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How Partners Exchange Energy

How Partners Exchange Energy

Romantic energy manifests into two styles of relating: yin and yang. A romantic relationship will work best – in the longterm – when you get a yin-person together with a yang-person. This is not about politics or anatomy, it’s about:  energy.  It works as well for same-gender couples as it does for heterosexual couples. Longterm, a romantic relationship […]

The Return of Joy

The Return of Joy

If we cannot be happy in spite of our difficulties, what good is our spiritual practice? There is an unquenchable human spirit born anew in each child. This spirit which has carried Nelson Mandella and so many others though hardship and storms can carry you. Inside you are a thousand generations of your ancestors, who learned […]

Spiritual Listening

Spiritual Listening

Spiritual listening is at the heart of all relationships. It is what we experience when we become a quiet, safe container into which the speaker is able to express his or her most genuine voice. There is a communion of souls. The way we listen to each other sets a tone for everything that follows. […]

Why Laughing Is Good for Your Health

Why Laughing Is Good for Your Health

An old Yiddish proverb says, “What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.” Everyone knows that laughter makes you feel good and puts you in high spirits, but did you also know that laughter actually causes physiological responses that protect the body from disease and help your vital organs repair themselves? A […]

5 Spiritual Quotes that Reveal the Truth About Finding Love

5 Spiritual Quotes that Reveal the Truth About Finding Love

Great spiritual teachers provide us with some of the most meaningful insights about love. Often they’re not talking about a love that’s limited between two people. They’re usually talking about a larger, more pervasive type of love: a love that we’re each sourced from, a love that encompasses us all. It’s this all-encompassing love that’s so important […]

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