Independence Day means different things to different people. One month ago, Sedrena Finley exited the gates of the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women after serving a five year sentence.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden—A Swedish prison, specialized in treating drug offenders, offered the inmates meditation – under the label of “mindfulness” – as an addition to their regular treatment program. The ...

Saturday, January 30, I attended an all-day retreat at the Seattle Insight Meditation Center (http://seattleinsight.org/About/Who…) led by two teachers in the ...

The word "freedom" is associated with joy, exhilaration, expansion and bliss. As human beings, we have the right to be free and act responsibly. We take pride in saying that we are exerting our "free ...

In our celebration of freedom, it occurs to me that learning to tap into joy may serve us better than grasping after an ephemeral and fleeting sense of human happiness. Stephen Eckl The day after my ...

I first came across meditation as a schoolgirl in the 1980s when my mum took it up. She would disappear into her bedroom for up to an hour with the door closed, an absence that enraged my father, who ...

Hillsboro, OR, June 16, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Hypno-Freedom, an innovative leader in online hypnotherapy guided meditation recordings, is now offering their stress-relieving meditations on CD. Their two ...

Open and civil discourse has always been a tenant of democracy. Recent political events in the U.S. have reduced that discourse to a crude, gutter-level low that has left an alienated population in ...