Stay grounded and inspired with free mind-body-spirit online events
From kids’ mindfulness to daily tantric yoga, mind-body-spirit professionals are offering free online events. View list here.
NewsWrap: Global community rises to the challenge of coronavirus ?
Heads, habits and now hearts are wrapping themselves around the new realities of life that Covid-19 has brought to more than 200 countries. Whole industries are pivoting to help patients and care workers.
NewsWrap: The good, bad and sad of the pandemic’s impact
A round-up of how coronavirus is impacting communities and some of the positive steps to support those in need, and all of us through this collective crisis. Share your tips and resources.
Podcast with transcript (Ep. 5): The quest (and challenge) of psi research
Listeners will learn how parapsychology overlaps with psychology and physics, the challenges of testing for mental phenomena, psychic tradition in Scotland, how to join the research panel of University of Edinburgh’s psi unit.
NewsWrap: Natural immune boosters include optimism
Vitamins, minerals, aromatherapy and a positive outlook are recommended as natural immune boosters to avoid Covid-19 symptoms.
NewsWrap: Empathy research key to solving antisocial disorders; fasting works
Greater health and happiness may lie in better understanding our biology for circadian rhythms, midlife crises and neural activity behind empathy.
NewsWrap: Demand for plant-based products powering many industries, with medicinal market projected at $5 trillion by 2050
Modern society is going back to nature to avoid chemicals, processed food and unsustainable materials for all aspects of life, and plant-based products spurring innovation and growth.
NewsWrap: The irony of workplace wellness and self-care profiteering
Workplace wellness is great, but are companies addressing the causes of job-related stress? And does “self-care” need to be expensive, or is retail taking advantage of the concept?
NewsWrap: Friendship improves health, mobile phones harmful, Barbie goes mindful
Valentine’s Day is no longer just for romantic partners, but those for whom you hold affection. Today has been dubbed Palentine’s, Galentine’s and Malentine’s to celebrate friends. (Even more names have been assigned by the cheeky London Underground crew at @AllOnTheBoard!) And friendship deserves to be celebrated because the latest research shows that it promotes health and wellbeing.
NewsWrap: Coronavirus, GOOP, and satanic pregnancies
Perspective on this week’s news on the coronavirus epidemic, the inanity of GOOP’s latest sell-out product, and media sensationalism.