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 By Stefanie Arend Some types of yoga specify precisely how certain positions should look, and many people attempt to emulate this ideal image, whereas Yin Yoga is oriented towards the person practicing it. Our inner teacher is truly our most important yoga teacher, and I believe there is great healing …

By Ellen Grace O’Brian  Nothing contributes more to unfolding our divine potential than “stepping out of our little corner,” reaching out beyond our personal needs alone, and opening to abundance for uplifting others. This is how we enter the stream of divine grace in its fullest expression. We open ourselves …

By Alan Watts Whether we know it or not, the “ocean” of pure consciousness perfectly accepts the stream of our thoughts and impressions all the time. At every instant, we are in complete harmony with the Tao, but an apparent discord arises when, through a wrong use of memory and …

By James L. Creighton, Ph.D. In order for couples to jointly re-examine the meanings that they give to each other’s behavior and find new ways of relating to each other, they need to share feelings, thoughts, and beliefs at a very deep level. This requires that both partners feel safe—meaning …

By Ellen Grace O’Brian – We can easily verify that the search for happiness is a fundamental motivation underlying all that we do. From the moment we get up in the morning, we are on a quest to avoid suffering and gather as much happiness as possible—from mundane desires to satisfy …

By Dr. Bryan Robinson – We all know good health and happiness depends on having proper balance between our professional and private lives. It is completely within our power to let go of anxiety and achieve and maintain a healthy work/life balance. When wereframe our priorities and cultivate mindfulness in daily life, …

By Dean Sherzai, MD, PhD and Ayesha Sherzai, MD  After fifteen years of research and practice, we are certain that lifestyle has a profound effect on the health of the brain, and we know that lifestyle medicine, a field of medicine devoted to addressing the factors that contribute to chronic disease, …

 By Linda Graham – Life is full of challenge. We can’t avoid that. No matter how hard we try, how earnestly we seek or how good we become, life throws us curveballs and pulls the rug out from under each and every one of us from time to time. No …

By Jackie Lapin – John E. Fetzer found as much joy in his quest for spiritual enrichment as he did in the wealth he acquired building a financial empire that ultimately made him the sole owner of the Detroit Tigers from 1961 to 1983 and put him on Forbes Magazine’s list of …

By Katie Oman – Can we just pause for a second to look at the true miracle that is YOU! Do you realize there has never been anyone like you in the whole history of the world and there never will be? You are a snowflake – breathtakingly beautiful in …