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Book Review: Dream Guidance

Cultivating a practice of not just recalling but recording and understanding dreams is at the heart of dream incubation. With Machiel Klerk’s cheerful Dream Guidance, readers learn…

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Intuition: Soul-Guidance for Life’s Decisions

“Countless desires and demands of the ego clamor for attention ... It is up to us to choose whether the ego or the soul will guide the trend of our consciousness.”

Guidance From Ancestors: A Practice To Bridge Our Divided Nation
Guidance from Ancestors: A Practice for Our Divided Nation

In the past few months I’ve been saddened by the pain and confusion the deep political divide has caused in so many of us across the U.S. Just before the November election, the NPR…

Caroline Myss, author of Intimate Conversations with the Divine
Intimate Conversations with the Divine: Prayer, Guidance, and Grace

Famed medical intuitive Caroline Myss shares guidance on navigating these tumultuous times.

How to Get Guidance From Your Dreams

Dreams respond well to engagement. Asking dreams for guidance is an ancient, widespread tradition, and easily accessible.

Podcast: Machiel Klerk, Receiving Dream Guidance

Have you ever posed questions to your dreams? Author and social entrepreneur Machiel Klerk breaks down the process with Rabbi Rami.

Access Inner Guidance With a Meditative Tarot Reading for Anxiety

As a symbolic tool for introspection, tarot cards can help us transcend negative thinking and access our intuition. Add a meditative perspective on the tarot, and you have a recipe for deep healing.

Finding Your Key to Happiness

Whatever you are searching for, whatever the road to happiness or truth is for you, it’s already mapped out.

Techniques for Opening and Stimulating the Dream Channel

From Dreamworking: How to Listen to the Inner Guidance of Your Dreams

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The Crown Chakra: Are You Too Heavenly Minded?

Two practices to manifest the ideas and guidance you receive from your spiritual practice.

A Ritual to Reconnect With Your Ancestors

Try this ritual to invite connection with and guidance from your ancestors.

How to Find a Spiritual Advisor

Spiritual advising can fill a basic human need. Connection and spiritual guidance are essential for continuing along a spiritual journey.

Spiritual Dreamwork: A Case Study

Drop into another’s dream to explore natural spirituality in action.

Growing Wiser

A real superpower? Accessing our inner wisdom and guidance as we change.

Journaling Prompts to Unravel the Mother Knot

Utilize these 30 potent writing prompts to help heal complicated relationships with the mothers in your life.

Diving Deep Into Darkness

Zen Buddhist priest Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel shares her wisdom on leaning into life’s many difficulties and invites us to explore our relationships to darkness and blackness as we know them.

Visionary Virgins & Miraculous Mothers

It's time to look to the natural world for guidance on the conversation around motherhood.

Making Peace With Your Body

Release toxic programming about how you look with guidance from psychotherapist and meditation teacher Andrea Wachter.

Healing Walks for Hard Times

Quiet Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body & Get Your Life Back by Carolyn Scott Kortge Sometimes we can be overwhelmed by what life brings us — a career setback, a frightening diag…

Putting on the Mind of Christ

Putting on the Mind of Christ: The Inner Work of Christian SpiritualityBy Jim Marion, Foreword by Ken WilberHampton RoadsAmerican mystic and author Jim Marion believes that “t…

My Mother, My Mirror

Recognizing and Making the Most of Inherited Self-ImagesBy Laura Arens Fuerstein, Ph.D.New Harbinger Publications, 2009, $17.95The mother is the most powerful figure in the life of…

The Best of 25 Years

The Tibetan Healing Music of Nawang KhechogArtist: Nawang Khechog; Produced by: Sounds TrueNawang Khechog was born in the Kham region of the Tibetan Plateau, where his family …

Root-to-Stalk Cooking

The Art of Using the Whole VegetableBy Tara DugganTen Speed PressIn an age of nose-to-tail animal cookery, it’s only natural that an enterprising chef should turn her attentio…

Music Review: Spiraling, Ascending with Prayer

Spiraling, Ascending with PrayerLouie GonnieCanyon RecordsSpiraling, Ascending with Prayer opens with creation: “There was a time when darkness was it. In the vast emptiness, light…

Book Review: Dare to Be Kind

Dare to Be KindBy Lizzie VelasquezHachette BooksIf there was ever a time to encourage more kindness, it is now. Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our Worl…

Living Ultra-Light

Growing up in the rather conservative city of Ottawa, Canada, I never felt that I fit in, but I found a niche at fifteen when I discovered alcohol, boys, and dance clubs. My favori…

Helping Kids to Connect Body, Breath, and Mind

Peeking in on children’s yoga classes, I watch kids doing poses such as tree, snake, butterfly, or lion, while the instructor tells a story about the various ways these creatures b…

Transformative Travel: In Search of Mary and Miracles

For most of us, the word “Fatima” conjures up images of three shepherd children who, while praying the rosary in a field in central Portugal on May 13, 1917, saw a vision of the Vi…

Should Non-Natives Practice Indigenous Religions?

Seekers in the West hunger to learn from indigenous spiritual teachers, but what are the politics and ethics of taking on and changing the traditions of others?

Empowered by the Sacred

An Invocation"Rise and place your hands on your heart. Bow your head to your heart and in doing so, bow your mind, bow your intelligence, bow your ego, to the presence of the Livin…

Living Deeply

Humans have always been fascinated by the possibility of a "larger reality." Especially in times of transition -- a sudden illness, a failed relationship, the death of a loved one,…

Cooperative Evolution: Why the Human Species Will Finally Grow Up

At the age of 43, Elisabet Sahtouris, an evolution biologist with a doctorate in brain science, quit her job at PBS, sold her car, house, and stuff, and moved to a tiny island in t…

Nine Practices for Conscious Aging

“As I live into my own process of aging, my worldview has been informed by the depth and insight of many great teachers.”

Live from a Place of Love: An Interview with Wayne Dyer

Dr. Wayne Dyer is a famously self-made man who was born in Detroit in 1940 and spent his early years in orphanages. He became a high school guidance counselor and then a professor …

The Heart of Money: Are We to Blame?

My partner heads up a research hospital, and I’m a neurosurgeon. We both came from well-to-do families and graduated from Ivy League schools. We realize that we’ve received huge ad…

6 Traits for a Sustainable You

The health of the planet may be linked to humanity’s psychological health. Embracing an encouraging worldview of beauty and creativity can enrich our spirits, revitalize our lives, and maybe even save civilization.

Living for the Future with Joanna Macy

Eco-Buddhist Joanna Macy on facing an uncertain future, changing the world through love, and looking at the Earth as an extension of ourselves.

Petal Power: Healing with Flower Essences

Try flower essences to gently catalyze mental, emotional, and even spiritual transformation.

The Splendid Spiritual Practice of Silence

A former monk shares the benefits of the spiritual practice of silence after a year of solitary prayer and contemplation.

The Incomparable Naomi Shihab Nye on Kindness

The poems of Naomi Shihab Nye have an uncanny way of showing up at exactly the right moment to summon you below the surface of your life. The child of a Palestinian father and an A…

Survival Consciousness

Infinite bliss and enlightenment may be just a breath away. But what does that really mean?Many years ago a stage hypnotist came to my high school for a routine performance in whic…

Writing Oneself Out of Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia (FMS) is a debilitating mix of pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and depression that is resistant to treatment. Part of the difficulty in treating the millions of Amer…

Readings and Séances in Central Florida

Looking for a psychic? Don’t dial one advertised on TV. Visit Cassadaga. The Central Florida community, some 30 miles from Orlando, is the oldest active religious community in the …

The Zen of Surfing

While in high school, Jaimal Yogis ran away to sea in search of good surfing and lasting spiritual truths. (“Note to Mom and Dad: I am somewhere in the world, and I will call you w…

What’s the Difference Between Jesus and Christ?

You’re a hypocrite. You don’t believe in heaven or hell, and yet you let people who do get away with it. Why not just tell them they’re wrong?If you want to dialogue deeply with pe…

To the Sun, With Love

108 sun salutations every Sunday may sound impossible. Really, it’s really a matter of gratitude.

Heart of Money: In God We Trust?

In this election year, there’s so much talk about the state of the economy. While the powers that be continue to point fingers, I’ve lost faith in our financial institutions. Have …

Juice Revolution: How to Drink Your Way to Better Health

Go beyond the cleanse and try juicing to boost your health.

Ayurveda for Inflammation

Every choice we make, everything we do, is either inflammatory or anti-inflammatory. Try Ayurveda for inflammation.

The Joy of Quitting

When is it time to just give up? If you're on the wrong path, the sooner the better, says writer Cash Peters.

Illuminated by Love: An Interview with Author Camille Helminski

The co-founder of the Threshold Society, an educational foundation rooted in the Mevlevi tradition of Sufism, author and translator Camille Helminski’s books include The Book of Na…

60 Affirmations to Support You Through Meaningful Life Changes

Studies show that affirmations contribute to our well-being in tangible ways. Dig in to a year’s worth of positive self-talk from Louise Hay, Caroline Myss, Eckhart Tolle, Shakti Gawain, Marianne Williamson, S&H readers, and more.

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…

What Your Intuition Wants You to Know—and Tips to Access it

The intuition’s most important role is to alert us to the path, people, and circumstances that we will find uniquely fulfilling.

Take Sweet Care of Yourself

An Excerpt from Soul Vows

Pema Chödrön— Luminaries 2013: Reader Choice!

Here's why S&H readers chose Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön as their spiritual hero for 2013.

Becoming Ourselves: A great read can help us discover our highest self

Becoming Kuan Yin: The Evolution of CompassionBy Stephen Levine (Weiser Books) Stephen Levine’s Becoming Kuan Yin tells of Miao Shan, the daughter of a spiteful Chinese king. When…

Decorate With Spirit

Set yourself up for a meaningful, peaceful holiday by creating a spiritual space.

Messages: Flowing with Synchronicity

An excerpt from Denny Daikeler's new book.

A Zen Master's Guide to the Bible

A short introduction to the world’s first Buddhist Bible study group.

Sharing the Tao

A look at how the Tao Te Ching may be used as a guide to spiritual practice.

Seven Keys to a Good Death

Is a “good death” just an oxymoron?

How to Re-Engage Your Intuition

Create conscious healing that eliminates the rift

Richard Crenian: “Sharing Experiences Is Essential”

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Fascial Stretch Therapy

Michael Pineault Explains What Fascial Stretch Therapy Is and Why You Need to Know About It

Surprising Superfoods

Move over, acai berries—these six unusual ingredients pack a powerful nutritional punch.

One-Dish Wonders!

Vegan endurance athlete Rich Roll and his wife, chef Julie Piatt, show us how to pack all the nutrition we need into one bowl in their new book, The Plantpower Way.

Joy Harjo: Ancestor of a Poem

The acclaimed Native American artist, poet, and musician reflects on tapping into the creative source, bearing the pain of cultural appropriation, and learning to embrace fear.

Quality Space

Space is not just a physical phenomenon, it is an atmosphere that includes nonjudgmental attention, mutual respect, and appreciation.

Transitions in Healing

An excerpt from Norma Lee's new book

Safely Negotiating the Spiritual Minefield

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4 Intuition Meditation Scripts to Access Higher Self

Follow these four intuition meditation scripts to enhance your intuition and clairvoyance.

The Heart of Money: Is Going Back to School the Best Way to Invest in Myself?

Q: I’m thinking about going back to school. Biz school, law school, grad school? I’m not sure which. All I know is that I can’t spend the next 20 years doing what I’m doing, and I …

50 Quotes on Abundance

Abundance is a very popular word right now. Sometimes it almost seems as though the word “abundance” is a socially acceptable way of saying "lots of money!" Although an increase in…

My Practice: Circular Breathing and “Sourcing” Meditation to Receive Daily Blessings

Learn how a renowned intuitive guide and spiritual teacher receives divine energy to fuel her day.

Making Real Magic

Learn how to harness the power of real magic. An excerpt from Sidewalk Oracles by Robert Moss

Journey of a Shaman

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Honoring Life Itself as a Ceremony and Spiritual Practice

An excerpt from A Ceremony Called Life

My Practice: Spiritual Telepathy

Try this basic form of creative meditation to start building your bridge to the soul.

Aging With Consciousness

Baby Boomers, never ones for rocking chairs, are increasingly looking at life’s third act as one filled with many possibilities, instead of none.

The Importance of Home

Our homes say a lot about who we are. The importance of home signals what we think is important in life.

The Difference Between Spiritual Advisors and Psychics

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Rites of Autumn Equinox

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What to Tell Your Kids about Intuition, Intention, and Psychic Abilities

As a research scientist and former president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Marilyn Schlitz, PhD, has studied intuition, intention, and the possibility of psychic abilities f…

The Art of Blissful Parenting

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The Heart’s Journey

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17 Affirmations For Connecting to Spirit

Here are some affirmations to help feel more bound to Spirit.

Ignite Your Spirit: Begin with Ceremony

To sit in Ceremony is to make a conscious decision to shift into a sacred space

Four Steps to Becoming Relig-ish

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Try This Mantra: So What? So Hum.

Learning the stress-relieving Sudarshan Kriya from Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Ho‘oponopono Every Day

The Book of Ho’Oponopono by Jean Graciet, Luc Bodin, M.D., and Nathalie Bodin Lamboy

The Gorgeous Glory Of The Goddess Body Shape

Beauty comes in all forms and certain types of beauty serve specific purposes.

10 Resources for Clean Eating

A useful list for inspiration and recipes to eat clean

15 Affirmations for Following Your Intuition

Affirmations for further strengthening your intuitive gifts.

8 Writing Prompts Inspired by Your Favorite Books

These questions culled from books can inspire spiritual growth, self-awareness, and courage to take life by the horns.

My Heart Is…

Discover what’s in your heart, rather than what’s in your head.

Learning the Personalities of Plants

The wisdom, comfort, and health that come from deeply knowing your relatives

The Vastness Of Your Pond

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Can a Spiritual Retreat Change Your Brain Chemistry?

The levels of two powerful neurotransmitters, dopamine and serotonin, are altered. Here’s how.

Are you with the right lover? Is he or she the one?

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Find Your Path

Interspiritual wisdom to help you find your spiritual style, choose the grand questions that call you, and create your personal practice.

Redefine Yourself at Midlife

Roadside Assistance for the Spiritual Traveler

Care of the Soul: Happy Accidents

In telling the story of the Bollingen Stone, the large boulder he installed as a monument at his estate on the shore of Lake Zurich in Bollingen, Switzerland, Carl Jung taught a fe…

Deep Listening

An excerpt from Living Life in Full Bloom

How to Commute Inward

In her beautiful book Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life, Dani Shapiro writes, “The deeper I immerse myself in the details—and they are mostly pleasur…

Review: "Sacred Jewels of Yoga" Compiled and Edited by Dave DeLuca

“For thousands of years, yoga teachers have taught the scriptures one passage at a time, having their students study and meditate on each passage for hours, even days at a time bef…

Honoring Everyday Transitions: "Do, Be"

By Robyn Greene Most people are aware of the big transitions or events in life. We honor births, birthdays, perhaps coming of age, starting and ending school, leaving home, marria…

To Serve Or To Save? Why Higher Ground is More Helpful Than a Soapbox

“You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink” - ProverbRecently I was at a marketplace in the old sugar plantation town of Hilo, on the east side of the Big Island…

3 TED Talks: What Makes Us Happy?

What is it that makes us happy? We’re told that money that doesn’t buy it, or success, or even love. Can happiness be created, or must it be discovered? Does the path to a happy li…

Ceremony: How to Honor the Elders in Your Family

A mainstay of many ancient cultures is respect for the elders—those who have preceded us in life and whose wisdom gives guidance and comfort. But our modern culture only rare…

The Short Road to Self-Mastery?

I received this response after my recent blog “Instant Reframe”: “My experience with instant reframes or epiphanies is they don't last. Maybe a better way to phrase my experience i…

InnerFEARence

I recently had the opportunity to take a “doors-off” helicopter ride around the west Maui Mountains, and down the spectacular north shore of Molokai, Hawaii. This is the kind of t…

Let it Flow: The Hawaii Yoga Festival

The Yoga Coast on the Big Island of Hawai'i boasts some of the newest land on earth. This island is home to one of earth’s most active volcanoes, and it is nothing short of profoun…

Using Courage to Navigate Our LIves

The year is 325 AD. On one of a small cluster of islands in the south pacific sea, now known as the Marquesas, a young Tahitian man is anxiously gathering tools for a unique voyage…

4 Ways to Tell a Good Story

As Valentine’s Day approaches and we begin looking around for a way to show our loved ones how much they mean to us, it’s a great time to reflect on the precious gift that is story…

Healing Chronic Back Pain

Once you start to listen to the sensations in your body, it allows for healing to take place.

8 Secrets for Lasting Love

From knowing your worth to being vulnerable, here are eight secrets to lasting love.

The Significance of End-of-Life Dreams and Visions

For many of us, an amazing phenomenon will occur in the final weeks before taking our last breath: we will experience an end-of-life dream or vision (ELDV). Experts have typically …

Freedom from Addiction

If you are sitting around a table in America, enjoying a conversation with 5 friends, chances are that 2 of you are either struggling with your own addiction, or dealing with the a…

Let Depression Be Your Guide: 4 Tips On How To Use It Wisely

Now that the sparkle of holiday lights has faded, winter’s darkness and chill has fully set in. Few of us are surprised when we find ourselves feeling stuck and probably at least a…

7 Suggestions for How to Spiritually Connect With Nature

Fallen out of alignment with your natural self? Find out how to spiritually connect with nature.

Journaling With Your Non-Dominant Hand

Journaling with your non-dominant hand (and answering with the other) is about tapping into your inner child, inner teen, and inner wisdom.

10 Nighttime Routines for Peaceful Sleep

“How can you possibly start your day off bright-eyed and bushy-tailed if you don’t get a proper night’s sleep?”

Signal Your Body to Stay Young

A growing number of aging adults have decided that they don’t want to slow down with age.

How Gut Health Affects Your Mood

“It turns out that there are gut microbes that can produce neurotransmitters that can alter our emotional state.”

A Personalized Wellness Experience

Finding the time, money, and resources to exercise can be challenging for the average person, especially for those who lack experience or knowledge in the field. Many of us juggle …

The Heart of Hormonal Balance

Hot flashes, weight gain, and sleepless nights are all signs that our hormones may be tipped to one side or the other. As a society, we are looking to balance those hormones back, …

Freedom in Commitment

I was talking with a delightful couple the other day. They shared that they were drawn to be together, knew they were the one for each other, but the fear of commitment gnawed at e…

The Slippery Slope of Trust

As a society, most of us would unanimously rank trust as an important part of relationships. We want to trust that the people we live with, work with, and love, are going to do eve…

Making Time for Truth

Lucia Horan is offering a Moon Lodge retreat beginning on Mother’s day at the beautiful Lumeria Maui.

Does Spontaneous Crying Mean I’m an Empath?

Does it ever seem like you’re crying for no reason? Spontaneous crying may be a signal that you're an empath.

The Path of Logic in Holding Faith

Recently a young man came to me very upset. Faith and a belief in God had been strong pillars of his upbringing. He had relied on his beliefs and up until this point this had helpe…

The Radical Notion of Touch for Men

Touch. It’s a delicate subject. I just read an article that discussed the idea of gentle, platonic touch between men. It made the case that men are often isolated from touch at an …

The Fine Line Between Helpful and Hurtful in Relationships

Fortunately, we live in a society in which helpfulness and kindness are fairly common values. We typically consult with our friends on our troubles, help a neighbor out and offer p…

3 Models of Psychedelic Healing and Spirituality

What’s coming as the war on drugs gradually grinds down?

Music Review: Radiance Mixes: Tibetan Bowls with the Mantras of Deva Premal

Paul Temple, the artist who goes by the name RadianceMatrix, is a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism whose music naturally embraces the vibrations of Tibetan singing bowls. “I seem t…

Toolbox: Home Spa Inspiration

Release the worries of the day with these finds from S&H

Toolbox: The Promise of Spring

May the eternal hope of spring’s blossoms buoy you through to winter’s end

Creating a Lifetime of Wellness—Start Having the Life You Deserve

In order to live a full, balanced, meaningful life, many of us may have heard several of Aura E. Martinez’s recommendations: make sleep a priority, strengthen our relationships, fi…

5 Ways To Clear Communication With Guides

Guides help us, whether we are aware of it or not.

5 Ways to Connect With Your Spirit Guide

We can turn to these guides for support and a little nudge when we need help finding the right direction in life.

The Heart Opens the Self to Love

6 ways to nurture self-love.

The Art of Balance: Mastering Headstand

Sometimes the only way to see things clearly is to turn my world upside down.

How to Use Food to Boost Your Mood

The way we eat informs the functions of our body. Here are tips to develop "good mood meals."

Becoming Trans-personal

Shifting away from an attachment to the material aspects of personhood can help transform suffering into healing.

Kiss the Moment: Meditate Mindfully

Misconceptions about meditation can get in the way of practice. “When you’re kissing somebody you want to be there for the experience. You don’t want the other person looking out the window.”

Calling All Warrior Goddess Women! It’s Time to Speak Your Truth

Learning to speak your truth is a lifelong practice.

10 Ways to Avoid Drama Burnout

Find ways to take a break from overwhelming situations.

Growing Elder

I thought a lot about Gladys’s comment, secretly hoping I could avoid dying from the head down or the feet up…

7 Steps to Becoming an Elder

The apprenticeship for the elder begins very young and continues over a lifetime.

Listening to Trees

We interact with trees as strangers because we don’t know their stories. When we listen, we “unself” ourselves— and open to great beauty.

The Heart of Money: ​ The “Fine Print” Commandments We Give Ourselves

Columnist Paul Sutherland offers a new path that embraces inclusivity and truth.

Reclaim Your Feminine Voice

What are the most important must-haves to create and maintain an empowered life? An author, psychic medium, and intuitive life coach shares powerful tools to help.

7 Antidotes to Feeling Stuck

Common ways that create a sense of being stuck and their antidote.

Conscious Aging & Ceremonies for Seniors

In our senior years, we may benefit from support in creating a new and clear vision for our lives.

Allow Yourself to Rest

We can’t seek the deepest rest. We can relax the activity that obstructs our contact with it.

4 Ways Social Support Makes You More Resilient

While much of the research on resilience focuses on individual strengths, it’s social support that may matter the most.

4 Steps Out Of ‘Can’t’ into ‘Can’

Move from the ‘can’t’ of the altered ego state into the possibilities that the soul is ready to embark upon.

Best Books of 2017

Look to these exceptional titles as guidance to navigate your way through the joys and heartbreak of this one precious life.

The Golden Rules of Psychic Development

This energy can be tapped by anyone who chooses to make an effort to tune into its subtle vibrations.

What Is Transformational Travel?

A new way of thinking about and experiencing the world takes your vacation to the next level.

Because I Am Human, I Am Enough

A lesson in the power of love and simple human presence.

How Not To Feed Your Cancer

Your cancer is uniquely yours. Get to know it—so you can help deprive it of exactly what it needs to survive.

5 Questions for Geneen Roth

Geneen Roth’s timely new book, This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide, inspires women to see beyond the weight scale to reclaim their worth.

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, the Soul Worker

An interview with Sufi mystic Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.

Writing Practices to Inspire You When You're Stuck

These three books offer guidance in getting words on the page, so you can benefit from the healing power of writing.

How to Initiate Connection with Your Spirit Guides

A psychic medium shares the fundamentals of psychic development

5 Questions for Sera Beak

In her new book, Redvelations, Sera Beak shares how reclaiming our soul is essential to owning our humanity and becoming “wildly alive.”

Spiritual Misconceptions Have Consequences

Three spiritual concepts that are often misunderstood.

Can You Capture Your Aura with a Kirlian Photograph?

Here's what a Kirlian photograph says about your aura.

Why Greeks Built Their Temples

Crafting A Binding Contract With The Sacred

Turn Your Weekend into a Retreat

Guidelines for designing your own intentional retreat.

Conscious Channeling

Did you know spiritual beings can readily deliver their messages to deeply embodied, clear, conscious channels?

Transform Your Life One Morning at a Time

Julia Cameron’s classic practice is much more powerful if you choose the right God.

How to Bring Back Your Brain

The big problem is that so many people still think that nothing can be done to reverse dementia.

​Christopher Barham

Christopher Barham’s intention is to help people align with unity, love, care, and compassion, so they shine like stars as they fully express their deepest selves. Christopher expe…

How to Eat for Healthy Gene Expression

How the expression of our genes and the makeup of our micro biome are both fundamentally connected to the foods we choose to eat.

How to Design a Successful Ceremony

An excerpt from The Book of Ceremony

Who Am I?

This book lyrically explores the emotions that we feel when we carry negative beliefs about ourselves.

Become an Energy Healing Practitioner: 5 Considerations

Have you considered becoming an energy healing practitioner? Start here.

Do I have to give up being gay or give up being Muslim?

I am a gay Muslim man. My imam says there are no gay Muslims, meaning that a gay person cannot be Muslim. He told me I have to give up being gay or give up being Muslim. Which do I…

Diane Wilde and Buddhist Pathways Prison Project

Diane and “Rondell,” one of the first people to “graduate” from the program and to be released from prison. buddhistpathways.org

3 Ways to Find Light When the Holidays Feel Dark

When the holidays remind us of those that have been lost.

5 Questions with Lissa Rankin

1. In The Daily Flame, you offer guidance from the “Inner Pilot Light.” How do you help others to recognize their own light? I use what Richard Schwartz PhD, founder of Internal …

Quelling the Violence of the Inner Critic

Many of us have a violent inner critic. A colleague of mine framed it as ‘the voice of the enemy.’ It’s wily and insidious, at times quite subtle as it uproots our ideas and inspirations.

Listening in the Labyrinth

Walking a labyrinth can allow entry to the unknown if we are willing to listen.

Discover Your Blueprint for Your Passionate Purpose

Finding the path that brings you the most joy requires inner awareness.

Heal Your Family

Author Magui Block describes her system for healing families.

Living With the Heartbreak of Suicide

Psychologist Sarah Neustadter offers three phases as guideposts for those left behind. “Our feelings of despair and broken-heartedness need to be fully felt in order for them to shift into something new that emerges from grief.”

A Pilgrimage: Making Sense of a Labyrinth Walk

When a labyrinth is walked with even a small amount of direction, it becomes a powerful field for self-discovery, transformation, spiritual deepening, processing grief, relieving stress, and finding clarity.

Week 5: Using Your Ability to Help Yourself

Learn to listen to your own intuition.

Jeffrey C. Wood

Jeffrey C. Wood, PsyD, is a psychologist in Las Vegas, NV, who specializes in brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT); executive coaching; and guidance for spiritual development. …

Poem: genuine connections

The guidance Tyler Knott Gregson offers in his new book, Miracle in the Mundane, is for tapping into our creativity, purpose, and joy; because, "from time to time in this crazy and chaotic spin we call life, we need to pause, reflect, and truly begin again."

Poem: Take an Ache, Make It Sing

The guidance Tyler Knott Gregson offers in his new book, Miracle in the Mundane, is meant to help us tap into our creativity, purpose, and joy; because, "from time to time in this crazy and chaotic spin we call life, we need to pause, reflect, and truly begin again."

Poem: disney princess

The guidance Tyler Knott Gregson offers in his new book, Miracle in the Mundane, is for tapping into our creativity, purpose, and joy; because, "from time to time in this crazy and chaotic spin we call life, we need to pause, reflect, and truly begin again."

Poem: chase the light

The guidance Tyler Knott Gregson offers in his new book, Miracle in the Mundane, is for tapping into our creativity, purpose, and joy; because, "from time to time in this crazy and chaotic spin we call life, we need to pause, reflect, and truly begin again."

Can We Reframe—and Reclaim—Father's Day?

"Mother's and Father's Day are gauntlets, radiating expectations. Even vowing to ignore these holidays, to voluntarily opt out, weighs heavily because it means going against the mainstream."

More Than Food: Mushroom Art

In the last part of her five-part series on mushrooms, Leslie Krongold looks at mushroom ... art, including dyes made from mushrooms.

Mother Knows Best

Rabbi Rami shares his views on the Alabama Fetal Heartbeat legislation.

What Happens During a Session with a Spiritual Advisor?

What Is An Energy Clearing? How Does It Improve Your Life? Spiritual advisor Judit Ronai answers your questions.

Savor the Sweetness of the Strawberry Moon

The cycles of the moon offer potency to anything we set into motion. The sweetness is there for the taking.

What Helps and What Hurts

Yoga can be a great tool for recovery, but only if yoga teachers understand how to shape the practice to the needs of people healing from trauma.

Book Review: Heal Yourself with Journaling Power by Mari L. McCarthy

"Providing focus areas for readers’ journaling paths to wellness, the book also features poignant personal stories on how real individuals found healing and growth through writing."

3 Things You Should Never Say to an Anxious Child (and What to Do Instead)

It’s normal to be anxious, and it’s normal to react poorly to anxiety in others! Here are some tips if you’re around anxious children.

Thriving as an Empath

For 20 years, Judith Orloff has helped make being an empath “something that caring characters would aspire towards.” She shares practices from a lifetime of overcoming shame and creating empowerment.

Psychedelic Medicine

Other drugs may soon follow marijuana’s path from illegal to medical to decriminalized to legal.

Gift of Crisis

The Gift of Crisis: How I Used Meditation to Go From Financial Failure to a Life of Purpose is the story of Bridgitte Jackson's journey from shame and fear towards a life she loves.

Honoring Sacred Sexual Energy

Connect to the sacred sexual and erotic energy living in your low belly, pelvis, and genitals. This energy is related to our desire, our connection with others, our pleasure, playfulness, and the possibility of personal growth. It is a powerful part of who we are, whether or not we share that energy sexually with anyone else. Breathe into this space to honor and listen to it, inviting its guidance in our lives. This is a very simple mindfulness-based meditation, there is no explicit material here.

Serena Poon

Serena Poon is a chef, nutritionist, and reiki master. Serena’s Culinary Alchemy is the practice of combining intuitive energetic techniques with guidance and education on function…

Eat Well, Laugh a Lot

Mark Hyman and Mia Lux are trying to make people healthier—body and soul.

Love Earth Now

S&H Staff Writer Julie Peters and author Cheryl Leutjen explore ways to connect with and honor the natural environment while managing the stress of living in what sometimes feels like environmental apocalypse.

Create Your Own Rituals: Ideas for Weddings, Funerals, and More

“When we, or someone we love, goes through a rite of passage, we need the alchemical blend of jubilation and gravitas.”

It’s Never Too Late to Be Yourself

Author Davina Kotulski talks about how tapping into your inner courage, joy, and truth will transform you into the person you were meant to be.

Habits for Success

Author G. Brian Benson shares with S&H Staff Writer Julie Peters that the key to success is continuing to be open to self-growth and self-exploration.

Is Lying About God Okay?

“Lying about God and promoting a Pollyannaish understanding of religion isn’t going to help at all.”

Calm the Body, Calm the Culture

Dr. Will Cole on easing chronic inflammation in individuals and in society as a whole.

You’re Not Listening

Veteran journalist Kate Murphy wants to help us rediscover the lost art of listening. She sat down with S&H to help us explore how to become better listeners.

How to Eat: All Your Food and Diet Questions Answered

In their book How to Eat: All Your Food and Diet Questions Answered, Mark Bittman and David L. Katz share their clear, no-nonsense perspective on food and diet, answering questions covering everything from basic nutrients to superfoods to fad diets. They sat down with S&H to talk about the standard American diet.

“I Feel Like a Sham”

Are you a wounded healer? You're not alone.

7 Ways to Sharpen Your Intuition

Intuition can become mute, stifled, or drowned out when we find ourselves out of balance. Here are some ways to help you get grounded so that you can reconnect with that inner voice.

I Am Done: 20 Beliefs I Am Done With

Is there a better time to liberate yourself from what no longer serves you? Emotionally, physically, spiritually, and mentally, you can create space by dumping clutter and removing obstacles.

Build Resilience Through Radical Self-Care

Practicing radical self-care in the face of fear is an act of courage, one that will help build the resilience that we will all need as we move forward.

Death Is But a Dream: Finding Hope and Meaning at Life's End

In his book Death Is But a Dream: Finding Hope and Meaning at Life’s End, hospice doctor Christopher Kerr offers a glimpse into what happens at the end of life. “What the dying fear most is not death but the loss of a life they can recognize as their own. Ultimately, to die well is to humanize dying from an irredeemably grim reality to an experience which may also be rich in meaning and love.”

5 Ways to Calm Down During COVID-19

It’s a pandemic and you’re a stress ball. Here are 5 ways to catch your breath and calm down.

Breathe, Don’t Plead: An Idea of Prayer

“Prayer, to me, is more about silence than words—or as Jefferies says—it’s about being ‘rapt in the fullness of the moment.’”

Lose Weight All Naturally With Ayurveda

“Ayurveda lays out in exquisite detail the nature of the human body and makes the connection between qualities in the foods we eat and how they affect our physical, emotional, and mental constitution.”

A Morning Practice to Find Your Purpose

This sweet morning practice will help you align with your purpose.

Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Witchiest Medicine of the West?

Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners are modern-day witches—swapping potions and rituals for age-old proven herbal medicine formulas, acupuncture, moxa burning, and more—providing healing power not only to physical beings, but also to mind and spirit.

Practices for How COVID-19 Can Create Lasting, Positive Change

“As we find ourselves in the midst of various stages of reopening across the globe, our collective memory of this disaster can either fade away into history or become a drumbeat for a more just, equitable and sustainable society.”

7 Chakra Healings to Reduce Financial Stress

Has the pandemic triggered money worries? Track the issue to its corresponding chakra to clear your financial challenges and take simple, prescribed steps toward prosperity.

Stacia Zadra

Stacia Zadra is the Founder and Director for Compass Rose Healing Arts, Inc in Spokane Valley, Washington USA. Stacia is an Intuitive Healer. She is a practicing Magnified Healing …

Finding Your Sense of Self

“This truly is the time for humanity to change the course of their lives, evolve, and experience heaven on Earth.”

The Heart of Paradox

“One way we experience the paradoxical nature of the spiritual path is in the tension between independence and dependence. ... Now Americans on the razor’s edge of the spiritual path are also confronting the troublesome paradoxes of our nation’s history and our responsibilities as citizens.”

​We Are All Called to Contribute to Our New World

“We are on the right path, despite the chaos around us.”

Moving Toward Spiritual Stamina

The path for building your spiritual stamina toward planetary leadership and moving forward in world service is simple—but not always easy. Here are seven steps forward.

How to Set Healthy Boundaries With Adult Children

Setting boundaries with your adult children can be beneficial both for their growth, and for yours.

Christian Fasting: A Spiritual Practice for Now?

Christians (and non-Christians) can embrace fasting as a way to overcome our deep-rooted idea that the spirit and the body are separate.

Roosters Rule: Finding Purpose Through Animal Rescue

Read how a rescued rooster is tackling climate change and spreading kindness, plus a practice for exploring purpose in your life.

The WTF Prayer

Creating the change you want to see in the world requires first welcoming all of your emotions, even the difficult ones, and then moving forward with clarity.

How to Mourn the Death of a Loved One in the Times of Social Distancing and COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted many of our age old funerary and mourning traditions, leaving many with a feeling of sadness, hopelessness and fear. In Theresa Dominguez-Weiss’ new book Deathwalker: Journeys of Life, Death and Beyond she offers guidance toward a new way to HEAL.

Five Tips to Strengthen Your Intuition

Get tips on how to strengthen your intuition, the critical tool you use to listen to that inner voice that often knows the best way forward.

Sacred Empath, Sacred Alchemist

What is a Sacred Empath? A Sacred Empath is a Light Worker, a Healer, a Way Shower and part of an army of sweet Souls who have incarnated on earth here and now to bring healing, love and light to a world in transition.

Radical Intuition: 3 Ways to Be True to Yourself

Being “true to yourself is the most revolutionary act,” writes author and intuitive development teacher Kim Chestney. Find your inner truth and you may just find that the world changes too.

Heart Intelligence

Learn to listen to the wisdom of your heart to untether your creativity and boost your wellbeing.

Longings and Belongings: Gift-Giving Reflections

The gift-giving season is almost here, but that doesn't mean purchasing more “stuff” for your loved ones. “I’ll be focusing more on relationships than commodities, more on longings than belongings.”

Ecotherapy: Nature Is Good Medicine

Taking time to engage with nature is as close to a cure-all as you’ll find. Ecotherapy can make you feel happier, less fatigued, and more at peace.

What Is Art Medicine?

Healing and Transformation through the Art Medicine Path

What Channel Are You Tuning Into?

“Your transcendent gifts can be cultivated further, and then sit back and watch them grow!”

Transdenominationalism in the Jewish Community

Rabbi Wayne Dosick is a spiritual teacher and counselor, author, and the founder and spiritual guide of The Elijah Minyan in San Diego, California. He is a radical advocate for diversity and transdenominationalism in the Jewish community.

A Guide to Spiritual Companionship

A spiritual companion is much like a psychologist for the soul, there to support you on your spiritual path.

Spiritual Radicals: A New Spirituality

These seven spiritual leaders represent a variety of perspectives, backgrounds, and traditions. They are creating change on the ground, touching lives, and helping to define the future of spirituality.

Talk, Hear, Doubt Your Doubts

Loved ones who have passed away can still whisper wisdom to you.

Re/VIEW: Nikki Giovanni

“Giovanni brings a voice of discernment and solidity to our disquiet times. She sees the pandemic as carving out a spiritual space within us.”

When You Finally Go on a Retreat ...

What to keep in mind—and what to steer clear of when deciding on a retreat.

Redoing Retreats

A retreat, in every definition of the word, may be unattainable in your corner of the world. But retreat centers are anticipating your visit in 2021.

Mindfulness Can Get You There

“It takes courage to let go of habits and beliefs championed by our parents and those we respect, but we must if we are to ever get close to a mindfulness practice.”

Transcript: Our full interview with Bishop Michael Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church

In this podcast transcript, host Rabbi Rami speaks with Bishop Michael Curry about how the church is being called back to its deeper roots in the teachings of Jesus.

Podcast: Robyn Moreno, a Curandera, Talks About Ancestral Healing

Through reconnecting with her ancestral wisdom and finding ancestral healing, Robyn Moreno healed her soul, conquered burnout, and became a modern curandera.

Dr. Wanda Pratnicka Center

The Dr. Wanda Pratnicka Center is a leader in spirit attachment support and removal. Since 1968, the center has helped individuals around the world in removing spirit entities, gho…

How to Meet Your Spirit Guide

Are you feeling alone, facing difficult times, and in need of guidance? Discover how to contact your spirit guide through meditation.

Diana Cole

Diana Cole is a spirit translator, thought leader, and author. Passionate about spirit guidance, she is committed to teaching people how to access it for themselves so they may fin…

Throwing the Bones: Finding Your Future

What does the future hold? Consult with the ancestors about what's to come through a form of divination called bone casting. What will you learn by throwing the bones?

Too Much Stuff?

Tired of all the JUNK? Become inspired by Benedictine simplicity. Look for new ways to keep your space less cluttered.

The Rest Story

The foundation of mental, physical, and spiritual health is rest. Four rest experts provide insight on sacred rest.

17 Sneaky Ways You Are Repressing Yourself

“You don’t have a procrastination problem, an accountability problem, or a personality problem.”

Understanding Clairvoyance

How do intuition, channeling, and medical intuition intersect?

6 Ways to Stay Grounded During Uncertainty

Stay grounded (literally) through your bare foot-to-earth connection.

Finding Joy in a World of Pain and Suffering

“Joy is found in discovering the bigger view, the purposefulness of the cycles of life, and the recognition that the cycle continues and never stops.”

Theories About the Future of Our Civilization

The horizon of our civilization is gloomy, and humankind is approaching the brink of radical and unmanageable changes. Consumers nowadays have become the target of an aggressive ec…

The Untapped Potential of Dreams, Signs, and Synchronicities in the Western World

“If we can suspend our Western beliefs for a moment ... then we can learn what Tibetan Buddhists, Pagans, and shamans knew centuries ago: Treasure is buried everywhere.”

9 Affirmations to Clear Your Fear and Embrace Daily Miracles

Consider a miracle as a “shift in perception, from fear to love.”

Do You Have a Spiritual Wellness Plan?

What is spiritual health and how can you improve yours? Try this spiritual health assessment tool as a starting point.

Walking the Tree Labyrinth

Create your own labyrinth, finding the trees amidst the cactuses and bushes.

Wisdom of the Desert Dwellers

A community of Christians once flourished in the Egyptian desert.

Film Review: Looking for a Lady With Fangs and a Mustache

In this gentle, playful drama, a Nepalese entrepreneur looking to open a cool new coffee shop in Kathmandu is plagued by mysterious visions. Could they be the result of his cava…

Teaching Shamanism at Atlantic University

“Welcome to the shamanic worldview in which we recognize that there are multiple dimensions and realities beyond the physical space-time continuum.”

Clearing Disruptive Energies

“Disruptive energies are constantly around us. The good news is our body usually does a really good job of deflecting them.”

Finding Your Calling in the Wilderness of Your Life

“I wasn’t sure what my purpose was, and couldn’t wrap my mind around actually walking said purpose out when life felt too pressing to actually feel myself breathe.”

One With the One

Read the story of a woman who died, went to heaven, returned to a broken body, and was miraculously healed.

The Spiritual Meaning of Slow Travel

Slowing down can allow our habitats to renew and our fellow earthlings to thrive.

Spiritual Meaning of the Crescent Moon

The waning and waxing crescent moon offers two distinct paths to deepen your moon practice.

14 Affirmations That Make Changing Your Habits Infinitely Easier

To create lasting change, you have to look at all layers of your lifestyle, including the routines and subconscious patterns and habits.

Ana Lilia

Ana Lilia is a certified breathwork teacher and healer leading thousands of people to intimately connect with their breath as a pathway for transformation. Ana channels her intuit…

Your Best Friend Is Within You

“Our closest relationships may begin as a recognition or the delight of positive relatedness with someone who shares our most cherished values.”

More Than Hybrids: Spiritual Seekers on a Spacious Path

Those who venture beyond their original spiritual tradition say they aren’t “hybrids.” Instead, they’re seeking wholeness.

Transforming “Why Us?” Into “Why Not Us?”

“My role was to stay and tell the story of how we transformed ‘Why us?’ into ‘Why not us?’”

Mindful Decisions for Critically Ill Pets

How do we choose on behalf of another being and make sound decisions when we’re emotionally bereft?

20 Affirmations for Good Vibes During Mercury Retrograde

This is not the time to take action or move ahead. Instead, it is a cosmic cleaning.

5 Steps to Harness Spiritual Vibration for Manifesting

The things you want all have a vibrational energy to them.

How to Open an Intuitive Body Dialogue With Pain

Start an intuitive body dialogue to learn what your chronic pain is trying to tell you.

Are There Rules for Meditation?

Commit and enjoy, but resist dwelling or patting yourself on the back. And don’t guru-hop.

5 Powerful Crystals for the Full Moon

Use these full moon crystals to receive deep insights and downloads from the higher spiritual realms.

Looking for a Standard

Rabbi Rami provides wisdom on reincarnation, yoga classes as appropriation, astrology predicting the future, and more.

The Psychedelic Touch

Explore how drugs like LSD have helped veterans overcome the trauma of war.

Slowing Down With Emotional Isometrics

With emotional isometrics, you tense and release certain muscles to move faster into a parasympathetic state of rest and digest.

Sura Kim

Sura is a highly experienced Meditation Coach and Trainer, who is passionate about helping people heal through the practice of meditation. She is the founder of the Sura Flow Medit…

Do You Struggle With Meditation?

Your meditation practice doesn’t have to be perfect.

Have You Tried Mimicked Fasting?

Mindful mimicked fasting combines a novel formula of nutrients with deep spiritual connection.

16 Affirmations to Help Connect With Your Spirit Guides

We have an energic support system around us at all times, but it’s up to us to reach out and build this connection. Affirmations can help!

Oracle Cards for Beginners

Discover how they differ from tarot cards, how to choose the right oracle deck, and more.

Druidry for Beginners

Interested in modern Druid practices? Druidry begins with three paths that connect nature, creativity, and the divine.

How to Embody Kindness

Willa Blythe Baker sits down to discuss her somatic mindfulness journey.

Future Field Trip: A Writing Ritual for Alignment and Inner Peace

Try this guided writing ritual to set intentions and meet your future self.

What Are Your Siddhi Powers?

Once believed to bestow supernatural ability, siddhi powers can be adapted to meet your goals and address contemporary concerns.

What Is Spiritual Bypassing From an Energy Healing Perspective?

It’s very easy to be in spiritual bypass in the world we live in today.

The Yoga of Food

How can you cut through the confusion and answer the simple question: What should I eat?

Meditation: The Key to Evenmindedness

Meditation is the key to attaining evenmindedness, helping you to cooperate with life willingly.

Psychedelic Medicine Comes of Age

One little mushroom can alleviate anxiety and depression, provide insight, and catalyze spiritual transformation. Want a bite?

From Chronos to Kairos Time

Having trouble being here now? Maybe you’re trying to tell the wrong kind of time.

Supporting Someone in Spiritual Emergency

As increasing numbers of people are experiencing a spiritual crisis, it is important to know what it is, how to manage it personally, and how to effectively support someone else.

How to Read Process-Oriented Tarot (No Memorizing Required)

Put down the guide book. A process-oriented tarot reading starts with how you feel when you select a card from the deck.

How to Embrace Divine Timing

You get to feel, sense, decide, and direct the life that lights you up. This is the call of divine timing.

Oracle Cards: No Wrong Answers

Confused about oracle cards? Oracle experts explain what they're all about.

Where to Find a Spiritual Emergence Coach

Meditation, yoga, retreats, and intensives can accelerate growth but sometimes result in disorientation and an urgent need for radical change in work, relationships, and personal values. We can learn how to manage this within ourselves and to support others.

Book Review: Sacred Sendoffs

SARAH BOWEN CREDITS her first pet, a cat named Him, with putting her on the path to becoming an animal chaplain responsible for improving human-animal interaction. As a prea…

re/VIEW: Julia Cameron

“Cameron has not only nurtured her own creative life over decades, but she’s also sparked that of countless others through the use of down-to-earth tools.”

Spiritual Meaning of the Vernal Equinox

The spiritual meaning of the spring equinox may resonate with a feeling of lightening and lifting up that has been building since the full Worm Moon.

How to Better Parent and Support Your Kids

30 world-renowned teachers and leaders provide insight on how to better parent and support your kids.

Take This Fun Intuition Quiz to Determine Your Intuitive Style

Do antique stores unsettle you? Do you have a great sense of direction? An intuition quiz can tell you what these and other findings say about your intuitive style.

4 Exercises to Build Trust and Confidence in Your Intuition

Whether you lean clairvoyant, clairaudient, clairsentient, or claircognizant, you can strengthen your relationship with your intuition.

Machiel Klerk

Machiel Klerk is the author of the book Dream Guidance. He also founded, based on a nighttime dream, the organization Jung Platform. He has been a mental health therapist since 200…

Magic Mushroom Retreats

Interested in psychedelic change? Magic mushroom retreats may be an appealing option.

A Better Friend

Dive into the Buddha’s advice for being a better friend.

Heal Grief with Aimless Creativity

Fuzzy yarn, a toy xylophone, or a box of glass beads can be a better prescription than a pill.

Book Review: Secrets From a Herbalist’s Garden

From the title, you might think Secrets From a Herbalist’s Garden is about gardening. From the subtitle, “A Magical Year of Plant Remedies,” you might think the book is about medic…

Happy Days Ahead: Q&A With Gabrielle Bernstein

Gabrielle Bernstein discusses authentic happiness, the path to peace, and IFS therapy.

Jewels Maloney

Jewels Maloney has been a mentor at Atlantic University since 2013, teaching courses on Masters in Transpersonal Psychology, Certificate in Spiritual Guidance and Mentorship Traini…

Personal and Planetary Ascension

What is happening in your inner and outer life at this time, and what is happening on the planet?

4 Nutrition Tips to Help Manage Your Anxiety

For anxiety management, try putting on your nutrition armor of adequacy, consistency, balance, and permission to enjoy food.

Why I Meditate

Rabbi Rami contemplates his discussion with artist Fariha Róisín and uncovers the root of his meditative practice.

6 Ways to Shift From Believing to Knowing

Do you know how to trust your inner wisdom? These six steps show you how.

Book Review: Worth the Risk

During the past two years, the never-ending news cycle focusing on the dangers of the world led many to hunker down in their desire to remain “safe.” Kristen Lee observes in her ne…

Spiritual Rhythms for the Enneagram

Awareness doesn’t require equipment, money, or a PhD. Awareness takes a body that is awake and alert to what is happening—even if feels awful.

Embrace Lostness to Find the Way

“Instead of getting scared or beating yourself up, consider that the feeling of lostness is your intuition telling you there’s something better for you out there, full of surprises.”

How to Use an Oracle for Your Meditation Practice

Explore how an oracle deck can help you strengthen your meditation practice, become more present, and stay grounded no matter what.

7 Meditation Techniques to Support You Through Grief

Feeling overwhelmed by the depths of loss? One of these meditation techniques (and 10-minute guided meditation) may prove supportive.

4 Reasons Food Rules Cause Gut Upset

You are doing all the "right" things with your diet... but your stomach is constantly upset. Food rules may be causing the problem.

How Dreams Become Prophecy

How do you pose questions to your dreams? Who should interpret your dreams?

All It Takes Is 11 Minutes

Discover how much easier your meditation practice can be with one specific helpful tool.

It’s Not OK to Feel Desperate at Work

When we spiritually awaken, our day-to-day jobs can become painful. The career goals we have accomplished can feel empty. Work that doesn’t feel authentic to our spirit leaves us unfulfilled.

What Is Depth Hypnosis?

Depth Hypnosis is more than traditional therapy. Explore how this healing modality is both modern and inspired by the ancient.

Sherry Shone on the Practice of Hoodoo for Everyone

How does one keep the practice of hoodoo accessible, simple, yet powerful? Hoodoo practitioner and author Sherry Shone shares.

Practicing Positivity

Marcus Bridgewater is the author of How to Grow, a self-help book written from the lens of the garden.

Building a Garden of Boundaries: A Practice to Honor Sensitivity

In this excerpt from Mirrors in the Earth, an herbalist and flower essence practitioner offers her guidance on cultivating a mental garden—with yourself as the center.

Animal Blessings

Our resident animal chaplain shows us the significance of blessing animals—and one another.

3 Simple Steps for Problem-Solving While Sleeping

Explore the ancient art of dream incubation and solve any problem or challenge in your life (or work) through the power of dreaming.

How to Create a Crystal Pendulum Wheel Tailored to Any Question

Pendulum wheels are “wheels of possibilities.” Discover how a home-crafted crystal pendulum wheel can help you answer spiritual questions.

Decolonizing Therapy

Traditional therapy invokes authority, judgement, and hierarchy, although new ideas are percolating. Julie Peters dives into a different approach.

Inside Everything

"The challenge for each of us is to enter life beyond our argument with an open heart and to meet trouble and help without preference."

The Ascent

Jungian psychologist Dr. Joanna Laprade explores the perpetual pull of the climb from darkness.

Shaping Our Future

Our actions in this moment (and lifetime) can affect future lifetimes—explore how.

How to Use Alchemy to Become an Elder as You Grow Older

Learn how to use the practice of emotional alchemy to help you become wiser as you age.

Using Active Dreamwork to Heal from Trauma

Stuck in a loop of recurring nightmares? Resolve them by healing at the source the roots of the trauma that may be generating them.

How to Strengthen Your Intuition Through the Lunar Cycle

Use these simple but powerful methods to attune yourself to the moon’s phases to develop stronger intuition.

3 Druid Winter Practices to Celebrate the Solstice

Try these three druid practices to help you connect with the spiritual significance of the winter solstice.

The Hidden Cost of Domestication

Animal trainer Ren Hurst lost everything when she discovered a new way of being with animals. What she gained made the loss worthwhile.

Toolbox: Spreading Gratitude

Utilize these seven tools to promote gratitude in your life and in the lives of your loved ones.

A Guide to Menstruating With the Moon

Are you on a white moon cycle, red moon cycle, pink moon cycle, or purple moon cycle? Learn more about menstruating with the moon.

Lessons in Humility From an Ancient Letter

“Humility is seeing yourself as you really are. It’s that simple.” Dive deeper into the practice of humility and how simple it can truly be.

Why Spirituality and Science Need Each Other

Spirituality informs science, and science strengthens spirituality—explore a lifelong peace activist's thoughts on the intersection of the two.

A Goddess Ritual for Peace and Wellbeing

In times of global unrest and personal distress, call to the beloved Buddhist goddess Green Tara to help you find peace and ease.

An Appalachian Guide to Planting by the Moon

Appalachian folk practices offer wisdom as the growing season arrives—learn how to work your garden in alignment with the moon.

Roadside Assistance: Will Jehovah Deny Me Immortality?

Our roadside oracle answers your questions on immortality, negativity, and the best spiritual path to God.

The Ancient Science of Honest Prophesy

Archaeologist Brady Kiesling explains how Greeks dealt with bribed gods using perhaps the world’s first double-blind experiment.

4 Ways to Foster Ancestral Healing

Ancestral healing is a challenging but powerful practice. Learn four ways to access this practice in your own life.

Put Your Wisdom to Work

People are finding their higher purpose by sharing their spiritual gifts, interests, and skills.

15 Affirmations to Commune With Your Helping Spirits

If you feel spiritually ungrounded and disconnected, try these affirmations to connect to the spiritual beings that have your best interests in mind.

25 Healing Self-Love Affirmations

Self-love doesn’t always come easy, but affirmations can help. “I love who I am becoming and embrace all that I am” is just one of these 25 self-love affirmations.

6 Easy Tips to Help You Accept Yourself

Self-acceptance doesn't always come naturally. Try these six tips to embrace who you truly are.

Knowing the Goddess Kushmanda: The Art of Self-Love

Kushmanda, mother of the entire universe, can guide you into knowing and loving yourself more deeply. Learn more about her, and enjoy a heart-opening rose recipe.

Creating a Forest Apothecary Garden to Manage Anxiety

Take your outdoor self-care to the next level this spring. Explore how creating a forest apothecary garden can help manage anxiety.

20 Affirmations for Healing Heartache and Loss

Experiencing grief? No matter its form, affirmations can assist in the process of coping with loss.

Quiz: Which Spiritual Archetype Are You?

Are you a Seeker, a Sage, or a Mystic? Take this easy quiz to see which archetype you best fulfill on your spiritual journey.

The Missing Middle

Cori Howard finds that it takes more than Marie Kondo and burning sage to transition to an empty nest.

Delightfully Deep in the Weeds

Our lead digital editor spent a week apprenticed to a master seaweed harvester—and learned much more than how to gather kelp.

Practices for Shattered Nights

"March 11th was a normal day, filled with typical responsibilities and joys, concerns and endeavors, practices and distractions. March 12th, I awoke to a new normal…"

Book Review: A Future We Can Love

“It’s a tense time to be alive,” says Susan Bauer-Wu in A Future We Can Love. We feel this tension because the climate is changing, and the future is uncertain. Yet, that’s not the…

Questioning: A Time-Honored Quaker Tradition

Explore how the Quaker practice of queries allows us to mindfully pause from easy information, and encourages us to process our spiritual experiences more deeply.

How Kabbalah Can Support Your Mental Health Journey

Explore how this ancient Jewish mystical tradition can support you on your journey to complete wellness.

Offerings to God: My Personal Experience of a Modern Mystery School

Explore one seeker's story of finding the right path in life through immersion into a modern mystery school.

Quiz: What Is the Universe Telling You?

What signs are being sent your way by the Universe? Take this quiz to find out.

11 Yoga Poses for Incontinence

Experiencing urinary leakage or an overactive bladder? Consider adding any of these yoga poses to your practice to encourage pelvic floor strength.

Quiz: What’s Your Soul Yearning For?

Take this quiz to discover what your soul is truly yearning for.

Spiritual Betrayal: When Spirit Lets You Down

Ever felt let down by the divine? Spiritual betrayal doesn’t mean we’re not spiritual anymore; it simply means it’s time to reframe our perspective of actions and karma.

Embark on a Transformative Journey

Uncover three transformative ways to lead a more empowered life.

How to Develop Strong Intuition: Begin With Dignity

Strong, grounded intuition requires dignity. Explore these practices for developing greater intuition through self-respect.

Are You Called to Be an Ambassador of Compassion?

Follow your calling towards compassion with an innovative program from Stanford University.

Featured Artist: Shachi Kale

We spoke with Shachi Kale about healing with art, wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita, and the female journey.

Book Review: How to Live in a Chaotic Climate

The first few pages of How to Live in a Chaotic Climate may seem ominous: You’ll find the words funeral, uncertainty, and grieve in the Table of Contents. Though these words might …

Reclaim Your Power, Shape Your Life: Unlocking the Transformative Wisdom of the Tree of Life

Explore how Kabbalah can help us better understand ourselves and our place in the world.

How to Prepare for an Ayahuasca Ceremony

Ever wonder what to expect out of an ayahuasca healing experience? Here is a brief guide on how to prepare.

How Spiritual Minimalism Helps Create Space and Purpose

One meditation teacher shares his thoughts on how to streamline your life to create more meaning through the simple practice of spiritual minimalism.

Melissa Watkins

Melissa L Watkins is the Founder of Guidance311 and an energy healer with Integrated Energy Therapy®, Master-Instructor Teacher. She "focus(es) on optimizing your 12 Strand DNA, wh…

Embracing Love and Devotion: Discovering the Spiritual Underpinnings of Bhakti Fest

Dive into devotion and join us this year for 3 days of kirtan, yoga, and community-building when Bhakti Fest returns to Joshua Tree September 15-17.

Heart-Based Decision Making: Journey Inward With Breath & Heart

Explore the process of learning to make decisions from your heart center.

The Art of Raising Your Money Consciousness

Changing your perspective of money from something mundane to something spiritual is an art, not a science. Learn how to shift your money consciousness now.

How to Get in Touch with the Energy of Late Summer

The coming of fall doesn’t have to be a hard transition. Honor the magic of the end of summer with an altar, rituals, crystals, and affirmations.

3 Keys to Thriving: How to Have Purpose, Prosperity, and Ease

Discover these three powerful keys to step into a purpose-filled, prosperous, and easeful life.

How to Build Foundational Psychic Awareness Skills

A psychic counselor and Reiki master shares the essentials to starting on your own psychic journey. What will you discover through your intuition?

What Death With a Doula Looks Like

Learn what death doulas do and how they can support people during the last days of their lives.

How Working With Spirit Animals Calms Anxiety

Renowned psychotherapist and shamanic healer Dr. Steven Farmer offers concrete ways to work with spirit animals to assist you in healing anxiety.

Use the Tarot to Find Yin-Yang Harmony in Relationships

The tarot can be used to find balance between feminine and masculine energies in ourselves and our relationship. One tarot deck creator explains how.

From the Hollywood Mindset to the Himalayan Mindset

The director of the International Yoga Festival shares her story of discovering oneness with the Divine.

4 Types of Agni (Digestion), According to Ayurveda

Ayurveda has four descriptors for the varied kinds of digestive fire. Which one do you relate to the most?

Awakening From Suffering

Discover your soul's true purpose as your life takes on a deeper meaning. Realize that our collective purpose is to share our love and that this is the true meaning of life.

Swami Premodaya

Swami Premodaya is a spiritual teacher, author, and founder of JewelTree Center for Spiritual Growth & Guidance. For a full schedule of events and programs, as well as free guided …

Try a Light Transmission Ritual to Strengthen Your Relationships

One author experienced a light transmission ritual and shares how its power can help us navigate and heal relationships.

3 Crystals for Graceful Aging

Healing crystals can support your body, mind, and spirit as you age. Learn which three crystals can help you age with grace and enjoy a grounding crystal ritual.

Crystal Cheatham’s Rainbow Resonance Through Socially Responsible Spirituality

The philosophy of socially responsible spirituality helps individuals who face prejudice feel a sense of belonging, especially when dealing with the complexities of faith and identity.

Shaping Resilience: Dr. HT Woodruff's Journey in Emotional Strengthening

HT Woodruff’s journey reflects a commitment to navigating the turbulent waters of grief and trauma with empathy and proven strategies.

Developing Your Intuition

The key to opening our intuitive gifts is knowing ourselves so well that we do not waver.

Uncover Your Inherent Goodness

How can we rediscover our goodness and live out that truth daily so that we might thrive in every aspect of our lives? What if the secret to rediscovering our goodness is to look inward?

3 Crystals for Coping with Pain

Chronic physical and emotional pain can be deeply draining. Crystals can support you on the healing journey in a multitude of ways.

Accelerate Your Spiritual Awakening with the Golden Ray Initiations

The Golden Ray Initiations isn't just a course; it's an experiential voyage into the depths of your spiritual being.

Karma Consciousness

Explore how a Karmic Cause and Effect Analysis can help you identify the life lessons you came here to learn.

3 Ways to Manage New Relationship Anxiety

A psychotherapist and leadership coach offers three powerful strategies to manage new relationship anxiety when you’re building a connection.

4 Practices to Evoke the Courageous Spirit of a Lion

The lion is a powerful symbol and ally for inner courage and self-expression. One Vedic teacher offers four steps to embody this animal teacher.

Rev. Sue Frederick

Rev. Sue Frederick is an ordained Unity Minister, clairaudient, soul regression therapist, and master numerologist. She channels messages and prayers from the angelic realm and rec…

Learning to Receive

If you have an inspired thought or intuitive urge, follow it, because it could lead you to your desired outcome

6 “What If’s” to Help You Thrive

A holistic life coach offers six propositions and action steps to help you move forward and find an authentic direction in life.

5 Tips for Decision-Making Anxiety Inspired by ‘Alice in Wonderland’

Recognizing how you make decisions may be a helpful clue in navigating anxiety, and a well-loved children’s story can offer us some inspiration.

How Helpful Is Plant Medicine for Pain and Mental Health?

Many people report that plant medicines have helped ease their pain, anxiety, and depression. But it’s important not to see sacred plant medicines as “magic pills.” Explore more about the history and potential of plant medicines.

What Do Tarot Cards Tell Us?

Explore the profound insights that tarot readings can offer and shed light on the mysteries they reveal.

Aleena T. Grant

Aleena T. Grant draws inspiration from spirituality, new age practices, mind-body connection, and divination. Through her first book, The Mastery Guide of Reading Tarot, she has ca…

Spiritual Lessons from Panic Attacks

A clinical counselor and naturopathic physician explores a spiritual perspective to healing panic attacks from the source.

Romani Perspectives on How to Read Tarot

Two Romani fortune tellers offer context for the history of Tarot as we know it, and share their advice and wisdom on how to read for yourself and others.

Is It My Intuition or Fear?

Intuition and fear often feel similar but have very different effects on our decision-making processes. Explore a therapeutic perspective on differentiating between the two.

The Spiritual Meaning of the Six of Pentacles

You can’t be in control and receive life’s blessings at the same time. The Six of Pentacles tarot card asks us to let go of the need to control through people-pleasing, and more.

Shattering Duality: Rabbi Rami’s Interfaith Glimpse into Vedanta

Rabbi Rami Shapiro shares about his initiation into Hindu philosophy, his devotion to the Mother, and the power of mantra practice.

How a Digital Detox Can Awaken Your Inner Wisdom

Discover how a digital detox can awaken your intuition, boost inner peace, and enhance your spiritual well-being.

Medium Jozette

Jozette is a passionate advocate empowering others to tap into their intuitive abilities and live more mindful and fulfilling lives. She believes everyone has the potential to conn…

Wellness and Spirituality Amid the Stresses of Being a Student

Modern students often deal with academic pressures and financial constraints. Here’s how tapping into their spirituality and wellness can help them cope.

Love Your ‘Monkey Mind’

Your "monkey mind" doesn't have to control your life. Our mind is like an amazing supercomputer created to serve us.