This tip is something I haven’t really read about anywhere (but my usual disclaimer… I haven’t read everything) and comes...
In 2009 I completed a 10-day Vipassana meditation course in Nepal. Also known as insight meditation or “clear seeing,” Vipassana...
1. Boost your brain power and functioning – There are many helpful exercises to boost your brain power and overall...
A compassion-based meditation program can significantly improve a person’s ability to read the facial expressions of others, finds a study...
“Learn to breathe,” is the first thing my dive instructor said many years ago. And all through my many lessons...
Work, relax, eat, sleep and repeat. This cycle is a reality for most of us. When it comes to relaxation...
What was wrong with music before the era of amplifiers, electrical enhancements, synthesizers or technological mumbo jumbo to “make the...
Your body needs to move and your mind needs to rest. So how do we combine the two? With meditation,...
Taking a walk is a peaceful way to spend an afternoon. Strolling along the riverfront as the sun hangs lazily...
Danielle Mika Nagel is studio director of the world’s first Chopra Yoga Center located in Vancouver, BC. The studio practices Chopra Yoga, a form of yoga inspired by the...
Drums can be seen anywhere from religious ceremonies to football games. In many cultures, they've been used as a means of communicating with other humans, as well...
In some respects, every method of meditation is like all others, like some others, and like no other. The first level is that of the most general commonalities, disregarding...
It's easy to lose touch with ourselves. Our busy routines often leave us no time to think, let alone meditate to relieve daily stressors. So how can you tend to your...
While I was in India in 1971, I met a number of Indian yogis, Tibetan lamas, and Buddhist monks. I was struck by the relaxed warmth, openness, and alertness of these men and women, no matter...
It's easy to see how someone might think that sitting in meditation would be a terribly boring thing to do. Just sitting there doing nothing. Trying to think of nothing. Trying to think of not thinking. Of...
Women recently diagnosed with breast cancer have higher survival rates than those diagnosed in previous decades, according to the American Cancer Society. However, survivors continue to face...
Within the last century, Western science and physics have made a startling discovery. We are part of the world we view. The very process of our observation changes the things we observe. As an...
I am not you / and you are not me / and I needn't go / through you / to find myself...
Meditation often results in moments of drowsiness. We’ll often slump forward in our posture, constricting the chest area and breathing, our head will dip forward and our jaw will drop—like driving a...
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