Art is an entrance


  UPAMA RAJASEKHAR
    is a Brighter Minds facilitator. Here,
    PURNIMA RAMAKRISHNAN
    meets with her and some of the children she facilitates in

Change is the ultimate creativity


  LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE reminds us of the
    ever-present cycles of Nature, and with them an
    understanding of time and the sense of sacredness t

Seasons of the sacred: sacred time


  PAOLO LEZZELLE draws simple parallels between Heartfulness and sport, in this article
    focusing primarily on authenticity and creativity.








Heartfulness sport - part 3



  PAOLO LEZZELLE draws simple parallels
      between the Heartfulness system and sport, in this article focusing
      primarily on how we master t

Heartfulness sport – part 2



  SIMONNE HOLM is the founder of the
      Alkaline Institute. She helps people discover plant-based cooking through
      classes, retreats and her

Beetroot soup

Hope



  BALANCE AND PASSION



  PAOLO LEZZELLE draws simple parallels
  between the Heartfulness system and sport in this article focusing primarily
  on

Heartfulness sport - part 1



  KARISHMA DESAI shares her journey from
  plant-killer to having green friends. Through childlike wonder and simply
  taking a moment to hug and co

Green friends

Perseverance

The journey



  ALANDA GREENE
      and her husband are on a pilgrimage to visit the Buddhist temples that
      date back to the 8th century, on the island of Sh

Always the first step - part 3

Somewhere, right now

Accept change



  V. RAMAKANTHA, Ph.D., is a former Indian
  Forest Service officer and member of the Green Initiative at the international
  Heartfulness Center, K

The Ber tree



  ALANDA GREENE and her husband are on a
  pilgrimage to visit the Buddhist temples that date back to the 8th century on
  the island of Shikoku in 

Always the first step - part 2

ALANDA GREEN and her husband are on a pilgrimage to visit the Buddhist temples that date back to the 8th century on the island of Shikoku in Japan. Th

Always the first step - part 1

What if?


A PHOTO ESSAY

ALEXANDER SOHL was born and raised on Vashon Island, in Puget Sound, Washington State, USA. He works every day to expose the beauty of

The thoughtfulness of landscapes



  ALANDA GREENE explores the topic of
    perception, through her experience of picking raspberries in the garden, and
    understanding the importa

Raspberries as agents of change


      
        AN ART ESSAY
      
      
      
        BRIGITTE SMITH was a refugee as a
          child, so the questions of why and whereto came 

Human evolution


DR. ICHAK ADIZES explores the qualities of a successful marriage, especially the vital roles of laughter and humor.

I have been observing long-term 

The role of laughter in a marriage

Community


ADITI SAXENA holds a black belt in Taekwondo. She explains the beauty of this art form, and how it has given her the discipline, refinement of consci

The beauty of martial arts



  A PHOTO ESSAY



  HAN VAN DEN HEUVEL is an avid
    naturalist and photographer, and here he shares with us his love of the
    local native bird

The birds of northern Sydney, Australia

My dear daughter,

  With instant communication, the art of letter writing is lost on today’s
    generation. Of course, there has not been much need 

Letter to my daughter

Love is my mission


As I watch my daughters
navigate an imperfect world,
a world that is cruel and
at times crushing,
I see them searching for the light
as a way of bein

Poem for my daughters


                                
Silently, smoothly love glides.
A sliver of interest here,
A spark of connection there,
A touch of wonder here,
A st

Love



    




Something
There is nothing like looking, if you want
            to find something.
            You certainly usually find something, if yo

Threads of life


Zucchinis, also known as courgettes, are
      delicious in many dishes. They are easy to cook and they can be eaten in many ways – raw, baked, stir 

Stuffed zucchini



  A PHOTO ESSAY



  SOHAM DESRIAUX lives on Réunion
      Island, a French Department in the Indian Ocean, known for its volcanic
      rainforeste

Nature is a great companion


DR. V. RAMAKANTHA is a former Indian Forest Service officer and
            member of the Green Initiative at the Heartfulness Center at Kanha Shanti

Queen of the night

One touch of nature


An Art Essay

NARENDRA KINI integrates his work as a successful
        Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur with being an artist, a poet and a seeker o

The fountain within


ART ESSAY

In this delightful interview and art essay, BHAMINI
    SHREE shares her journey of expression through painting with MEGHANA
    ANAND. Th

Expressions - part 2


MEREDITH KLEIN shares her thoughts and experience on self-generosity, and
  especially how to avoid the Buddha’s concept of the second arrow.

A teac

The second arrow

DR. V. RAMAKANTHA is a former Indian Forest Service officer and member of the Green Kanha Initiative at the Heartfulness Community’s Meditation Center

A more refined humanity


                                One day God was enjoying the beautiful world He had set in motion.
He loved the sky, sometimes pure blue with white c

The color of children

ELISABETH HOWER is like many other young people in the US who have found themselves suddenly out of work and wondering how to navigate the new landsca

Day 7

In this delightful interview, BHAMINI SHREE shares her journey of expression
  through painting – both Madhubani folk art and abstract painting – with

Expressions - part 1


EVA DU shares her passion of connection, and her celebration of the joy of life.
Reading and writing are some of my greatest passions besides dancing

The gift of today


AN ART ESSAY
SUKRITI VADHERA KOHLI is the founder of Doctor of Happiness, helping young
  people with depression and other mental conditions through 

Doctor of happiness

LESSONS FROM THE GARDEN

ALANDA GREENE is picking blackcurrants in her garden. Reflecting on the nature of these tiny fruit helps her see the importan

Being with berries

AN ART ESSAY

Artist BRONWYN CALEY speaks with ROSALIND PEARMAIN about her art and her philosophy of life, and shares some of
    her paintings.

Q: W

Inner dimensions

NAUKASANA
STEPS
Lie flat on your stomach with your legs straight and your soles pointing upwards.
Bring your legs and feet together and stretch your h

Heartfulness Yogasanas

MEREDITH KLEIN gives us an Ayurvedic perspective on how to balance both the
    mind and body through the foods we eat. In particular, she focuses on 

Fall eating

From the Travel Bag of a Solo Biker
SUHAS RAMAKRISHNAN is a quintessential biker, who
    loves to venture on his beloved Harley. In one of his recent

Sunrise-in-Uluru-brightcinematic-effect-img

On the go

DAAJI shares some thoughts on the benefits we receive from trees, and how
    important they are to our life on Earth.
Once upon a time, it so happene

The secret of trees

GLENNIE KINDRED loves trees. Here she inspires us to experience for ourselves
  how trees teach us, help us expand our consciousness, and evoke a sens

Walking with trees

ANNA PEARSE  tells a beautiful story about the healing properties of trees, and encourages us all to find our relationships with the natural world tha

The tree

AN ART ESSAY
Abstract art is an ideal way to express matters of the spirit that can’t be easily
    verbalized. It transcends the boundaries of langua

Orderly chaos

LESSONS FROM THE GARDEN
ALANDA GREENE writes about likes and dislikes,
    annoyance and irritation, and how a simple shift in attitude can make all t

Tangles

SHALABHASANA
Stage I
Lie flat on your stomach with legs straight, feet together, and your soles facing upwards.
Bend both your arms, place your right 

AN ART ESSAY
JONAS JÖDICKE has been creating and imagining fantastic worlds ever since he
    can remember. What started as a hobby has now become his

Symbols of life

Prone Postures
Initial Prone Posture
Lie on your abdomen with legs together, toes point outward and soles of the feet facing up, chin or forehead touc

KATHLEEN SCARBORO tells her own personal story about being the best grandma
    she can be.
Becoming a grandmother revolutionized my existence. It was

A safe future for our children

NAVASANA
Lie flat on your back with your legs straight and together.
Keep you arms by the side of your body with palms facing downwards.
Breathe in de



… THERE WAS A STORYTELLER
VIKRAM SRIDHAR is a modern day storyteller from Bangalore, India. Here he
    shares with MEGHANA ANAND some insights abou

Once upon a time ...

LESSONS FROM THE GARDEN
ALANDA GREENE explores the topic of perception. Her experience of picking
    raspberries in the garden becomes the catalyst f

Agents of change

SUPINE POSES
CHAKRASANA



Lie flat on your back.
Bend your legs and place your heels near your buttocks, feet apart.
Bend your arms and place your ha

AN ART ESSAY
SYBIL MACBETH can’t remember a time she didn’t pray, but she also can’t
    remember a time she prayed ‘well’. The practice of ‘Praying i

Prayer in color

ALDER
In Walking with Trees, GLENNIE KINDRED takes us on an intimate and
  profoundly connecting walk with thirteen of the UK’s native trees. She lead

SUPINE POSES
      
        SETHUBANDASANA
      
      
        Bend your knees and place your feet flat on the ground, slightly apart.
      
      

An Art Essay by the Joliet Mural ArtistsKATHLEEN SCARBORO is one of a school of artists who have developed the ‘Joliet style’ of mural painting in Jol

Cultural identity


    Lessons from the Garden
  
  
    ALANDA GREENE continues her personal
    understanding of life from her experiences in the garden. This time,
 

Potato treasure

 SUPINE POSES
HALASANA
From Sarvangasana, slowly lower both feet toward the ground behind the head, without the slightest strain.
If possible touch th

ROSALIND PEARMAIN looks at the emotional issues facing young people today, and
    shares her research findings on the importance of feeling safe and 

Heart roots

AN ART ESSAY

  The Buddha said: These four are the foodstuffs, ye bhikkus,
  which sustain the creatures that are born, and benefit the creatures
  t

Bhikku monks


    SUPINE POSES
  
  
    SARVANGASANA
  
  
    Lie flat on your back with legs straight and together, arms by the side
    of your body.
  
  
   


  Lessons from the Garden


  ALANDA GREENE explores the question,
  “What am I not seeing?” and celebrates paradox, impossibility and
  synchronicit

Earthworms & the unseen

Happy Young Family Having Fun on Beach at SunsetUTTANAPADASANA
      STAGE I
      
        
      
      
        Lie flat on your back with legs str

Happy Young Family Having Fun on Beach at Sunset

  In this series of paintings,
  ALEXANDER IVANOV unveils the
  invisible process of communication b

Synchronicity - an art essay

Serves 4 personsINGREDIENTS1 big onion, chopped3 cloves garlic1 bundle of fresh parsley1 handful of basil leaves (optional)1 carrot, grated1 stick cel

Chickpea burgers with vegetables


  AN ART ESSAY &amp; INTERVIEW


  Volunteers are the lifeblood of Publicolor. In 2000 we won one of our
    country’s highest honors, the President’

The lifeblood of Publicolor

 Happy Young Family Having Fun on Beach at Sunset
      SUPINE POSTURES
      INITIAL SUPINE POSTURE
      
        Lie flat on your back with legs st


LESSONS FROM THE GARDEN

ALANDA GREENE challenges us all to listen to our fellow creatures of Nature,
    learn from them, and start to be in tune, b

Listening in the garden


RAJEEV JAISWAL enjoys being in nature. Here he muses on our interconnectedness.


The human being resembles a tree;
its root is a covenant with God.


Re-establishing the connection


      
        BRIAN JONES is a Member of the Royal
        Society of Marine Artists, who exhibits in their annual exhibition at
        the Mall Ga

Sailing high - an art essay


PAWANAMUKTASANA

STAGE I
Sit straight with legs stretched out,
palms by the side of the thighs.
Keep the spine erect.
Fold the legs, place them close


A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and author of three successful books, including Sacred Mountains:
        Ancient Wisdom and Modern Meanin

Sanctuaries in the wilderness


SHISHUPALA ASANA

Sit with the legs crossed.
Take the right foot with the right hand, and place it in the crook of the left elbow.
Bend the right kne

A PHOTO ESSAYThe Masai Mara National Reserve spreads over 1,200 square kilometers across the southwestern part of Kenya, Africa. In August 2018, SATVI

Coexistence


FABIENNE VERDIER is a French painter who creates unique and fascinating work.
    Having received international recognition, her work is exhibited in

Awakening dynamic imagination - part 2


LESSONS FROM THE GARDEN

ALANDA GREENE witnesses a lot while working in her garden. This time it’s the
    ripening of blackberries that provide the 

Blackberry learnings




PURNA TITALI ASANA SERIES
Butterfly Posture



Stage I
Sthithi

Come to Dandasana 
Sit erect with your legs stretched forward and heels together.
 


In part 2 of his interview, DR GARY HUBER continues
    to share his thoughts with VICTOR KANNAN on the effects of meditation on health
    and well-

Meditation + health - part 2


Serves:
2 persons
Ingredients:
2 big handfuls spinach
    1 big lemon without peel
    1 green pepper
    1 avocado
    A little peace of fresh ginge

Breakfast alkaline smoothie


    
      RAJAKAPOTASANA SERIES
    
    
      Modified King Pigeon Posture
    
    
    
      Sthithi Dandasana:
      Initial Sitting Posture
 

 
    
      ANNE-GRETHE KOUSGAARD
        shares her love of both Nature and art in this series of leaf paintings. As an artist sh works i many
     

Leaf patterns

 
    
      BHADRASANA
    
    
    
      Sthithi Dandasana:
      Initial Sitting Posture
    
    
    
      Sit erect with the legs stretched f

Heartfulness yogasanas

 
      
      
      
        DR GARY HUBER shares his thoughts
        with VICTOR KANNAN on health and
        well – being , h ow meditation bring

Meditation + health - part 1

 
      
        GOMUKHASANA
      
      Stage 1
      
        Half fold the legs, take the right leg over the top of the left thigh
        and kee

LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE &amp; HILARY HART explore the contemplative, spiritual value of walking in Nature, and share with us a simple walking practice.I

Walking


                                
On the night of the Super Moon, BRENDA NETH celebrates Nature and the intelligence of crows, as she learns from them

I love to see them fill the skies


    PADMASANA
    Come to Dandasana
    
    
    
    
      Stage 1
    
    
      
    
    
    
      Fold the right leg by holding the right a

Heartfulness Yogasanas - Padmasana



  FÉLICIE TOCZÉ



  In Chinese medicine, the five elements are considered to be an expression
  of the natural cycle of the seasons. Wood, Fire, Ea

The 5 elements


A photo essay by ADAM YASMIN


  



  I started sharing tea ceremony from a deep well of kindness and
  conviviality after spending nine months imme

Tea reflections

 
      
      
        Self-help books may tell you to look inside to find happiness, but
          you can also find it by looking outside — as in o

The secret to happiness around the world


                                
Self-help books may tell you to look inside to find happiness, but you can also find it by looking outside — as in o

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