The emerging American lifestyle is all about healthy eating, stress-free living (or at least reducing stress), sustainability and energy efficiency, fitness and conscious consumerism. Although we may relate more to some of these areas than others, those of us who are trying to live more conscious lifestyles are usually tuned into all of these growing concerns to some degree. What’s emerging is a new kind of spiritual lifestyle…coming from the blending of these different areas of awareness in life.

We are trying to be more conscious about our bodies, our planet, our buying choices, our homes and our food…and that’s the nature of spiritual awareness and consciousness. In truth, every act throughout the day, from putting on your shoes to eating, from going to the gym to driving the car…these are all included in a spiritual life. And while we can’t expect a glowing light to shine behind everything we see and do, we can put our awareness into more and more of our daily activities and that’s what the new American Lifestyle is all about. Whether the influences are from Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, organic farming, or the conservation movement…awareness is always a good thing and always a welcome replacement for dogma, fear, fanaticism and judgement.

We’re celebrating the emerging American lifestyle here at KosmicLife with a couple of new features on the site. Our new Green-Zen menu will take you to all sort of articles about Zen living ideas and the green lifestyle. We also have new columnists for our Kitchen Yoga, Yoga Postures, and Ayurveda columns. And you’ll soon notice a few changes to our Freebies section too, with the addition of discount coupons from our sponsoring partners. Stay tuned for more on that.

So welcome the new and always changing KosmicLife. Your life. Conscious and aware.