A few months ago my life was getting hectic.   I was juggling the demands of my small business, the pressure of trying to finish the film, childcare and the usual weight that comes with surviving every day modern life.  My regular yoga practice was compromised and I wasn’t meditating enough. My self-care rhythm was being sacrificed because ‘there was so much to do’. My friends were being neglected. I was eating on the run and not taking time out.   And I knew better. I was just about to lock off the edit of my film about how important... Read full article »

In the 1960s, a young cardiologist named Dr. Herbert Benson had been sneaking transcendental meditators through the back door of his lab at Harvard University to study what happened to their body when they meditated. The result of his work was one of the major breakthroughs in modern mind body medicine.   Dr. Benson found dramatic physiological changes in the bodies of his subjects. He recorded decreased metabolism in the body, decreased heart rate, decreased rate of breathing and slower brain waves. He called his discovery the ‘relaxation response’ to suggest its role as a counter part to the stress... Read full article »

I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease when I was 24 years old. Although my doctors meant the best for me, they couldn’t offer me a cause or a cure. After traveling the world and meeting some of the leading experts in mind body medicine, I realized that in order to change my health, I needed to change my mind.   Here are 6 things that I did to change my mind and change my health:   1. I Started Practicing Yoga I was jogging about four times a week and doing weights training twice a week when I first... Read full article »