Five Insights for Fearless Living

The First Insight: Fear can close our hearts, shape our emotional life, and freeze our emotions, but the only power that fear has is the power we give to it. We can take that power…

Is Being a Seeker a Poor Example for My Daughter?

To these perennial questions, I offer some answers — not to close a conversation but to broaden one. I do not claim to know anything you don’t know, but if I can help you remember …

Eight Golden Rules for Playing Your Best Tennis

Sally Huss, a Wimbledon semi-finalist and a national champion in her age group, has taught her own brand of Zen tennis. But she is best known as the “artist of happiness,” with che…

Unlocking the Spice Secrets of Temple Priests and Monks

The Jerusalem Post recently did a story on Tel Aviv University professor Michael Ovadia, a research specialist who normally focuses on the medicinal properties of snake venom. Seem…

"Zero" Trans Fats Does Not Mean "None"

After years of reading scary warnings about our fat intake, many of us prefer not to eat any trans fats in processed foods, but we certainly don’t want to exceed the recommended da…

Living Ultra-Light

Growing up in the rather conservative city of Ottawa, Canada, I never felt that I fit in, but I found a niche at fifteen when I discovered alcohol, boys, and dance clubs. My favori…

Your Soul Needs Playtime

A few years ago, when I was teaching an undergraduate seminar at Stanford on the psychology of happiness, I had the students put away their books and push their chairs to the side …

The New Power Plant in the Backyard?

One day recently my friend Oliver Fix and his colleague Rudy Behrens arrived at my home on the Rogue River in Oregon with a bucket to scoop up some of the bright green film called …

Do Good Gurus Have to Be Good People?

Having worked at a retreat center for the past few decades, I’ve become intimate with many gurus and their flocks. My conclusion is that the nature of every great teacher mirrors …

Catching Babies

Birthing women are able to share something that connects them to all mothers, past and future.

Simple Cures for Loneliness

The most recent US data studied by John Cacioppo, a social neuroscientist at the University of Chicago, found that almost a quarter of people today are plagued by frequent loneline…

Little Town of Bethlehem

Written and Directed by Jim Hanon / Produced by Mart GreenThis film takes the viewer right into the heart of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the stories of three men who, …

Queen of the Sun

Directed by Taggar Siegel / Produced by Jon Betz In 1923, Austrian scientist, philosopher, and social innovator Rudolf Steiner warned that in 80 to 100 years, bees would disappear…

The Economics of Happiness

A Film by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick & John PageWith economic growth touted as the solution to all of humanity’s problems, this film brings a timely and important me…

Expanding Horizons

by Atmic Vision The three musicians who comprise Atmic Vision have created an exotic fusion of Indian and American styles that is accessible and mesmerizing. Their Indian bamboo f…

Inside the Great Pyramid

by Paul HornWith the rerelease of this moving and graceful album, a whole new generation of listeners is introduced to the mystical and acoustically astounding recording made by ja…

The Nature Principle

The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorderby Richard LouvThe release of Richard Louv’s previous book, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Childr…

The Sacred Promise

The Sacred Promise: How Science is Discovering Spirit's Collaboration with Us in Our Daily Livesby Gary E. Schwartz, with foreword by John Edward“What if our increasing feelings of…

Hypnosis House Call

Hypnosis House Call: A Complete Course in Mind-Body Healingby Steven GurgevichScience is revealing the astounding powers of the human brain to reorganize itself according to the st…

You Can't Afford to Get Sick

You Can't Afford to Get Sick: Your Guide to Optimum Health and Health Careby Andrew WeilDr. Andrew Weil, one of the world’s foremost authorities on health, wellness, and integrativ…

A Heart Exposed

A Heart Exposed: Talking to God with Nothing to Hide (A Book of Prayers)by Steven JamesOne of the most beautiful gifts of Steven James’s book, A Heart Exposed, is that the prayer-p…

The Raw Truth

The Raw Truth: Recipes and Resources for the Living Foods Lifestyleby Jeremy S. SafronWith more than 200 recipes to delight the palate, enticing and colorful photos, and just the r…

Praying for Strangers

Praying for Strangers: An Adventure of the Human Spiritby River JordanIt was New Year’s Eve 2009, and River Jordan’s two sons were being deployed — one to Iraq and one to Afghanist…

One-Moment Meditation

Stillness for People on the Goby Martin BorosonImagine this: you no longer need a quiet place, a cushion or mat, or a half hour to meditate. Instead, your day is filled with peacef…