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4 Moving Meditations to Still Your Mind
When you consider a practice of meditation, you probably envision yourself with eyes closed, sitting cross-legged and immobile. Yet many spiritual exercises use postures and moveme…
5 Reasons You’re Not Sleeping
If you are struggling to get a good night’s rest, you may want to address these common sleep disruptors.
A Fast Path to Less Stress
Unwind your system, find rest more easily, and ultimately enjoy and engage in the important parts of your life more fully.
Allow Yourself to Rest
We can’t seek the deepest rest. We can relax the activity that obstructs our contact with it.
Animal Dreamzzz
Kristen RaceAnyone who has ever suffered a bout of insomnia knows how frustrating it is to try to fall asleep when your mind is not ready; this is true not just for adults but also…
Be Your Own Nurse in a Healing Crisis
A healing crisis brought on by a holistic health treatment is no cause for panic. Rest and replenish with these whole-body remedies.
Bounce Back: Restore Yourself Inside and Out
For dermal distress, bring on the organic excellence of All Good Goop (1). It’s handcrafted for everything from calluses to scars, and burns to bites; plus the company cares as muc…
Delightful and Bear-able Sabbath Practices
Tap into the Sabbath practices of a hibernating bear. Unplug, rest ... and just be.
Don't Worry, Be Quiet: or, How I Learned that Rest Is a Choice
In a poem called “Lost I,” Gottfried Benn talks of “the world thought to pieces.” I get that. I ruminate and deconstruct until my thoughts contort into what I affectionately term “…
Finding Rest in a World that Just Wants You to Keep Going
Step away and create an “oasis time” for restoration, communion, and grace.
From Sickness to Sabbath: Embracing Rest
Sabbath is a time to set aside work and embrace rest and recovery. “In the busyness of our lives, we don’t just forget that we need to rest, we forget how to rest.”
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.”
Practicing Self-Care During Stressful Times
When stress strikes, self-care often takes a backseat. “The ability to care for oneself is predicated on the ability to consistently go inward and listen to what is there with open…
The Fallow Field: The Virtue of Doing Nothing
I’ve been spending a lot of my evenings lately sitting at home watching Netflix.Not very romantic, I know. On these evenings, after long days of meetings, teaching, yoga, meditatio…
