“Health is not mere absence of disease. It is the dynamic expression of life”
– Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Traveling today, into the West. May all beings be happy, healthy, and peaceful. I encourage you as the recipient of these images photographed at the Art of Living Retreat Center. To make a simple, subtle choice. Pause. Breathe. Extend your awareness towards what is. In your localized experience of humanity. Be kind. Be grateful. Feel …
Is your mind more like an overstuffed junk closet or a Zen monastery? Is your mental state closer to a crowded freeway than a sweet country lane? Do your thoughts bring you panic or bring you peace? If you are like most humans, your mind is more mess than mindful, more chaos than calm. During …
If you’ve been on a path of self-exploration and personal growth, you’ve probably heard the popular spiritual saying “Be Here Now” which was introduced by the great Western-born yogi Ram Dass in 1971. Recently someone sent me an e-mail containing this humorous take-off on the phrase: “Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that …
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If I asked you to pinpoint your tolerance level in a conversation would you be able to? Could you say that after fifteen minutes if you’re not feeling heard you get frustrated or start to shut down and get passive aggressive? Or if after expressing yourself for the tenth time without any changed outcome you …
I grew up with a chip on my shoulder. It sometimes felt real, my shoulder up and pulled in a bit, as if I was balancing that little piece of anger/fear between my humerus and neck. In Catholic School, the nuns told us that each of us had an angel on the right shoulder and …
Long ago, a man experienced a series of startling revelations. Soon after, he founded a new religious movement. As is typical with all such movements, he had both devoted followers and fierce detractors. His followers went everywhere he went, and hung on to his every word. His detractors thought him a self-serving and evil man, …
Often we are asked what our children’s yoga classes actually look like. What are we teaching? Are we just practicing movement? Where does the mindfulness come in? Do kids actually calm down? Below is an overview of the five elements that we consider essential aspects of any child’s yoga experience. Activities that explore these five …
As a high school teacher in the Bronx for 14 years I got to meet and deeply know a lot of teens. Having those relationships taught me a lot about what makes adolescents tick. I saw that the way adults view teens impacts the way teens see themselves, and ultimately the lives they think they …
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Life is not a sheep yard or a cowshed, but a zoo. You find all types of people in life, not just others who are like you. The most intelligent, the most creative, and the most dull, hyperactive, or lazy ones are all here — whatever their behavior is, don’t worry about them. It …
Every thought, every feeling, every action has a particular frequency of energy or vibration. The American Heritage Dictionary defines vibration, in the sense that I am using it, as: A distinctive emotional aura or atmosphere regarded as being instinctively sensed or experienced. Tuning into your emotional aura and energy I like the description …
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