The V-Word

Largely, this is a misleading and fruitless focus for our collective attention because what matters more than the moments of fleeting glory accompanying the win is the courage to play. If we could re-focus our attention on the beauty and spontaneous interaction which makes the game, we might come to value the strength of character that every athlete brings to the game. It is in fact, the discipline, vision, and devotion to wanting to play that makes winning meaningful. But it also makes losing meaningful. These are life lessons through sports that shape us. And in the grand scheme...

“There are moments in moist love when heaven is jealous of what we on earth can do.”  -Hafiz

Moist love, as opposed to dry love, is a container where the partners adhere to each other. Think of garden soil and how fecund moist soil is literally the root of anything that wants to be cultivated. Any gardener will tell you that water alone is not enough to heal dry, cracked land and will instruct...

The universal emotion of disgust is one that is both intrinsic to our survival protecting us from external poisons, but also in surprising ways prevents us from having to confront our own weaknesses and even mortality. Listen as psychologist and author, Rachel Herz illuminates us about how what we find disgusting uniquely reflects our personality, how we treat others and what we find most...

I have been out of my relationship almost as long as I was in it but I can’t seem to go on. I have dated a little, but am so afraid of being hurt again that I find some excuse to break it off before anything can happen- good or bad.  I feel like I am just going through the motions in my life. Why can’t I just accept my husband leaving me and move on?  Any ideas about how to re- start my life?

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Tomorrow is the service for my friend who just died of cancer.  Next week would have been her 58^thbirthday. Random memories of our friendship pop into my head with regularity. I can hear her warm voice turning to honey as she responds with her honey endearment that she always used when we spoke. I study the art she has made for me over the decades of our friendship; seeing the thousands of strokes...

“A flowering of orgasm, an expansion of orgasm into endless full bloom in the whole body.” -Yogani

 

I have been swimming in a sea of tantra this week at the Yoga Journal pre-conference Tantra intensive in the Rocky Mountains. There are Elk crooning, calling their mates outside my bedroom window. The scene is breathtaking, like living inside a postcard. The program was a true intensive, with a...

Tap into the ancient wisdom of Eastern philosophy with author and physician, Paul Dugliss, M.D as he discusses how to digest your emotional experiences and heal your body and life journey. Ayurveda is one of the most ancient forms of healing on the planet with millions of people enjoying the benefits of Yoga. This holistic approach to healing your emotional history is a time tested cure for...

by Duncan Roy

The Fix Magazine

 

Gay men find it impossible to stay sober. They relapse again and again. The reason is clear: sex. Sexual addiction. I am not suggesting that all gay men who claim that they are alcoholic are in fact sex addicts but most gay men who can’t stay sober cite sex as the primary reason for relapse.

The simple fact of the matter is that most of the time, readily available...

Yoga is one of the world’s fastest growing health and fitness activities with 20 million people in the US and over 250 million around the world practicing it every day.  Its ancient roots go back to 2500 BCE.  Don’t miss this enlightening conversation with William Broad, Pulitzer Prize winning author and lead science writer for the New York Times, share his discoveries about the surprising...