The way you breathe is the way you live. Breathing is absolutely essential to life, but it’s often overlooked as a necessity for good health. Full, free breathing is one of the most powerful keys to enhancing physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. Breathing fully and freely is our birthright. If you watch a baby breathe, you will see the beauty and simplicity of flow in the body. With each inhale,…

Spirit Meets Science Through Yoga
Yogic saints and sages as diverse as Matsyendranatha, Svatmarama, Patanjali, Sri Aurobindo, Sri Ramakrishna, and the more contemporary Paramahansa Yogananda, as well as others have long pointed to the effects of yoga on consciousness and biology. Is it possible that science is finally catching up to the memory of what we, as a collective, have long known to be true? The science of yoga has been proven in countless peer-reviewed,…

Be True to Yourself: 4 Easy Steps for Balancing Energy Fields
When you think of energy balancing, the first things that may come to mind are tools like chakra stones, auric cleansing therapies, shielding jewelry, and regular meditation practices, so the relationship to being true to yourself and balancing energy fields may not be readily apparent. However, this is one of the easiest ways to quickly realign when you feel ‘off center.’ With long-term ‘practice’ of consciously being true to yourself,…

The Secret of Creativity According to Science
Whether you get mesmerised by Vincent van Gogh’s painting The Starry Night or Albert Einstein’s theories about spacetime, you’ll probably agree that both pieces of work are products of mindblowing creativity. Imagination is what propels us forward as a species – it expands our worlds and brings us new ideas, inventions and discoveries. But why do we seem to differ so dramatically in our ability to imagine? And can you…

Levitating Rocks with Sound: Acoustic Levitation [VIDEO]
Levitating Rocks with Sound: Acoustic Levitation [VIDEO] Acoustic levitation is a method of suspending an object, no matter its size, in the air using acoustic radiation pressure from high intensity sound waves. It works on the same principles as acoustic tweezers by harnessing acoustic radiation forces. However acoustic tweezers are generally small scale devices which operate in a fluid medium and are less affected by gravity, whereas acoustic levitation is…

Imagination is a Spectrum: 1% of People can’t Mentally Visualize things at all
by Sharon Geva When you hear someone talk, do you see the words in your mind’s eye? Or do you see what they’re saying as a movie? It’s easy to assume that the way you perceive the world is the same for everyone. But recent studies have revealed that there is a wide spectrum of how people visualise things in their mind’s eye. The vividness of your inner visual imagery…

7 Signs You’re a Free Spirit
by Aletheia · Loner Wolf The Free Spirit Has the Essence of a Wolf Yes, you heard me. The free spirit has the same essence as the wolf. (On a side note, maybe that’s why wolves have been so feared and respected throughout millennia?) But this essence deviates from the modern notion of the free spirit. Let me explain why: Old Ideas Traditionally, a free spirit is seen as one…

What Is Your Subconscious Hiding From You? QUIZ
Everyone’s subconscious mind is hiding something. We all go through the motions, living our lives day by day. But life’s challenges can sometimes be a bit numbing. We can lose touch with who we are and what we feel. Tarot can offer guidance in these times of uncertainty. Many people believe that Tarot cards are only used to predict the future and what is foretold is set in stone, this…

9 Lessons We Can Learn from the ‘Soul School’ of Life
A few weeks ago, I was incredibly fortunate to interview Dr. Eben Alexander on Lucid Planet Radio. This interview took me through a whole range of emotions, and helped to provide language and expression to concepts that have been solidifying in my consciousness but that I had been unable to articulate. You can listen to the full podcast here. Who is Dr. Eben Alexander? If you haven’t heard of Dr….