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 [...]
After snubbing him during his Washington DC visit last October, President Obama finally met with the Dalai Lama on February 18th this year. Predictably, China’s leaders had warned of damage to Sino-US relations if the administration went ahead with the meeting (while making the rather bizarre claim that by doing so the U.S. [...]
Perhaps you have wondered (I certainly have), about the environmental impact of bleach – does it pose a danger to the environment and is it okay to use? We’re talking about household bleach, usually with the name Clorox on the bottle, virtually always seen as a gallon jug. This stuff is used in large quantities [...]
Guiding The Movement of Internal Energy Through Qigong We all move and we all breathe; physical movement and breathing are activities common to all human beings. While part of our everyday existence, they are far more than ordinary, and in fact, over two thousand years ago, Taoist sages in China began to employ [...]
The obituaries and tributes to J.D. Salinger, the seminal novelist who died in January at the age of 91, have tended to ignore one important feature of his life and work: for many readers, especially young seekers of truth in the sixties and seventies, he was a kind of guru figure. I was [...]
Sutra 83 From The Radiance Sutras, A New Translation Of The Vijnana Bhairava Tantra Lately I have been painfully aware that every relationship in my life calls for careful tending, and I am always blowing it. Not a huge amount, usually, but enough to be painful. It seems like I am either giving too much [...]
Actress and health advocate Mariel Hemingway has made a name for herself that serves as a stark contrast to the legacy of her famous grandfather, writer Ernest Hemingway. Her exploration of health and well-being, Yoga, food and cooking have been public ones through her willingness to speak and through her bestselling books which include Finding [...]
Throughout our lives, we experience times of increased vulnerability, change and even confusion. One of the most intense of these are the teenage years, puberty and the transition from childhood to adulthood. According to Ayurveda, birth through the early twenties is the time of life dominated by the kapha dosha, the energies of water and [...]
How your food is prepared is as important as what food you prepare. This section gives you some tips and suggestions for making your cooking and dining experience pleasurable. Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. –– Harriet Van Horne A clean body, a clear mind and [...]
Buy locally, think globally…and watch Food, Inc. The messages in this film certainly make it worthy of being part of this trifecta of a motto. As the price of food is rapidly rising and the same food’s nutritional value is decreasing, the release of this feature-length documentary film in theaters and on DVD could not [...]