Okay everybody, stretch your arms to the ceiling, roll your shoulders forward and back, and by all means (please!) take a baby bunny/kitten Cuteoverload.com break right here at your desk! Want more? Catsinsinks.com is pretty adorable too. Oxytocin is that yummy hormone released when a woman looks into the face of her newborn, and it…

Over vacation, I read a biography of Christian philosopher Rudolf Steiner and picked up the following prayers, which he is said to have recited every day. The first is his version of the Lord’s Prayer, and it seems to have very broad appeal. Father, You who were, are, and will be in our inmost being,…

I found these yoga mat totes quite gorgeous. Yes, I know there’s a slightly obnoxious flavor to some of the folks who strut around town with pretty yoga sacks on their backs, exalting in their stylish spiritual health. But what the heck? Nice idea for a gift, too.

Got a note yesterday from Pamela Miles, author of “Reiki: A Comprehensive Guide,” reminding me that PBS is airing a documentary about five children facing cancer–“A Lion in the House”–tonight and Thursday evening. “Seeing others’ conflicts and pain helps us confront the universality of suffering and make peace with it even as we try to…

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