Heavy thoughts don't have to cloud your day. You have good choices for how to lift yourself out of them.

If you perform asanas regularly, you will feel more flexible physically and emotionally. Flexibility is the essential difference between the vitality of youth and the lassitude of old age. Here is a yogic expression that we find inspiring: "Infinite flexibility is the secret to immortality.

Clearly the first and most important step in reducing stress is a change of attitude.

All you have to do is sip hot water frequently throughout the day. As mentioned earlier, ama is sticky and greasy by nature. Hot water can dissolve ama from your system just as it dissolves grease from dirty dishes, and it can accomplish this gradually and comfortably. There

The emotional states associated with the heart include some that every life would benefit from: Empathy, which makes us feel what someone else is feeling Compassion, which motivates us to extend lovingkindness Forgiveness, which wipes the slate clean of old grievances and wounding Sacrifice, which allows us to put someone else's good above our own Devotion, which inspires reverence for higher values None of these states is a term in cardiology, yet they have medical consequences

How and why does love promote physical health? When infatuation turns into lasting love, what can this do for our well-being? If love becomes deep enough, does it open the door for higher consciousness? The human experience testifies that love has a unique power in all these areas, and if we investigate deeply enough, there are answers for why this is so.

Good News for Coffee Lovers For years many people who love a strong cup of freshly brewed coffee have felt guilty about what coffee might be doing to their health. A growing body of research studies, however, now suggests that drinking up to 3 to 5 cups of coffee a day plays a potential role in preventing a range of disorders, including type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and cardiovascular disease.

If we make happiness our primary goal instead of our secondary goal, then we easily accomplish everything else we desire.

Laughter is humanity's mechanism to escape suffering.

Each of us owes it to our spouse, our children, our friends, to be as happy as we can be. And if you don't believe me, ask a child what it's like to grow up with an unhappy parent, or ask parents what they suffer if they have an unhappy child.

Every thing in this world, said my father, is big with jest,--and has wit in it, and instruction too,--if we can but find it out.

A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.