Tai Chi

The October 9 issue of The Week reports that during this month's gigantic celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic, more than 1000 Chinese soldiers sought mental health counseling after drilling for the event.

While the boondoggle in Washington continues, the best way to avoid being victimized might be to go for a walk, take a deep breath of some clean air, and eat an apple.

Culminating not in dissolution but in integration, angelic cultivation is an opportunity for a man and woman to mutually transform and uplift each other into the realm of bliss and wholeness.

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.

Breaking a hip or vertebrae increases your risk of dying.

Many years ago, my kung fu master warned me that I was over-training. "I show you something and you practice it 5,000 times," he said. I swelled with pride at my teacher's comment, figuring it was a sign he recognized how tough I was, and how dedicated and disciplined too. It took me a long time to realize that his remarks were actually a call to moderation.

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...

Living fully is not the same as living quickly. In fact, the best way to both live longer and get more out of life is to live at a reduced pace. Apparently, I'm not the only one taken with this idea.

This may be the first time a major online newspaper has serialized a book as a pre-publication "tease" for the print edition.

May marks Osteoporosis Awareness Month, and this year, let's shift the focus from increasing bone density to reducing fracture risk.

Stroke can impair balance, heightening the risk of a debilitating fall. But a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher has found that stroke survi...

During these particularly trying times, rather than turning to bars, bloviators or our brokers for relief, maybe we should turn to our loved ones and friends to find the cure for whatever ails us.

I often worry that those things that are most important to me -- spending time with my family, doing my martial arts practice -- are slowly under assault by the very gadgets that I bought to make my life easier.

The distinction between happening-in-the-world and happening-to-me may seem specious or trivial or even irrelevant, but in fact it could not be more important.

Financial investments may disappear in a puff of smoke these days, but those made in our health and happiness keep paying dividends no matter what the financial or political climate.

Just before Christmas of 2007, almost exactly a year ago, I steered into a Starbucks drive-thru line for a cup of tea on my way to teach a morning tai...

Check a good novel out of the library, turn off the phone and curl up with it. There's nothing wrong with disappearing into fiction for a while. Stay with fiction, though.

I heard the words, "In the Name of the Father" many times in my Lutheran upbringing in Indiana. While not of any religious orientation, I have had ex...