creativity in healing practices. She moved to Canada to join her husband in Feburary 2003. Currently, in addition to running this magazine and taking care of her three year old daughter, Renelle, she is teaching ‘Creative Writing’ in the Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Canada.
Dr. Parmjit Singh, Advisor
Parmjit Singh has a PhD in Psychology and Post-Doctoral training
in Sport and Exercise Psychology from Australia and Canada. He has
taught senior level credit courses in Mental, Physical & Spiritual
Health and Wellness, Yoga and Meditation at McMaster University,
Ontario, Canada. One of his courses was featured on CH TV for its
unique content and perspective. He is currently teaching in the
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Canada and also
running 'The Health-Q Consulting' (The HQ)-Intelligent Life, Health & Work Management for corporations and community. For
more information, visit http://www.TheHQ.ca.
Contact Information:
Healing Matrix
910, 223 Jackson Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8P 4R4
ph: 905 524 3463
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