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Join the 99%: Sleep In and Take a Revolutionary Nap

Posted by Ryan Hurd on February 3, 2012 | 24 Comments

As the parent of a newborn baby (ain’t he cute?), my sleep these days is pretty much toast. Seven weeks in, I’ve accepted that I’m not going to sleep for a period of more than two hours at a time for the foreseeable future.

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health, Sleep Research

How Body Practices Increase Lucid Dreaming Success

Posted by Ryan Hurd on January 10, 2012 | 5 Comments

Success in lucid dreaming requires the ability to navigate a realm where gravity is not guaranteed. And where comfortable chats in a café can be interrupted by sudden feelings of spinning, drifting, or falling down an infinite chasm. During the REM dreaming state, as well as during hypnagogia, these sensations ebb and flow thanks to [...]

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9 Holistic Health Apps for the Quantified Self

Posted by Ryan Hurd on June 21, 2011 | 2 Comments

We like to think that we are unpredictable, but the mobile generation is pulling back the curtain on our individual behaviors, thoughts, and feelings. It began with apps for tracking how many calories we’ve consumed, or how many miles we’ve run. But now self-tracking is spreading into the formerly murky domain of consciousness and holistic [...]

Filed Under: Consciousness & Health, Product Reviews, Technology

3 Ways to Find Your Ground and Make your Home More Sacred

Posted by Ryan Hurd on May 26, 2011 | 6 Comments

Making your house into a home takes more than a knitted afhgan lying alongside the couch. What makes a domestic structure into a nest is not just about coziness, but alignment.
The ancient Chinese tradition of Feng shui has perfected this art, but the roots for finding your center and aligning it with the landscape are [...]

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The Healing Power of Lucid Dreams

Posted by Ryan Hurd on March 11, 2011 | 4 Comments

Can lucid dreaming quicken physical healing? Can you use your dreams to scan for illness in the body? And what are the best ways to apply the skill of self-awareness in dreams for facing your fears and revitalizing your spirit?
These are the questions we’ll be addressing next Wednesday, March 16, during a free teleseminar with [...]

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Inner Work: When Productivity is Counter-Productive

Posted by Julie Stiles on December 8, 2009 | 8 Comments

A friend recently wrote in an email; “I’m coming to realize that this transformational path I’m on isn’t exactly productive. I don’t know what it is but productive it’s not.” Her comments, coupled with my own experiences of times when I am not accomplishing as much as I would like, caused me to reflect on [...]