Where Buddhism & Yoga Meet

We asked four teachers — all of whom practice both yoga and Buddhism — how the two can work together.

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Waking Up to Happiness

Natalie Goldberg was awfully sick yet she was happy. Happiness is available to everyone, she realized, but we can find it only when we’re still.

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Buddhist Meditation is Relaxing with the Truth

It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves as we are that meditation becomes a transformative process.

The Unhappiness Gap

Karen Maezen Miller looks at why people the world over are finding themselves unhappy, despite being told of more and more ways to find happiness.

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Wanting What’s Right

Karen Maezen Miller on trying to curb the budding consumerism of her children and their attachment to things.

The Wisdom of Aging with Grace

Norman Fischer describes the qualities of aging gracefully.

Spirit and the Boy

Mother to one, sister to the other—Karen Connelly on three interwoven lives and the call she will always accept.

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Dharma for Moms and Dads

Ty Phillips looks at the Five Precepts—the ethical code of dedicated Buddhist practitioners—and finds five powerful guidelines every parent could use.

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Take Your Mind to the Gym

You have the power to change your habitual mental patterns. The key, Norman Fischer says, is to do your reps.