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Practicing on the Path
March 1st, 2012These days, meditation is fashionable—a way for privileged individuals to attend special events, consume good food, interact with like-minded people, and have their picture taken with a famous Buddhist Lama. Obviously, this is not genuine practice. True meditation heightens your sensitivity and sharpens your insight.
Perspective on Meditation in the Buddhist Tradition
Balancing Act—Finding Your Inner Sex Goddess
February 6th, 2012I have a sacred spot. It’s not in Sedona or near the shrine, adorned with deities and religious medals, that I keep in my bedroom. No, this spot is internal, south of my navel, north of my thighs, in the vicinity of what others refer to as the G-spot.
A Basic Meditation
February 1st, 2012It is a misunderstanding to think that the practice of meditation is merely a method for relieving stress and achieving peace for oneself, alone.
Meditation isn't only about achieving peace for oneself!
Enter Your Optimum Mindset With the Push of a Button
January 1st, 2012Daily life is often about juggling a variety of issues and trying to stay on top of it all. It is, however, easy to slip out of your mental best into something less productive.
Music and mindfulness go hand-in-hand
Feeling Stressed? Get Outside!
November 1st, 2011Think about the time you spend indoors versus the time spent outdoors. If you’re like most Americans, you probably spend much more time inside an artificial environment working, cleaning, caring for the household, in transit, watching TV, or surfing the Internet.
Renew and Revive
November 1st, 2011In the first part of this article (“The ‘Wicked Success’ Revival Plan: Eight Ways Stressed Out Women Can Revive and Renew—Mind, Body, and Soul”) published in the November issue of Natural Solutions, author Vickie Milazzolo asserts that women should not accept a state of stressed-out existence and call it living.
Part II of Vicky Milazzolo’s plan for de-stressing your life.The Music Man
October 20th, 2011In the late 1960s, the renowned French physician Alfred Tomatis was summoned to a Benedictine monastery in the south of France to investigate a mysterious illness that had flattened the unfortunate brothers. “Seventy of the 90 monks were slumping in their cells like wet dishrags,” he later wrote. The cause of their lethargy?
Shift Awareness for Well-Being
September 1st, 2011Our bodies are innately wise and have much to teach us about restoring and preserving our health…if we are willing to listen. A symptom is more than an isolated event. It is a messenger from our body giving us a “heads up” that an underlying problem exists and needs attention.
Your body has a message for you. Are you listening?The Biofeedback Boost
June 1st, 2010Biofeedback therapy is winning as many accolades as the movie No Country for Old Men won Oscars. A watchdog group, the American Health Care Policy Review board, reviewed the many studies done on the effectiveness of biofeedback and gave the mind-body therapy a Grade A rating. How does it work?
From Om to Ouch
February 1st, 2010I should have known better than to let the teacher’s assistant adjust me in Shoulderstand Pose, but he seemed so sure of himself. He wanted to help me get the most benefit out of the pose, and he said he knew just what to do. I protested (not very convincingly) that I had some problems with my shoulders and neck and wasn’t too keen on Shoulderstand in the first place.
Is your yoga practice causing more harm than good?
