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Jesus did it. The Buddha did it. Mystics, saints and sages of spiritual traditions from around the world, and throughout the ages, have spent countless hours doing it. Why has meditation been at the core of the human search for truth and meaning throughout the millennia? Why meditate?...
Start now with spring foods that have exceptional natural detoxifying power. In the rainy and muddy months of spring, nature provides a low-fat, low-mucus harvest of sprouts, greens and berries. Use the spring grocery list below and eat more of these detox diet foods from March throug...
Martha Stewart, ever the model of elegant efficiency, is ahead of the rest of us when it comes to Easter eggs; all she has to do is head out to her Palais de Poulet and collect the perfectly pastel blue-green eggs her fancy Araucana chickens lay. For those of us who don’t own exotic h...
I have a couple questions more than a comment. So many articles say to eliminate white flour and refined sugar foods. I get the obvious ones like cakes, cookies, etc. However, what about fruits, organic jams/jellies with no added sugars (hidden or otherwise), organic unsweetened fruit...
If losing pounds is as easy as journaling about what you put in your mouth, can you use the same technique to help you stick to a fitness routine? Dieters who keep a food diary lose twice as much weight as those who kept no records, according to a recent study by Kaiser Permanente’s C...
This time of year even the most fit and health-minded of us can find ourselves with a raging, throbbing, post-celebration hangover. Though most yogis are loathe to admit it (heavy drinking is not exactly part of Patanjali’s eight-fold path to enlightenment) some say a round of asanas ...
When newspaper headlines are screaming financial disaster and your nightly news station broadcasts war and devastation, it’s not hard to get swept up in the pessimistic world view that things are bad—and getting worse. Now, stop and think about whether or not that’s really true. If th...
The benefits of yoga provide both instant gratification and lasting transformation. In the fitness world, both are extremely important. Too much time with too few results can be incredibly discouraging, and monotonous routines week after week can lead to stagnation. Yoga can change yo...
