↓ Thinking like a designer can help you transform your relationship with food and build healthy eating habits. Millions of people have turned to Japanese organization consultant Marie Kondo’s KonMari Method for creating order in their closets, systematizing their storage space, and otherwise tidying up their lives....
Read More♣ The holidays can extinguish the brightest light. Here's how to keep yours burning. What is it about the holiday season that sets us off? Maybe it's because stores start trying to sell us on Christmas even before Halloween has even arrived, or maybe it's the way...
Read More↓ Learn how to vanquish anxiety and actually enjoy the holidays with these tips. It starts slow, at first, almost unnoticeable until—like a small wave that builds rapidly in speed and intensity—it knocks you over. That seemingly innocuous experience that catches you off-guard, leaving you in a...
Read More♥ Harvesting this powerful herb in the fall can help you extend your summertime garden’s vitality well into the winter months. In the past five or six years, gardening has become one of my most treasured hobbies, an escape from the stressful hustle-and-bustle of city living. Not...
Read More↓ Our senses offer a direct route to tapping our creative well. If you find yourself caught in a fruitless spiral, disconnected from your creativity, look to your senses, and explore that world with this wisdom from Be, Awake, Create: While perceptions are limitless, the capabilities of our sense...
Read More↓ How can empathic people let loose the burden of other people's emotions? When your body has a disease, illness or painful conditions, suppressed (somatized) emotion can exacerbate symptoms and escalate deterioration or decline. In my last article, I shared practice for identifying and acknowledging emotional energy...
Read MoreTwo ways to access calm strength within ourselves. Recently, on a very good day, I was talking to a friend about the experience of feeling fantastically alive and also having a deep sense of calm. My well of patience felt bottomless and I was able to...
Read MoreOur senses offer an immediate doorway to the present moment, and there are potent added benefits to these three sensory experiences. Try one the next time your stress and anxiety meter spikes. Smell Bergamot is a sweet and spicy scent, sourced from the peel of a citrus fruit known...
Read More(Plus 2 Ways to Get More ZZZs) If you are struggling to get a good night’s rest, you may want to address these common sleep disruptors. I used to be really good at sleeping. I would crash out as soon as my head hit the pillow and...
Read MorePhilosophy isn't just for professors. Embracing a philosophical attitude can make you healthier, happier, and (of course) wiser. List the top three things you’re interested in—that’s a request I made of 14 different people. Their responses included world travel, family, health, nature photography, playing guitar, and...
Read MoreSky Nelson-Isaacs sees flow and synchronicity as “mutually dependent. In short, when we align with circumstance, circumstance aligns with us.” He describes a set of steps he calls the LORRAX process as a way to cultivate flow in our lives. In the course of a day,...
Read MoreHere are some morning affirmations to start the day off with clarity, purpose, and joy. “Each morning we are born again. Do today what matters most,” writes Jack Kornfield, in The Buddha’s Little Instruction Book. We get a remarkable gift each day: A fresh start. That chance to...
Read MoreSponsored Content from Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat Bahamas How many facets of yoga do you know? How many do you practice? At the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat Bahamas, a destination for yogis from around the world, yoga is based on five points that are practiced regularly in...
Read MoreStruggle to stay focused when you meditate? Learning to listen like a musician can deepen both your meditation practice and your mindfulness. Musically minded people are naturally deep listeners. The variety of nuances and qualities that they can discern within a few bars of music is absolutely...
Read MoreWhen life goes sideways on you, it's helpful to remember that one of the most powerful tools we have to affect many layers of our health is already happening within us. When my kids were little and a moment would get overly chaotic, one of my...
Read MoreIntentionally smiling can be part of your spiritual practice. I recently played a word association game with my eight-year-old granddaughter, Kya. I said “peanut butter,” she said “jelly.” I said “dog,” she said “cat.” I said “smile,” she said “happy.” After this game, I reflected on...
Read MoreCold-water swimming might sound unpleasant, but research suggests regular dips in cold water can improve health and longevity. Bare early March trees rake a pale blue sky, patches of snow surround the bay, and the chilly Salish Sea undulates gently in front of us. Usually I would be...
Read MoreSky Nelson-Isaacs sees flow and synchronicity as “mutually dependent. In short, when we align with circumstance, circumstance aligns with us.” He describes a set of steps he calls the LORRAX process as a way to cultivate flow in our lives. In the course of a day,...
Read MoreSky Nelson-Isaacs sees flow and synchronicity as “mutually dependent. In short, when we align with circumstance, circumstance aligns with us.” He describes a set of steps he calls the LORRAX process as a way to cultivate flow in our lives. In the course of a day,...
Read MoreHow can empathic people let loose the burden of other people's emotions? When your body has disease, illness or painful conditions, suppressed (somatized) emotion can exacerbate symptoms and escalate deterioration or decline. In my last article, I shared a practice for identifying and acknowledging emotional energy to...
Read MoreGretchen Rubin's new book provides a different path to decluttering. A few years ago, when Marie Kondo’s first book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, came out, I was intrigued. Tidying up sounds so reasonable, and who doesn’t want a home free of clutter and...
Read MoreRelease the guilt and be free. The word “sin” or “syn” denotes "missing the mark". Depending on your personal beliefs, guilt can be a strong part of your life and before you know it the subconscious mind is governing your decisions and how you feel. When...
Read MoreI spent last week away from home, work, studio, email, and Facebook in the city of my youth, Montreal. I remember it well, but only this past week did I really notice something strange: It is really hard to get a cup of coffee to...
Read MoreLong-term benefits of a regular exercise habit. When we go out for a walk, bring ourselves to the yoga mat, or jump in the pool for some laps, we feel rather immediately what movement does for us. We feel our breath change, our hearts beating, and...
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