Mind / Body Connection

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    Transforming an Impaired Ability to Love

    Sometimes people will come up to me and tell me right to my face that they think I’m one of the most generous people they know. I’m always surprised and more than a little uncomfortable with such pronouncements for a number of reasons. One is, I don’t generally feel that generous. In other words I don’t walk [...]

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    Why Babies Laugh (Way) More Than Adults: How to Complain Les

    My son 2 and 1/2 year old son Ari loves to laugh. And his laugh is so contagious. I believe one of the most magical sounds in the world is a child laughing. Some studies have reported that the average toddler laughs 300 times a day. We adults, in contrast, laugh less than 20 times [...]

  • Teaching Mindfulness to Children, Includes Video and Exercis

    Read about the documentary, Room to Breathe, a story of teaching mindfulness in schools, here.   How can we build the quality of mindfulness in our children, our classrooms, and our schools? The Oakland-based Mindful Schools program, of which I am a co-founder and co-director, teaches children in public and private elementary, middle, and high [...]

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    Defining the New Therapeutic Vanguard

    Photo from HeartMath The other day, I went for treatment from a doctor of Chinese Medicine and bodyworker for a variety of health symptoms.  In his bodywork treatment, I could tell he understood the injuries I had sustained, starting with birth, without really acknowledging or discussing them with me.  I was so impressed, until he [...]

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    Intuition Is Your Best Defense

    With all the information constantly coming our way, all the diverse people we come into contact with, all the choices that are available to us, it can be challenging to sort through it all and make decisions and choices that are… well, right for us. And there is also a natural part of us that [...]