Three Days of Silent Retreat
I have an accumulation of mucus in my throat that I just can’t ignore, so every few minutes I have to swallow and it sounds ridiculously loud in the silence. Can everyone in the meditation room hear me?
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Escape into the Arms of Hot Yoga
The hopeful yoga of blended families By Bahar Anooshahr I pull the door forcefully. It dings open. Thank God. I made it just in the nick of time. I am escaping life, his children, his ex-wife and my confused mind into the arms of hot yoga. Perhaps the heat will melt my thoughts and body […]
Transformational Power of Music
Measurable benefits, no side effects and low cost make music an ideal therapeutic option By Shari Cohen “Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.” ~Maya Angelou During his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, when pediatric physician Raffi Tachdjian was searching for a way to accelerate healing in his young patients, inspiration came in […]
Saffron as Soul Spice
Pricey, precious golden threads By Kimberly Nichols In my early twenties, while just beginning my career and relatively money-poor, I was given the job of throwing a dinner party for my colleagues at an advertising agency. My super hip boss, whom I was dying to impress, confessed that he was a remarkable cook and offered […]
Visual Portraits of a Voice: Shayna LaBeouf
Shayna Saide LaBeouf’s mystical, visual poems By Stephanie du Tan When art speaks to us directly and moves us profoundly, we find that the personal is universal and the universal is personal. Personal experience leads to the discovery of universal truths, and the transcendent in turn illuminates our present. This dialectic is at work in […]
Aerobics Against Migraines
Exercise may be the best medicine By Laura Owens Chronic migraine sufferers will do just about anything to avoid an attack, including nixing a healthy but common trigger—exercise. In a study published in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, researchers tested an exercise regime that actually decreased migraines. Subjects participated in an indoor […]
The Road to Romantic Bliss
By Laura G. Owens Blame your parents if you must, but a study that followed 3,000 subjects from age 12 to 32 to determine if relationship with parents influences future romantic connections, results showed—no surprise—that it does, whether it’s harmonious or rocky. No need to worry, however; breaking attitudes and behaviors begins with tuning in. […]