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Genuine happiness comes from within, and often it comes in spontaneous feelings of joy.

Shorter daylight hours can affect sleep, productivity and state of mind. Light therapy, also known as phototherapy, may help. It uses light boxes emitting full-spectrum light to simulate sunlight.

From Andrew Weil

Pay attention to your body. The point is everybody is different. You have to figure out what works for you.

From Andrew Weil

For many in the modern world, carving out time for both traditional seated meditation and exercise has become close to impossible.

From Andrew Weil

We're all affected by music. It has the power to inspire, uplift us, change our moods, and even alter consciousness.

From Andrew Weil

I am a particular fan of integrative exercise - that is, exercise that occurs in the course of doing some productive activity such as gardening, bicycling to work, doing home improvement projects and so on.

From Andrew Weil

The more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being.

From Andrew Weil

The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health.

From Andrew Weil

Each day as I travel through downtown Tucson, I am amazed at how quickly the most ancient of human behaviors have changed. For as long as there have been Homo sapiens - roughly 200,000 years - people have filled their lives principally with two activities: talking directly with other people, and doing physical things.

From Andrew Weil

Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this attitude has been forced upon you by mass media and the crass culture it creates and maintains. The fact is, gardening is just the opposite - it is, or should be, a central, basic expression of human life.

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