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Questions On Cleaning

Cleaning is a way to remove the emotional burdens that we carry on a daily basis.

Krodha (Anger) Detox

If misused, the fire of anger can destroy a happy family, friendship and peace of mind.

Kama (Sex) Detox

Kama or sensual passion is natural, and necessary for the continuation of all species.

Fear Detox

Fear is one of our fundamental emotions. Fear can affect our physical, mental and emotional well-being in many ways.

Spreading Happiness

In this exclusive interview, MICHEL LECLERCQ, the founder of DECATHLON, speaks with CHRISTINE MOLLE. DECATHLON is the world’s largest sporting goods retailer, and has over 1,400 sports shops in 47 countries. Michel’s motto for DECATHLON is, “The pleasures and the benefits of sport for the greatest number.”

THE AUDI FIS ALPINE Ski World Cup

In La Thuile, Italy, the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup was held from 29 February to 1 March 2020. Here, SYLVIE BERTI ROSSI and RUBEN MONTAGNOLI share their experience as Heartfulness trainers at the event.

The Beauty of SPORT

PAULO LEZZELLE looks at the noble value sport has as a human endeavor, and how we can all benefit from the quest for wellbeing, aspiration and continuous improvement.

Sport, Excellence and Joy

GIUSEPPE DOTTORINI recently travelled to New York with the Italian National Basketball Artists to participate, as well as to offer Heartfulness Relaxation and Meditation to all the players, coaches and spectators, of the Italian Brands Basketball League. He shares the experience of combining relaxation and meditation practices before each game of the competition.

POISE UNDER PRESSURE

Youth icon, sportswoman, and multi-award recipient, P.V. SINDHU has many national and international titles under her belt, the latest being the 2019 World Badminton Championships. A never-say-never attitude, a magnetic smile and twinkling eyes, she is an epitome of humbleness and graceful poise. Here she speaks with SATYA SAHAY at the inauguration of the P.V. Sindhu Badminton Academy at the Lalaji Memorial Omega International School in Chennai.

Leave It Behind THE BASELINE

MAMATA VENKAT has learnt a lot about herself from playing tennis. Especially, it taught her how to let go of imperfections and move forward in a healthy way towards continuous improvement in all aspects of life.

Expressions

In this delightful interview, BHAMINI SHREE shares her journey of expression through painting – both Madhubani folk art and abstract painting – with MEGHANA ANAND. Through art, gradually she was able to manage her depression, expand her self-expression, and also develop her art as a career.

The Secret of Success

Madhusudan Reddy explores how success comes through discipline, and provides simple effective ways of cultivating that discipline in daily life.

What Makes a Modern Mystic?

I recently attended our church’s annual Quiet Day, during which we’d spend most of a Saturday sitting in silence, focusing on prayers and tuning out the noise of modern-day life to tune into God.

The Postman's Hymn

Finish this shift, get to the next job, study for midterms, practice the sheet music for church, tuck Matt into bed….

The Memento

I stepped back from the wall to admire my new shadow box. I’d just had it framed.

Swept Away

Thursday, April 18, 2019. It was Senior Skip Day at Christ’s Church Academy in Jacksonville, Florida. A big deal for 17-year-old friends Heather Brown and Tyler Smith. They had been looking forward to this high school milestone all year. Along with six other seniors, they decided to spend the day at popular Vilano Beach, near St. Augustine. Spurred on by brilliant sunshine and temperatures in the eighties, the teens had planned a full day of swimming, sunbathing and beach volleyball. There was a High Hazard flag—a red flag warning beachgoers of “high surf and/or strong currents”— hoisted on the beach’s parking lot flagpole as the teens arrived, but they rushed past it.

Rescue Dog

What on earth is Jimmy doing?

News From Around Our Wonderful World

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Eight-year old Brayden Auten needed a new liver—fast.

Mystery at Midnight

Bang! bang! bang! I shot up in bed that mid-December morning in 1992.

Lucid Blessings

Donna Teti sat next to her mother, Jean, at a wedding reception table. A stream of guests filed past, greeting them—the mother and grandmother of the bride.

History's Mysteries

Nazareth, 2006. An archaeological team made an exciting discovery in a first-century house being surveyed underneath the Sisters of Nazareth convent: Limestone vessels unearthed there indicated that the structure had likely once housed a Jewish family.… Could this in fact be Jesus’ childhood home?

Fruit of the Spirit

In just over two hours, I was expecting 100 people at my house for my father-in-law Larry’s seventieth birthday. I was right on schedule, putting the finishing touches on my corn casserole, when I froze. Where was the can of corn? I ran to my pantry, thinking I might have left it there. No luck.

Lessons from the Garden: Being with Berries

ALANDA GREENE is picking blackcurrants in her garden. Reflecting on the nature of these tiny fruit helps her see the importance of valuing everyone and everything, of being in tune with Nature, of interconnectedness, and of Mitakuye Oyasin.

The myth of THE FRAGILE HEART

SHAI TUBALI helps us understand the value of keeping the heart open, vulnerable and willing to experience whatever challenges life gives us, without becoming defensive and closing the heart.

THE HEARTFUL STRATEGIST PART 1

RAVI VENKATESAN starts a new series for 2020, exploring the role of consciousness in developing strategy, and how to actively develop this potential through the expansion of consciousness.

Roots of Empathy PART 1

MARY GORDON was interviewed by JUDITH NELSON at the Spirit of Humanity Forum in Iceland in 2019. In part 1 she shares her worldview on the importance of empathy in human relationships and how it forms the foundation for the program she runs in schools on developing empathy in schoolchildren, called Roots of Empathy.

Love and Relationships

MAMATA VENKAT celebrates the season of romantic love and reminds us of the importance of self-love for a successful relationship.

Kindness and Vulnerability

DONNA CAMERON explores the beauty that vulnerability brings and its connection with kindness. She also shares her own personal experience of vulnerability and how it has changed her life for the better.

Intuitive Science: THE HEART Is The KEY

DR. NATWAR SHARMA shares his experience and ideas about the intuitive role of the heart and its critical place in our lives.

A User's Guide to Living: Part 2

THE SCIENCE OF CREATING A DAILY MEDITATION PRACTICE