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Personal Foul

What peace can we hope to find elsewhere…if we have none within us? – Saint Teresa of Avila

A hunter is outside tracking his prey when he hears a tiger roar behind him.

He can either run away or stand his ground and fight. His very survival depends upon his quick reactions. A complex cascade of stress hormones, such as adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol, is triggered. These hormones have a powerful and widespread effect on his body’s biochemistry, physiology and psychology, giving him the extra strength and speed he needs to deal with the threat.

Grief

My Mother in Law passed recently. She was 100 years old. We had lived together as family for the last 20 years; having lived with my own mother for only 18 years, my mother-in-law was

Bringing Smiles to the Faces of Women in Uganda

Numerous studies have shown that the Transcendental Meditation technique is an effective way for women to manage stress, to develop a greater sense of fulfillment and inner peace, and improve overall quality of life. Stress can take a serious toll on both body and mind. It can inhibit the flow of creativity and inhibit one’s ability to see oneself in the most positive light. Every human being has the inherent capability to be more creative, happy, and successful in their daily activities.

In developing countries, severe poverty and conflict is the norm for so many women—the challenges wrought by the impact of stress are extremely apparent and have a damaging ripple effect on every aspect of their lives. I had sometimes wondered what effect TM would have on women in such circumstances.

What is Liberation

When ancient traditions talk about liberation, what do they mean? Liberation from parents? From an oppressive government? From school or our marriage? At the most fundamental level of a human’s experience, liberation denotes the fullest development of a person’s consciousness, which gives us eternal freedom from all suffering.

Our intellect discriminates among boundaries, identifying this as separate and different from that—it locates and attaches the mind to the distinctions in life. It causes the mind to identify with the parts of life and lose the comprehension of the wholeness of which life is made. I am a student, I am a mother, I am a businesswoman, I am short, I am tall, I am frightened, or happy or excitable. I am not her or him or like them. I am separate.

Defense Against Trauma

Everything is going along just fine and then you get mugged. Afterward, the world seems different—and you find that you are anxious all the time, maybe desolate, maybe unable to focus. You may struggle with

An Antidote to Nursing Stress: The Transcendental Meditation Technique

I am one of those people who knew by age five that I wanted to be a nurse. My idol was my aunt — a 1950s registered nurse, looking crisp and competent in her white uniform, going off to work in a large, brick, city hospital. She was confident and caring, and I knew that the people she touched would heal.

A Closer Look at ‘the Beyond’: Transcending, a Technology of Consciousness

Admittedly, the last place I expected to gain a new insight into the “beyond” was at a fashion exhibit. Yet, when I toured the Charles James: Beyond Fashioni exhibit at the Met in New York City, I was struck with another example of how satisfying it is to explore the “beyond” and dive into the inner world of something. In the exhibit, innovative technology provided a rival exhibit to the traditional display where fashion seemed almost secondary to the process of exploration.

Computerized displays were used to delve deeper into the design process where gowns and other garments were digitally deconstructed to reveal their “architectural underpinnings.” We were led beyond the outer facade of fashion into sequentially more abstract layers of design where principles of fashion and architecture magically seemed interchangeable.

Teaching the field of consciousness

From my current perspective I was very young–22 years old–when I was trained in an intensive five month program to be a teacher of the Transcendental Meditation technique. The first person I taught upon returning

Finding Her Personal Voice: Artist Mindy Weisel’s Journey

For a writer, finding your personal voice is one of the most important parts of mastering the craft. It turns out that this is also important for visual artists such as Mindy Weisel.

An oil painter who in recent years has turned to glass as a medium, Mindy Weisel has shown her work in solo shows in prestigious galleries and is the recipient of numerous awards. Her art appears in the Hirshhorn Museum, the National Museum of American Art, the Israel Museum, the U.S. Embassy, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Archives of American Artists at the Smithsonian Institution.

Stress-free Stress Busting

Headlines: Five Ways to Reduce Workplace Stress! Ten Ways to manage Stress at Work! Stress Management Tips for Executives! Every time you turn around, there is someone giving advice on reducing stress. It’s starting to