The energy of new beginnings is in full swing. Life feels vibrant in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, as we experience warm temperatures. People are out walking, walking, walking and smiling, smiling, smiling at each other. No longer bundled up in layers, arms swing wide, and legs reach-and-land in…

The holiday season is here, and many of us find ourselves with a long list of preparations that include: making travel arrangements, mailing stacks of “Season’s Greetings” cards, and planning meals for family and friends. While focusing our energy primarily on preparations to make the season merry and bright, we…

In the foreword to Tulku Thondup’s book Boundless Healing: Meditation Exercises to Enlighten the Mind and Heal the Body, psychologist, science journalist, and Pulitzer-Prize nominee Daniel Goleman, PhD, explains what psychologists call the state of flow: “another mode of being — one where day-to-day preoccupations or anxieties fall…