I know of no culture in the world at present or any time in the past that has not been heavily involved with one or more psychoactive substances..

Healing is making whole, restoring a state of perfection and balance that has been lost..

Practicing regular, mindful breathing can be calming and energizing and can even help with stress-related health problems ranging from panic attacks ….

It is unrealistic to want to be happy all the time..

Learning to focus attention and concentration is very useful; meditation can help you do that..

Your body can heal itself. It can do so because it has a healing system. If you are in good health, you will want to know about this system, because ….

Treatment originates outside you; healing comes from within..

I expect that essential oils may some day prove a vital weapon in the fight against strains of antibiotic-resi stant bacteria..

Each day as I travel through downtown Tucson, I am amazed at how quickly the most ancient of human behaviors have changed. For as long as there have ….

Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines..

I don't think you can live without stress; I think the human life is stressful, and it probably always has been, although the forms of stress may cha….

Clearly, America's dysfunctional food culture must bear some of the blame for our excess pounds, but it's likely our walking-averse lifestyles contri….

The underlying idea is that you can prevent disease by balancing your body's pH... None of these claims are true. Furthermore, your body needs absolu….

Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it more impersonal, expensive and ….

I've always been called "controversial." I think if I were not controversial I wouldn't be doing my job..

In the world at large, people are rewarded or punished in ways that are often utterly random. In the garden, cause and effect, labor and reward, are ….

Insurance companies, whether private or government owned, must be compelled to pay for health-promoting measures. In turn, this will encourage physic….

I am a particular fan of integrative exercise - that is, exercise that occurs in the course of doing some productive activity such as gardening, bicy….

There's no limit to what working with the breath can accomplishmy own first-hand experiences with this natural healing method have convinced me that ….

We're all affected by music. It has the power to inspire, uplift us, change our moods, and even alter consciousness..

To be clear, I worry as much about the impact of the Internet as anyone else. I worry about shortening attention spans, the physical cost of sedentar….