In a recent email chat a friend mentioned his need to make pragmatic choices while being open to “the magic carpet ride” that is his life sometimes. He called this combo “…pragmagic, if you will.” I love that. For me it distills the idea that we can receive the miraculous moments and lovely wind-shifts and authentically sparkly fairy dust life sends our way,…

I feel like I just uncovered a major secret–how the Dalai Lama deals with stress. Here’s his wonderfully honest, simple prescription: “Every day I experience the benefits of having peace of mind. It is very good for the body. As you might imagine, I am quite a busy many with many responsibilities, deciding on policies, traveling, and making speeches.…

There’s something so soothing about a nice flickering candle–in the tub, at dinner, before bed, or on your altar if you have one. But for years now I’ve been careful to avoid burning anything but soy wax and beeswax because of the polluting nature of regular paraffin candles–both in the larger environmental sense and the home/body…

I have a cousin who’s a homeopath, and for months she’d been asking if she could “give me a bath.” I’d heard about–and been intrigued by–the practice, which is different from a standard homeopathy treatment in which remedies are taken orally, but is a longstanding tradition in anthroposophic medicine. So I agreed to take the…

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