by Kitzie | Mar 8, 2011 | Mantra & Consciousness
Amazon Best Books of the Month, January 2011: Yoga, even as it furthers its storefront-by-storefront takeover of American leisure hours, remains a punchline, a shorthand summing-up of a certain way of life. One of the charms of Poser, Claire Dederer’s memoir of...
by Crystal | Feb 17, 2011 | Mantra & Consciousness
“How to Be Happy” written by Justine van der Leun for AOL Health | Published on September 29, 2010 Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard claims you can practice your way to happiness, and he should know: After MRI scans showed that he experienced extreme levels of...
by Crystal | Feb 17, 2011 | Mantra & Consciousness
“What to Do Now to Feel Better at 100” written by Jane E. Brody for the New York Times | Published on October 25, 2010 Many changes take place in physical abilities as we age. Try as I may, I simply can’t swim as fast at 69 as I did at 39, 49 or even 59....
by Crystal | Feb 17, 2011 | Mantra & Consciousness
“Please Meditate: Check Your Heart Chakra” written by Olivia Rosewood for the Huffington Post | Published February 17, 2011 In yogic meditation practices the heart chakra is called, “anahata.” Anahata is translated from the ancient Sanksrit to...
by Kitzie | Nov 9, 2010 | Mantra & Consciousness
This summer I happened to catch an entry by Tami Simon on the Sounds True blog. The entry was titled “Keep Going, Say What You Know”. It struck me as a wonderfully simple way to live life, and also a gift we could give to each other … the gift of...
by Kitzie | Oct 21, 2010 | Mantra & Consciousness
“When despair for the world grows in me and I awake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s life may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the...
