One of my favorite meditation instructors likes to say that meditation is the thing we’re all really happy other people do. We know meditation has countless mental and physical health benefits, but ...

“I spent most of my 6th-grade year locked in my bedroom,” my friend David states. He puts his cup of coffee down on the table and looks directly at me. “Can you imagine?” “No,” I reply. I can’t ...

Reiki is an ancient Asian technique that harnesses energy to support emotional and mental healing in cancer patients. Twanda ...

The soothing sound of a gong echoed through the breeze as birds sang on a sunny Wednesday evening at a small park in the east side of Pilsen. Dozens lay on the ground, eyes closed and hearts open to a ...

“Meditation is not necessarily doing anything,” says Dirieal Perkins of Stretch Galore Yoga about the practice, which she’s done for about five years. As we talk, her two-and-a-half-month-old son ...

A mindful, contemplative approach to internalized racism and sexism is a necessary piece of the puzzle of dismantling systems of oppression, Awaken founder and CEO Ravi Mishra says. That’s the entire ...

I want to talk about capacities today; those capacities we are being asked to develop in order to face the complexities and problems that are plaguing our communities. We've inherited chronic and sick ...

Over the weekend Lizzo took to Instagram Live to encourage her fans to find some calm in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The singer led a meditation, complete with crystals and flute music, ...