No matter where we are in our personal and spiritual growth—whether newbies or seasoned practitioners—it pays to return to the basic principles that have shaped...

“Like the banks of a river, your intentions keep you flowing in the right direction… When you affirm your intentions, say what you mean, and...

All of us are touched by pain. The poet Mary Oliver writes, “nobody gets out of it, having to / swim through the fires to...

“You are fundamentally OK.” These reassuring words must appear a dozen or so places in the first two chapters of The Book of Rest: Stop...

What motivates us to give? Who is deserving of our gifts? And how can we find new ways to share? At this time of year,...

For more than two decades, Joan Ruvinsky worked at the heart of the iRest family as a scholar and teacher . Prior to...

We are all part of something greater. It’s a comforting thought, yes?

iRest—along with many of the world’s most influential philosophies—teaches that human...

When scientist and former university researcher Julia Fetherston was diagnosed with cancer, she turned to iRest for comfort and healing. At the time, she couldn’t...

Recently I got lost in the woods behind my house.

I have wandered these woods in every season for many years. (Well, truthfully, I...