Cleansing is not just about the physical self—it’s about your emotional self as well. I’ve noticed both personally and with my clients that during sprin...read full story
When I first began meditating, I tried to convert my mother. But Jewish mothers have arsenals of truth that young meditators cannot begin to fathom. “I already know...read full story
Some of us don’t have a lot of tools to deal with troubled emotional states, yet all of us have the capacity to “sweeten” our minds. Metta, or loving-ki...read full story
The fastest way I know to prosperity, happiness, and success is to commit to a principle I call “be the goal.” Despite daily practice, I am still not good at ...read full story
We live in a culture that holds tantalizing promise for a satisfying life with good friends and good relationships, yet the rate of depression, stress, overwork, and divo...read full story
Meet Tenzing Norbu (“Ten” for short), an ex-Buddhist monk who dreamed of becoming a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. So when he was sent to Los Angeles to teach me...read full story
Traveling from Chicago to Kona, in Hawaii, to accept an invitation to become a member of the Transformational Leadership Circle (a group of progressive spiritual teachers...read full story
My personal interest in yoga and meditation began in the late 1960s. A grad student at Harvard Medical School, I was scared silly by the competition and began studying la...read full story
Meditation is a practice that makes it possible to cultivate and develop certain basic positive human qualities in the same way as other forms of training make it possibl...read full story
Take a deep breath. Send your breath deep down until you can feel it tickle your genitals from the inside.Exhale slowly.Take a full breath. Let your breath expand your ri...read full story
