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A Mountain Pose That Claimed My Career
Warning: Yoga may cause you to reassess your life's purpose and—gasp!—go for it.
Finding Your Way in a Wild New World
Finding Your Way in a Wild New World: Reclaim Your True Nature to Create the Life You WantBy Martha BeckLike all “wayfinders” or “menders” (Martha Beck’s terms for those of us who …
From the Editor: Sacred Rest
I don’t think of wellness as requiring a lot of new insights or cutting-edge science. The basics are, well, basic. Remembering them and honoring them—that’s the trick, along with…
How to Forgive Yourself by Practicing Restorative Justice
“Learning about and trying to practice a form of restorative justice can help you work toward self-forgiveness.”
Life Lessons from Yin Yoga, or, Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Yin yoga, in case you’ve never heard of it before, is a style of yoga in which you wiggle yourself into a pretty intense stretch and just try to relax there for five minutes or som…
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…
Our Community Journal: The Real Life of Life Coaching
On being “an advocate, an activist for the expression of Love in all its forms . . .”
Our Walk in the World: Heart and Path
Beneath all our noise and trouble, the secret of life is waiting to be discovered, the way a pearl grows in a shell at the bottom of the ocean long before the diver enters the water.
Our Walk in the World: Making Our Way
When we find each other stranded, the exercise of compassion demands that we interrupt our lives to return each other to our own true nature
RE/VIEW: Don Miguel Ruiz
Even if you haven't read Don Miguel Ruiz’s first book, The Four Agreements, you know someone who has.
Seven Buddhist Lessons in Gratitude
Gratitude is powerful. Building your sense of thankfulness the Buddhist way.
Six Lessons from the Sea
After a couple of decades of surfing and traveling, and writing about surfing and traveling, these are six lessons that I use every day.
Six Life Lessons From Six Philosophers
You're already a philosopher—“all you need is an enquiring mind.”
Spirituality and Luck
Do you think you won a jackpot by being born? Rabbi Rami takes on spirituality and luck.
Surviving Elections à la Buddha
Election years are years of melodrama. Whenever the presidential election circles around, I swear I can measure in decibels and number of arguments how much scrappier we all become…
Susan Sarandon: The Making of a Meaningful Life
Susan Sarandon on what it takes to be a hero, change the world, and maybe even have a happy life.
