Are you fully present and wide awake right now, or are you lost in thought, feeling spacey, and/or focused on your electronic device again? Awareness is the only vehicle of perception you have to experience your life, and the present moment is the only place you can have it, yet it is so easy to […]
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Chaos vs. Calm: Tools and a Yogic Technique for Emotional Balance
In this age of technical overload we tend to live in our heads rather than our hearts. Many of us spend a good amount of time every day in front of a computer or cell phone, completely detached from the world around us, our attention rarely in the present moment. We also lead stressful lives […]
Don’t Freak-Out! Meditation to Calm Body and Mind
Change is upon us and change can be scary. In fact, there are so many shifts in the world right now that first-rate freak-outs are becoming a daily event for many of us. New situations can force you out of your comfort zone and make you feel unstable and unsafe. If life events are causing you to feel […]
Can’t Sleep? 5 Unusual Ways to Relieve Insomnia
It’s Sunday night, and you’re tossing and turning restlessly as the hours tick by on your clock. No matter what you do, you cannot sleep. Over-stimulation, stress, and insomnia plague all of us occasionally, and some of us relentlessly. If you’ve tried counting sheep, drinking warm milk, and many other recipes for sleep to no […]