meditation

How do you define meditation?

by darla April 5, 2010

Today on the Musings blog (a blog about mind, art, productivity and more), Koroush Dini MD, talks about how he defines meditation. He tries to define it simply ~ in 25 words or less ~ as: Meditation is a regularly practiced focus on a pre-defined object. The object could be a mantra, a physical object, [...]

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Are You Practicing the Law of Love?

Thumbnail image for Are You Practicing the Law of Love? by darla March 4, 2010

New yogis (or those who are “yoga curious”) often wonder if Yoga is a religion. It is not. Regardless of your personal belief system, you can practice yoga. Yoga teachers need to understand this so that they can include people from all backgrounds and belief systems. If you attend a class where the teacher says [...]

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My Top Ten Ways to Find Your Magnificence During Tough Times | Gail Lynne Goodwin’s Blog

by darla February 24, 2010

Inspire Me Today is a great blog chock full of pragmatic action and inspiration. Today Gail shares the Top 10 Ways to Find Magnificence During Tough Times. One of my favs is #7 – Go do something for someone else. The fastest way to get unstuck is to reach out and help someone else in [...]

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Doctor and Patient – How Mindfulness Can Make for Better Doctors – NYTimes.com

Thumbnail image for Doctor and Patient – How Mindfulness Can Make for Better Doctors – NYTimes.com by darla October 18, 2009

I found this article about mindfulness in the New York Times interesting. It talks about more and more physicians becoming disenchanted with their profession because of the many distractions on the job: cell phones, email, text messages, etc. These distractions take away from the joy of the work. I think this is a problem not [...]

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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Thumbnail image for The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by darla September 15, 2009

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali The Threads of Union Translation by BonGiovanni Available at The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

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