It’s vital for mindful acts of emotional and spiritual intimacy to steadily develop as a daily practice for healthy sex. To that end, Center for Healthy Sex has created daily meditations to help you reach your sexual and relational potential. Even momentarily concentrating on healthy solutions rewires psychological patterns to receive and share healthy sexual love in [...]
Stocking a Vegan Pantry From Mainstream Supermarkets
May 16, 2013 | Posted by
For some of us (namely West Coasters and New Yorkers), health food stores seem to be on every corner, but for many Americans, supermarkets are the only easily accessible way to stock one’s cupboards. As a vegan, this may seem challenging at first—navigating seemingly endless rows of pre-packaged foods with questionable ingredient lists in search [...]
Tao Porchon-Lynch, 94, Still Reaping Benefits of Lifelong Yoga Practice
May 14, 2013 | Posted by
Tao Porchon-Lynch has been alive for close to a century, and she’s been practicing yoga for nearly as long. But don’t expect the near-centenarian to slow down anytime soon: In addition to teaching classes at the Westchester Institute of Yoga, which she founded in 1982, she’s also just released a new instructional yoga DVD with former model [...]
To Find True Wisdom, Slow Down and Go Within
May 11, 2013 | Posted by
When I think about my desire to slow down and turn my attention within, I realize that I’m often looking to reconnect with a sense of wisdom within myself. I want to experience a sense of peace and clarity that, I hope, will accompany me throughout the day. I find wisdom to be an intriguing [...]
Chew on These Reasons to Go Vegetarian
May 9, 2013 | Posted by
People are drawn to vegetarianism by all sorts of motives. Some of us want to live longer, healthier lives or do our part to reduce pollution. Others have made the switch because we want to preserve Earth’s natural resources or because we’ve always loved animals and are ethically opposed to eating them. Thanks to an abundance [...]
Eating Meat Again After 40 Years
May 7, 2013 | Posted by
My father was an ethical man. He had integrity, was honest and loathed needless cruelty. He was also a meat-eater’s meat-eater. He loved sitting at the elevated gourmet table (“gourmet” actually meant something back then) at the fanciest hotel in Sydney to take his evening meal. He hung up game until it “ponged” to high [...]
NYC Public School 1st in Nation to Serve All-Vegetarian Meals
May 4, 2013 | Posted by
Blocked by the courts from banning big sodas in the Big Apple, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration has zeroed in on another target in a quest for healthier lifestyles: Meat. Public School 244 in the Flushing section of New York’s Queens borough has gone vegan — the first public school in the nation to serve only vegetarian meals for [...]
Don’t Stress Over These 7 Meditation Misconceptions
May 2, 2013 | Posted by
In the past 40 years, meditation has entered the mainstream of modern Western culture. It has been prescribed by physicians and practiced by everyone from business executives, artists, and scientists to students, teachers, military personnel, and — on a promising note — politicians. Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan meditates every morning and has become a major [...]
Yoga Immediately Benefits Immune System, Study Finds
April 30, 2013 | Posted by
Studies have shown yoga to be beneficial for both physical and mental health, but the biological mechanisms for why have been poorly understood — until now. New research from the University of Oslo has determined that yoga practices can have an almost immediate impact on gene expression, particularly in immune cells. From previous research, it is known that yoga is linked [...]
3 Meditations for Healthy, Sexual Love
April 27, 2013 | Posted by
It’s vital for mindful acts of emotional and spiritual intimacy to steadily develop as a daily practice for healthy sex. To that end, Center for Healthy Sex has created daily meditations to help you reach your sexual and relational potential. Even momentarily concentrating on healthy solutions rewires psychological patterns to receive and share healthy, sexual love in [...]
