Deepak Chopra

TEDMED 2009: The Future Of Mind-Body Medicine

Alana B. Elias Kornfeld | Posted 10.31.2009 | Living


Alana B. Elias Kornfeld

Our genes and nervous system are not fixed and can change, Deepak Chopra said. He added his own twist that psychological information is transformed into biological information.

The Best Aging Secret: Make Time Your Friend

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living


Deepak Chopra

We've all been conditioned to look upon time as our enemy. This belief is wrong, but it's so deeply ingrained that if affects even the most gifted people.

Deepak Chopra Says Meditation Improves Health

ABC News | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living


Deepak Chopra, the thoroughly modern guru, walks through Manhattan tweeting, delivering inspirational messages in 140 characters or less. "The purpose...

Sleepless Supernova: Propofol Lullabies In Neverland

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 10.04.2009 | Living


Qanta Ahmed, MD

That an anesthesiologist could be on tour with Michael administering propofol is both baffling and repugnant. The King of Pop was effectively anaesthetized every night, while our profession was asleep at the wheel.

Spiritual Sex: From Orgasm To Soulgasm

intent.com | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living


In a recent book, Mantak Chia acknowledges three levels of sexual experience: genital orgasm, whole-body orgasm and soul orgasm. He teaches that his p...

Digital Divine Mind

Sheila Shayon | Posted 09.29.2009 | Technology


Sheila Shayon

The digital world of communications is the nearest thing to heaven on earth. The smarter we get about the true nature of matter -- the smaller, faster, and more powerful it becomes in our hands.

New Age: The Danger Of Stumbling Upon The Miraculous

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living


Ed and Deb Shapiro

This phone call was a great example of the confusion surrounding what is known as the new age, where people believe they have stumbled upon, envisioned, and discovered the miraculous.

Art of Attention: Can Toxic Encounters Be Nourishing?

Elena Brower | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living


Elena Brower

When we hold resentment and hostility, our heart rhythm shifts the actual shape of the heart muscle. The most efficient thing you can do is simply breathe.

What Is Work? Finding Your Path by Laying the Bricks

Sharon Glassman | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living


Sharon Glassman

There's nothing like asking someone about their work to distract you from the fact that they're sticking a dozen needles into your torso.

What Does Health Mean to You?

Sean Donahue | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics


Sean Donahue

This was the official question that nearly 200 of the world's foremost health-care experts, physicians and scholars attempted to answer at the 2009 Aspen Health Forum.

How to Succeed In Spite Of The Recession: 'The Soul Of Success'

Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living


Dr. Alex Benzer

It's never about you. It's about serving the world. Success comes when you remove your own blocks to love.

The Anti-Affirmation

Tabby Biddle | Posted 08.03.2009 | Living


Tabby Biddle

Debbie Ford, author and faculty at the Chopra Center: "If you want to manifest your full potential you have to reclaim the parts of yourself that you've denied, hidden or given away to others."

What Really Killed Michael Jackson?

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment


Joan E. Dowlin

No matter how much another person loves you, if you do not love yourself, it won't make a difference. I believe that MIchael Jackson did not love himself.

Celebrity "Roadkill": A Black Box Warning for Physicians

Gary Cohan | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment


Gary Cohan

How can a vulnerable physician resist the temptation to "bend the rules" for these "tabloid elites?"

Spreading Peace on Twitter

Stephen H. Dinan | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living


Stephen H. Dinan

Twitter and Deepak Chopra spread peace on earth with the I Take The Vow pledge.

Building Emotional Muscle

Cheryl Saban | Posted 06.17.2009 | Living


Cheryl Saban

I'm sharing this humbling episode to demonstrate the fact that even when we think we have all our ducks in a row, life continually pitches us challenges.

What's an Unpublished Writer to Do?

Carol Hoenig | Posted 06.09.2009 | Media


Carol Hoenig

If an author who cannot acquire a traditional publishing deal decides to invest in their writing career by self-publishing instead of giving up, let's celebrate their passion and entrepreneurship.

Why Deepak Chopra Is Wrong

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 06.05.2009 | World


Sanjeev Bery

Deepak Chopra ignores the complexities of history and blithely proclaims that Muslims should take responsibility for a whole host of enemies: oligarchs, military regimes, anti-Semites, jihadis.

The Pressure to Heal Ourselves

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living


Claire Bidwell Smith

Every time I tried to picture my baby, happy and swimming around in my uterus, the image was overshadowed by that of the grapefruit-sized cyst growing alongside it.

If You Escaped the Meltdown, What Should You Do?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 04.04.2009 | Living


Deepak Chopra

Let's say that someone has avoided the worst of the economic meltdown and actually wants to help. The influence of fear, selfishness, uncertainty, caution, and pessimism still clouds the issue.

Kidstock with Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Moby, Sheryl Crow, Ben Harper, Donovan and... David Lynch?

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.11.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

This concert will be about the music, but its statement of solidarity and support for upliftment in education could be the beginning of yet another American wave of consciousness raising.

Alternative Medicine is Mainstream

Deepak Chopra | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living


Deepak Chopra

It's time to move past the debate of alternative medicine versus traditional medicine, and to focus on what works, what doesn't, for whom, and under which circumstances.

Resolving to Care: Integrative Health Care Reform

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living


Alison Rose Levy

Why would the Wall Street Journal bother to devote space to knocking integrative physicians, Deepak Chopra and Andrew Weil?

Bill O'Reilly Doesn't Listen -- My Encounter with Fox News

Deepak Chopra | Posted 01.11.2009 | Media


Deepak Chopra

It's a peculiar feeling being swept up, however briefly, in the right-wing message machine. But if I thought I could walk away unscathed, I was fooling myself.

Mumbai Is Quiet, But What's Next?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 01.09.2009 | World


Yvonne R. Davis

Beyond the Mumbai attacks, the larger issue looms of what to do and how the U.S. is going to deal with global terrorism.