When you are both patient and healer, remember to be patient and allow time -- time to listen and time to distance and, finally, time to heal.
My advice is that we consider yoga part of a healthy lifestyle. We need to breathe, stretch, be mindful of our bodies, reflect, meditate and perhaps pray.
If you've hit that mid-January slump already, take a deep breath and give yourself a break. Take one little step at a time and promise yourself, no guilt, only rewards for good behavior!
A renaissance for change is coming into being, and it heralds an epoch for opportunity like none other.
So, how's your New Year's resolution coming along? Given up already? Well, I haven't. So enthusiastic am I, that I've already completed four weeks of my resolution even though we're only one week into the New Year. And I don't even consider myself an overachiever.
Practicing gratitude reminds us that we are part of a beautiful whole, supported and loved. When you begin to feel stressed, alone or anxious, consider the things you are thankful for.
I love these December dawns, even if it's hard to drag myself out into the cold. They put me in touch with the year-end cycle in a way I'd miss if I didn't see the sun come up and go down.
As we get ready to ring in 2012, here are a few steps we can take to help improve our health and the quality of our lives.
"This is the natural classroom. It's so important for the children to learn right here on the prairie about these animals -- what we use each part for and how today they still keep both the people and the prairie healthy."
It can be difficult to find the strength to keep family traditions alive, especially if the person who loved them so much is no longer around to share in the experience.
The death of a spouse is rated as one of the most distressing events in life -- an event that one spouse in every couple must eventually face.
We all need to address both our how we live in our bodies and how we live in our households. The big secret to both: approach not just your muscular fitness, but the wellness of your entire being.
The first time someone uttered the words, "You still have hope" in response to my cancer, I almost slapped them.
This transformation that is occurring is an inner stretching of consciousness expanding. We are recalibrating our understanding of reality as individuals and as a collective.
You may remind yourself a hundred times that you shouldn't get angry, but when the emotion comes, you are unable to control it. It comes like a thunderstorm. What can you do when anger rises in you?
This week, pay closer attention to the consciousness behind your actions. Become aware of when your actions are in alignment with your deeper beliefs and when they contradict them.
May these creative and imaginative means of engaging with life and the mysteries it contains make you a more loving, compassionate, sensitive and insightful being.
There are no alternatives to the aging process; therefore, the only way to cope with change is to be willing to take a chance on changing our attitude toward many things.
It is only now, looking back a year into my new life, that I realize what a crazy thing it was to do, and what a brilliant one. What made me take the leap? I went for a few months, to write and gain some perspective.
When you are not fully present in the moment and completely focused on what you are doing, you are missing the experience. You are cheating life. You are cheating yourself.
