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Ritual and symbolism are part of all our lives, whether we notice them or not. They shape how we mark beginnings and endings, process change, and create meaning. When we consciously engage with the symbolic and metaphorical dimensions of our inner world, something powerful happens: we activate a deeply human capacity for ritual, ceremony, and transformation; both within ourselves and in the world around us. At its core, this capacity is embodied. Meaning is not something we only think our way into; it is something we feel, enact, and live through the body. Through gesture, rhythm, movement, and repetition, ritual allows...

Last weekend I was teaching a new workshop called Wild Honey in Aarau, Switzerland. This workshop focuses on the relationship between Yin and Yang and the inner marriage of these opposites, but also on what happens when we are able to play with innocence, trust and respect with Yin and Yang in dancing relationship with others. As I travelled to the workshop, heartbroken for all those in Gaza suffering with famine and devastating loss, and those in Israel suffering so deeply too, I was questioning the crazy juxtaposition of the refined and privileged work I was about to offer with...

Circular is a simple and very specific breathing technique to expand and increase the individual's awareness. Before rolling out the innumerable benefits, it is useful to clarify what we mean by awareness. The meaning of this word indicates being conscious, being aware of something. Being aware of these lines we are reading, being aware of our feet, we are aware of our feet. There are two nuances. The first is being aware of oneself: to know ourselves for real, to know what our existential ends are, our qualities, our excellences, the values on which we base our lives, to know...

Tips from Irene Nolte Here is a list of things that can support your immunity. It goes without saying that I do not imply that this list is complete, you surely know a lot more things you can do, nor do we imply that these tips give you full protection.  1. Have fun- do something you enjoy at least three times a week. Make sure that you enjoy your life! A single pleasurable experience can boost your immune system for as much as two days, according to research conducted by Dr. Arthur Stone, psychologist of State University NY.  2. Avoid...

The best protection that you have against any illness is your body’s own defense system. The human immune system has never faced a single illness that it couldn’t eventually figure out and provide an effective answer for. The flu is no different.   Here are more than a dozen powerful immune boosters that you can adopt immediately. Many of these are as close as your next cup of tea. Include as many of these immune boosters in your diet and lifestyle as you can. Your chances of avoiding illness this cold-and-flu season will be greatly enhanced, and if you get...

I love to work. It’s so much fun to have a project, and there’s nothing like the feeling of accomplishment that comes from a job well done. Once I become focused on something, I have the capacity to work endlessly. And when I am not actually working, I obsess over it. It doesn’t matter what the project is. It can be something important like finding a place for one of Tom’s workshops or something less pressing like painting the bathroom. But whatever it is, I will not stop until it is completed. I don’t consider most of what I do...

Rhythm is our greatest ally in the search for empowerment and balance in a fast-changing world. In this article, Ya'Acov Darling Khan argues that if we don't know our own rhythm, we are like kites on the end of someone else's string. Finding your Rhythm - from the Womb to the Self From the very first moment of becoming, the first explosion of egg and sperm, we are moving beings. As Gabrielle Roth, movement teacher and creator of the 5 Rhythms® says: "Everything that is alive moves. The only difference between life and death is movement." I am a dancer....

Karma - or the belief that the universe is organized according to cause and effect - is the kind of subject that invites us to make fools of ourselves. Either we can treat the notion as something unworthy of serious consideration - in other words, as a joke - and in the process belittle a belief system that offers perhaps the best explanation for life's difficulties and disparities; or you can pretend to be some kind of great teacher or guru who understands the underlying workings of the universe, and in the process invite a bolt of lightening to hit...

Recently, I was in Europe to conduct a series of workshops, including a program on intimate relationships. The group was composed mostly of couples, but there was also a fair number of single people who were looking for ways to improve communication in their next relationship. One of the couples in the workshop had been married for 38 years. He had owned a big company and sold it for an enormous sum of money. Now they were traveling the world and living what many people refer to as “the good life.” By society’s standards, they had achieved the dream. But...

by Toby Monte Very Simple Miso Soup 4-5 cups water 1 cup of onion, sliced thin in half moons 1 to 2 inches of wakame seaweed (washed, soaked, and cut up) 4 teaspoons barley miso Scallions or parsley, chopped for garnish 1. Put the water, onion, and wakame in a pot. Cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce the fire and simmer for five minutes. 2. Take out a little of the soup stock, place in a bowl, and dissolve miso in the liquid. Stir into the soup, cover, and simmer lightly for five minutes. 3. Garnish with scallions or...