Written with eternal gratitude to doctors, nurses & care givers NHS nurse staff, Photo by Luke Jones on Unsplash By Madan Menon Nobility defined in an upturned world Latent and poor causes so clearly unfurled Revealed in this forest of untold sadness With grace they ride saviours of the hapless. Nurturing a fallen warrior a consoled word of healing Gentle too inspired and ...

Keep standing up your date with that meditation cushion? Here's everything you need to find a meditation style that resonates with you so you can (finally!) establish a daily practice. Ah, the wayside—a place brimming with the best of intentions, like donating that pile of clothes, learning French, or finally starting ...

As a new season dawns, shamanic teacher Sandra Ingerman helps us celebrate changing tides with these ceremonies. When I lived in San Francisco in 1980, I was introduced to shamanic ceremonies. I loved this practice, which taught me how to receive my own spiritual guidance by traveling outside of time and space ...

Once you know how to breathe mindfully, you can use the practice to help you through challenging times. Once you know how to breathe mindfully, you can use the practice to help you through challenging times. It’s not about denying feelings or changing them; it’s accepting them exactly as they are, ...

Whether you feel bad juju coming from someone else or lingering in a space, try one of these tactics to clear negative energy and call in more light.  Every day we come into contact with energy that can greatly influence our mood and well-being. From burning sage to spritzing salt water, these ...

One of the nice things about meditation is that when we sit with these moments as they arise, we start to trust in them and in the dark grace. After meditating with my first meditation teacher, Arvis, for some time, I decided to do a weeklong silent Zen meditation retreat. Arvis ...

The following meditation, when done regularly, brings self-esteem, self-love, and self-healing into the body. You can do it sitting down, but I suggest lying down with some support under your spine, such as a folded blanket or a bolster. I find that the heart can heal easier when it feels ...

Loving-kindness meditation (metta) challenges us to send love and compassion to the difficult people in our lives, including ourselves. (Scroll down if you want to learn how to do the metta meditation) By Sylvia Boorstein Loving-kindness, listed ninth in the traditional list of the 10 Perfections of the Heart (also known as the ...

Daily meditation is one of the smartest thing you can do to promote your own wellness. Here are 3 tips to get started. Daily meditation may be the smartest thing you can do to promote wellness, a new study led by Harvard Medical School psychologist John Denninger, indicates. Scientists already understood that meditation reduces stress ...