A Good Night's Sleep
The average adult requires seven to eight hours a sleep a night and anything less could affect mental alertness, impair the immune system, and even increase the risk for diseases like diabetes. Sleep is as important to health as exercise and a healthy diet, yet many people are increasingly sleep deprived.... posted on Apr 01 2005, 1,481 reads

Marathon
Pondering life on his 30th birthday and finding something lacking, Dean Karnazes staggered home from a night out drinking with friends, put on his gardening shoes and went for a run. A 30-mile run. All night.When he survived that, he set his sights on a 100-mile race. Then 135 miles. Then 199 miles. Then a marathon at the South Pole. Last summer he completed 262 miles non-stop.... posted on Mar 31 2005, 1,344 reads

Magic Pill
In the bottle before you is a pill, a marvel of modern medicine that will regulate gene transcription throughout your body, helping prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes, obesity, and 12 kinds of cancer. Your bones will become stronger. You'll grow new capillaries in your heart, your skeletal muscles, and your brain, improving blood flow and the delivery of oxygen and nutrients. Your attention s... posted on Mar 23 2005, 1,476 reads

Stress Relief
In a small but highly provocative study, a University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has found, for the first time, that a short program in "mindfulness meditation" produced lasting positive changes in both the brain and the function of the immune system. The findings suggest that meditation, long promoted as a technique to reduce anxiety and stress, might produce important biological effects ... posted on Mar 16 2005, 3,543 reads

Envision
Did you know that human beings see the world in a new way every morning? The first time we open our eyes, the top layer of our vision sense receptors is simply scorched away. ... posted on Mar 10 2005, 1,171 reads

Playtime
Ph.D. Fred Donaldson plays with children, cancer patients, lions, gang members, and CEO's for a living. Not the win-lose "contest" behavior our culture thinks of as play, but a kind of physical, rolling-around-on-the-floor, connecting-heart-to-heart play. He considers this form of non-competitive play, which he calls "original play", to be the universal energy that connects all living beings.... posted on Mar 03 2005, 1,440 reads

Growing Happy
Could it be that age is the secret to happiness? Some psychologists believe that aging may help increase a person’s sense of wellbeing. Older people have a heightened awareness to the brevity of life since their time is running out, and therefore are more attuned to the present moment. By contrast, the heads of younger folks are often filled with concerns relating to the future, such as career ... posted on Feb 12 2005, 3,081 reads

Sacred Mirrors
The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in New York City, is the venue artist Alex Grey designed and built to house his most widely known series of paintings. His highly developed knowledge of human anatomy and consciousness are brought to life through his painstakingly detailed paintings that provide viewers a stunning visual language to map the different levels of their own being. ... posted on Jan 29 2005, 1,431 reads

Living the Question
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Meditation and the Brain
Meditation can modify the brain. That's what Richard Davidson's new study shows, further disproving the old notion that our brains don't change in adulthood. With the help of Dalai Lama's eight most accomplished meditators, with 10,000 to 50,000 hours over a period of 15 to 40 years, Davidson's study unambiguously showed that meditation on "unconditional compassion" activated the trained minds o... posted on Jan 20 2005, 1,189 reads