this time ~ this space

Select the most relaxing music you can find and set it up to play softly in the background for fifteen minutes.
Find a quiet place to sit…
Take some time to feel settled…
take a deep breath…..

Close your eyes…
let your body relax…..
Take another deep breath…….

Allow yourself to let go of stress,
any stress… relax….

Take another deep breath…….
And keep [...]

Song of the Diamond Heart
The pine tree’s voice
Is always whispering,
Yet how many pause to listen?
For when the churning mind is still,
The Diamond Heart within
Reflects even the falling dusk that
Shrouds every eye and branch,
And hears, but listens not.
Walking, then, with courage and kindness,
Never ceasing to walk in Wonder,
We follow our ancient path.
For the Way of the [...]

Dream Duration
The greatest myth about dreams is that they are over ‘in a flash’. It is surprising how many people today accept that idea as true. It stems from the Frenchman, Maury, who reported having had a long and involved dream which culminated in his execution by guillotine. At the moment the blade fell, he [...]

Robert Sutton is a Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford. He studies innovation, the links between knowledge and organizational action, and most recently, workplace assholes.
Robert works with organizations and managers of all kinds, from People magazine, to Procter & Gamble, to National Football League executives. He has published over 150 articles, in places [...]

(iVillage Total Health) - Women and girls hoping to reduce their risk of cervical cancer may soon have another option for protecting themselves. A second vaccine is showing promising results in preliminary clinical trials underway in nearly 20,000 people worldwide.
If approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the new vaccine—called Cervarix—would join the [...]

In 2002 a Datamonitor report highlighted a changing shift in consumer attitude. Once driven by altruism, consumers were reported to be looking to buy green products that make them feel good at the same time.
What the now 5 year old analysis by Datamonitor of several key green markets across Europe revealed is that, while there [...]

Dragon Dreaming
To see a dragon in your dream, signifies that you let yourself get carried away by your passion. This kind of behavior may lead you into the hands of enemies. You need to exercise some self-control.
The Dream
I was sleeping and then I sensed a malevolent presence. I jumped up and ran [...]

Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles say their study published in the August issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, suggests muscles in men are akin to elaborate tail feathers in male peacocks: They attract females looking for a virile mate.
To evolutionary psychologists Frederick and Haselton, this all adds up to a [...]