by Nancy Next | Apr 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Arrogance of Forgiveness by Nancy Next I’ve read endless variations of the pro-forgiveness memes: “Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” “To...
by Nancy Next | Apr 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Know Thyself: Lessons from a Six-Day Fast by Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on April 11, 2016 Eating is a mundane fixation. Until I committed to fast for six days, drinking only water, I never realized how much the act of eating devoured my mental energy....
by Nancy Next | Apr 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Know Thyself: Heed the Call of Kirtan By Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on April 5, 2016 You can always try to figure things out. Or, you could just drop in, fall into grace and stop analyzing to death. These are the words of Missy Balsam, Naples yoga...
by Nancy Next | Mar 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Switching hands for meditation By Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on March 22, 2016 Switch to your non-dominant hand, and you’ll be writing from a different place. Why shouldn’t you pull wisdom from every resource, every aspect of self, you have? Reverend...
by Nancy Next | Mar 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Practicing restraint By Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on March 15, 2016 Some of the most indulged humans in history now walk the earth. We wear the workaholic label as an honor. We’re too edgy to mindfully prepare our food, so we eat our fast food fast. ...
by Nancy Next | Feb 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
An Empath’s Survival Guide By Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on February 23, 2016 You know you’re an empath when, like Obi-Wan Kenobi, you feel great disturbances in The Force. But you also sense tiny trembles. You detect an atmospheric shift when one...
by Nancy Next | Feb 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
More than Yoga: The Life in Corpse Pose By Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on February 16, 2016 It’s often named Favorite Pose. Why wouldn’t it be? In Savasana, otherwise known by the macabre moniker “corpse pose,” you’re lying flat on your back with your...
by Nancy Next | Feb 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Fifty quick ways to add beauty to your life immediately By Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press February 8, 2016 Read one poem per day, and start with “In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra Pound. The experience of beauty, indeed, comes in flashes. Get henna tattoos...
by Nancy Next | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Who makes your choices? By Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on January 26, 2016 I once asked a holistic healer to find the root of my bad decision making. It wasn’t a big deal. I just wanted to know why I engaged in the same repetitive patterns of emotions,...
by Nancy Next | Jan 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Key Tips: Food as Medicine By Nancy B. Loughlin Published in News Press on January 19, 2016 The food you eat can be medicine and assist on the path to wellness. Marc Williams is a North Carolina ethnobiologist who was raised in Florida. His life and research have...
