Unplug and Recharge: Need Energy? Try Yoga! (VIDEO)
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.
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.
Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living
All too often, however, spirituality reinforces rather than transcends conventional limits, boundaries, and notions of the ego. Sandwiched in between manicures and lunch dates, the quickie yoga class becomes just another way to augment and reinforce the self.
Bob Lingvall | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living
You are a silent point of awareness using a human body to sense and navigate the world around you.
Bob Lingvall | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living
Let's begin the work of reducing our attachment to the idea of "I" by engaging in experiences of awareness using our spiritual sculpting tools of silence, service, inquiry and intention.
Tara Stiles | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living
I was talking with a friend about what we were going to have for dinner, and out of nowhere a "deep" conversation about happiness showed up at the table.
Jay Michaelson | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living
Fighting it doesn't work, but paradoxically, once you accept the anger, it's easier for it to pass. This, I think, is a taste of freedom.
Dan Goleman | Posted 08.21.2009 | Living
Our moods shift with life's ups and downs. But neuroscience tells us that our daily mood range ordinarily shifts little through life. So what can we do to shift our mood toward contentment?
Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 08.19.2009 | Living
Go for a walk. When you take a step with your left foot, breathe the word "Glory." When you take a step with your right foot, breathe the word "Amen."
Olivia Rosewood | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living
It was a great reminder that peace and happiness do not come from things, business, or any kind of doing, but rather of undoing, and even more likely, just being.
DivineCaroline | Vicki Santillano | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living
Whenever I hear about the many benefits of meditation, my determination to find a place for it in my life is renewed once more. Unfortunately, the few...
Kay Goldstein | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living
Living meditation or mindfulness begins by immersing ourselves where we already are and using our present moment and circumstances as our focal point.
Jonathan Ellerby | Posted 05.26.2009 | Living
The same way some people love to read and others love to run; some love chocolate and some love vanilla; not every spiritual practice is for everyone. Pick something and stick with it!
Mallika Chopra | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living
It fascinates me that the legacy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who faced adulation and controversy in his life, continues to attract such highly influential people from around the world.
Tess Ghilaga | Posted 02.16.2009 | Living
Yogi Sarah Tomlinson delves into in ancient Indian artistic form to promote healing and centering effects, which includes Radiance, Nourishment, Passion, Intellect, Expansion and Bliss.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 01.16.2009 | Living
Specific practices that have traditionally been associated with spiritual contexts may also be very useful from a mainstream, secular, health point of view. Scientists are researching meditation.
Waylon Lewis | Posted 01.06.2009 | Living
Get thee to an eco meditation cushion, if only for a few minutes each morning before the day's madness ensues, and if you need a jump-start of inspiration or a little training, check out one of these Buddhist teachers.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.10.2008 | Living
I am honored to interview today Michael I. Posner, a prominent scientist in the field of cognitive neuroscience.
Kay Goldstein | Posted 10.18.2008 | Living
Often in my classes the subject of practice comes up. How often should one practice meditation? How long should you "sit"? Why do I have so much trouble practicing on my own? What can I expect in terms of "results?"
beliefnet.com | Ariane de Bonvoisin and Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 09.22.2008 | Living
You can light candles, sit on a cushion, and follow specific instructions on how to meditate, but the truth is that you already know how. Meditative c...
Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 09.07.2008 | Living
To meditate means to examine. It doesn't mean you have to sit in a lotus position in silence (although you can). It means you are attending to what's ...
Karen Salmansohn | Posted 06.28.2008 | Living
Confession: One night I was busy doing my bills and folding my laundry while watching a TV special about transsexuals -- and I found one thought -- an...
Kay Goldstein | Posted 06.05.2008 | Living
Life is certainly not simple now, but we humans have gotten in the habit of making it more complicated. "Do more" is the message from every quarter. T...
Brent Kessel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Last Saturday, as with virtually every Saturday for the last eight years, I woke up with the intention that I would not do any work of any kind - no e...
Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
In the aftermath of the shooting last week on another college campus, I am reminded of a common response to such horrors: to pray and seek solace from...
Verena von Pfetten | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
It's the start of the sixth week of My Spiritual Journey, and I feel like I've hit a hump. I've asked a nun for guidance, and I've confessed my sins. ...
Sara Avant Stover | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living