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?

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.

Move Over, Milk

Want strong bones? You might not need dairy.

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.

Reb Zalman: The December Years

Approaching the final years of life with a sense of peace.

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 i…

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…

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…

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.

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.

Air Supply: Green Power at Home

Use houseplants to boost indoor air quality.

Special Delivery

Spiritual women are reported to have an easier time in labor.

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.

Perpetual Motion

Vivian "Spiral" Hancock finds her flow in circus arts.

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, …

Let There Be dark

Light pollution harms the environment, wildlife, and even human health.

Practitioner

So what's it really like to be a laughter yogi?

Karma in the Kitchen

Every meal is a gift at these pay-it-forward restaurants.

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.

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 …

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 …

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

Mind Whispering: A New Map to Freedom from Self-Defeating Emotional Habits

By Tara Bennett-GolemanHarperOneFor centuries, humans used sheer force to get horses to do what we wanted them to do. But many in the equestrian community are turning away from “br…