Meditation: Where to Begin

A friend asked me about meditation last night. She said that it was recommended to her that she try it, but she wasn't certain how to meditate or even where to start finding the information. "Don't worry," I told her, "I'll write out a few things for you and you can try what you think would be best."

I did not write an extremely detailed list of meditation how-to's, since that would result in a book. What I did write, however, was a simple list of various types of meditation techniques that people have used throughout the ages. Hopefully this helps. Feel free to email me your questions.

http://meditation-techniques.suite101.com/article.cfm/meditation-techniques-for-awareness-and-health

Depression and Medication: A New Way of Life

Recent news suggests that medical researchers have found anti depressants have little to no efficacy in treating mild to moderate depression. This subject fascinated me, so, as usual, I wrote an article about it!

http://mindbodyfitness.suite101.com/article.cfm/depression-and-anti-depressants

I know there may be people out there who will argue the researchers findings, but remember, it's all about the bottom line. Especially for the pharmaceutical industry.

Yorktown, Virginia

As some of you may have guessed, I truly enjoy living here in Yorktown. So much, in fact, that I just wrote an article about it for Suite 101. Here's the link, enjoy!

http://colonial-america.suite101.com/article.cfm/historic-yorktown-virginia