Cultivate the Superpower of Empathy with Dr Judith Orloff The Genius of Empathy is the book that we all need right now. Buy it today. Read it. Practice the techniques and excercises shared in these pages. Tell your friends. Whether or not we identify ourselves as an empath, or see ourselves as empathic, Dr Judith [...]
Hustle and Flow: The Art of Stillness Is it me or does it seem that our modern world has adopted a kind of ‘hustle culture’ that now reigns supreme? Look around, people everywhere are obsessed with their phones, optimizing productivity, net worth, status and social media streams. Hey, I’m guilty of it, too and we [...]
The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics by Dean Sluyter I love diving deep into great literature. I love receiving spiritual wisdom through the written word. Not very often do I get to do both with the same book. Then again, I’m not Dean Sluyter, whose mind is a divining rod [...]
Visionary William Blake Explored Nirvana through Poetry To a natural-born visionary like William Blake, the divine is revealed by — the divine is — every ordinary object. We can try to reject it, but it’s always up in our face, like blowing sand. As he famously put it: If the doors of perception were cleansed [...]
Looking for Answers to Questions of Karma? It may be one of the most often-quoted and least understood concepts in yogic philosophy. Especially since it is one of the concepts that has a multi-faceted and profound meaning. It’s a term that has been bandied about so much, it has become almost trivial, an English word [...]
Embrace Nothing: If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha. Live your life as it is, not bound to anything ~ Linji Killing Buddha: A Humorous Novel Approach to the Truth Listen up Bleep fans. Betsy Chasse is out with a new novel about enlightenment and questions about the deepest thoughts a modern woman [...]
Giving Grief Meaning: A Method for Transforming Deep Suffering into Healing and Positive Change Giving Grief Meaning: A Method for Transforming Deep Suffering into Healing and Positive Change is a gem of a book. Lily Dulan’s debut book is part memoir, part self-help. She starts by telling the heart-wrenching of losing her two-month-old daughter, Kara, [...]
Mitra Politi (left) with his SunDancer pendant from The Winged Ones collection by Parashakti (right). When one imagines the characteristics of a Healer, they typically envision a soothing voice, a balanced presence, and a tranquil demeanor. Mitra Politi is a force of nature who embodies all of these qualities, and they’re just as [...]
On the recommendation of a friend, Chani Nicholas read my astrological chart many years ago before she was famous. There was something in the way Chani spoke to me that had a big impact. It wasn’t the planets and stars she was teaching me about. She was teaching me about me. I’ve been following her [...]
Embodied Resilience Contributor De Jur Photographed by Sarit Rogers Embodied Resilience through Yoga Embodied Resilience through Yoga: 30 Mindful Essays about Finding Empowerment after Addiction, Trauma, Grief, and Loss is a collection of personal essays about finding resilience through yoga. The book offers profound wisdom on how your practice can help you carry [...]