A headline in last weekend's Denver Post read, "Day of Rest Good for Soul, Even to the Nonreligious."

Turns out the constant flow of information and our endless busyness is actually making us sick, physically, emotionally and mentally. It interferes with our ability to think and make decisions, and it leaves us less productive and creative, not more so. An increaasing number of studies support this.

Ancient cultures already understood it: sabbath, they called it, or sabbat–a period of rest and restoration, a time for the body, the brain and the spirit to stop spinning and return to the center.

Where today–this week–will you find your sabbath?

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