Obesity is officially an epidemic, ranging from the overweight to the morbidly obese.  According to recent studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “The prevalence of overweight children and adolescents and obesity in adults in the United States has increased over several decades.” This is not just an American problem as more than a billion people worldwide are experiencing health problems due to extra weight. 

A deeper and holistic…

The spiritual perspective on weight loss strives for wholeness rather than perfection. It requires a balance between mind/body and spirit. We must consider the first four letters of the word HEALth to be reminded that healing all aspects of our selves is necessary to find our perfect weight. We need to heal with natural food, regular exercise, a mindful presence and with the spiritual nourishment of self-compassion.

Repressed emotions must also be addressed. We must let go of…

Meditation offers a path to inner peace for millions of chronic pain sufferers. Experiencing severe to low levels of pain, for three months or more, is a condition that affects every aspect of  life. It can cost their overall health, relationships, and jobs.

Stress and chronic pain are intertwined. Pain creates stress and stress adds to the pain. Stress has physical ramifications by producing cortisol, amyloid plaque and…

Plato’s famous words are inscribed on the ruins of the Temple of Apollo, a place where the ancient Greeks would gather for advice from an Oracle. The Oracles’ mystical vision from the Gods would then be translated, for the population, by the priests. After hundreds of years, has anything really changed? Are we still looking outside of ourselves for the answers? Is our reality being filtered and tainted by an outside source?

Yes, we are being bombarded by negativity from the…

It is time to throw open the window, shake out the winter dust and stagger into the sun again. We strive to make up for lost time now the days become longer. It suddenly seems easier to establish and commit to a work-out schedule uninterrupted by the cold. Yoga classes, gym memberships, and beauty salons all climb in attendance as we prepare for the stripped down summer.

The pursuit of the body beautiful is relentless. We spend an immense amount of our resources on the exterior. Think…

Self-love is vital for health and happiness. Love is a powerful, positive energy that is necessary for a healthy balance between mind, body and spirit. We cannot recognize love in others unless we have it for ourselves. It allows us something genuine to share with the world, and when you believe you are worthy, your life will reflect it.

The concept of self-love should not be confused with narcissism and selfishness. Rather, look to the ancient wisdom of the…

It is difficult to pick up a magazine or scroll through our social media without seeing a mention of either mindfulness or meditation. Sometimes it can be confusing as the terms seem to be interchangeable. Here is a simple explanation on the ways that they are separate, similar and synchronize together.

We can start with two common myths. Mindfulness is NOT thinking really hard about something, which sounds stressful. Meditation is NOT about shutting down the mind like an off…

It is difficult to pick up a magazine or scroll through our social media without seeing a mention of either mindfulness or meditation. Sometimes it can be confusing as the terms seem to be interchangeable. Here is a simple explanation on the ways that they are separate, similar and synchronize together.

We can start with two common myths. Mindfulness is NOT thinking really hard about something, which sounds stressful. Meditation is NOT about shutting down the mind…

It is never too late to incorporate a gratitude practice into our daily routine. Here are a few ideas just in time to relieve some of the stress of the thankless job of preparing for the holidays. Gratitude will get us out of the rut of compulsive complaining that prevents us from seeing the beauty and goodness that is always right in front of us. A gratitude practice is a daily acknowledgement of the many miracles that surround us that we take for granted.

There are many benefits of…

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.” Buddha

One thing we know for sure is that thoughts emanate from the brain and mind to create our life and lead us to every success or failure. Are we starting each new day with the same old thoughts and expecting different results? When it comes to achieving our goals, we are given the advice to “just put our minds to it” yet never being told exactly how we…

We spend a lot of time alone without realizing it. It doesn’t seem like we’re alone when we’re communicating on Twitter, sharing images on Instagram and Pinterest and liking friends’ updates on Facebook, but scrolling is, nonetheless, a solitary pastime. It keeps us in one place and time flies by. No wonder it seems so difficult to add 15 minutes of meditation into our daily schedule. Socializing has been redefined by our technological lives and has never been so easy, yet maybe it’s…

We spend a lot of time alone without realizing it. It doesn’t seem like we’re alone when we’re communicating on Twitter, sharing images on Instagram or Pinterest and liking friends’ updates on Facebook, but scrolling is, nonetheless, a solitary pastime. It keeps us in one place and time flies by. No wonder it seems so difficult to fit in that yoga class or add 20 minutes of meditation into our daily schedule. Socializing has been redefined by our technological lives and has never…

Our goal of living an abundant and happy life with all our creative and financial needs met, is why we work so hard every day.  When working harder and longer hours isn't being reflected back to us in our bank balance, we need to look at our mindset about money.

Abundance, or lack thereof, is connected to feelings inside of us. These feelings come from our past experiences. According to Eckhart Tolle, "a person's thinking and beliefs are conditioned by their past: their…

Our goal of living an abundant and happy life with all our needs met, creatively and financially, is why we work so hard every day.  All too often we find ourselves still functioning in work mode long into the night, unable to switch off. This is the time when we should be relaxing and reviving our brain and body for the next day.

Working hard by staying late at the office can be necessary now and then, to complete a project that excites us. Achievement in our field…

Control freaks are lacking peace in their lives. They are always being told to “chill out” as stress pervades their lives because they try too hard. It is unrealistic to expect to control everything that happens to us in our day and the days to come, yet so many of us feel extreme anxiety over getting every detail just right and defining an outcome.

Control is a reaction to fear. Fear of what will happen if we don’t get the result we are pushing so hard for, while exhausting…

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“The part can never be well unless the whole is well.” Plato.



To be healthy is to be whole. Meditation is a practical way for the entire self-mind, body and spirit, to achieve health, …

There is a growing meditation movement happening around the world. Meditation is mainstream and no longer on the fringe. Hip-hop moguls are writing books about it, movie stars blog about it, the yoga studios are packing in stretched bodies with quiet minds. There is a long list of Western spiritual gurus spreading the word too. Balance is the word and meditation is the way to…