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

Imagine that each time you inhale, that the universe is breathing into you, and as you exhale it is breathing out of you.

Shorter daylight hours can affect sleep, productivity and state of mind. Light therapy, also known as phototherapy, may help. It uses light boxes emitting full-spectrum light to simulate sunlight.

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.

My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish, or merely an act of resignation in the face of overwhelming problems that beset the world. It is neither. I have found that each garden is just what Voltaire proposed in Candide: a microcosm of a just and beautiful society.

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

Human bodies are designed for regular physical activity. The sedentary nature of much of modern life probably plays a significant role in the epidemic incidence of depression today. Many studies show that depressed patients who stick to a regimen of aerobic exercise improve as much as those treated with medication.