Mantra: I Am Clear Exercise: Neck & Jaw Stretches Yogis believe in energy systems running throughout our bodies. These energy centers, or "wheels...
Here is a step-by-step approach to mindfulness or meditation, the basic practices of quieting the mind.
I grew up feeling from a very young age that what was right was right, no matter if God or my teacher said so. I wanted to help people, but I couldn't commit to an institution that was based on guilt, and control.
Can meditation change the world for the better? Now, in a new book, some of today's most notable voices explore this issue - including 16 authors from New York City.
People talk. We listen. We think about what they are saying. As we consider the thoughts that other people verbalize, their thoughts stream through...
What is it that stops us from being the best we can be, from giving unreservedly, from caring for others more than ourselves?
When Ehrenreich observes, "It's a mistake to try to turn your anger and resentment and sadness or grief into something else," I'm with her all the way.
Yogis associate this posture with a tree. A tree epitomizes a non-judgmental, resource-providing, season-changing, patient symbol of our Earth. Embody these attributes today.
In one sentence: follow your breathing to your heart and dwell there - for a few moments or minutes if possible. Notice how everything eases: your mind, your body, your face.
Self-awareness is a very mysterious phenomenon. How is it that matter can be self-aware? Is matter somehow creating you and me?
Kabbalah enables the "receiving" of more and more of reality, with more and more depth and sensitivity. Let's see how this works, in each of its three streams.
Our bodies don't lie. In fact, they are obvious truth tellers if you know what to look for. So when we put ourselves into stressful situations, we all revert to our conditioned tendencies.
Here's a short 'n sweet meditative yoga flow for you. It's a great way to start your day--or to fit in whenever you need a little pick- me- up.
Change has to start within ourselves; we cannot expect the world to change if we do not.
The 100 stories woven together in the book describe how people from all walks of life have used the profound benefits of meditation to improve their health and well being.
I've always been a fan of the in-between. You know, the stuff in between the stuff. That's stuff too, right? The way we practice yoga is the way we live our life.
Today we are going to work with the relationship of two essential elements: Fire and Water.
Instead of trying to get something from your practice, use your yoga or your meditation to practice expressing how you see and value yourself.
Last week, in part two of our introduction to Kabbalah, we suggested that in Jewish mystical theology, "God does not exist -- God is existence itself."
Immersed in the most personal of personal loves, we are a point of awareness in an ocean of compassionate love; a butterfly on the back of a whale preparing to dive.
Meditation is a powerful tool for those who are creating the future. It helps with idea generation and stress reduction. If you are a leader, you need both to be successful.
