African civilians in war-torn countries have experienced the threat of violence or death, and many have witnessed the abuse, torture, rape and even murder of loved ones. Many Congolese living in ...

There’s no need for an expensive retreat to practice meditation. Try it on your lunch break to recharge your mind and body. “Meditation is a practice to calm the brain by recentering our attention, ...

Many of us have downloaded mindfulness apps like Headspace or Calm, and have probably benefited from spending 10 minutes each day focusing on our breathing. But reducing stress and softening the ...

At 95, American movie star and film director Clint Eastwood is still going strong. Celebrity biographer Shawn Levy, author of the book "Clint: The Man and the Movies," has written about the health ...

What set Transcendental Blues apart was the depth of its songwriting and the variety of genres that the music referenced. Lacking a marketing angle didn’t affect its quality. It’s clear now, 25 years ...

The year was 1971. Aryeh Siegel was a graduate student at Berkeley, and he had just learned about Transcendental Meditation, known as TM. Developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, TM involved silently ...

The ABA Journal (Debra Cassens Weiss) reports on the settlement (in which "defendants did not admit liability"): The lead plaintiff in the [class action] suit, Kaya Hudgins, was a practicing Muslim at ...

I've been to many places in search of peace and serenity. But it wasn't in a yoga studio, on a white-sand beach or beneath a fresh set of bedsheets that I found it. I’m in the living room of a ...

Mary Moody Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s aunt, was once asked whether she wanted tea, coffee or chocolate. She replied: “All.” Would she, wondered her hostess, want them in separate cups? No, said ...