Welcome to “The Wellness Blog”, my personal vision of wellness based on one of the world’s earliest systems of holistic health.
Experience a full-spectrum of teachings for every layer of who you are: your body, energy, mind, behavior, and spirituality. Move, breathe, listen, feel. Use these resources as your toolbox to stay healthy and thrive.
Wellness is only about you. Just enjoy yourself!
Finding Solace Since I was a child, I’ve picked up rocks and seashells and pieces of wood that I’ve liked and took them home. I’ve used these things to remember the wonder and the wideness of the world as I…
SCIENTISTS, PHILOSOPHERS AND psychologists have tried to figure out what makes humans happy and healthy since time immemorial. Most have assumed good genes play a role in achieving these goals, but it seems study after study has proven everyone wrong. One…
TREND 1: Yoga Industry Continues Exponential Growth Over the past decade—and most especially, the past two years—there has been an explosion in the growth of yoga, driven by the changing needs of individuals of all ages living in a sedentary…
Finding Solace Since I was a child, I’ve picked up rocks and seashells and pieces of wood that I’ve liked and took them home. I’ve used these things to remember the wonder and the wideness of the world as I…
SCIENTISTS, PHILOSOPHERS AND psychologists have tried to figure out what makes humans happy and healthy since time immemorial. Most have assumed good genes play a role in achieving these goals, but it seems study after study has proven everyone wrong. One…
Reinvention is born from disruption. And there’s been no bigger disruption than the pandemic. It has forced us to reflect on what really matters to us and has altered how we live, learn, work and play. While the 2020s started…
To Resilience, Activism, Spiritual Enlightenment and Renewal in 2022! We started 2021 hoping for health, peace, reconciliation, unity and a return to normalcy. Instead, the year got off to a seething start and went on to simmer and sputter before…
Do you think that you’re being lazy when you’re not doing something? Or wasting time when you’re simply just being there? Chances are when you think you’re being lazy you aren’t proud of it. That’s because our culture is addicted…
Since 1987, I have been practicing the methodology of Viniyoga, which has been the heart of my personal practice and a model for my articles, books, and films.
Spending time in nature reminds us that we must nurture nature as unfailingly as it nurtures us Planet earth was an unlikely beneficiary of the pandemic, as stay-at-home orders helped reduce air and noise pollution, created cleaner beaches with clearer waters…
Create a Spiritual Connection with Nature Nature is the closest phenomenon that links us to wha is sacred, higher and emotionally whole. Nature is filled with feelings of the whole. The church of the earth is the greatest church of…
Yoga means relationship. Yoga IS relationship. And relationship is yoga.
A new vision of wellness is emerging that dovetails with a holistic way of looking at health, namely linking ancient and proven, healing models with modern lifestyle choices to promote powerful health changes. Choices matter—and the possibility of natural self…
Why is a holistic approach so important for your health? And what does it mean for self-healing? Ancient teachings and modern science concur: your body, mind and emotions are part of one integrated system, and when you influence one aspect…
Thanks to COVID-19, all activity involving human interaction is canceled. For two to three weeks? Not likely. Experts say coronavirus quarantines are likely to last far longer than that—perhaps far into the year. But instead of canceling 2020 and becoming…