Foods to Eat – Foods to Avoid

Foods to Eat – Foods to Avoid

Foods to eat for a Sattvic mind: Fruits of all types, especially those that are naturally sweet (e.g.: apples, kiwi, prunes, apricots, loquat, tangerines, bananas, lychee, pomegranate, cantaloupe, mango, papaya, cherries, melons,…

The Upside

The Upside

The terrorist attacks that happened this week in Belgium is so painful, so difficult to bear. To think that my son one day will have to understand that something like this can…

Because You Are

Because You Are

Hello Carlos, I wanted to talk with you about this "resolution" of mine, to start loving myself more. In a way, as you often say, everything is about that…   Hello Anda, Loving oneself…

The Tool of Beauty

The Tool of Beauty

As I was riding my bicycle on my way to class, I had to stop at a traffic light. There were about seven people waiting for the green light and all of…

Unhappiness, Happiness and True Happiness

Unhappiness, Happiness and True Happiness

A friend of mine sent me a link to a TED talk about health and happiness. It was based on a Harvard study that has tracked the life of more than 700…

About tensions, anxieties…and presence

About tensions, anxieties…and presence

Dear Carlos, I have been attending your classes for a while now and I know that in times of doubt I can rely on your reflections because I find so many answers there.…

What Never Goes

What Never Goes

Seeing people so stressed about the holidays these days reminded me of something that happened to me at the end of 1999. I was living in California but in November of that…

About Being Grateful

About Being Grateful

One of the things that happen when we are more connected to ourselves, to the moment, is that we ‘enjoy’ our existence, we enjoy just being alive. The problem with the word…

On Not Knowing or Freedom from Our Stories

On Not Knowing or Freedom from Our Stories

It is my profound understanding that no thought that may appear in our head is absolutely true. To be able to speak about the truth of something we will have to see…