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Sound Bath? Sound Meditation? Sound Symphony? Sound therapy has become a wonderful tool to access deep relaxation. For many, it is a gateway to meditation. Melissa Felsenstein of Inner Sounds Meditation shares her story of…

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That Peaceful Easy Feeling

March 24, 2018
Tagged as: massage, meditation, nature, self-care, silence

To celebrate my birthday, one of my requests was a day at the spa. Not just any spa but this Zen-style spa out in the woods about an hour and a half from where I…

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Pranayama

December 16, 2017
Tagged as: breath awareness, meditation, pranayama, respiratory, yoga

Yesterday I went to my second Pranayama class at a well-respected yoga institution celebrating 40 years of yoga education in the San Francisco Bay area. It’s a monthly session focused on different methods of yogic…

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Healing Sounds

October 22, 2017
Tagged as: healing, meditation, sound, therapy

My first Sound Bath experience was a couple of years ago. It was in a medium-sized yoga studio. The sound musician/artist/yoga therapist used gongs and crystal bowls. I was seated close to her set-up and…

Multiple Sclerosis & Mindfulness Meditation

September 14, 2017
Tagged as: chronic pain, equanimity, meditation, mindfulness, multiple sclerosis

Gareth Walker, in northern England, works as a police officer and has progressive multiple sclerosis. His daily practice of mindfulness meditation enables him to navigate the physical and emotional difficulties of living with a chronic…

The Science of Yoga

April 11, 2017
Tagged as: anxiety, autoimmune condition, cancer, depression, diabetes, meditation, stress, yoga

In this episode my guest, Murali Ventkatrao, discusses the yogic perspective on health and current scientific research exploring how yoga, pranayama (breathing), and meditation affect human physiology and has the potential to treat many pervasive…

Mental health consumer, advocate, speaker & writer

April 1, 2016
Tagged as: bipolar disorder, chronic health condition, meditation

My first conversation is with a dear friend, Laurel Roth Patton. Laurel talks with me about her diagnosis with bipolar condition and shares some of the most useful tools she’s gathered over the years. Please…

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Yoga

January 26, 2010
Tagged as: diet, exercise, meditation, yoga

I can’t remember when I started doing yoga. I may have tried it for the first time during my college years in New York. Or, an introductory class I took in the late 80s in…

Glass Half Full with Leslie Krongold, Ed.D.

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Sound Therapy: I had to do this every day if I wanted to become well again