Yin Yoga to Quiet Your Thoughts and Remind You of Your Worth

Your solar plexus chakra has to do with your relationship with yourself. Whereas your first two chakras, the root and sacral chakras, focus on your relationship with the outside world and with others, the third chakra, or manipura, is different. This chakra everything...

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The Truth About Healing I Didn’t Learn in Med School

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~Rumi I’ve spent most of my adult life helping people heal. I’m a podiatrist, a foot and ankle surgeon, and I’ve seen pain in many forms. Torn ligaments. Crushed bones. Wounds that just won’t close. But if I’m being...

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Morning meditation — In this troubled world of ours.

‘In this troubled world of ours, there are plenty of opportunities for deeds of compassion; but there seem to be all too few for sharing in others’ joy. It mostly requires a deliberate effort to identify oneself with the joys and successes of others.’ Nyanaponika...

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Why I’m Listening to My Aging Mother More Deeply Now

“When an old person dies, a library burns to the ground.” ~African Proverb For most of my life, I thought aging was about bodies slowing down—hair turning white, memory fading, steps getting shorter. But caring for my ninety-six-year-old mother has changed that. I now...

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