As Brendan Murphy points out in this article, we are not always in control of what happens to us, but we can control how we react in any given situation. While our thoughts and emotions can get away from us, we can learn to step back, observe, and then choose [...] Read more »
Learn To Recognize the Importance of Your Dreams
The advice to “sleep on it” may be more valuable than you think. Dr. Judith Orloff explains the importance of our dreams in helping us to make decisions, solve problems, and identify issues that may be bothering us. She offers methods to help you remember your dreams as well as [...] Read more »
Animal Love: How Our Pets Give Us Inner Calmness
In the tradition of yoga, there is a philosophy called Bhakti Yoga. Bhakti is the path of love and devotion, the path of heart. There are many ancient sages that have taught the path, but my best teachers have been the animals in my life. Read more »
Trusting Your Inner Guidance
Entering a new year often means it is a time to take stock of ourselves, our beliefs and the truths we hold dear. We all know about and likely engage in the age-old tradition of making New Year’s resolutions. Typically these resolutions focus on the negative: I will not eat as much. I will not laze around but will get up and go to the gym…and on and on ad infinitum. Yet year after year we find ourselves engaging in the same behavior, likely even resolving to do the same things we resolved to do the year before and the year before that. Read more »