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Mind-Body Connection
Experiencing Heart-Centered Meditation
May 1st, 2013Have you ever wanted to meditate but just didn’t know how to start? This month’s Inner Balance can put you on the right path—and it’s easier than you’d think.
Excerpted from the new book Effortless Mind: Meditate with Ease by Ajayan Borys. Published with permission of New World Library (newworldlibrary.com).
Nature: The Ultimate Antidepressant
April 1st, 2013Spring is upon us and the outdoors is ready and waiting to be explored. This month’s Inner Balance is excerpted from the new book Nurturing the Soul of Your Family by Renée Peterson Trudeau. Published with permission of New World Library (newworldlibrary.com).
By Renée Peterson Trudeau
The Mind-Body Link
March 1st, 2013Through research performed in the last twenty years, we now have ample scientific evidence for the existence and power of the mind-body connection. Numerous studies have increased our understanding of the mind-body link, demonstrating it to be a powerful tool for improving the quality of our lives.
Exploring a key to health and happiness
Getting Started in Yoga
November 1st, 2012“You have no idea how much your life is going to improve as a result of this. Food tastes better. The air seems fresher. You’ll have more energy and self-confidence than you ever dreamed of.” When Jerry Seinfeld uttered these words, he was talking about a shower head—but never mind that. He could just as well have been talking about yoga.
Eight poses for calm, energy, and clarity
Living with Loss
November 1st, 2012“What now? What am I supposed to do? How am I supposed to feel? Who am I”
A new perspective and eight strategies to help long-term caregiver widows move on
Navigating Life’s Storms
October 1st, 2012As a cardiologist for over a quarter century, I dealt with life and death circumstances on a daily basis. I came to fully appreciate how precious and tenuous life can be; it can change in an instant. On June 30th of 2009 such a dramatic shift occurred in our family when our son, Tyler, was involved in an automobile accident sustaining a severe spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed.
Three keys to get through tragedies
The Healing Power of Spiritual Intuition
September 1st, 2012If you're ready to open intuitively—as so many of us are—you’ll soon realize there are many ways to become “psychic.” Some are ancient ways and some are new; however, one path offers a direct route to our highest purpose for this lifetime—that of the spiritual intuitive.
Living the practice for enlightenment and joy!The Art of Solace
September 1st, 2012Being around a severely ill person—especially one who is facing a long-term recovery or who must live with a chronic condition—is not easy. It makes most of us deeply uncomfortable, even if we’ve known (and loved) the person for years. We struggle to say “the right thing.” We want to cheer the person up, but pasting on a smile feels fake and pointless.
15 Tips for Truly Connecting with a Chronically Ill Person
Rethink Depression
August 1st, 2012There is something profoundly wrong with the way that we currently name and treat certain human phenomena. When we call something a “mental disease” or a “mental disorder” we imply a great deal about its origins, its treatment, its intractability, and its locus of control.
Learning the difference between "sad" and "depressed"
Clearing Energies for Spring
April 1st, 2012As you clean your closets, pack up your woolens, and bring your spring clothes out of their storage places, remember to clear the energies that have accumulated over the cold, dark days of winter, says Elaine Seiler, author of the new book Multi-Dimensional You: Exploring Energetic Evolution.
