Start your day by setting four intentions: a joyful, energetic body; a loving, compassionate heart; a reflective, alert mind; and a lightness of being.

A daily practice of asking yourself four questions—Who am I?, What do I want?, What is my purpose?, and What am I grateful for?—can begin the journey of waking up.

In a study on chronic heart failure patients, those who kept a gratitude journal did better than those on standard medication like digoxin.

Deep breathing and meditation can stimulate the vagus nerve, achieving similar anti-inflammatory effects as expensive 'electroceuticals' being developed by pharmaceutical companies.

Anything that is subtle is more powerful, which is why thinking a mantra silently in your mind can be more effective than saying it out loud.

The single most important lifestyle practice is to 'wake up' from the hypnosis of social conditioning and become consciously aware.

Our so-called waking state is actually a form of sleepwalking, as most of our reactions are automatic, conditioned responses, not conscious choices.

Human suffering stems from five specific causes: being asleep to our true identity, clinging to dreams, recoiling from nightmares, identifying with the ego, and the fear of death.