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The Value of Wildlife
Globalization and economic growth are causing an unprecedented surge in poaching activities worldwide. Can policy changes and grassroots efforts help save threatened species?
2013 May/June
There’s Something about Eckhart
Features
Aung San Suu Kyi: Peace Through Work
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi reflects on her spiritual life, our democratic responsibility, and the importance of asking questions.
Mad Monk Shozan Jack Haubner
A "punk of a monk" dishes on the trials and tribulations of monastic life in his new book, Zen Confidential.
Joy in Her Bones
An American journalist honors her mother with an altar during Mexico's Day of the Dead celebration.
Eckhart Tolle: The Easier Path
The renowned spiritual teacher on getting stuck in the future and saving the planet.
Connections
Tim Miner: Spirituality without Religion
A founder of the Order of Universal Interfaith and the executive director of the Council of Interfaith Communities of the United States, the Rev. Tim Miner also is a leader in the…Tags:
• Interviews
Bounce Back: Restore Yourself Inside and Out
For dermal distress, bring on the organic excellence of All Good Goop (1). It’s handcrafted for everything from calluses to scars, and burns to bites; plus the company cares as muc…Tags:
• Rest
History Lesson: Moving Past What Might Have Been
Still kicking yourself for that ill-advised email? Do you lie awake regretting your long-ago decision to give up your dream of being an artist? It might be time to let those second…Tags:
• Personal Growth
The Power of Touch
From the bedroom to the boardroom, what you're sitting on or holding in a negotiation may actually influence the outcome.
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• Touch
Interwoven
Indigenous leader—and 2013 Goldman Prize winner—“Mama Aleta” turned to a traditional practice to bring her people together and protect the Indonesian forest.
Two Minutes with Eve Ensler
Best known for her groundbreaking play The Vagina Monologues, and as a founder of V-Day, a movement to call attention to violence against women, Eve Ensler reveals her harrowing st…
Jamaica Kincaid: The Things We Must Say
The celebrated writer reflects on the confinement of identity, speaking truth to shame, and the power of secrets.
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• Interviews
Finding a Green Life, Behind Bars
At San Quentin State Prison, environmental outreach is based on the principle that nothing should be carelessly thrown away—especially a human life.
A Lifeboat for the Caregiver
Taking care of a loved one with dementia can be a grueling task, but meditation and support can lighten the load.
Getting “Close” to Geri Larkin
In her new book, Close to the Ground, the S&H columnist and Zen practitioner explores Buddhism’s seven factors of enlightenment: mindfulness, investigation, effort, ease, joy, …
Columns
Thoughtful Giving: Make Sure You're Providing Real Help
When I give money to international agencies that work in developing countries, I worry that my money doesn’t reach the intended recipient. How can I be smart about choosing which p…
Searching for Nymphs: The Power of Belief
When I was a child, every summer I would visit the family farm in upstate New York, sometimes spending the entire season in the old farmhouse that had no running water and seemed t…
Worship a God Beyond Imagining
Religion is only as healthy or as sick as our imaginations allow.
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• Spiritual Teachers
Cultivating a Gratitude Practice
In all my years of following the Buddhist path, there has been only one teaching that made me cringe. Whenever I heard it, my reaction was, “Are you kidding me?!” Here’s the story:…
Natural Medicine: Is Coffee Good or Bad for You?
I was thrilled to read the National Institutes of Health study that found so many benefits to drinking coffee. What are your thoughts on this?Dr. Michael Murray: My first thought w…Reviews
A Fierce Green Fire
Directed by Mark KitchellMark Kitchell’s documentary about the history of the environmental movement is both absorbing and surprisingly thorough, starting with the origins of the S…Tags:
• Ecology
Q&A with Molly Melching
What has been your biggest challenge in organizing social change in Africa? When women started standing up to defend their rights in their communities, it often caused them more g…
Go with the Flow
Movement has the power to heal, to cultivate strength, and to nourish the mind–body connection. Try these DVDs to explore your own dynamic flow—all from the comfort of home. …
Free China: The Courage to Believe
Directed by Michael PerlmanThe crackdown in China on practitioners of the spiritual discipline of Falun Gong has been widely documented in the West. Michael Perlman’s film puts a p…Tags:
• Film Reviews
Elemental
Directed by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee and Gayatri RoshanElemental traces the stories of three very different eco-warriors. In India, the catastrophic pollution of the Ganges now affects…
Love Never Comes Too Late
VinxDreamsiclePrimal Pop. That’s the way Vinx De’Jon Parrette describes his music. Best known simply as Vinx, he combines a smooth, romantic vocal style of yesteryear with a …Tags:
• Music
Liquid Mind X: Meditation
Chuck WildReal MusicChuck Wild’s music career has been a wild ride. Back in the 1980s, he played keyboards for the new wave rockers Missing Persons and later produced music for the…Tags:
• Music
Healing Mantras
Mantras for Precarious Times; Tibetan Mantras for Turbulent Times (2-disc set)Deva PremalPrabhu MusicWhen Deva Premal was born in 1970, conditions were auspiciously in sync to cont…
Troubadours on the Rhine
Loreena McKennittQuinlan Road Limited Gently opening my eyes while listening to Loreena McKennitt’s silk-smooth voice, I expect to find myself sitting on an Irish hillside ove…
The Wild Medicine Solution
Healing with Aromatic, Bitter, and Tonic Plants By Guido Masé Healing Arts Press The Wild Medicine Solution is a love letter to wild plants. From peppermint to dandelion…Tags:
• Healing
Secrets of Your Cells
Discovering Your Body’s Inner Intelligence By Sondra Barrett, PhD Sounds True Imagine the universe constructed like a set of matryoshka nesting dolls: from massive galaxies to m…
For a Song and a Hundred Songs
A Poet’s Journey through a Chinese PrisonBy Liao YiwuNew HarvestLong before he was imprisoned for writing and distributing a poem condemning the bloody government crackdown in Tian…
However Long the Night
However Long the Night: Molly Melching’s Journey to Help Millions of African Women and Girls TriumphBy Aimee MolloyHarperOneCan one person really make a difference? If that pe…
