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Returning to the Mat

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:45:46 -0800

As a teen, I first learned yoga from the classic Yoga in 28 Days, which 35 years after its original publication, is still in print. After a decade of dance study, I began a daily yoga practice that lasted over fifteen years-- including training to become a teacher of Anusara Yoga, a close cousin of Iyengar Yoga, an approach known for its emphasis on alignment.

The Sound of God Laughing

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:17:12 -0800

For most of us, when the talk turns to consciousness and God, our mind’s eye generates images like these:
Serene strolls across pristine sand by a dazzling aquamarine ocean
Gazing awestruck at a vast indigo sky flecked with glittering stars
Images of a cascading waterfall in a verdant forest

You Really Don't Need to Know If Cell Phones Cause Cancer

Fri, 30 May 2008 10:01:02 -0800

“Do cell phones cause brain cancer?”

This was the question that Larry King posed this week to Dena Cochran, the widow of Johnnie Cochran (who died of the disease). With Senator Edward Kennedy’s recent diagnosis, there’s been a swell of concern about this often terminal disease, and its potential link to cell phone use. King gathered a group of five doctors to respond and comment on the “Interphone study” in which thirty-five researchers from all over the world examined the correlation between cell phone use and brain cancer incidence.

Should Kids Learn to be Spiritual?

Fri, 16 May 2008 06:16:18 -0800

Instead of viewing spirituality as the holiest or the highest, what if we considered it to be a foundational coping skill, a guide for every action in our lives?

Meditations on Mom

Thu, 08 May 2008 06:07:02 -0800

A bouquet of roses, a box of candy, a long distance phone call? What will you give your Mom this Mother’s Day? And more importantly, what will you really feel as you make your ritual obeisance? Will your heart overflow with love and gratitude? Or will you be gritting your teeth, plastering a smile on, bracing yourself for Mom’s next number?

Don’t Drink the Water: Overcoming Complacency in Health Reporting

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:00:14 -0800

The media’s selling the Iraq war prompts outrage, yet the typical reporter’s eager acceptance of health reports and spins by the government and vested medical interests passes for “objective science.”

Health investigative journalism is an endangered species. So here’s kudos to the trio of Associated Press reporters, who recently undertook an independent investigation into the contamination of the water supplies by pharmaceutical drugs.

Jesus and Deepak in Midtown

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:56:47 -0800

Last night, on the eve of the publication of his book, The Third Jesus, (Harmony, 2008) --currently a high-ranking Amazon bestseller, Deepak Chopra spoke of Jesus. Dressed in an elegant black Sherwani, (an Indian long coat with a Nehru collar), Chopra stepped forward from the nave of Manhattan’s St. Mary the Virgin Church, and casually positioned himself between the first rows of pews, speaking to the six hundred people assembled by the New York Open Center.

The Family Field: A Valentine to Enduring Connection

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:42:58 -0800

When I first read The Field, I practically gulped it down like it was a mystery novel that I couldn’t wait to finish. As Lynne McTaggart writes in her beautiful sharing on this blog, the new science the book covers "suggests that at our essence, we exist as a unity, a relationship — utterly interdependent, the parts affecting the whole at every moment."

Just How Smart is Your Body?

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:17:42 -0800

We all know that ah-ha! moment when a new insight or experience changes everything. But ah-ha's are the province of the mind, aren't they?