“I meditate when I run.” “My gardening is my meditation practice.” OK, cool.  My take and experience is movement has the capacity to absorb the mind. Rhythmic movement in particular can be both restorative physically and meditative. The power this has to absorb the mind can also be an escape (and has been for me...

Sometimes people are afraid to embrace the Yin and work on down-regulation and stress reduction through nutrition, breathing and lifestyle/training methods. The other side, the Yang – the “work” is cut out for them since beginning school. The repetition of the yang over decades leads to a way of living, a conditioning. The Yin is...