"You must remember this: a kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh." Contrary to the words immortalized by the piano singer in "Casablanca," a sigh is far more than a sigh. Heaving an unconscious ...

Within yoga, there are cleansing practices known as Kriyas. Traditionally, Kriyas are used as a way to shift stagnant energy and enhance the flow of prana, the life force, through the body. These ...

If you’re lucky enough to live to 80, you’ll take up to a billion breaths in the course of your life, inhaling and exhaling enough air to fill about 50 Goodyear blimps or more. We take about 20,000 ...

If you’ve ever been stressed or anxious (let's be honest, that's all of us at some point), you’ve probably been told to take a deep breath. In the moment, it can be hard to do. Especially if you’re ...

Under normal circumstances, breathing is automatic, mostly unnoticed, and largely silent. We hardly notice it... that is until something goes wrong. And last year, after finishing my new book, ...