What our brains really need is some much needed time off from concentrating. By not consciously focusing on anything and allowing the mind to drift, this can reduce stress and improve cognitive sharpness. This can often be easier said than done.
Joy and relief as lotus flowers bloom again in Kashmiri lake after three decades. Although lotus stems had not been visible in Lake Wular for years, the roots had probably remained dormant – buried under layers of silt. As the silt was removed, the plants started re-emerging.
Along with the use of essential oils in aromatherapy, the practice of smudging is a tradition that has been maintained for thousands of years, since human beings first discovered fire and how to use it for their own purposes.
In addition to industrial projects, the loss of biodiversity through deforestation and the subsequent extinction of animal species decreases food sources and the supply of traditional medicine. Citizens and governments must make efforts toward preserving the cultures and homelands of hunter-gatherer groups.
These tools don’t replace honesty, vulnerability, or emotional maturity. But they help create the internal space where those qualities can emerge. They unstick the patterns that keep couples spinning in circles.
As the internet has become more integrated in our daily lives, few would describe it as a place of love, compassion and cooperation. Study after study describe how social media platforms promote alienation and disconnection.
The closer you live to a golf course, the greater your likelihood of developing Parkinson's. Specifically, your odds nearly double when residing less than a mile from these chemically maintained spaces compared to living further away.
In Arkansas, a new medical school has just opened that aims to train a new generation of doctors on preventative medicine and whole-health principles. It was dreamed of and financed by arguably the world’s wealthiest woman—a Walmart heiress.
Working with your health is basic maintenance, and it is fun to notice how your physical body reveals your feelings and thoughts; your body is a miraculous temple of spirit. When you expand the field of your body, you will learn how to move better in 3D, to navigate well in space and time.
While supporting and nurturing animals helps them physically and spiritually, it also helps us on the path of ascension, and can also inspire awakening in others.
Renewable energy sources, such as solar power and battery storage, have helped keep power on in New England, even during peak demand on the hottest day of summer. Based on Acadia Center’s findings, as much as 22% of power usage in New England on June 24, 2025 came from behind-the-meter solar.
How is it that we have traded the very happiness of our lives together for lives dictated by an incessant and interrupting machine? We do it by buying into a reality that says this is how it is now. We do it by allowing ourselves to be talked into things that don’t actually feel good to us.
Once you understand what’s pulling mosquitoes in, you can start to shut those signals off. Whether it’s your choice of skincare, your wardrobe, or the invisible markers on your skin, small changes dramatically shift how often you’re targeted.
Each of these practices is simple, yet deeply transformative. They can be used on their own, or integrated throughout your day, such as before a stressful meeting, upon waking or before bedtime, in the car during errands, or when doom-scrolling and overwhelmed by the news.
Across spiritual traditions, mythologies, and even modern psychology, there is a recurring truth: it is through our wounds that we awaken. The pain we carry — when held consciously — becomes the very seed of our transformation.
Clean energy generation — or energy generation without the output of harmful greenhouse gases — has become an increasingly hot topic in today’s race for productivity and the growing global emphasis on eco-consciousness.
Today, Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay is home to the highest concentration of bald eagles in the contiguous United States (but not the entirety of the U.S. — that honor belongs to Alaska, which hosts nearly half of the world’s 70,000 bald eagles). According to regional experts, this momentous milestone has been a long time coming.
As multidimensional beings with never-ending souls, we do best when we can remember our true essence. Best practices include quieting the mind, spending time in nature, and resting in gratitude.
In some states that have enacted such laws, initial participation by doulas was low because Medicaid reimbursement rates weren’t high enough. Nationally, doula reimbursement rates are improving.
Weather-related migraine can be one of the most frustrating triggers because it feels completely out of your hands. However, with knowledge, tracking and the right treatment strategies, you can take back a sense of control.
Every time a person chooses rest over stimulation, breath over reactivity, movement over stagnation, the brain strengthens the pathways that support regulation. The craving circuit begins to quiet. The body that once responded to craving can be taught to respond to coherence.
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