We received a phone call and the voice on the other end simply asked, “Do you teach meditation?” Ed said yes. The voice replied, “We would like to have you come to Thailand to teach our CEOs.” Ed thought it was a joke as there are more people who teach...

As a prisoner in a Chinese jail, Kirsten Westby was able to find solace by sitting quietly in contemplation. Deeply affected by walking on the moon, astronaut Edgar Mitchell went from exploring outer space to discovering the vastness of inner space. Coping with HIV, New Yorker Mark Matousek found healing...

What could an astronaut who walked on the moon, a brilliant doctor who has proved that yoga and diet helps heart disease, and an actor who is committed to helping the environment possibly have in common? Firstly, they all care about people and want a better world, and are doing...

 You must be the change you want to see in the world, as Mahatma Gandhi so eloquently said. In other words, change has to start within ourselves; we cannot expect the world to change if we do not. Instead of focusing on the problems, we can start to live the...

Do you think you can dance? Wait till you see the lady in this video! Tears of joy just poured down our faces. Dancing brings together all sorts of people from all walks of life to just have fun, shake your butt, feel good, and dance, dance, dance.

Ed has...

It's Halloween and time to don your masks. What aspect of yourself will you be expressing? Do you see yourself as a gangster, an angel, a beast, or a talk-show host? How do you feel when you dress up as someone else?

One year we became two geisha girls in...

Listen to CNN or any news channel or read the newspapers and you will find the word mantra used to mean any oft-recited saying, whether positive or not. For instance, James Arthur Ray, well-known from 'The Secret' and the latest 'guru' to hit the headlines, uses motivational mantras promising endless...

What stops you from sleeping through the night? Is it when things are not going your way or they look topsy-turvy and you just want to scream; when your life appears chaotic and you are not sure if you are coming or going; or when it feels like everything is...

Does your mother-in-law make you want to bite your nails? Does your work make you feel overwhelmed and unable to cope? What do you do when you just want to scream and stop the world? Stress is a derivation of the Latin word meaning ‘to be drawn tight.’ Which is...

We sat in awe in Denver as the magic unfolded and the show began: clowns, magicians, contortionists, high wire acrobats, it was all there in Kooza. It was mind-boggling as the performers leapt and tumbled on the high wire as if they were flying in the air, challenging our mental...

There is a lot of anger on our streets these days, against healthcare, racism and Afghanistan, which made us consider what is most effective: resistance or pacificsm? Activism is dedicated to fighting injustice and bringing about social change, but is angry activism really effective? Is activism different if it arises...

We were living in a 400 year-old cottage in Dartmouth, southern England, when Ed received a phone call from a woman in Australia who wanted to contact Yoko Ono. We had been featured in a magazine there and the woman had read that Yoko was in a book we wrote,...

In the last 5-10 years the search for meaning in our lives has taken on similarities to visiting a shopping mall. Never before have we seen such an array of teachers all saying they will bring ever-lasting happiness and proclaiming their path is the way to Nirvana, that they have...

How lucky are you? Living in the Rockies means you get great weather and the lifestyle that goes with it. But living at a higher altitude also means adapting your cooking methods as water boils at a lower temperature, such as a four minute egg and not a three minute...

Imagine walking on the moon and then returning to earth in Apollo 14? That's what Edgar Mitchell, the 6^th astronaut to walk on the moon, talked to us about in our new book (see below). Few of us ever get to see the earth from outer space, but it was...

We sat in awe in Denver as the magic unfolded and the show began: clowns, magicians, contortionists, high wire acrobats, it was all there in Kooza. It was mind-boggling as the performers leapt and tumbled on the high wire as if they were flying in the air, challenging our mental...

When Ed was just 16 he won a dance contest on TV's popular Ted Steele's New York Bandstand and became a regular on the show; when he was 19 he won the NYC dance championship. He also won the prestigious Knickerbocker Beer trophy for the Tango, Jive and Mambo. In...

We are witnessing an outbreak of panic and fear as people in the US respond with misunderstanding and ignorance to falsely perceived threats to their welfare. There is a tremendous fear of and resistance to change, which cause further suffering.

Panic affects us all at different times, but for some...

We all dread stepping out of what is familiar and known: your comfort zone. But when we do, we can discover enormous reserves of strength within ourselves, as actress Ellen Burstyn told us she did when she was homeless.

Most of us have a deep fear that the unthinkable could...

The one thing we all pray won't happen, happened one day when Art was driving home from a hockey game in Vail, Colorado, with his wife Kathy and their two young sons. As he drove through Glenwood Canyon, high up in the Rocky Mountains, a boulder lept off the canyon...