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Early spring is a great time to think about light.  Light is back after the long winter, it is finally warming to our bodies and the earth.  I caught this moment in my garden in the afternoon when the crocus blooms were positively luminous. Please share: Where do you most notice spring light?  And click…

Wow, just wow.  Have you seen the news about the “Kyoto Box,” a solar-powered oven made from nothing more than two cardboard boxes, black paint, aluminum foil, and the rays of the sun?  The box was just awarded first prize in a green invention contest sponsored by the Forum for the Future.  It’s sustainable, scalable,…

Who says the kids at MIT were only about quarks, electrons, and semiconductors?  Turns out that for the past 6 years, a popular club at the prestigious school has celebrated the science of chocolate! The Boston Globe has an article about The Laboratory for Chocolate Science here, and the kids have some cool scientific facts…

My amazingly talented friend Jennifer  just returned from a trip to India. An art teacher and artist, she just posted this gorgeous Ganesh plus many other stunning drawings from India on her website. Check them out and enjoy. And if you happen to live in Connecticut and want an in-person jolt of inspiration, she’s giving…

How do you live fresh? We’ve put out the call for people to fill out our survey about what they do to lead more balanced, juicier lives. Check out this one (our first!) from author, life coach and Beliefnet blogger Victoria Moran. Fill out the survey yourself! Copy, paste, and rewrite this into a Word doc or an…

Sometimes holistic spirituality and traditional religion cross paths, and today’s “Blessing of the Sun” ritual that Jews will observe just before Passover begins is one of those moments.  In honor of this rare Jewish astrological phenomenon, we offer a guest post from Michael Kress, Beliefnet’s managing editor and friend of Fresh Living: This morning, I…

Thanks to Fresh Living reader Mary Beth for sharing her inspiring morning routine: she wakes up around 4 a.m., starts the coffee, drinks a large bottle of room temperature water, feeds her cats, and enjoys a cup of hot coffee as she starts her computer. She then put son some meditative music, lights some incense…

There are only two ingredients in traditional Passover matzah: wheat flour and water. So why should you pay extra for “organic” matzah when wheat is not on the “dirty dozen” foods it’s most important to eat organic, and water is, well, water? Oh, so many reasons!  Passover is a highly symbol-rich holiday, so here are…

I just stumbled across this great t-shirt for sale at YogaDork, a fun-looking blog. The shirt itself is $24, which might not feel so bailouty, but the message is free. I am definitely keeping sane–if not flush @ NYC’s class rates–with yoga. It plugs me into that place that does not fluctuate. The tao over…

My general approach to home design is “no clutter allowed.” But I can’t go completely sterile. I love stuff too much. Especially stuff that reminds me to calm down, stay in my heart and trust that cosmic forces are watching my tush. So I tend toward creating little stuff vignettes throughout my very tiny (420…
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