Relaxation
11 posts
Why Worry: You Have a Creative Spirit
A scientifically grounded argument against worrying, turning worry around into positive visualization, from Martin Rossman to David Steindl-Rast on gratitude.
Mindfulness: the New Buzz Word!
Mindfulness is the little sister of meditation. Why successful practice is not about stopping the mind, but about letting each thought go and returning.
Body Rhythms: Everything in the Universe Moves in Waves
How in sync is our lifestyle with our natural rhythms? From Irving Dardik's wave theory and heart rate variability to Rushkoff's neurotransmitter cycles.
Self-Care in this Time of Sheltering in Place
A call to mindfulness hidden inside a familiar phrase, with breathing techniques, guided meditation, shaking, and dry brushing to steady the body and mind.
There is No Such Thing as Wasted Time in the Kitchen
\"That is where we go to recover lost time.\" Laura Esquivel. On cooking as a therapeutic process, with an Ahi, a red cabbage salad, a tahini wrap, and a blood orange quinoa.
What Makes You Feel at Home in the World?
A Thanksgiving meditation on gratitude and the question of where we truly live, prompted by Rob Brezsny's invitation to list the ways life delights us.
Wine is Alive, Just Like People
A barrel tasting in Dry Creek yields a lesson in balance from a winemaker, plus questions for balancing the rest of your life, and an Ahi recipe.
Youth Enhancing Moments
How breath awareness, active imagination, and positive self-talk create small youth-enhancing moments that bathe our cells in good hormones.
Meditation or Guided Meditation?
Which do you prefer? How meditation restructures the brain, and why a guided practice like Yoga Nidra can lead us to the unchanging awareness beneath our experience.
Routes into Relaxation
Your breath is a built-in mechanism to relax. Three routes into the Relaxation Response, breath awareness, introspection, and active imagination, with guided scripts.
Do Fitness and Relaxation Go Together?
You bet. Why fitness is the ability to respond rather than react, the science of stress hardiness, and Herbert Benson's Relaxation Response.