“Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual discipli…” — Andrew Weil

For many in the modern world, carving out time for both traditional seated meditation and exercise has become close to impossible.

The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health.

Human beings have survived for millennia because most of us make good decisions about our health most of the time.

There's a great deal of scientific evidence that social connectedness is a very strong protector of emotional well-being, and I think there's no question that social isolation has greatly increased in our culture in, say, the past 50 years, past 100 years.