Ba Duan Jin (or 8 silk brocades) is an ancient (7000 year old) Chinese series of Qi Gong exercise postures used to “enhance vitality and strength; learn to create balance;…
MOONWALKING WITH EINSTEIN: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer is a brilliantly titled book. Seriously, who isn't intrigued by the possibilities to be found within. I…
The research is clear. Vacations are good for our health — physically, mentally, and emotionally. According to David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, vacations are good for your…
I’m not sure how I stumbled across Singtree by Solar Quest on Youtube, but it immediately resonated with me and quickly became one of my go-to pieces of music to…
From the last book written by Martin Luther King, Jr. — WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE: Chaos or Community? (Beacon Press 2010 edition) -- there are two passages confirm his continued…
Most of us like to try new things, especially if they are relatively safe and easy to do. But, would we be willing to endure hardship in order to explore…
To helmet or not to helmet? That question was long ago decided in favor of helmets at least in the US where our streets and traffic are less than friendly…
A Nappuccino is the combining of a 20 minute nap with a pre-nap coffee to create a short, strategic, restorative break without the post nap inertia. But the key to…
If "possibilities are endless," where and how will we find them? And when should we stop looking? Because lately it feels as if too many of us stop looking for possibilities. We've settled…
In AN EXPERIMENT IN CRITICISM, C.S. Lewis answers the question of Why We Read and also provides the answers to why all forms of storytelling are so important: “We seek an enlargement…
When ever we seek to make changes for the better, it is helpful to remember there is never only one path, one chance, or one solution. Better is a process.…
We tend to think -- if there are limitations in our lives, then there are also limitations in our happiness. But is that true? Is our happiness really limited? Or…
Happiness is a superfood. It is what feeds us. It's not something that needs to be earned or achieved. This seems like a radical thought when the universal law of…
Food plays a crucial role in the functioning of our daily life, yet who among us really knows what the optimal diet is for human health and performance? So much…
Cue the classic movie scene of contemplation and it is almost always a ride through the countryside. You see a passenger in a car or on a train, deep in…
Looking for just the right bread to serve during the summer? Here is a recipe for an easy-to-make Focaccia — an Italian bread that is perfect with salads and grilled…
Beautiful, magical, eerie, surreal, awe-inspiring… It’s hard to come up with adjectives to adequately capture the sight of the colorful, glowing, shifting curtains of light we know as the Aurora…