It starts in third grade, those formal lessons in mathematics: the counting of negative numbers. -1, -2, -3, and on and on and on. The counting of things that are not there. If you’re like me – which is to say, human – then you’ve no trouble at all counting deep into the abyss: the [...]
Ayurvedic Suggestions to Support Balance Even though the winter in LA is mild compared to other areas of the world, it’s still winter for us. The wind picks up, the days are shorter, and with the holiday season upon us, there are so many things to get done, so many places to go. Our [...]
Community : Seen & Heard Cha-Ching: Swapping The Mind For A Song Wednesdays Through December 15! Having been hit hard on the head by the Woo Woo Fairy’s weighty wand early on (at birth), I’m already a member of the striving-towards-awakening choir to which Beth Lapides is not really ever preachin’ in her frolicking [...]
An Ayurvedic Perspective Before electromagnetic pollution existed as we know it now, it was a phenomenon discussed in the Ayurvedic texts. According to the Carak Samhita, a true Vaidya (or Ayurvedic practitioner) is one who practices tri-sutra Ayurveda. This states that when the Vaidya strictly adheres to the three steps of diagnosis to draw up [...]
Many healing practitioners have shared with Me their bewilderment over assuming illnesses or conditions from their clients, especially when they truly felt that their intentions were ones of loving service to another. Why would a healer or anyone become ill through healing others? The answer is based on the Universal Law which states that any [...]
The thought that placing an acupuncture needle in a point on the ear can treat the feet or the liver or even improve our mood and well-being may seem far-fetched until we consider how the Asian systems of medicine and philosophies including Yoga see the body, mind and spirit as being intertwined and interconnected. [...]
Swami Kriyananda on Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita Autobiography of a Yogi is a book with a profound impact over the decades since it was written by the great master Yogananda. Among many who have been touched by the words, physical presence or energy of this teacher is Swami Kriyananda, who was only in his [...]
Free Your Hand And Mind to be a Confident Creative The other day, I met a man who recently lost his job and related it to the tsunami of the financial crisis that began last year and keeps on going. He’s a highly educated computer scientist and he’s scared because there aren’t many jobs now [...]
Shifting The Healthcare Paradigm When it comes to the current state of health care, there is agreement across allegiances and party lines that this country is currently facing a crisis. There is little consensus, though, either about viable solutions or even the exact nature of the problem. How do we begin to find [...]
Practice Pages : My Other Car Is A Yoga Mat I was lying in final twist, pulling my hip away from my ribs like a good little yogi, when the teacher, who didn’t know my practice that well, came over and gave me an adjustment. My back cracked. His eyes lit up; I could tell he [...]