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Have you ever been in a conversation with someone in which the issues being discussed became more clear? If so, you have experienced the manifestation of order at a mental level.
Have you ever sat in front of a spiritual master and had your worries dissolve? If so, you have experienced the manifestation of order at a spiritual level.
Have you ever gotten up from a massage or chiropractic session and felt like it was easier to walk and breathe? If so, you have experienced the manifestation of order at a physical level. Have you ever emerged from a haze of anger and frustration into the clear space of good cheer, passion, creativity and optimism? If so, you have experienced the manifestation of order at an emotional level.

Yoga In Ancient Times
Even in ancient times Yoga was not an end in itself, it was developed to help strengthen both the body and mind for deep contemplation about the nature of the self and the world in which the self arises. It would be great if all of the things that we did today—the [...]

From Feelings Buried Alive Never Die by Karol K. Truman:
Probable Feelings Causing Stomach Problems:
Our sense of security feels threatened,
fear of new ideas,
lack of affection,
condemning the success of other people,
unhappy feelings.
To heal this ailment on the emotional level Karol provides the following exercise (Feelings Buried Alive Never Die; p.95):
Step 1: Invoke your [...]

I take off my shoes, my jeans and my coat. My body is gently pressed by comfortable heavy blankets into a warm table, sinking into it like sand; dried-out tired knotty muscles loosen beneath slow deep strokes of hot lavender-rose oiled hands—now drifting and scattering into the chirps of birds. I disappear into the high [...]

1. Before you start something, ask yourself why you are doing it.
2. Bring your mind to zero (this is difficult-try resting in the space at the end of your in or out-breath).
3. Finish what you start, but break projects up into bite-sized steps. Make sure that you finish one step before going on to the next.
4.Keep it [...]

This Thanksgiving, reflecting on some of the things I am thankful for I realize that I am greatly honored to have been able to assistant teach with Certified Advanced Rolfer® and world-renowned deep tissue massage specialist Art Riggs at the San Francisco School of Massage. Over the past two weekends I spent three days with [...]

The Rolfing Line is that which connects your body to the universe—an actual energetic structure that acts as an antenna: receiving information from what some people call “God,” and transmitting that information directly into your being. (To feel this for yourself, try the meditation at the end of this post).
To be clear, when I say [...]

After studying philosophy, living in poverty, and starving himself on one grain of rice per day, the Buddha decided to stop. He gave up on all of the traditional rules about how to get enlightened, took a forbidden bath in the nearby river and was scandalously given milk by a young woman who saw and [...]

She arrives. She is in a foul mood. She huffs and puffs about her husband, criticizes my flowers, her children, the government. She says that she feels “pretty much the same,” but different—good different, she says, “I think it’s doing something.” But she doesn’t know what the “something” is. Her arm hurts: “Work on my [...]

In ancient India, people called shramanas wandered the countryside selling medicines and wares. They were respected for their deep knowledge, full of wisdom and lore. At one time prince Siddhartha, before he became the Buddha, was in agony because his mother had died. He missed her and could not overcome his grief. Thus he approached [...]