Joy is our birthright. Yoga practice helps us to access our resident joy. And we can cultivate it with practices too.

Research has produced these contributors to our "feeling good in the world." But what came up for me was the list of well-being factors...

“Studies have shown that regular meditation promotes mindfulness (sustained observing awareness), whose benefits include decreased...

Gratitude isn’t just for Thanksgiving. So try it! Then make gratitude a healthy habit. And if I haven't told you lately, I'm grateful for...

One of my yoga teachers reminded us every year, “Don’t even make New Year’s resolutions. They’re so self-defeating!” (Thank you, Amy!) I...

By now many of the findings from Dan Buettner’s 2008 book The Blue Zones have become best practices for health and wellbeing into...

The little garden I planted last year is exploding with spring lettuce so I'm really into salads. Here are two favorites from beloved and...

My Favorite Green Salad Notes: This recipe doesn’t have a name or a source, and it’s not even a recipe. (How Zen is that?) You're invited...

Sunrise on Himalayan mountain peaks. The first sight of my newborn infants. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. The Mona Lisa. These are just...