Magzine June 2005

ARTICLE

A change of heart changes everything

A California institute demonstrates how people can actually make their heart beat in a healthier way. Through its research, the Institute of HeartMath proves that health starts with love, and that love can reduce stress. It is a method that is used by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide and more than 100 organizations--from global corporations to hospitals to government agencies and schools. This simple method is changing the world. A report from Boulder Creek, California.

 

10 highly effective habits

What works for entrepreneurs in the world, also works for us in our daily lives

 

America’s future in black and white

Racial healing at home can make a difference around the world

 

Are we heading for a dark age…

... or will everything turn out fine for humanity?

 

A Kogi way of knowledge

To save Western civilization from downfall we clearly can't go back to the past; to a world without modern technology and science. And yet we can learn something from native peoples: how to live in harmony. The French researcher

 

Children and other living things

Gregory Colbert's amazing photos of animal life

 

Easy ways to improve your (public) life

 

Exercises to do at home

HeartMath research suggests that meditation is much more effective when the exercise is geared not towards the head, but the heart. The "Heart Lock-In" exercise serves as a buffer against stress. The "Quick Coherence" exercise is a powerful emotion refocusing technique that connects you with your heart power to help you release stress, balance your emotions and feel better fast. The Quick Coherence technique can serve as a short exercise you can do any time of the day in about a minute to restore your heart's consistency. On the way to your next meeting, while waiting for the stoplight to turn green or before your next call.

 

Fear itself

How to survive in a frightening world

 

It’s Africa’s fault (too)

Two new books offer surprising answers to the problems of underdevelopment

 

Matters of the heart

Children do better in school thanks to "heart computer"

 

One last thing…

"A teacher should not give grades"

 

Our place in the world

Most of us take public spaces for granted until they disappear and we have no place to go. A new movement is now emerging to reinvigorate public life. To make contact with others, to create quite moments, to celebrate the joy of living in the city. An ode to streets, parks, squares, caf

 

Perchance to pick one’s nose

Musings on life, death and the nature of reality

 

Saving Somalia’s daughters

Hawa Aden Mohamed tirelessly challenges female genital mutilation