2011 September/October
Self Compassion
Navigating the Labryinth of Love
The Chartres Cathedral Labyrinth is a beautiful spiritual pathway originally built into the floor of the French cathedral 800 years ago. The pattern is now used worldwide. The laby…Tags:
• Relationship Advice
Zenvesting: Kissing the Ugly
Since my early teens I have searched to find the truth about success, and I have been advising people on their finances and managing global investment portfolios for over 25 years.…Best Practice: How to Really Want to Work Out
Motivation is often spoken of as if it were some inward reservoir. Whether it is talking about one’s level of motivation (as if the tank were either full or empty), waiting for mot…What Keeps Me Going: An Interview with Michael Moore
Filmmaker Michael Moore went to Catholic seminary at age 14 and thought about becoming a priest. Instead, he became an activist. He started his own newspaper in Flint, Michigan, be…Tags:
• Interviews
Tree Pose to Ease the Body Into Meditation
Fall is a time of seasonal quickening, as we go back to work in earnest, and a time of rising anxiety. It is a perfect time to start or renew a mind/body meditation practice. You w…Why We Surprise Ourselves Doing Grand or Stupid Things
Over the last decade a number of studies and books have likened willpower to a single muscle. According to this model, all of our choices and temptations are tugging on the same “m…Tags:
• Human Behavior
Connections
Transformative Travel: Ghana
The Ultimate Ritual to “Let It Go”In Ghana there is a story that the name Jamaica is actually a bastardized version of the word Jaminica (from the Fon language), which means “let’s…Tags:
• Travel
The Path to Harmony for Couples
SCENE ONE: My partner and I are in the car on a road trip, having a glorious time. I’m singing along to an old pop tune, rocking out, while he reads his GPS. I see him furrow his b…Features
One-Moment Meditation for Managers
How an MBA turned to meditation and in the process managed to turn meditation upside down. While a student at the Yale School of Management, I decided to invite all the students, …Self-Compassion: How to Value Yourself
The secret to empowered action is learning not to beat yourself up.
Eight Paths to the Goddess
On the spring equinox this year, with the full moon in Virgo, about a hundred people gathered excitedly together in Ashland, Oregon, to dance, to pray, and to perform ceremonies to…Spiritual Leadership
Consider two recent images: One image is of our president, tautly engaged and oddly displaced, as he watches half a world away while his orders to kill Osama Bin Laden are carried …Reviews
Simple Ways Towards the Sacred
Simple Ways Toward the SacredBy Gunilla Norris“God” is only a word that we use, thinking we know what it means, according to Gunilla Norris, a much-esteemed writer, meditation teac…Milos Mediterraneo
Miloš Karadaglic, Guitarist Twenty-seven-year-old Miloš Karadaglic has a goal: to return the guitar to its rightful place as a concert instrument, and after having heard him play,…Tags:
• Music
Sacred Alchemy
13 Songs to Bring the Goddess Alive in Your LifeDevaa HaleyDevaa Haley’s intent with this album is to lead the listener into an experience of the sacred feminine that lives within …The Grace of the Green Leaf
Body Chants & GroovesLis AddisonIf this album by singer, composer, and dancer Lis Addison doesn’t get you moving and having fun doing it, then you’d better check your pulse! Wh…Kundalini Yoga
The Body Electric All-in-One WorkoutAna Brett and Ravi Singh“In all our years of training in various yoga, fitness, and self-help modalities, we have yet to find a system as compre…Letting Go
Transform Your Life, Transform the World: A Sedona Method Movie Hale Dwoskin Hale Dwoskin and the sedona Training Associates want you to share this movie, so give it to your frie…Tags:
• Film Reviews
Willpower
Rediscovering the Greatest Human StrengthBy Roy F. Baumeister and John TierneyWillpower, once touted as a real human asset, has received a rather bad rap of late. In popular Wester…No Ordinary Time
No Ordinary Time: The Rise of Spiritual Intelligence and Evolutionary Creativity: A Book of Hours for a Prophetic AgeBy Jan PhillipsIt’s good to have a book that we can carry with …Tags:
• Evolution
The River of Heaven
The Haiku of Basho, Buson, Issa, and ShikiBy Robert AitkenI have always found haiku, with its spare text and deeply penetrating insight, a perfect doorway to meditation. With scarc…The Bowl of Light
The Bowl of Light: Ancestral Wisdom from a Hawaiian ShamanBy Hank Wesselman, Ph.D.The ancient knowledge of the authentic Hawaiian kahuna is not well known to the larger world, even…Tags:
• Shamanism