Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
April 30, 2012
By Guest Blogger
When I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis seven years ago, at the age of 28, it felt like my life was sent spinning downhill. My fear of how this disease would weigh on me, drag me down into inevitable disability, was echoed by the concerned family and friends who cautioned me to be careful, not to take risks, to take drugs, to abandon my dream of having children. How would I cope with one day… Read More >
Take Your Om Outside
April 19, 2012
By Guest Blogger
The world’s best yoga studio has no walls, an uneven surface and is void of stinky gym people. You don’t have to worry about fighting for good mat space and there is never a shortage of inspiration. Without question the best yoga studio offers a mind-body connection like no other. And most importantly, it is available to everyone on this planet. It is the great outdoors. Yes, I know. Rain, wind and cold weather can… Read More >
Are You Suffering From a Nature Deficiency?
January 3, 2012
By Frank Lipman, MD
This modern, hermetically sealed lifestyle is turning many into indoor zombies — with dulled senses, suppressed immune systems, depressed spirits, and sharply increased risk for illness and disease. One can hardly call that living — particularly when the healing power of nature is so close at hand and, literally outside your front door. If you are suffering from a nature deficiency, and there’s a good chance you are, the good news is that it’s an… Read More >
Cabbage Sutra
November 30, 2011
By Sharon Salzberg
I was once practicing meditation in Benares, India, in a monastery situated right in between a bus station and a train station. In this very urban, crowded place, there was one patch of garden that was a few square feet. I was sitting outside there one day next to the few little tufts of grass and other growing things, when I noticed that within the garden there was a single cabbage growing. In that moment,… Read More >
Just Jump
January 22, 2010
By Natalia Rose
You know the parable of the frog: If you put a frog into a pot of boiling water, it will leap out right away to escape the danger. But if you put a frog in a pot that is filled with water that is cool and pleasant, and gradually heat it until it starts boiling, the frog will not become aware of the threat until it is too late. This is a pretty good illustration… Read More >
Feeling Spent?
January 12, 2010
By Frank Lipman, MD
First, a confession. I love music and have been obsessed with rhythm from an early age. I grew up in South Africa, where music and its ritual use are a very important part of the way of life in traditional African cultures. In my home, music was always playing from the time I woke up to the time I went to sleep. What I did not know then, was that my love for music and… Read More >
Native Plants & Your Garden
December 15, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Laura Mathews What if plants could multi-task? You know, do more than stand there and look pretty. Consider this: in order to add color and interest to your yard, you’re looking for a flowering shrub. You could choose a deep pink flowering azalea. That would be pretty. Or you could choose native spicebush. That would be pretty, too. But spicebush, like other native plants, offers deeper beauty. Like azalea, it flowers in the spring. Unlike… Read More >
Finding Peace In This Moment
October 22, 2009
By Amy Rachelle
Traveling the world while teaching about holistic living, based on raw food nutrition and cleansing, I have developed a bird’s eye view of the global movement for wellness – and ultimately a new way of living, relating, creating, and co-habitating. During my travels, I meet people impacted by the challenges we face in modern times. It is the people living simply, close to the Earth, and with low-stress lifestyles that have been able to adjust… Read More >
Spread Your Wings, from Bali to Brooklyn
July 28, 2009
By Amy Rachelle
From Bali to Brooklyn and Amsterdam to San Fran, what I experience in my travels are conscious hubs which serve as containers and invitations for a new paradigm way of being. These are destinations where raw foods, yoga, and holistic living in general are rapidly coming up on the radar as signs of where progressive culture can be found. The inexpensive, natural, spa-like lifestyle in Bali seems to be one of the original portals where… Read More >
