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2013 September/October
The Healing Power of Chant
Kirtan practitioner Snatam Kaur finds the vibrations that move us, body and soul.
2013 September/October
Care of the Soul: Joyfully Adrift
Maybe, as we become more soulful, we drift into reality rather than away from it.
2013 September/October
A Body at Rest: Restorative Yoga Triggers Your Relaxation Response
I was having coffee with an old friend when I found myself interrupted—repeatedly—by a series of “helpful” reminders and messages from my smartphone. With each blrrpt, …
2013 September/October
The Buzz on Colony Collapse
An insidious new class of pesticides threatens our food supply’s most important pollinators.
An Unlikely TV Heroine: The Dharma According to Yoga Jones
In many ways, Jones fits the profile of a typical Buddhist convert—a white woman in her mid-fifties from California—but she’s also a prison inmate, a perpetrator of a horrible crime, and in her own words “a good old-fashioned drunk.”
2013 September/October
Roshi Joan Halifax on Compassion, Women in Buddhism, and Altruism
We spoke to the Upaya Zen Center founder about her understanding of suffering, shamanic studies, and environmental activism.
2013 September/October
The Things We Carry: A Backpacker Reflects on Her Relationship with Waste
“They didn’t understand why we wanted to sleep on the ground like peasants, when we had beds at home that our ancestors could only dream of. We told them we wanted to escape the crowds. ... But we couldn’t escape ourselves.”
2013 September/October
5 Apps to Quiet Your Mind
From meditation to mental health, try these apps to achieve stillness on the run.
