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Mind-body medicine pioneer Dr. James S. Gordon shares a technique to shake loose trauma from the body.

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On a tragic anniversary—a traumaversary—ask yourself: What does your body need?

It may not be PTSD, but we all experience trauma. Recognizing this is good for everyone’s mental health.

"Our sexuality is one of the tenderest, most vulnerable aspects of who we are. It needs us to be safe and to feel trust. Then it can come out with the confidence, creativity, and even fierce passion that are its natural expressions."

“Over time, feeding and caring for my being this way, along with nourishing other diverse aspects of my life, built my fortitude to transform family meals into a time of warmth and care, ending a legacy of trauma and neglect.”

Buddhist minister, activist, and yoga instructor Lama Rod Owens shares his thoughts on the importance of remembering Black history and honoring lineage and how a benefactor practice can begin the process of liberation within the body.

Beautiful Trauma by Rebecca Fogg is rich in philosophical insights, humorous surprises, bizarre happenings, and amazing feats. Readers will quickly be drawn into Fogg’s personal st…

By creating a healing environment for your body through yoga, you can transform emotional trauma into well-being, release suffering, and come home to your body’s natural capacity for health and joy.

Rabbi Rami talks to trauma expert and Zen priest Dr. Joanne Cacciatore.

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The idea of collective trauma and individual trauma have shaped the work of yoga teacher, therapist, and activist Hala Khouri.

Emotional trauma can affect the body and mind for a long time. Learn how crystals can help support the healing and recovery process.

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

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SCOPE is designed for grounding yourself during high-stress situations, disrupting your body’s trauma response.

It's important for animal advocates of all kinds to take care of themselves. Discover some top tips on how to steward trauma instead of letting it consume you.

Though life is different after trauma, it can also get better. Explore how one author found deep healing by connecting to herself pre-trauma, and learn how you can do the same.

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Exhausted by constant risk assessments? Are friendships forming or dissolving based solely on pandemic vigilance? You may be experiencing COVID trauma.

“I developed a spiritual worldview that allowed me to accept suffering as a part of life. It’s how we respond to it that’s so important.”

Empaths often have a history of childhood trauma. Explore how empathy is both a gift and a challenge, and learn how to navigate your past experiences for a brighter future.

Vedanta spiritual philosophy offers powerful wisdom for the process of healing trauma. Discover the three signs you’re healing.

The fifth chakra is one of the best-kept secrets for owning your authority and interacting authentically.

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How can we learn from our traumatic experiences, and what can be gleaned from the process of recovery? Author Rebecca Fogg shares.

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We spoke with author LaUra Schmidt about climate grief, healing personal trauma, and how spirituality and climate awareness are connected.

The developer of a therapy called Somatic Experiencing, Peter Levine helps patients overcome traumatic memories through physical movement.

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Simple joys help us flow back to the best things in life. “Never have I so sensed in my patients and myself the necessity of cultivating awareness of simple joys.”

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Dropped into a nightmare dreamscape often or even nightly? Explore the spiritual meaning of bad dreams.

Christopher Willard, the author of How We Grow Through What We Go Through, offers ideas for healing—and growing—after trauma.

Promote healing in your life by using these conscious dance practices, whether in a group or alone in the comfort of your home.

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

Why does decolonizing therapy matter? Body-based counselor and Spirituality & Health staff writer Julie Peters explains.

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The Five of Cups instructs us to explore our relationship to trauma and how we process. Learn more about the spiritual meaning of this tarot card.

You might need to break the “rules” in order to fully heal yourself. Learn how healing is a radical act—one that might rock the boat in your life.

Chronic shame can teach us powerful lessons about our upbringing, habits, and self-esteem. Learn more about how to transmute shame into deep learning.

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According to Dr. Richard C. Schwartz, systemic family therapist and founder of Internal Family Systems, there really are No Bad Parts.

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

Did you draw the Hanged Man tarot card? Discover the spiritual meaning behind this often-misunderstood symbol.

A neurosurgeon experiences PTSD after being intubated in his own ICU. His journey through that one long night holds lessons for us all.

As we grow older, how can our spirituality and inner power also grow? Dr. E. Elisabet Lahti explains how, and offers the Finnish practice of “sisu” as a way to find personal enlightenment.

Spirituality and therapy have been intertwined since before psychotherapy became a respected field of study. Explore some of the complexities at the intersection of spiritual life and therapy.

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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.”

For survivors of suicide, grief is compounded by the stigma and shame that often accompanies these tragic situations. Here are some healthy strategies you can use for healing—and forgiving yourself.

Yoga is an incredibly powerful tool for stress management. Try this sequence of five poses to calm down, relax, and recenter yourself.

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When a bull stops and finds querencia -- his place of safety -- he becomes truly dangerous. Yet in the arena of human relationships, this pause, this place of safety, is where healing begins.

Autonomous sensory meridian response videos, exploding in popularity online, help people relax and get some sleep in a stressful world.

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To quell anger, Ayurveda addresses the emotional imbalance caused by poor communication between the head and heart.

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

On the front lines fighting for the dignity of an invisible workforce, Ai-jen Poo aims to rehumanize society.

When it comes to our significant other we often want to explain away or even deny uneasy feelings, but these relationship red flags should never be ignored.

The times, they are a'changin'—explore how psychedelic medicines have found popularity in the 21st century.

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By letting go of past hurts, we can heal not only ourselves, but our families, our communities, and our world.

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There is a population of people where anger is an accepted, indeed expected, emotion. The emotions of fear and sadness however, are not. In this culture, violence and addiction are…

I'm not telepathic. But I probably know something about you. It's this: If you have low self-esteem, you're often accused of being "negative." They call you morbid, morose, a dow…

An anecdote often retold in meditation circles involves the Dalai Lama meeting with a group of Western Buddhist teachers. One teacher allegedly asked him how to aid students suffer…

I'd be rich if I had a dollar for each time I recommended the twelve steps to someone who countered by saying I can't do the steps because I don't believe in God.And God is what th…

The issue of stress is rampant in our culture. Mindful Yoga Therapy, supported by Give Back Yoga Foundation, is offering a path to healing for these individuals.

If you and I meet anytime, in any way, today, these things will almost certainly occur: I'll say yes when my heart and mind mean no. I'll feel, perhaps throughout our entire inte…

We all know living in the moment is a key aspect of happiness. We know we need to learn to pay attention to what’s actually happening around us, the people we are with, and all the…

“The global prevalence of death-related holidays—such as Día del Muerto, the Hungry Ghost Festival, the grave-sweeping-and-lantern-floating Obon—evinces an ancient, universal need.”

In our spiritual luminary series, each week we will feature someone who personifies a key spiritual value. In the first installment, we chat with yogi and activist Seane Corn, who …

Maybe at some point you decided to try meditation. Maybe the practice you began back then fulfills you still. Or maybe not.

Do you find it difficult to love yourself? I mean: to truly relish looking at and being with and thinking of yourself? When those of us who hate ourselves are told to love ourselv…

One tranquil morning on the beautiful island of Bali, I reclined outdoors on a spa chair at a destination resort. Perched atop a shelf of rice paddy fields, my eye caught a farmer …

The pinging phone, back to back meetings, rush hour traffic; most of us get a little on edge when we are face to face with high stress situations. We also probably know people who …

Passover came and went this year and I not only observed the holiday but barely noticed its existence.Saying this feels cold, considering how many friends and relatives of mine are…

Lily Diamond learned the sensorial magic of culinary creativity from her mother, whose life was cut tragically short. In her new book Kale and Caramel (Atria 2017), Diamond shares …

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Many people are increasingly turning to acupuncture—one of the oldest healing practices in the world—to help relieve pain and bring the body back into balance. In fact,…

Many hospitals and treatment centers have begun offering holistic therapies for Native American veterans, many of whom are looking for a more spiritual approach to healing post tra…

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The stress response is your best ally during difficult moments—a resource to rely on rather than an enemy to vanquish.

How loving-kindness meditation taps the roots of empathy

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Yoga, self-care, and alternative forms of medicine cannot always fix everything.

Talk back to your inner critic with these tactics, including using funny voices with fake accents.

Books, services, education and products that are sustainable and environmentally friendly.

By re-training the muscles of your body and recovering the levels of oxygen your body requires, you’ll notice profound physiological and psychological changes.

As more relationships open, I wanted to learn if this can be a spiritual practice for growing love.

Is mindfulness really the panacea for today's stress?

Seven ways that each of us can take charge of our stress response, accessing a powerful tool to take charge of our health.

How comfortable are you in your own body? Take the Body Intelligence Quiz.

Start observing your anger to truly understand where it should be directed.

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

An audio meditation to engage with our anger and compassion without shame.

Research shows that dreaming is not just a byproduct of sleep, but serves its own important functions in our well-being.

Our ability to be resonant with ourselves is a key for bringing healing into our life.

Suffering is Optional. Here’s how to find the teacher inside.

Try these three helpful poses to bring stress relief to your muscles.

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Some things not to say to those of us who tend to hate ourselves — and why, and what you might tell or ask us instead.

How to use mindfulness to let go of preconceived notions.

An alternative view of healing that includes four different dimensions responsible for maintaining the health.

Have 10 minutes? Here are ways to make time for creativity in your daily life.

My niece is dying from a rare blood disorder. She takes comfort in believing she will soon be with her mother in heaven. I know otherwise: My sister isn’t dead. We told my niece th…

Maybe the secrets of relationships really are all in the cards.

Clearing and releasing enables you to live with greater presence.

We need to feel safe in order to heal.

Simple exercises that anyone can do to increase pelvic floor awareness and tone the muscles for strength and suppleness.

Understanding and Transforming Habits of Harm

One author learned much on her search for something to ease her mind.

In the past three years both my sons committed suicide, and now I constantly hover over my young adult daughter for fear she’s plotting to do the same. I’m angry with God, worrying…

In need of an emotional detox? Here are three ways to cleanse yourself of stuck emotions so you can be free to process your feelings in a healthy way.

The yogis have been right, scientists say.

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Beneficial bacteria may become the basis for an immunization.

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New science shows that addiction, like other conditions in the brain, can be healed.

We have all said yes when we knew better, and mostly the impact is as meaningless as eating an hors d’oeuvre just to be polite. But sometimes the impact is life-changing: saying ye…

On one especially long winter run, I was overcome by a deep, felt sense that I could trust myself, others, and life in a way that I had never known.

When you are a victim of abuse, your mind comes up with all the reasons it's not really happening.

Glutathione may be necessary for anti-aging, cancer prevention, heart disease, dementia, general disease prevention, and optimal health.

How shopping can trigger low self-esteem issues.

For those of us who struggle with low self-esteem, desire can be triggering.

If we all speak our truth, no matter how heavy or how trivial our stories seem, then together we can light the way toward a new future and a new story, one that is no longer based on silence and shame.

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Tools to balance your first chakra.

Why we shouldn't be afraid to make mistakes.

Although it is not common to experience a healing crisis after an energy healing treatment, here are nine tips for moving through the process.

Scientific researchers are clear that food intolerances are different from allergies and may take longer to show up in the body than allergies.

When everything feels up in the air, here’s how to keep worry from taking over.

When the heart is balanced, the rest of the energy body can maintain a greater sense of equilibrium.

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

On being “an advocate, an activist for the expression of Love in all its forms . . .”

“Apifera Farm is not so much a place as it is my intention to the world,” says Katherine Dunn, an artist who has been featured in S&H and a farmer who is now devoted to incorporati…

Shared values are not the same thing as shared humanity. Shared values are based on agreements that come from the head. They form the basis of culture. But it’s our shared humanity…

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A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication

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Sometimes low self-esteem starts with high self-esteem.

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 …

Discover the choice of solitude in the face of loneliness.

This emotion can consume our thoughts.

When we suppress emotional energy, it lands in the energy system for the physical body, generating or exacerbating pain, illness and disease.

In a world of constant sharing—a debate about how much is too much.

How can empathic people let loose the burden of other people's emotions?

Seeing the world can help you see yourself in a new light.

This week, find out how to boost your mood in only 12 minutes and read about a way that people are healing our deep divides.

"How many of us have entered a doctor’s office only to be met by an unemotional individual with very little time for us who mostly stares into a computer screen?"

Being connected to life. Returning home to yourself. Serving others. You were made for this awakening. Get grounded!

Not everyone excels at flights of fancy, but for those stuck on the ground, maybe fantasizing can become a useful practice.

"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."

Most of us have been unconsciously clutching the pelvic floor so consistently, and for so long, that we’re not even aware we’re stuck in an unnaturally frozen and weakened state.

Sexual energy may be an expression of the divine within each of us. That's one reason a mindful approach to sacred sexuality is so important.

Low sexual desire can limit energy and vitality. The good news is you can take control turn that light back on.

“If you are someone who doesn’t feel randomly and spontaneously turned on all the time, there’s nothing wrong with you. It’s totally normal to go through periods where you don’t feel like having sex.”

Want to be more mindful when it comes to sex? Try following these three rules.

The founder of SoulWork, Adi Shakti, on awakening and empowering the divine feminine.

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“Empathy will not heal the hurt world overnight, but can at least make life more interesting. Try these strategies.”

Mental training can help us get through horrible physical experiences—even childbirth!

Shaili Jain, M.D. serves as a PTSD specialist at one of America’s top VA hospitals and is a trauma scientist at the National Center for PTSD. She is a professor at Stanford Univers…

Seane Corn describes her evolution and the revolution she's taking part in during this interview with Stephen Kiesling.

Eating disorders almost never stop talking to us, whispering in our ear. Here are the lies they tell us.

“Plant medicine showed me that all we have to do is be who we are, love and light.”

"If only they knew: For us, fear is not a choice. A little fear is necessary for survival: Ask any gazelle. But too much fear can be as crippling as too little."

Unlocking the wisdom of past hurts can help you heal yourself and others.

The letter from the editor kicks off each issue and helps set the tone for the magazine. Over the next six issues, members of the S&H team will be writing the letter. This issue’s writer, Kalia Kelmenson, is our editorial director and resident book lover, surfer, and mind-body explorer.

Does your gut tell you not to trust your gut? Maybe you should listen.

The Sweet Requiem is an admirable, sometimes surprising look at the tragedy of displacement, both the geographic and the psychological kind.

Shannon Kaiser thought she was traveling the world to check off items on her bucket list, but what she found was a sense of belonging.

Learn how to vanquish anxiety and actually enjoy the holidays with these tips.

In this book, a young man searches for his identity and the meaning of life, while guided by an imaginary friend along the journey.

“Are you ready to face yourself, surrender the ego, connect to the source, manifest your destiny, and step into service?”

Rabbi Rami speaks with internationally acclaimed yoga teacher and public speaker Seane Corn, about her very first book, Revolution of the Soul. Full transcript of discussion included.

If you know there’ll be at least one toxic relative to face this holiday season, here's how to protect yourself and navigate your way forward as sanely and serenely as possible.

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

Clark Strand and Perdita Finn explain how the Catholic rosary finds new purpose in interfaith gatherings.

This often-neglected part of the body has a lot to say if you know how to listen.

Jenna Grace is a neurodivergent writer and educator with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sensory processing disorder (SPD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and social a…

“I bathe a few times a week. Sometimes every day. In my old tub with my plastic-bag pillow. Telling my body that it’s okay to relax. To soothe. Letting it know that things will finally be okay.”

As our air becomes more polluted, healthy breathing habits are becoming even harder to establish.

Black Girl Magic can’t protect us from everything. Here are nine online resources to help black women keep our cool when racism rears its ugly head.

Exploring how an irritable mind affects an irritable bowel does not imply IBS symptoms are not real. It means that in IBS, and many other conditions, the mind-body connection can create real symptoms—and can be used to bring real healing.

We can’t second-guess every choice we make. So how do we know what it means for something to feel right?

Sometimes we need to get at the emotional root of pain to help us recover. Learn how to care for your body in a more mindful way and start developing the habits that build resilience in the body.

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“I was raised to believe that being frightened meant being alive. Timeo, ergo sum. That being scared is not a frailty but a skill. That I displayed intelligence by shunning whatever displayed itself as welcoming or wild. That the scariest time-bomb in the world was me.”

“On Valentine’s Day, I want to focus on true love: the energy of power, desire, courage, intuition, and deep emotion. This spell invites that energy into our hearts while mindfully clearing whatever may stand in the way of that love.”

“If you are a sensitive person, you might notice that you are highly affected by other people’s moods, what others might think of you, and the news you hear about the world around you.”

Many of us live with persistent anxiety. If our doctor recommends stepping away from medicine, what are some ways to cope without medicine?

The repetitive movements you make every day can be a big factor in aggravating or even causing pain in the neck, shoulders, and upper back. Try these four stretches from chiropractor Dr. Amy Shevokas to find relief.

Ancient teachings like Lomi Lomi and Ho’oponopono help heal modern hurts.

Are you a victim, a vessel, or something else?

Sarah Bowen shares ways humans can rebalance their relationship with the rest of the animal kingdom.

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.

What impact does changing hormones have on your sex drive during perimenopause?

Lisa Marie Basile is the author of Light Magic for Dark Times and the forthcoming The Magical Writing Grimoire. She is a poet-witch and founding creative director of Luna Luna maga…

When ideas or illusions about what we can and cannot control in our lives are shattered, try these spiritual rituals to bring some light into moments of darkness.

Want to manage manipulative, triggering, altogether difficult people? Gray rock them.

There’s a saying that asking people to change their diet is like asking them to change their religion. What we eat and how we eat might be our most personal choices.

Julie Peters talks with Indigenous dance artist Olivia C. Davies about dance as a healing practice.

There have been lots of documentaries in recent years about various aspects of mindfulness, but Rob Beemer’s The Mindfulness Movement seeks to be a total guide to the many div…

Renowned Buddhist meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg’s first book on meditation was Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, which she penned in 1995. Since then, she ha…

Feeling baffled? Our guest columnist suggests "to honor these moments of bewilderment, to hold them as holy pauses that are rich with the potential for psychological and spiritual awakening."

Our March/April 2020 cover subject is Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner and lomilomi expert Jeana Naluai. Rabbi Rami spoke with her to learn about healing and forgiveness.

Flower essences are a subtle medicine. They are helpful for working on emotional and energetic layers of our being. Try these three essences to build your courage.

Sherry Cormier, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and a certified bereavement trauma specialist. She is the author of Sweet Sorrow: Finding Enduring Wholeness After Loss and Grief, …

“Do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?” —Rumi

In this book, the reader gets an insightful look at the soul through the stories of two women.

In time with the release of his book, we spoke with bestselling author David Sheff on the transformation of Buddhist-practicing death row inmate Jarvis Jay Masters.

Ilene Smith is the author of Moving Beyond Trauma: The Roadmap to Healing From Your Past and Living With Ease and Vitality. She is a certified professional coach and somatic e…

“Our ancestors, even if neglected for 10,000 years, are still an ongoing part of our current manifestation. They bore us. We carry them.”

The body has its own way of processing emotions. “The rush of symptoms people experience in a panic attack is a tsunami of fear being released in the body. The question is: What’s deep below the surface that keeps building up fear that needs to be released?”

“If you’re trying to find a way to combine your passion and your paycheck, here are some ideas that might help.”

The world is a wild, wild place right now. The problem is, when we don’t pause to process our emotions, we cannot evolve. But in order to evolve, we’re going to have to deal with our emotions.

Innate medicine is a new way of looking at healing and seeks to build up the body’s inherent capacity to be well.

Just because you believe it doesn’t make it so. Good news: You can retrain your brain to challenge and conquer beliefs that limit you.

Mindfulness techniques are being incorporated more and more for sleep health. Here are six expert-recommended mindfulness practices to help you fall—and stay—asleep.

Far too many in the Black community are suffering in silence. Mental health, particularly stopping suicides, must be part of the BLM conversation. Here are three barriers to care we must overcome and four ways to make lasting change.

This year, our Books We Love section examines self-care from an ayurvedic perspective, how food affects mental health and immunity, and how to cultivate a moon practice, and more.

Maybe you’ve come across one of those bumper stickers that reads Let That #$!% Go, or you’ve seen a T-shirt with the same expression and a serene image of Buddha. But how to let go?

Julie Peters describes her experience with SIBO and her long journey back to health.

If you stay warm and dry it will take 10 minutes.

Craftivism is a way to be a changemaker while also being creative with your hands. Here are five ways to craft real change right now.

“While we can’t eliminate our anxiety, we can navigate it. We can diminish its power—and live fulfilling lives anyway.”

Difficult emotions are there for a reason. There is one cure for toxic positivity.

Empathy and non-judgment lie at the heart of the therapeutic experience. “Strength and brokenness are not opposites.”

Shame can prevent us from seeking the help we truly need. “If you are partnered with someone who often feels the stinging effects of shame, you can do your best to offer compassion and acceptance.”

Jin Shin Jyutsu isn’t well-known, but the practice promises whole-body healing, either with a practitioner or at home.

A conversation with sex therapist Maci Daye on the importance of bringing play, adventure, and curiosity into the bedroom and why “Great sex has more to do with the state of our mind than with the function of our body.”

Stressed? Depleted? Us too. These restorative practices are designed to help you replenish yourself.

The shared act of knitting with a beloved grandmother opens up space, time, and stories.

Meditation teacher and psychotherapist Ralph De La Rosa, author of Don't Tell Me to Relax, offers advice for living fully through difficult times.

Pain from the past can build up and fester within us. These 7 steps will help you alleviate that pain and move forward to a more mindful state.

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“In a nutshell, think of gray rocking as turning your back on someone without actually turning your back and offending them.”

Anne M. Lauren is an author, artist, and alchemist with a Master's degree in Theological Studies. She shares her story of childhood trauma and recovery through writing and public s…

Gratitude and grief are both essential and need to be welcomed and honored, especially during the holidays.

Want to bounce back better? Build your emotional resilience. “Resiliency is like a scale, with negative and positive experiences acting as counterweights.”

As suicide rates rise, it’s important to recognize the warning signs. You may be able to help a loved one get the support they need if you know the warning signs of suicide.

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Kameelah Mu'Min Rashad is the founder of Muslim Wellness Foundation and the Black Muslim Psychology Conference. She is a fervent advocate for social justice, activism, and mental wellness in the black Muslim community.

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

Isn’t it time to break out of your bondage? Tapping therapy allows you to quite literally tap into your critical issues and resolve them through a series of body tapping gestures.

Uncover the power of writing poetry as a way to discover the heart of your pain, and to heal from it in this excerpt from Jacqueline Suskin's Every Day is a Poem: Find Clarity, Feel Relief, and See Beauty in Every Moment.

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.

Your body is sending you a message—in the unfortunate language of pain.

Do you have daily anxiety? Welcome to being human. “... It would be great, because anxiety is a part of every day, if laughter could be too.”

Our life is our story, and we can’t rip out any of the chapters. “Each of us is on a hero’s journey.”

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

(Re)learn to read deeply. The mental stillness required for a long read allows your mind to formulate a moral position. This kind of bibliotherapy provides a healing place for the soul.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, an unlikely hero has emerged: pets. “In addition to helping us navigate an increasingly frightening and lonely world, our pets can also help us manage the interpersonal relationships inside our own walls.”

The practice of self-love isn't one-size fits all. Your body knows what it needs. Create your own practice by tapping into your emotions and listening to your body's signals.

Address your spiritual wounds with the traditional Hawaiian cleansing practice of ho’oponopono.

Seeking and acknowledging the spiritual meaning of lower back pain can set you on a course for recovery.

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

Are you an ON person or an OFF person? Yoga teacher and somatic counselor Hala Khouri shares ideas for moving toward self-regulation.

Explore how to heal a relationship with your sacred womb—a place of death, life, and possibilities.

S&H editor at large, Stephen Kiesling, interviews Nedra Glover Tawwab, a therapist who quietly helps empower clients to speak up for themselves, set boundaries, and find peace.

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Praying to dog? Studies have shown prayer has a positive impact on mental and physical health and healing—regardless of who or what you pray to.

Feeling stuck in unhealthy patterns? You can find deeper rest and relaxation, ease anxiety, and recover from trauma through yoga Nidra practice.

Resilience is even more important when aging. Luckily, it’s a skill that can be strengthened.

Shannon Algeo is a celebrated speaker, life coach, Yoga Nidra and meditation teacher, and host of the popular podcast, SoulFeed. In his coaching practice, Algeo works with clients …

Discover ways to feel more free through Buddhist practices. “We all want freedom but we are not always so sure about what it is or how to attain it.”

“Our Soul Origins, whether primarily tied to Earth, not-on-Earth, or the Angelic Realm of pure Love and Compassion, are exhibited in the nature of our human self and our Soul or Higher Self.”

Let writing be your liberator. There may just be a violin trapped within you, just waiting to emerge.

Bearing the weight of your world on one shoulder? Consider the spiritual meaning of right shoulder pain and how to address it.

As an economist, Dr. Randall Bell has consulted on more disasters on earth than anyone in history. He is widely considered the world’s top authority in the field of post-traumatic…

With this ritual, become an observer to your emotions surrounding loss, and release them into the universe.

Lansing, Michigan-based Survivor Strong founder Amanda Thomashow shares how her organization is providing tools for prevention, support, and advocacy for survivors of sexual assault.

Shamanic practitioner (and emergency medic) Winter Ross met a sister in a wounded ponderosa pine.

Take a dive into the lucid dream world and explore advice for new dreamers.

There is a unique connection between spirituality, science, and your smile. Discover the spiritual meaning of tooth pain.

Kristin Neff, PhD, created the scale that psychologists worldwide use to measure self-compassion. Now she reveals the hidden superpower that makes being kind to yourself a primal force for justice.

Some have a simple and loving relationship with their mom. For others, Mother’s Day can be a day where we pull out our complex feelings about mothering and unpack them a little bit.

Utilizing “brainspots” and resource-eye positions, a therapist helps clients navigate thoughts and emotions that have kept them stuck. “Thinking becomes knowing.”

Paul Tillich is one of the greatest philosophical theologians you’ve probably never heard of.

Slow, deep, diaphragmatic—breathwork sounds, and is, so beneficial for treating insomnia. But they call it work for a reason.

“PASSIONATE SEX is rare in long-term relationships.” There. Maci Daye just gets this over with in the introduction to her new book, so anyone in that situation can relax—it’s tot…

Sharon Blady views neurodiversity as a superpower. “I’ve been Geek Grrrl for as long as I can remember, and well before I used the term for reclamation and empowerment.”

What happens when you allow your whole body to have a conscious voice? “I have seen dramatic improvement in a variety of conditions when people begin assuming that the whole body has a form of consciousness that communicates about what’s going on in our lives.”

Take a moment to stand upright. Do your best to stand as you normally do, without trying to find a “correct” posture. Close your eyes and notice what you feel.

Brianna Mann, Ph.D. was formally trained as a clinical psychologist and now practices as a coach, combining traditional, evidenced-based methods with her intuitive gifts to find an…

Psychotherapist Susan Aposhyan has taught meditation for more than four decades, in her book Heart Open, Body Awake, she explores four steps to embodied spirituality.

Attachment styles are patterns of how we think, feel, and act in close relationships. Knowing the characteristics of the four distinct styles can help strengthen our ties to others.

Yoga Nidra lineage holder Tracee Stanley doesn’t want you to fear rest.

The hips are connected to the energy center that governs creativity. The spiritual meaning of hip pain can also be tied to old memories, traumas, and uncomfortable emotions like shame.

Rabbi Rami Shapiro answers questions from S&H readers. “My priest confided in me that despite her best sermonic efforts, racism still infects our overwhelmingly white church. What else might she do?”

Michael Pollan discusses his new book, exploring the relationship between humans and three plant products that have shaped human culture and history: caffeine, mescaline, and opium.

You may find your calling at the place where your gifts intersect with other people’s needs.

Have you ever wanted to break out of destructive behavioral patterns? Are there parts of yourself you find hard to love? If so, this book is for you. Richard C. Schwartz arg…

Authenticity, a minimal amount of emotional work, and the ability to gain trust are just some of the reasons empaths value their relationships with animals and with nature.

After several intriguing exchanges abroad, a woman named for a fragrant plant embraces the power of flower essence therapy.

Personal boundaries are determined by childhood conditioning. Those with porous boundaries can shore them up by “reparenting” the lower chakras.

What is your Soul note vibration? “Cleanse and purify thyself and I will exalt thee to the throne of power.”

One of the benefits of yin yoga, for beginners and returning practitioners, is called interoception.

Cold therapy, vocalization, and socializing are just three of six ways to improve vagal tone and reduce stress.

Lying down during the day can lower stress, boost productivity, and help you sleep at night.

“Just because your religion betrayed you does not mean that Spirit has abandoned you.”

In dealing with a loss, your actions and words, thoughts, breath, diet, and more can all be tailored to a more mindful form of grieving.

Deb Dana, LCSW, is a clinician and consultant specializing in using the lens of Polyvagal Theory to understand and resolve the impact of trauma and create ways of working that hono…

Is your style aromatherapy, sound healing, or one of the others? This spiritual vibration test will tell you.

As a teen, Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz realized that her ancestral foods were medicine. Now a chef and curandera, she shares a lifetime of personal remedies and body care recipes.

Self-care tools for people who advocate for the more-than-human world.

Embracing fate to reduce struggle is key to practicing amor fati.

In addition to diet and medicine, yoga can help treat the overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine.

Identify, channel, and direct your energy for health, wealth, and happiness.

Open your heart, tap into joy, and explore the transformative healing nature of Grief Yoga.

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

Becca Piastrelli’s Root & Ritual explores ways for you to connect with your ancestors, the land, your community, and your Self through rituals, recipes, and ancestral wisdom.

Answer eight chakra quiz questions to determine where there’s imbalance in your system and how you can realign.

Deep tissue hyaluronic acid is released when practicing yin yoga. That is a good thing, since hyaluronic acid plumps up the fascia.

These two profiles may inspire you to make changes in your own life.

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Whether they are ghosts or imaginary presences, we can still learn something from them.

You are made of energy at the cellular level and you are impacted and affected by the energy of other people and your environment.

Go-to mantras to relieve holiday stress, anxiety, and depression.

Pelvic floor pain can arise from physical dysfunction as well as blocked energy.

Beyond Venus, these goddesses speak to different aspects of your inner divine.

Clutter, chemicals, negative media, and more can unknowingly cause stress. The good news is there’s a lot you can do about it.

The spiritual meaning of vaginal infections may stem from the metaphorical penetration of toxic energy.

Occurring near the winter solstice, the Cold Moon invites you to take a closer look at what lies beneath the seemingly cold and frozen surface. Discover the spiritual meaning of the Cold Moon.

Polyvagal Theory expert Deb Dana explores anchoring into your nervous system and connecting to your body’s neural pathways for calmness, safety, and connection.

How does the flow of energy connect to physical and spiritual leaks?

Consider a spiritual awakening as a major wake-up call from the universe. Spiritual affirmations beckon you to live in integrity and respect for self and all of life.

Practicing death awareness need not be morbid. It can help you live your values more fully and cherish your life.

Work with healing crystals for anxiety and tap into their power for relaxation, protection, and self-love.

Focus on a dilemma or stressor, then use the ancient text to interpret coin tosses in order to resolve it.

Intuitive medicine is a complementary tool for health assessments. It works alongside traditional medicine.

A groundbreaking, authoritative exploration—rich with powerful personal stories and convincing research—of the many ways the living can and do accompany the dying on their journey into the afterlife.

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

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.

Are you blaming COVID? You have far more command than you realize. Stop blaming COVID and choose to take your power back.

Despite our cultural preference for happiness and comfort, a fully integrated life acknowledges the truth of loss and injustice.

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.

Sarah Krasnostein is an American-Australian writer with a doctorate in criminal law. She is the author, most recently, of The Believer. Her first book, The Trauma Cleaner, was a fi…

“We are united in the emotions that drive us into the beliefs that divide us.”

People expressed improved relaxation & stress reduction after watching bears at an Alaskan preserve.

On the path of awakening there can be periods of disorientation and intense emotion. Get resources for qualified support and learn how to effectively support others.

Lissa Rankin, MD, The New York Times bestselling author of multiple books, including Mind Over Medicine, is a physician, speaker, mystic, and founder of the Whole Health Medicine I…

The spiritual meaning of IBS is about looking at imbalances in how we relate to our food and our emotions.

Think of emotional cleansing as similar to the recycling process, the process of reusing something for the greater good.

Wrapping your arms around anxiety is about speaking directly and compassionately to your anxiety.

“He that lacks time to mourn, lacks time to mend.”—Sir Henry Taylor

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

Life on Earth is the eighth studio album from Alynda Segarra and their band Hurray for the Riff Raff. Minimal electronic synth-rock is the raft these songs ride upon, with lyrics t…

Emotion is energy in motion, says Paul Denniston. Discover how to use yoga to move grief through your body.

Adaptogens are stress-busting herbs and mushrooms that can help the body find balance in the face of daily stress.

Try this yin yoga sequence to cool down hot emotions before reacting impulsively. Then respond mindfully to life events.

Amelia Jones (they/them/their) is a Soul Escort, carefully guiding people back to their power. They are descended from chemists, healers, artists, farmers, and people who have had …

Voice healing requires a deep dive into who we are, but the results are extraordinary.

Is your body proving to be an untrustworthy narrator of your chronic pain or illness? Listening closely to your body means it always has your back.

Singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier shares her go-to spiritually uplifting songs—with links!

Learn to listen to your internal “yes” and “no” signals. Teach your body that what you want matters.

“Self-realization is the sweetest thing. It shows us how we are fully responsible for ourselves, and that’s where we find our freedom.”

A simple practice of mindfully noticing eye color can make medicine a little better.

Transformational breathing involves rapid breathwork for 20-45 minutes. The results can feel like a rebirth.

Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen offers her thoughts on social justice, yoga, and the "pluriverse of healing.”

What does it mean to truly love other people, and how can we transform pain into compassion? Author Matt Kahn shares his wisdom.

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

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

In need of a deeper connection to your sensuality? Consider working with the Norse goddess Freyja.

What are flower remedies, and how can they be utilized to help highly sensitive people navigate the world? A Mind-Body Medicine practitioner shares her thoughts.

Author Mary Firestone shares her gratitude with Spirituality & Health readers, and celebrates the publication of her new book Trusting the Dawn: How to Choose Freedom and Joy After Trauma.

Yoga and veganism can combine to create deep life changes.

Need help caring for yourself? You might benefit from inner child journaling.

Because human beings are already divine, we have the capacity to learn from our worst moments, to find beauty and hope and help for other people when we recover from our struggles.

The pelvic floor—which is linked to our nervous system—can be cared for in a number of physical and emotional ways.

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

"What if we can embrace ahimsa as total avoidance of harming anyone—not only by deeds, but also by words and thoughts? What if we start with ourselves?"

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

Sometimes the path to peace is through a struggle with self. This was so for Chief Robert Joseph, a survivor of a residential school for Indigenous children in Canada. For him, t…

Stephen Gray has compiled an assortment of unique perspectives in this book, and there is uniform agreement about one thing: We are living through calamitous times, and conventiona…

Thanksgiving is an opportunity to spread some joy. Discover five easy ways to brighten someone else’s holiday.

Explore how mindfulness practices can support recovery from substance use disorder with meditation teacher and writer Adrienne van der Valk.

Indigenous people have long understood the healing power of connection to the land. Here are simple steps to incorporate this wisdom.

While practicing gratitude can increase our wellbeing, sometimes we have to step beyond gratitude to find a better life. Learn how to navigate the dark side of gratitude.

Unity and healing are at the center of Chief Dr. Robert Joseph's teachings. We spoke to him about universal values, his own elders, and Indigenous languages as "languages of the land."

Living with an autoimmune disease can be frustrating. Learning about the spiritual meaning of autoimmune diseases can be empowering and help us take better care of ourselves.

Impotence can be frustrating and disempowering—explore potential solutions from an Ayurvedic perspective.

Feeling disconnected from your community and the world around you? Dive into four ways to develop connection and belonging.

Couldn’t get to sleep last night? Here are five ways to have a better day today, and get a better night’s sleep tonight.

Explore these concrete ways to re-program the "smoke alarm" in your brain for more calm and less anxiety.

Linda Yael Schiller, MSW, LICSW is an international speaker, dreamwork specialist, and integrative mind/body/spiritual psychotherapist with over four decades of trauma treatment ex…

Are you experiencing symptoms or pain that are hard to explain? It may be time to listen to your body’s story.

In a society that tells us that rest is unnecessary, allowing illnesses and injuries to slowly run their course can be powerful.

Try these four tips the next time your hips need more love.

Steven Washington, author of Recovering You, shares his recovery journey and how movement was the key to success.

Life is an ultramarathon. The best path is to access your sisu and keep your heart open.

We spoke with the editor of How Psychedelics Can Help Save the World to explore his thoughts on just that.

Now that 2024 has arrived, throw away the resolutions and try setting intentions for the new year.

What would happen if you replaced a language of violence toward illness with a language of compassion and nurturance? An integrative MD explores.

Nightmares don’t have to lead to sleepless nights and fear. Instead, learn to interpret your nightmares to promote healing in your life.

Maria-Elena Diaz has over two decades of public service as an educator and administrator, primarily in higher education. Originally from Hawaii and Guam, she and her husband, Paul,…

During the trauma of losing her beloved life partner, love notes from the Other Side inspired one author to move forward in life with peace and joy.

The goddess Brigid—widely celebrated on February 1st—and the Star tarot card have much in common. Explore how these two figures represent resilience after collapse.

Psychedelic-assisted therapy might just be the evolution of medicine. Here are some highlights from this year’s Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Global Summit.

Use these 22 affirmations to develop and strengthen your shamanic journeying practice.

Explore how the practice of shamanic dreaming can connect you to yourself and the world around you on a deeper level.

Are you a self-starter, self-protector, self-apprentice, or self-love rock star? Take this quiz to discover where you’re at on your journey toward self-love.

Explore how what we eat and how we feel are connected, and discover new tips for supporting your relationship with food.

The Buddha himself knew the power of contentment. Discover ways to develop and maintain a sense of contentment in your life no matter the circumstances.

Rabbi Rami explores how a sudden loss of consciousness helped him explore his relationship to the physical body.

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

Our animal chaplain mourns the death of a famous mountain lion, and shares lessons from the feline's passing.

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Annabelle Sharman—an Aboriginal woman of the Mutti Mutti tribe—describes herself as a Spirit Weaver, helping guide people in the practice of YUMA: a “Dreaming to live in Oneness.” …

Have you ever felt like your personality is not your own, but rather an amalgamation of inherited patterns? It may be time to try individuation.

Ayurvedic yoga offers participants ways to tone their imbalances and honor their personal constitution. Explore how Ayuryoga can support us all.

Ananta is an award-winning spiritual teacher and author who's been interviewed by Deepak Chopra and Good Day NY. Get your free Chakra Balance Quiz to see where you need healing, an…

When we feel our life progress suddenly halted, we may be experiencing an energy block. Learn how to identify and transform energy blocks in the body, mind, and soul.

Feeling overwhelmed by anger and challenged by vexing people and situations? Call upon the Hawaiian goddess Pele to help you honor your emotions.

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

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

For those of us who experience body anxiety, normal tasks and experiences can feel insurmountable. Try these five tips to reclaim your relationship to your physical form.

Healing can often seem like an unclear process. Self-empathy is the perfect first step in any healing journey—explore three reasons why.

How can we become future ancestors and utilize the power of hope and ceremony to heal ourselves? Aboriginal teacher and healer Annabelle Sharman shares.

Kiara Norwood M.A., is a healer specializing in helping women of color holistically heal trauma and live fulfilling lives through ancestral remedies and alternative wellness therap…

Our roadside oracle answers your questions on the gender of God, the potential of hell, and how to find the right spiritual teacher.

Talk therapy—and the process of finding the right therapist—can be confusing. Here are nine ways to make accessing the "talking cure" easier.

Feeling stuck? Explore five new ways to move your body to revitalize your way of being in the word.

While fatigue can indicate a physical imbalance in the body, it can also point to an energetic or spiritual imbalance. Learn more about the spiritual meaning of fatigue.

Stuck in a thought-loop of negative self-talk? Try utilizing positive affirmations to reframe your overthinking.

Feeling stressed by other people's dramatic tendencies? A clinical psychologist and mind-body expert offers some solutions to ground yourself.

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

Energy healer and somatics expert Cheryl Pallant, PhD, shares ways to connect our bodies, minds, and senses with the earth to heal ourselves and the world.

Explore how one scientist's explorations gave him greater insight into the nature of being.

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

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Ever caught yourself waiting before making a decision, but not knowing why? Explore how hesitation can be a meaningful manifestation of intuition.

Weight loss or gain can indicate big changes in our lives. Explore the spiritual meaning of weight changes.

Try this simple visualization exercise to manifest the best night’s sleep ever tonight.

Feeling like a fraud even though you’ve earned your accomplishments? Utilize these four techniques to heal imposter syndrome.

Rose can provide deep healing to the heart and support you on your sensual journey. Learn how one herbalist works with rose for enhanced sensuality and sexuality.

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

Explore more about the options for mental health specialization, and learn how you could become a professional in the field.

Anger itself is not an evil emotion, but when it’s bottled up, it can cause severe distress and disease. A holistic perspective on rage can help you balance your emotional scales.

What we react negatively to—even and especially the foods we eat—can offer us deep wisdom. Learn more about the spiritual meaning of food allergies.

A master flower essence practitioner offers her favorite flower essences to encourage healing and embodied sensuality.

In order to address the complexity of challenges we face in the 21st century, we must awaken our most intrinsic biological gifts: the power of our soul’s intelligence, which knows how to heal and restore. Author and spiritual teacher Thomas Hübl shares more.

Thomas Hübl, PhD, is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who works within the complexity of systems and cultural change, integrating the core insights of the …

An energy medicine practitioner offers a “prescription” for the powerful practice of letting go.

Learn to connect with the calming energy of the earth from expert energy healer Wendy De Rosa, and enjoy a 14-minute guided meditation.

Sadness, while deeply uncomfortable, has a purpose and lesson to teach us. What medicine can your sadness offer you?

Dr. Steven Farmer is a licensed psychotherapist, shamanic practitioner, trauma recovery specialist, hypnotherapist, and author of several best-selling books and oracle cards, inclu…

There’s nothing like a crisis to wake us up and force us to start getting serious about change.

The holidays often bring intense feelings of grief, particularly if we have lost grandparents. An alternative trauma healer provides four ways to navigate grandparent grief this season.

Discover empowering insights and actionable advice from a birth story expert on reclaiming your unique birthing experience.

Learn how to be fully in the moment with big emotions with this gentle meditation.

These three healing crystals can support you in your journey towards embodied sensuality. Which one will you keep close by?

Dive into a celebratory 50th anniversary album that unites the teachings of Ram Dass with innovative new music.

More than ever, the world needs healers. If you feel drawn to the healing arts or community building, you might have been—or may be now—a witch.

Panic attacks can be scary and require care, but they can also teach us a lot about ourselves. Explore the spiritual meaning of panic attacks.

The biblical tale of Eve, the first woman, can teach us meaningful lessons about exile, shame, and the quest for knowledge.

The way we carry ourselves in the world is powerful and can reflect deeper spiritual truths about the way we live our lives. What’s the spiritual meaning of your posture?

One writer’s experience in an unconventional art class opened healing pathways for her inner child. Learn how your inner child can benefit from visual art too.

Rest doesn’t always have to look like more sleep. When we listen to the body’s needs and triggers, we can better understand what true restfulness looks like.

When the medical system fails to heal chronic illness or chronic pain, we may find solace in a spiritual understanding of our lived experience.

Endometriosis is a complicated but common condition. When Western medicine offers no explanation, you may want to explore the spiritual meaning of endometriosis.

Our lead digital editor reports on one master herbalist's suggestions for our current age of anxiety.

The Four of Swords tarot card encourages us to rest after a long, hard battle. Learn more about the spiritual meaning of this tarot card.

“Laziness” isn’t a moral failure—it may be our bodies and nervous systems asking for a break so that we can heal more deeply.

The story of this ancient Mesopotamian goddess can teach us important wisdom about the inevitability of death and the changing of the seasons.

Inspired by Tricia Hersey’s book Rest Is Resistance, Julie Peters shares her thoughts on the radical healing power of rest.

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

One author and feminine power recovery advocate shares three spiritual teachings from this beloved flower.

An art therapist and breast cancer survivor outlines three art therapy techniques to help you through the complex experience of chronic pain.

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

Actress Amandla Stenberg and her mother Karen Brailsford explore the spiritual foundations shaping Stenberg's life, including her role in The Acolyte.

You’re not lazy—you might just be in a state of functional freeze. Learn what your so-called laziness might be signaling.

Medusa may be remembered as a fearsome serpent creature, but upon deeper inspection, her story holds truth about ancient goddesses and the power they still have.

Discover James Doty's journey in Into the Magic Shop and Mind Magic, blending neuroscience and compassion to manifest fulfillment beyond self-interest.

“Anxiety is a message coming from the body, spoken in a language you are about to learn.” Two nervous system practitioners share how we can adapt ourselves out of anxiety.

Jennifer Mann and Karden Rabin are mind-body practitioners and co-founders of the healing collective SOMIA, which has helped thousands of people from all over the wo…

One holistic practitioner offers a program that aims to produce certified Regenerative Health Practitioners with a profound understanding of the body.

It’s never too late to learn techniques to control our emotions. This one yogic breathing technique can help.

The Emotional Freedom Technique, also known as tapping, has been proven to help manage anxiety, stress, and trauma. It can also support us in cultivating healthy relationships.

One Unity minister and numerologist shares vulnerable wisdom from a recent brush with cancer and explains how she kept trust in the goodness of the Universe.

While seasonal allergies may seem like a meaningless hindrance, they can teach us how to connect more deeply with ourselves and express our emotions and grief.

A physician and Reiki master shares wisdom on total-body healing.

The anxiety that grief can bring with it, as well as anxiety about grieving, can be a heavy burden. Learn more about grief anxiety and what you can do to manage it.

Whether through journaling, storytelling, or poetry, writing can serve as a therapeutic tool, fostering emotional well-being and offering a path toward healing.

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.

Abstinence has long been recommended as the ultimate treatment for addiction. But what if the research supports a different approach to recovery?

When crashing waves surround us, our non-anxious presence by way of the Holy Spirit may be the proverbial lighthouse for others.

Contemplating these three archetypes of the Goddess can help provide insight into the power of each phase of a woman’s life.

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

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.

Though often seen as a cruel and jealous goddess, Hera represents an ancient, pre-patriarchal Greek goddess who remembers her sovereignty.

Sharon Salzberg reflects on decades of teaching loving-kindness and how mindfulness can help us face today’s challenges with strength, compassion, and grace.

Hope fuels survival, drives healing, and inspires change. Learn how it empowers us to persevere through life's challenges and shapes our collective humanity.

Animal chaplain Rev. Sarah Bowen explores different “flavors” of grief associated with the passing of a beloved animal companion and shares useful resources for healing.

When dealing with a traumatized inner child, adults who were parentified as children may find deep healing working with divine archetypes in therapy.