the body

Learning how to meditate can boost your sex drive

Yahoo News: According to researchers at Canada's University of British Columbia and Israel's Hadassah University Hospital, just a few sessions…

November 30, 2012

Stepping out of obsessive thinking

I’d gone into therapy during my sophomore year in college, and remember the day I brought up my current prime-time…

October 27, 2012

Planting ourselves in the universe

Here in this body are the sacred rivers: here are the sun and moon, as well as all the pilgrimage…

October 18, 2012

Keeping a level head while meditating

One thing I noticed a long time ago was that the position of my head during meditation made a surprising…

May 18, 2012

A back tip for meditators, or how to sit with more ease

Can’t seem to find a comfortable way to sit in meditation? Here’s something really simple to try. It’s actually a…

March 26, 2012

Be the body

As a kid, I was really out of touch with my body. I hardly noticed it most of the time,…

December 13, 2011

For better sex, meditate!

Maureen Salamon: "Am I pretty enough? Am I doing this right? Should I be going to yoga?" These kinds of…

November 16, 2011

Bodhi art: reclaiming the body with Buddhist tattoos

People often ask me why I get tattooed and why I have so many. I have 40 tattoos, including one…

April 26, 2011

Meditation beats dance for harmonizing body and mind

The body is a dancer’s instrument, but is it attuned to the mind? A new study from the University of…

February 24, 2011

A leap of faith

Learning and growing as an individual is a do-it-yourself project... up to a point. Sooner or later, there comes a…

August 21, 2009