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Hi, Valerie here, subbing for Amy while she gets all sandy and relaxed. Though it may seem like yoga has peaked in popularity, Rodale just renewed faith in the stretchy genre with a new magazine, Yoga Life. The tagline is, “mind, body—get it together.” I just got my hands on the debut issue. It’s the…

* Biodegradeable sunscreen. (Mr. C. is actually worried I will think of nothing but skin cancer as I vacation with the whole Chattering family on the U.S. Virgin Islands this week.) * Yoga clothes. The hotel wisely boasts of classes. * A good looking hat. * A small travel umbrella. It’s hurricane season down there.…

This hilarious clip of Comedy Central’s Steven Colbert dancing liturgically made the email rounds at Beliefnet’s offices last week. The music, says Beliefnet producer Laura Sheahen, is a popular Advent song in Catholic churches. Have a quick peek.

The minute my pal Kathleen and I stepped into The Hotel Pennsylvania last weekend, we knew we had exited ordinary New York City and entered an elevated realm. The people milling around effervesced. “I want an angel T-shirt like that woman’s,” I said, eyes darting right and left. “Oh, I’m NOT ready for an angel…

Here’s a summary from Lightworkers.org. “A LightWorker is anyone who chooses to be a channel between heart and mind, heaven and earth… There are many theories put forth as to what it means to be a LightWorker, from those who have the ability to work with unseen energies, such as Chi, to incarnated wanderers from…

“The modern world lies under a pervasive sense of anguish, of being abandoned, or at least experiencing God as absent. Yet events that seem to turn our lives upside down and inside out are part of God’s redemptive plan, not only for us, but for the world in which we live. God may be preparing…

I like websites that sing at you the minute you show up. I wish my blog could sing; how wonderful it would be if every post had musical accompaniment that fit the topic or set the mood! Beliefnet recently linked to the large liturgical music site Liturgica.com. I encourage you to check it out. It…

Last weekend, I attended a workshop with angel authority Doreen Virtue, and during the day she happened to read Neil Douglas-Flotz’s translation of The Lord’s Prayer, which I’d never heard before, and which is felt by some to hew closer to the original Aramaic that Jesus spoke. Allahah. O Birther! Father-Mother of the Cosmos, you…

Speaking of singing, do you know about “The Zen of Screaming”? It’s an excellent DVD package of singing instruction, voice toning exercises, and downhome advice on how to belt out big musical numbers more effectively created by classically-trained singer Melissa Cross, who has coached many singers, speakers, and punk rock screamers on how to use…

A reader asked how Tibetan prayer flags work. Well, here’s a nice explanation of what they are and how they are believed to bestow positivity and reverence for the Dharma (the Buddhist path). And here are some wonderful photographs of them from FourGates.com. Here’s FourGate’s answer: What are Tibetan Prayer Flags? The Tibetan word for…
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