Meditation

After 15 years of conversations with two types of people--those who crave personal growth, and those who don't, I have come to believe that for many people, there are some darn good reasons not to do yoga...

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 ...

Thank you to all of the readers out there, especially those who contributed to the lively discussion about the efficacy of the 12 Steps. I'll continue...

My usual morning routine, following basic one-hour meditation (wink), usually runs something like this: Gmail, HuffPo, Fox.com (jk lol), Twitter. And...

Life is not about becoming a more loving person or finding the love of your life, but instead coming to know and express the love you already are.

Sensing energy is not the same as sensing the rough surface of a tree or the solid quality of an door; energy comes in more as realization, sometimes after the fact.

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 ourse...

When the dream of self dissolves, we awake and see that the true church is wherever we are.

Yesterday morning I got up early and went for a walk. There's a beautiful hiking trail close to my house here in Boulder. It wraps up the back of a mo...

Ninety percent of our eligible workforce remains employed even though we are currently experiencing the worst unemployment rate in 26 years. Stress le...

The Buddha taught that life by its very nature is unsatisfactory, that some level of difficulty exists for all unenlightened beings in creation.

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...

The first teachings the Buddha gave after his enlightenment were the four noble truths. This giving of the truths is often referred to as the setting in motion of the wheel of Dharma.

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.

We are all blind people given one square foot of an elephant to explore with our fingertips. It is from this one square foot that we must deduce what this elephant is. No wonder we disagree.

Here are two ways to allow everything -- including the kitchen sink -- to be an invitation to notice and be thankful for our lives. Even lighting a candle can be meditative.

"I gave up acting so I could be real. Actors can be very pretentious, and I was definitely becoming that way and wanted to be more authentic as a huma...

The components of altruistic energy appear to be as measurable as photons and electrons, and are more palpable than a skeptic might imagine.

In last week's blog, Susan Smalley, Ph.D., founder of the Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) at UCLA, shared with us her fascinating journey. Af...

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?

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."

On a superficial level, losing my voice was inconvenient. On a deeper, yogic level, losing my voice was a deep lesson in life, listening, and seeing the precious gift of every moment.

The flip side to your Addict is, when you begin to let go of your addictive behaviors, you'll also start realizing your own power to survive and thrive -- whatever life throws at you next.

"My life is about survival," shares actress and HuffPost blogger Mariel Hemingway. "I come from a family of tremendous mental illness - great creativi...

Ayurveda is India's 5,000 year old "Science of Life." It is the art of living in harmony with nature, and it explains the nature of everything in the universe.