Woodson Merrell, MD

Woodson Merrell, M.D., is Chairman of the Department of Integrative Medicine, and Executive Director of the Continuum Center for Health and Healing, Beth Israel Medical Center, of the Mt. Sinai Health System in New York. He is also visiting assistant professor of family and social medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is a […]

Mary O’Malley

Mary O’Malley is a speaker and the author of Belonging to Life: The Journey of Awakening, The Gift of Our Compulsions: a Revolutionary Approach to Self Acceptance and Healing, The Magical Forest of Awakening, and What’s In the Way IS the Way. She is a certified counselor in the State of Washington in private practice […]

Quotes by Mary O’Malley

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“What would our lives be like if we could move beyond struggle and instead reconnect with the joy, wonder, and vitality of being truly alive?” “When we try to control our compulsions we think that this will hold back these powerful urges,but controlling never brings us the lasting healing that we long for. Instead, it actually […]

Alan Finger

Alan Finger is a yoga legend, who’s on his second honorary title. First Yogiraj (meaning “master”) and now, about 50 years into teaching, he’s acquired another that comes with passing on teachings to a new group of yogic masters: Kavi Yogiraj. The Early Years Finger’s father, Mani Finger, found yoga after hearing Yogananda speak on a trip […]

Sarah Platt-Finger

Sarah Platt-Finger is the co-founder of ISHTA Yoga and the private yoga teacher of Deepak Chopra. She teaches trainings, workshops, and retreats internationally with her husband, Yoga Master Alan Finger. Sarah is a featured teacher on Yoga U Online as well as Jiyo, a revolutionary new digital platform that brings health and wellness to online communities all over the world. She is on […]

Gandhi

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Indian nationalist leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) is considered the father of the Indian independence movement. Mahatma Gandhi studied law and came to advocate for the rights of his people in India and in South Africa, where he spent twenty years working to […]

Quotes by Jack Kornfield

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1. “In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go” 2. “Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or friends. We can […]

Explaining Bikram Yoga

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Hatha yoga is mainly an umbrella term for all types of physical yoga practices. Bikram Yoga is a type of Hatha yoga..

Shinzo Abe Made The World Better

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by David Frum: The assassinated Japanese leader was the visionary architect of a vital security alliance in the Indo-Pacific region…

The Way Of The Wise Woman

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For thousands of years, women have been healers in their homes and communities—passing down remedies and traditions through generations.

How Hot Is Too Hot For The Human Body?

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by Larry Kenney: Heat waves are becoming supercharged as the climate changes – lasting longer, becoming more frequent and getting just plain hotter. One question a lot of people are asking is…

Quotes by Gandhi

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“What is faith worth if it is not translated into action?” “If light can come out of darkness, then alone can love emerge from hatred.” “Woman is the incarnation of ahimsa. (Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.)” “I believe in advaita, I believe in the essential unity of man and […]