By Julie M. SimonBinge, exercise, criticize thighs, repeat. Overeaters can feel awash in a downward spiral, unable to pull free and paddle to shore. Julie M. Simon’s new book on em…
By Thich Nhat HanhOur greatest teacher lies within. Birth and death are only concepts. The present moment is our true home. Everything in life is impermanent.These eternal truths f…
By Mark NepoBy the time he was in his late 20s, Beethoven was going deaf. Terrified and despondent, he contemplated suicide. Luckily for humanity he chose to persevere, going on to…
by Jim Robbins“When the Europeans landed, the forests were so thick that it’s often been said that a squirrel could travel from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River wi…
by Tama KievesThe effervescent author of This Time I Dance!: Creating Work You Love is back to confirm what the more adventurous and nonconforming among us have always felt t…
by Richard P. Brown and Patricia L. GerbargRichard P. Brown and Patricia L. Gerbarg, both MDs and teaching psychiatrists, weave contemporary science together with ancient wis…
by Margaret Placentra JohnstonWhat brings people to leave their church, the traditions of their faith―and sometimes even their friends and family members―to embark on a personal jo…
by Pema ChodronIn her latest book, the beloved American Buddhist nun, author, and teacher Pema Chödrön affirms that it is possible to live beautifully, compassionately, and happily…
As a sport, surfing can trace its roots back to ancient Hawaii and Polynesia. As a subculture, surfing is a more recent phenomenon, dating back to the ‘50s on various Pacific shore…
Like several of his huggable cast mates on CBS’s How I Met Your Mother, Josh Radnor moonlights during the hit show’s hiatus. Embraced on the film-festival circuit in 2010 for…
Music has always been a way to get in touch with emotion, nature, and inner stillness. And who better to choose a compilation of songs to promote relaxed presence than Eckhart Toll…
Soundscape, audio collage, musique concrète, found sound. Those are some of the ways to describe the avant-garde traditions that Heiner Goebbels has drawn upon in his career. …