Empathy Is Actually a Choice
(There is a great difference between empathy and sympathy. On the one hand sympathy implies that one finds a common ground with another and seeks to understand the issue of emotional state of being the…
Author: Helen Montgomery
Tibetan Monks’ Music Spreads Message Of Peace, Gratitude
(When one has the opportunity to avail themselves of any form of authentic spiritual music, then my advice is “Go for it”. I say this since there is an enormous power hidden deep in the…
Train The Habit of Discipline
(It has often been said that habits make or break a person. There appears to be great truth in this. One of my friends uncles spent time during WW2 in the Battle of The Bulge. In…
Three Do-Anywhere Power Yoga Moves
Tymi Howard is one badassana yogi. The former dancer-turned-fitness guru’s classes are the perfect blend of high energy and make-you-sweat moves. With a few weeks of summer still remaining, we asked Howard to help us…
Let Your Body Be It’s Best
Now I live in jeans (or Lycra) and do a lot of running, swimming, cycling, yoga and Pilates. In January I qualified as a personal trainer, which I do part-time. Last year, I ran a…
Kali, Goddess of Darkness, Lights Up Empire State Building
(Given that in my experience there is no such thing as a coincidence, then the article below highlights a great message to humanity. In effect the Empire State building as you can see hosted a brilliant…
Monday Morning Mantra: Let Go of Our Darlings
My writing teacher in college would often quote Nobel Prize laureate Faulkner by encouraging us to “let go of our darlings.” This mantra has stuck with me ever since, not just in terms of killing…
7 Tips To Manage Life During A Yoga Teacher Training
When one is introducing something new to life, something else has to go. This is true for relationships, for habits, routines and increased productivity. The pecking order of our priorities needs to shift to make…
Aspartame And Death
By Michelle Toole, Consider this, out of all the complaints that the FDA receives every single year, adverse reactions to the artificial sweetener aspartame comprises about 75 percent of consumer complaints. Stop and think about…
5 Yoga Poses to Try Before You Fly
(Being a seasoned traveller now, of what feels like infinite lifetimes, I found this article offers a side benefit that can be acquired through yoga. It is no secret that airliners are squeezing more passengers into the…
The Yoga of Aloha
by Jennie Lee, (This is a wonderfully simple article. Read it and you will understand something very simple indeed. The ancient science of Yoga, in all of its forms Hatha; Raja etc) is ultimately about…
Daily Meditation: Hanuman Chalisa
(As multi-dimensional beings, you and I are literally a field of interpenetrating vibrations. Our vibrations track through from physical manifestation back into higher nonphysical, or spiritual essence. That essence has its own source as light…