Meditation

Interview By Eva Orlowska – The Meditation Center of Chicago is dedicated to spreading world peace through inner peace. They hold weekly meditation classes guided by Thai monks. They welcome all who are interested in meditating. Their mission is to teach mindfulness practices to live a happier life. Today, I …

By Blair McKissock, MSEd, RYT As we enter into the New Year, we spend quite of bit of energy thinking of goals we want to set, new directions we want to go in, or new adventures we want to embark on. The resolutions have a nasty habit of moving to …

  By Laura Boone – I loved the Flintstones (and yes I am THAT OLD.) I enjoyed the ‘60s vibe of the backgrounds, the cheesy caveman theme and especially the celebrity guest star appearances (remember Ann Margrock and Cary Granite?) When I’m doing readings, my guides send me pictures to …

By Heather Kellogg – Community = Attitudes + Interests + Goals It’s Wednesday, my alarm went off at 5:30 am. As I was getting ready for work, I laid down on my hardwood bedroom floor. “UGH, my back” I pulled myself back up and finished getting ready for my day. …

Testimonial by Joseph Jarnol –  Spirituality is always with you. You are born with it. Recognizing it is when you become aware of it. The time frame is up to you. Mine was later in age, now I understand it was always there. I had to go through an amazing experience, …

By Steven Halpern According to the ancient spiritual traditions of India, OM is the primordial vibration that is the harmonic building block of our three-dimensional world. For millennia, people have chanted this mantra to enhance attunement with the quantum field in meditation and yoga practices. OM ZONE 432 began as …

By Steven Halpern As we approach the end of this disappointing presidential campaign, it’s more frustrating than ever to see how alternative perspectives and proposals are ignored by the mass media. What other scandal may pop up at the last minute to change the trajectory? Will “Saturday Night Live” continue …

By Steven Halpern File under lemonade: a positive manifestation is that I was inspired to speed up completion of several albums I had begun over a year ago, and which are highly relevant to my situation…and possibly yours. One of the advantages of being an artist-run label is that I …

By Cynthia Gran “The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem  For that sweet odour which doth in it live.” Sonnet 54, Shakespeare Discovering essentials oils and their therapeutic uses, or aromatherapy, can be as transformative as the first time you realized the profound depth of yoga. Yoga and …

By Steven Halpern Writing this column on May 8, the news of Prince’s death is still stunning and painful. During a moment of silence at the ZMR Music Awards on Saturday night, you could feel the wave of emotion in the room. It still feels like it happened yesterday.   …