In Hinduism and Buddhism, chakras are focal points of energy, or prana, in the body. Many believe that chakra-based therapies may help boost health and well-being. In Buddhism, there are four primary ...

As a writer, I often stew about just the right word selection. My goal is to share my thoughts as clearly as possible, with all of the subtleties and nuances that are in my mind at the time. For that ...

So, we’ve talked about pass routes and how they work. Running routes correctly is undoubtedly important, but each individual route is just a component. To understanding how entire passing schemes work ...

Words work as a glue, allowing us to group together different experiences under one label. This is especially true for concepts that we cannot see or touch. But we still don’t really understand how ...

Recently, I asked a group of adult children of immigrants from the former Soviet Union about attempts to enforce boundaries with their parents. (It’s a group of which I am a member: class of ’89, ...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word “penguin” as “any of various erect short-legged flightless aquatic birds (family Spheniscidae) of the southern hemisphere.” That description seems ...