In the 1990s,when I began practicing yoga at New York’s Integral Yoga Institute, I often noticed Swami Ramananda studying the sports sections of the daily newspapers. How totally charming, I thought. Who knew swamis could be die-hard sports fans? Ramananda has loved baseball since his earliest years. “I was 6 or 7 when Mickey Mantle […]
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Barely Survived the Holiday
My husband and I recently re-certified in CPR – something we were even more motivated to do after learning what my dear friends Hillary and Bill Greenberg had experienced last year. It was the Costa Rican holiday from hell. Swept away by an underwater surge that ripped her regulator from her mouth, Hilary sank 30 […]
Cultivating Happiness
My father used to tell me, “You’re lucky; you’re one of the happy ones.” I never thought a lot about this, but, obviously, I never forgot it. Could happiness actually be genetic? In her splendid book The How of Happiness, psychology professor Sonya Lyubomirsky shows that about half of it is. Interestingly, very little happiness […]
Change Your Mind, Change Your World: Affirmations
Listen to this post A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. – Mahatma Gandhi Our thoughts color every perception and filter all of our experiences. They drive our moods and our desires. They limit or loosen our imagination. Consider placebos, by which a white lie essentially becomes a […]
Desire : Visualization : Action
This Sunday, we’ll turn our clocks forward – and be reminded by the “extra” light of late afternoon that spring really is near. Maybe you’ve already seen the first shoots of green emerging from bulbs nestled in warming soil or the early blossoming of trees. Everything that’s lain dormant through the cold and stormy months […]
Embracing Tech Without Smothering Yourself: Tips for Keeping Balance in a Wired World
Listen to this post Yes, I’m a self-professed geek, but hacking and phishing and bugs – oh, my! Add endless IMs, emails and texts, and you’ve got potential for endless stress. As much as I love technology, there are times when I really just want to unplug. Easier said than done, right? That’s why psychologist […]