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The Magical Synthesis of Art and Process
The transformative potential of the blend of coaching, creative expression and depth work is undeniable to those who have experienced this method.
"A History of God" Author Karen Armstrong
The faith and spirituality expert shares her insight into the unifying practice of compassion.
"All Fall Down" by Shawn Colvin
Back in 1987 Shawn Colvin was a backup singer for Suzanne Vega. Look at her now! All Fall Down is Colvin’s eighth studio album, and her memoir has just been published by William Mo…
"Anastasis" by Dead Can Dance
Rebirth. That’s how fans worldwide of Dead Can Dance must be describing the release of DCD’s first album in 16 years, Anastasis. Indeed, “anastasis” is the Greek word for “res…
"Apollo" by Icebreaker
Imagine life without gravity: weightlessly floating with ease. Images of the earliest astronauts bouncing in slow motion on the moon’s surface and drifting in space exude this feel…
"Benedictus: The Story of Sister Anne"
SPONSORED CONTENTBenedictus: The Story of Sister Anne is a love story of both divine and human dimensions. The story of the nun is also the story of Joseph, her psychologist. It wa…
"Different Colours" by Marconi Union
"The world's most relaxing song”—that’s how Time magazine (November 28, 2011) described “Weightless” by Marconi Union in an article highlighting 50 of the best new inventions.…
"Election Special" by Ry Cooder
And now a special message from Ry Cooder: welcome to the reality of money, corruption, and lies! Some call it politics, but for Cooder it’s just the here and now. His new album Ele…
"Fear" by Thich Nhat Hanh
By Thich Nhat HanhOur greatest teacher lies within. Birth and death are only concepts. The present moment is our true home. Everything in life is impermanent.These eternal truths f…
"I AM": Discovering the True Nature of Humanity
“What’s wrong with the world, and what can we do about it?” These are the two seemingly vague and yet deeply complex questions that director Tom Shadyac sought to answer when he se…
"I Feel Like I'm Losing It"
Question: My 80-year-old mother died six months ago—nine weeks after she was diagnosed with cancer. Our relationship was complicated. I loved her dearly but she was also the …
"Kindness" by Naomi Shihab Nye
The following poem, “Kindness,” is from Words Under the Words: Selected Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye, copyright © 1995. Reprinted with the permission of Far Corner Books, Po…
"Liberal Arts"
Like several of his huggable cast mates on CBS’s How I Met Your Mother, Josh Radnor moonlights during the hit show’s hiatus. Embraced on the film-festival circuit in 2010 for…
"Life of Pi": A Journey of Spirit and Survival
Like Pi Patel, the brave young protagonist of Yann Martel’s Booker prize-winning novel Life of Pi, Ang Lee attempted what was thought to be impossible when he decided to bring this…
"Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions" by Billy Bragg and Wilco
Fifteen years ago Nora Guthrie, the daughter of political folk legend Woody Guthrie, asked British singer Billy Bragg if he’d create music for some of her father’s thousand unrecor…
"Planeat": Making the Case for an Earth-Conscious Diet
The Latin origin of the word “companion” literally means “one who eats bread with another,” and anyone who has ever walked past a bustling restaurant on a Friday night and listened…
"Remixed" by Girish
Opening the CD case for Girish’s Remixed, one discovers a poem by the great Sufi mystic Rumi: “After one moment with that glorious friend you became loving, radiant, and ecstatic. …
"Samsara": A Cinematic Meditation
Two decades after rewriting the language of documentary filmmaking in the groundbreaking Baraka, director Ron Fricke and writer-producer Mark Magidson are adding the next chapter w…
"Stifters Dinge" by Heiner Goebbels
Soundscape, audio collage, musique concrète, found sound. Those are some of the ways to describe the avant-garde traditions that Heiner Goebbels has drawn upon in his career. …
"The Bowl of Light: Ancestral Wisdom from a Hawaiian Shaman" by Hank Wesselman
The ancient knowledge of the authentic Hawaiian kahuna is not well known to the larger world, even in our time, when access to the wisdom of indigenou…
"The Woman Who Fell From the Sky" by Jennifer Steil
An exceptional travel writer can make a new and unfamiliar place invade your thoughts and senses so that you feel as though you’ve actually been there. If the writer is really good…
"Threading the Ether: A Cantata in 9 Movements"
This is soul-nourishing music, leading beyond thought to a contemplative realm in which an acoustic symphony orchestra and instruments from foreign lands blend with and support a h…
"When Religion Becomes Lethal" by Charles Kimball
Today, when even a small number of religious zealots can wreak havoc on a massive scale, we are beginning to admit that our conventional wisdom, including our understanding of othe…
"Zero" Trans Fats Does Not Mean "None"
After years of reading scary warnings about our fat intake, many of us prefer not to eat any trans fats in processed foods, but we certainly don’t want to exceed the recommended da…
“Drunk, Stoned, or Laid”
Memories of Manhattan spur S&H Editor at Large Stephen Kiesling to reflect on the "masters of deprivation."
“How Can a Spiritual Person Have Suicidal Thoughts?”
We all contain multitudes, and accepting the light and darkness in another can be a sign of deep trust and friendship. But acceptance doesn't mean being passive when a friend is suicidal.
“I Feel Bad About Not Sticking With My Resolutions”
Every year, we make resolutions. Every year, it seems, we fall short. That's perfectly fine. Falling short is almost inevitable. What matters is what happens next.
“I Just Want a Happy Life Without This Constant Anxiety”
Many of us live with persistent anxiety. If our doctor recommends stepping away from medicine, what are some ways to cope without medicine?
“I’m Committed, But I Didn’t Sign Up for Celibacy”
It's normal for sexual urges to slow down a bit as we age, but that means intimacy is more important than ever.
“I’m Turned Off by the Higher Power Language in A.A.”
“The brightness of an incandescent bulb is determined by how many twists are in its filament. Each twist increases the resistance of the wire, which in turn makes the filament heat up more and glow brighter. Likewise, each twisted, broken aspect of our lives can add to our capacity to be a light.”
“IBS Is Real, Not Just in My 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.
“It All Feels Like Way Too Much”
Where can you put your anxiety so that you can continue functioning?
“My Dreams Are Really Bizarre!”
Do you have strange dreams? Here are nine guidelines for decoding them.
“My Wife Doesn’t Know About Her, But It’s Harmless”
Emotional intimacy outside of marriage isn't necessarily harmless. Here are some ideas on how to maintain boundaries that work for both partners.
“My Worst Panic Attack Ever Came Out of the Blue!”
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?”
“Quite Honestly, I Find Meditation Boring”
Bored by meditation? Change the way you meditate, at least for now. You're not likely to stick with a practice that is drudgery.
“Samsara”: A Feast for the Senses
Samsara, a non-verbal, visually astounding documentary, is the second feature film by Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson, the creators of 1992’s critically acclaimed Baraka. Filmed in 25…
“Tapped”: The Truth Behind Bottled Water
The survival of humans, and of every ecosystem on Earth, relies on water. As one of our most essential resources, we cook with it, bathe in it, wash with it, and play in it. And, o…
“What Would Jesus Buy?”: Unwrapping the Consumerism of Christmas
What Would Jesus Buy? is a 2007 documentary by producer Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) that examines how Christmas—the “season of giving”—has in fact become a …
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#MooToo: Why We Should Rethink Drinking Cow’s Milk
Joaquin Phoenix very publicly pointed the spotlight on inter-species entitlement. Here's why, and how to do something about shifting our perceptions.
10 Moves to Relax and Uplift Your Body
Feeling depleted, frenzied or stiff? 10 easy moves to relax your mind and uplift your energy
10 Stories to Nurture your Most Important Relationships
During our last 10-day challenge, we explored the topic of nurturing our relationships. From self-love, to romantic relationships and from family to community – it’s so very import…
10 Affirmations for Honoring Your Body
We mostly take our bodies for granted. Until our health falters, we assume that we are invincible. Once illness strikes, however, we realize we aren’t. In the words of Thomas Fulle…
10 Affirmations for Making Healthier Choices
Here are ten affirmations to help you make healthier choices for 2016.
10 Affirmations for Mindful Parenting
Here are 10 affirmations to be in the present moment when parenting.
10 Affirmations for Staying Centered
To stay centered, try asking yourself these questions…then recite the 10 affirmations listed. Read them here.
10 Affirmations for When Your Mind Says “I Can’t”
Before you let that negative self-talk stop you, try these affirmations.
10 Apps to Kickstart a Healthy Lifestyle
Turn your phone into a 24-hour a day wellness coach with these fun, inspiring apps.
10 Best Body Potions
Show your body some love with this sensual collection of lotions, balms, and oils.
10 Best Foods For Eye Health
Though lifestyle and genetics play a role in our overall health, when it comes to our precious eyes, seeing clearly is important and it turns out that certain foods can support and improve your eyes’ overall health.
10 Best Mists to Spritz
A wonderful way to refresh yourself throughout the day, these aromatic mists can help in a variety of ways.
10 Concerns about Supplements
Dr. Deborah Gordon dives into the controversies and misperceptions surrounding supplements.
10 Creative Ways to Deepen Our Relationship with Anyone
Explore these creative, playful connection builders.
10 Daily Financial Practices To Make You Stretch and Grow
Being wealthy means having a sense of freedom in doing and having what you want and need. Try these daily practices to move forward.
10 Days for a More Creative Life
Infuse a moment of creativity every day to nurture your spirit. Each day we’ll send a creative prompt to explore whatever passions need kindling. Feb 5-16…
10 Days on a Grain Brain Diet
One woman reports healthy appetite shifts and a clearer head after trying the low-carb, low-sugar regimen.
10 Instant Ways to Calm Yourself Down
If you’re easily overwhelmed, try these techniques to get centered.
10 Keys to a Happier Life
What are the daily habits of truly happy people? And how can we incorporate these habits into our daily lives? Action for Happiness—a movement dedicated to helping people ex…
10 Lies My Breast Surgeon Told Me
By Bianca Alexander and Howard Jacobson, Ph.D.According to the NIH, approximately 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lifet…
10 Nighttime Routines for Peaceful Sleep
Stress is the new smoking. Studies have linked stress to countless health problems including insomnia, inflammation, obesity, Alzheimer’s Disease, anxiety, depression, asthma, hear…
10 of Today’s Most Enlightened Women on Letting Go
Our favorite pieces on removing obstacles to love, creativity and truth
10 Online Pride Events to Enjoy From the Comfort of Your Home
It's Pride Week! Here are some ways to connect with and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
10 Questions You Should Be Asking at the Farmers Market
Here are some good starter questions to help you identify a responsible grower and make sure you’re only buying the freshest local produce.
10 Reasons to Feel Hope This Week
Feeling a little overwhelmed and down right now? Here are 10 reasons to stay positive.
10 Reasons to Say No to Sex
My last blog’s topic was about the varied reason’s people have sex, which led a reader to ask me, “When is the right time to start a sexual relationship?” This is a difficult ques…
10 Relaxing Chair Yoga Exercises
Pause. Breathe. Repeat.Whether you're injured, lack mobility or find yourself stuck in an office chair, there will be times you’re not able to practice yoga in the traditional sens…
10 Romantic Love Habits
Valentine’s Day stirs up the concept of romance, but what, exactly is it and how do we create it?Webster’s defines romance as “a tendency of mind toward the wonderful and mysteriou…
10 Spiritual Leaders
We asked our readers to scout the spiritual landscape for emerging leaders who will help set our course for the decades to come. Your response was wildly enthusiastic, passionate, heartfelt, and all over the map (and the globe). Wow! What constitutes a spiritual path is becoming ever more diverse—and ever more likely to be led by women. In future issues, you’ll hear from more of your choices. We chose 10 (nine plus a wonderful collaboration of old and new) who represent your votes as well as our hopes for the spiritual future.
10 Telltale Signs of Low Self-Esteem
Anneli Rufus is a frequent contributor to Spirituality & Health. Her books Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto and the Nautilus Award-winning Stuck: Why We Can't (or Won't) Move On examined our lives as individuals in a crowded world. Rufus’ upcoming work, Unworthy: How to Stop Hating Yourself, will be released by Tarcher Penguin in the spring and continues this path, addressing self-esteem. It serves as the catalyst for this blog and asks: Why do we feel the way we do about ourselves?
10 Things I Learned from Healing an Incurable Disease
by Meghan Telpner Five years ago I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a condition that is commonly believed to have no cure. I was given the options of surgery and medicatio…
10 Tiny Ways You Can Be Creative Every Day
Have 10 minutes? Here are ways to make time for creativity in your daily life.
10 Ways Pets Improve Mental Health
In their emotionally connected presence, pets can be a powerful ally for optimal mental health.
10 Ways to Get Present
1. Ask. As always, ask. Ask the universe, ask your higher self. Ask a divine power if you believe in one. Ask for help to get present. 2. Lay a daily foundation. Carve out thr…
10 Ways To Improve Memory And Concentration
According to Dr Itzhak Fried, Professor of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA, “We only need to see something once to remember it.” The senior author of a…
10 Ways to Make Meditation Practice A No-Brainer
Set yourself up for successful meditation practice.
10 Ways to Move with Others
Here are 10 ways to move while interacting with friends, family, neighbors, coworkers or strangers about to become new friends.
10 Ways to Overcome Jealousy
We’ve all been there. Maybe it was the popular cheerleader in high school who seemed to have it all: perfect hair, teeth, and her hunky boyfriend made you wonder if you’d ever outg…
10 Ways to Raise Your Vibration
Your frequency impacts every aspect of your life. The good news: You have the power to up your frequency at any moment. Here is how to raise your vibration.
10 Ways to Support a Healthy Microbiome
Everyone’s microbiome is slightly different, but for this week’s Healthy Habits, here are some ways to support it in general.
10 Ways to Use a Library for Creative Inspiration
Relax, rejuvenate, and nurture your imagination between the shelves.
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100 Books We Love
In this, our first “100 Books We Love” special section, we celebrate our readers’ deep appreciation and passion for the written word.
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100 Trailblazers in Ayurveda and Yoga
See Them All Here By Bess O'Connor, Kathryn Drury Wagner, and the Editors of S&H If you’ve ever been to a candlelight service, you know how the magic works: A glow starts small a…
108 Day Mindfulness Practice
Here are 108 suggestions for your own personalized 108-day mindfulness practice.
11 Affirmations for Sweet Slumber
If 2 am is when your mind wants to unpack an irrelevant convo from ages ago or wander to worry, these 11 sleep affirmations will help rein in your thoughts for restful slumber.
11 Benefits of Coffee Enemas
Coffee enemas are one form of hydrotherapy with a variety of health benefits. Hydrotherapy dates back to some of the earliest civilizations as a way to cleanse and heal the body. …
11 Foods to Support Your Immune System
Add these foods to your diet during times of high stress. They can help keep your immune system functioning optimally so you can stay healthy and fight off illness.
11 Mantras for Taking Better Care of Yourself
Ate two orders of fries? Downed a bottle of Chardonnay? Haven't been to a yoga class all month? Well, today is a new day. Here are 11 mantras for when you want to take amazingly good care of your body, starting now.
11 Tasty Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes
As a vegan, there's nothing worse than showing up to holiday dinner hungry and discovering that every side dish, entrée, and dessert is made with meat, dairy, or chicken broth. For…
11 Ways to Connect with a Group
The bitter election season was bad enough, but the devastation many people felt after the votes were tallied was profound. There’s so much emotion present that even if the person y…
11 Ways to Raise Your Vibration With Water
Throughout history, humans have sought physical relief, emotional healing, and even spiritual renewal in water. Here are 11 water therapy practices for healing.
11-Minute Prenatal Meditation
Breathe deep with this guided prenatal meditation by renowned yoga teacher Julie Peters.
12 Affirmations for Darker Days
If you're missing the sun during the dark days of winter, try these affirmations to brighten up.
12 Affirmations for When the Holidays Don’t Go As Planned
Flaming turkeys, missing boxes, unplanned medical emergencies. It’s beginning to feel a lot like the holidays! Here are ways to stay calm and centered.
12 Misperceptions about Buddhism
Although Western interest in Buddhism has clearly grown in recent decades, with a special interest in practices such as meditation and mindfulness, some people may still dismiss it as either an ancient Asian religion involving arcane rituals or a fad of rock stars and Hollywood actors.
12 Reasons to Yawn Every Day
Is a yawn simply a silent scream for coffee or is it something more? Understand why yawning is a spiritual practice, and how you can include more of it in your daily routine.
12 Rituals to Reopen Your Life
“We the people” are conditioned to focus on the positive and not dwell too long on the negative. We share our triumphs but keep our tragedies to ourselves. When we experience emoti…
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12 Ways of Looking at a Garden
“Here are 12 permaculture principles to begin with, gathered from permaculturists of the land, of the house, and of the mind.”
13 Affirmations for Stretching Beyond Your Boundaries
Here are some affirmations to get you from a place of reluctance to that wonderful feeling of “Woo! I cannot believe I just did that!”
13 Affirmations to Ease Back Pain
Dealing with back pain can be life-altering. Shift your perspective with these affirmations.
13 Choices We Must Make to Honor Love
The holidays—or as I like to call them, the holy-days—are upon us: a special season marked by traditions and time with loved ones. This is an especially beautiful time of year for …
13 Mantras for Letting Go of Stuff
Struggling to let go of belongings? Let these mantras help you feel more at peace while doing the annual purge.
13 Tips for Taking a Bath to Soothe Your Chronic Pain
“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.”
14 Affirmations For When You’re Around Someone Negative
Consider these affirmations an emotional shield for when you’re around someone who is allergic to optimism.
14 Affirmations for Experiencing Gratitude Everyday
Oprah attributes much of her success to the power of gratitude—that right there is enough to get anyone to count their blessings. A study from Harvard suggested that express…
14 Affirmations for Increasing Body Awareness
This incredible body of ours is a cloak for the spirit. Our bodies are a high form of intelligence that not only includes the fascinating brain, but also a network of consciousness…
14 Affirmations For Working With Others
Working well within a team requires self-care and awareness so we can be our best selves, even under pressure.
14 Practices For the Fulfillment of Hope
Through years of research, Anthony Scioli has found 14 distinct aspects of hope. While it is not important to remember every aspect, trying these exercises will help boost your hop…
14 Ways to Effectively Shield Yourself from Toxins in the Environment
The sooner we come to terms with the fact that we are living in a toxic environment, the better. Once one becomes conscious of something, then they can make the necessary steps to …
1440 Multiversity
1440 Multiversity features a wide array of immersive learning programs focused on contemplative practices, creativity, relationships, and yoga.
15 Affirmations for Following Your Intuition
Affirmations for further strengthening your intuitive gifts.
15 Affirmations for Getting Out of a Bad Situation
“You’ve got to know when to hold ’em Know when to fold ’em Know when to walk away And know when to run...” Thank you, Mr. Kenny Rogers! Because the time comes when you need to …
15 Affirmations for Practicing Acceptance and Tolerance
Acceptance and tolerance leads to inner and outer peace. Let’s make it our business to practice a little more acceptance for the holidays and for the new year.
15 Affirmations For Slowing Down
Here are 15 affirmations to help you in your quest for a slightly slower tempo.
15 Affirmations for When Things Don’t Go As Expected
When your expectations are dashed, try these affirmations.
15 Affirmations to Embrace the Great Outdoors
If you need an energy boost, the best place to get it is outside. According to a study done at the University of Rochester, being in the presence of nature for just 20 minutes a da…
15 Calming Affirmations for Parents as School Starts in a Pandemic
Back-to-school time is usually a happy stress. This year, the pandemic and school closures have us all feeling extra anxious and stressed in a not-so-happy way. Try these affirmations for returning to school during a pandemic.
15 Conversation Starters for Holiday Parties
The good news is that everyone else feels awkward, too. Power through, connect, and congratulate yourself when you’re home. These icebreakers can help.
15 Creative Ways to Spend the Week
Creativity is powerful for all of us. We can channel our pain into penning a poem, singing a song or moving our bodies. We can channel our joy into making a nourishing meal. We can…
15 Mantras for Sobriety
Mantras for support on a recovery journey, whether for it is for Dry January or for one day at a time.
15 Ways to Deepen Your Practice
1. Teach your practice to a novice who is hungry to learn.2. Practice in secret. There is a temptation to get “credit” for our practice, from friends or a teacher. Find …
16 Affirmations for Coping With Grief
May these affirmations offer some comfort as you go through the grieving process and strive for deeper meaning.
16 Affirmations For Courage
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. –Muhammad Ali
16 Affirmations For Mindful Eating
Here are some affirmations to guide you on the path to mindful eating.
16 Affirmations for Nurturing Creativity
Kickstart your creative self with these positive affirmations.
16 Affirmations to Enhance Your Problem-Solving Abilities
New research, published in PLOS ONE, from Carnegie Mellon University reports that using affirmations may protect against the damaging effects of stress on problem-solving performan…
17 Affirmations For Connecting to Spirit
Here are some affirmations to help feel more bound to Spirit.
17 Affirmations For Embracing Imperfection
“You don’t have to be perfect at something the first time. In fact, you never have to be perfect at all.”
17 Affirmations for Focusing Your Attention
The joke used to be that goldfish had incredibly short attention spans, but now the joke is on us humans. In a recent study by Microsoft, human attention span had fallen from 12 se…
17 Affirmations to Release Negative Thoughts
Let go of those negative thoughts and feel a profound sense of wellbeing wash over you.
17 Questions to Ask Your Partner to Deepen Your Connection
Couples who have strong bonds remain interested in each other. They remain curious about each other’s experiences and inner lives, such as their thoughts, feelings, and fears. As …
18 Affirmations for When You’re Overwhelmed
When your daily life starts feeling overwhelming, try these affirmations to bring you back to center.
2 Exercises to Help You and Your Partner Grow Together
Odds favor you’re the one who will have to initiate the work needed to refresh your relationship. No problem. Start here.
20 Affirmations for Managing Stress
These 20 affirmations can help, no matter what is stressing you out.
20 Affirmations for Public Speaking with Ease
If delivering a speech of any sort leaves you feeling tongue-tied, use these affirmations to make yourself feel more confident and powerful.
20 Affirmations to Help You Through the Holidays
The holidays can extinguish the brightest light. Here's how to keep yours burning.
20 Artists Share Their Vision
These pieces were hand-selected by S&H Art Director Sandra Salamony to appear in a special artist edition of Spirituality & Health magazine (March/April 2014). Here, each artist shares their creative process behind their work.
20 Calming or Invigorating Mini Meditations You Can Practice Every Day
Inspiration for practicing kindness and breathing in the beauty of daily moments and the miracles that are our lives.
20 Creative (and Shame-Free) New Year’s Resolutions
Sometimes, we set ourselves up for failure by making promises we can’t keep by initiating resolutions steeped in self-blame.
20 Morning Affirmations for Clarity, Purpose, and Joy
Kick-start your day with intention and positivity with these empowering morning affirmations.
20 Questions for a Spiritually Compatible Relationship
We received an email from Naini Duggal, who is launching a new matchmaking website for spiritually-minded singles called MatchMySpirit.com. We logged in and were intrigued by the q…
20-minute Vinyasa Flow
Who doesn’t have twenty minutes? This is the perfect video for times when your schedule is tight but you're still in need of a feel-good flow.
2012 M(a)y(an) Ass
Damn, damn, damn. I don’t know about you but I was planning to enjoy my final months on earth as the Mayan calendar came to an end on December 21, 2012. I got a reverse mortgage on…
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2020 Resolution: Balance Spiritual Self-Care with Being an Engaged Citizen
“Buckle up; we’re in for a bumpy ride this year. With the impeachment trial, the Democratic primaries, a presidential campaign that’s sure to be blistering (and probably embarrassing), and all the revelations, crises, and nastiness that are sure to arise, we have to be prepared for anything and everything.”
20th Anniversary
Welcome to the Total Aliveness Challenge! After 20 years of publishing Spirituality & Health magazine, we are excited to embark on a fresh journey imbued with intention, prac…
21 Days to Your Vision Quest
Get ready for the least-expensive, most-healing, most-enlightening 48 hours you may ever experience.
21 Quotes for Letting Go of the Past
Much has been said about the benefits of letting go of the past. Resentment, for example, has been labeled as a toxic poison of sorts. Trying to recreate old memories always leads …
21 Ways to “Give Good No”
Saying “no” can be really hard. But Christine Carter has a three-step plan to get there.
23 Ways to De-Stress in 5 Minutes or Less
Here are almost two dozen proven ways to chill out in no time at all, whether you’re at home, at work, or on the move.
29 Ways to Let It All Go
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?
3 All-Natural Ways to End Migraines Once and For All
There are some natural ways to defeat a brain-splitting headache the next time it strikes. Start with these three.
3 Amazing Gifts That Are Too Huge to Wrap
“Do you grieve the holidays’ material sheen, this season’s increasing status as a time to exchange costly objects? Might we also, or instead, consider giving precious but unwrappable gifts-of-the-spirit to our loved ones or even strangers or ourselves?”
3 Basic Supplements for Better Moods
A low mood is more common in the winter months. But it may also signal a gap in your nutrition.
3 Best Practices for Future Happiness
“We all want our future self to be happy, so we ask: ‘What can I do to relieve this person’s suffering?’
3 Bold Expressions of Love in Action
In these last few weeks we’ve witnessed countless bold, inspiring acts of Spiritual Activism, with people holding space for equality, inclusion, justice and love. In case you’ve mi…
3 Easy Moves to Uplift Your Energy
The Great Rejuvenator inspires joy, reduces chronic fatigue, recirculates stagnant blood in legs, and relieves menstrual cramps. Lie on your back with your legs straight up a…
3 Essential Oils to Relieve Eczema (Plus DIY Cream)
Clinical aromatherapist Dorene Petersen recommends her favorite essential oils to help soothe the itchy nightmare of eczema. Also included is a recipe for a luscious homemade cream to soothe painful dryness.
3 Essential Practices for Gratitude
Experience more fullness of heart with these gratitude exercises.
3 Exercises for Being Kinder to Yourself
A lot of us have a hard time being kind, understanding and patient with ourselves. We know that self-compassion is good for us. But practicing it is a whole other matter. Because w…
3 Exercises to Strengthen (and Relax) Your Pelvic Floor
Simple exercises that anyone can do to increase pelvic floor awareness and tone the muscles for strength and suppleness.
3 Flower Essences to Build Courage
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.
3 Grounding Practices to Enhance Your Vitality
Three grounding practices that help you gather energy from the earth to replenish and enhance your own life force.
3 Habits that Sabotage Your Inner Strength
Build your mental and emotional muscles by giving up these patterns.
3 Health Benefits of Seaweed
News flash: Seaweed is really good for you. Here's why—and how—you should add nutritious seaweed to your diet today.
3 Herbal Cures for Thanksgiving Troubles
Natural ways to deal with anything this big holiday dishes up.
3 Journals for Finding your Way in a Complex World
Journals that are interactive and aim to unlock the hidden places inside of us.
3 Journals that Will Change the Way You See Your Life
A new wave of journals can help you harness the healing power of writing down your innermost thoughts and feelings.
3 Keys to Mastering Your Craft as a Writer and a Celebrant
How can we cultivate our capacity as human beings so that we can bring more of ourselves into our work and life?
3 Keys to Unlock the Genetic Switch of Your Stress Response
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 …
3 Legal Entheogens for the Spiritual Explorer
Throughout human history, spiritual seekers have used sacred plants and fungi for healing, visionary encounters, and mystical experience. Though this history has been largely obfus…
3 Meditations for Group Healing
In a world that feels divided, mantras for group unity and transformation.
3 Mistakes People Make When Suffering From a Transition
Life is full of 180 degree turns. Just when we think we have things figured out, life throws us for a loop with both “good” things and “bad.”Falling in love turns our world around.…
3 Models of Psychedelic Healing and Spirituality
What’s coming as the war on drugs gradually grinds down?
3 Nature-Based Practices for Battling Zoom Fatigue
How greening your space, petting your animal bestie, and taking a break to walk can fight Zoom fatigue and improve your work-from-home routine.
3 New Ways to Battle Loneliness, Connect Better with Others, and Live to Be 100
Feeling alone may literally shorten your life. In her new book, Growing Young, Marta Zaraska shares some less-known ways to address the problem.
3 New Year's Anti-Resolutions Guaranteed Not to Sink Your Self-Esteem
For some, resolutions are not the path to a better life.
3 Out-of-the-Box Resolutions for 2016
The turn of the calendar from one year to the next invariable leads toward a yearning to live our lives in new and more healthful ways. Losing weight may top the charts as a New Ye…
3 Painful Relationship Patterns to Stop Now
Seeing our own stress, and realizing it’s in our partner too, is the beginning of meeting each other in a new way.
3 Popular Meditations For Seasonal Affected Disorder (SAD)
Here are three spiritual and holistic techniques that you can use to help you with SAD
3 Poses for Neck and Shoulder Tension
Learn how to release tension in the neck and shoulders with these exercises.
3 Powerful Practices to Free Yourself From Overwhelm
While the chaotic feeling of overwhelm has been normalized—it isn’t “normal.” Here are three ways to overcome your the frenzy of your busy schedule and the constant feeling of overwhelm.
3 Practices for Loving Fully in the Face of Loss
When you face inevitable loss, remember these three things.
3 Practices to Regulate Your Energy
Three primary principles that help you understand what you can do to avoid people pulling on your energy, and three practices to address them.
3 Radical Ways to Stop Beating Yourself Up
Here are three ways to banish the rituals of self-flagellation.
3 Ready-to-Use Practices for Peaceful Relationships in Challenging Times
As lockdown is lifted "relationships again will be thrust into adjusting to a new 'new normal.' These 3 steps will help you reconnect with your beloved in a way that deepens your closeness and leaves you both feeling more in love,"
3 Reasons to be Optimistic for Our Future
Spiritual progress is breaking down outworn religious structures and bringing a new demand for justice in the political arena, and yet... many cling to the old ways. Why be optimistic today?
3 Recipes for Sexual Vitality
Eager to rev up your libido? Click here to learn more about the best foods to feed your body's sexual vitality, then try these recipes from raw vegan chef Elyse Clark. Maca B…
3 Recipes to Help Detox and Support Your Digestive System
Cleansing, or detoxifying, is a big topic in the world of health. Programs range from purely nutritional and basic, to complex; requiring a large amount of supplements to properly …
3 Rituals for When Life Feels Out of Control
Whatever ideas or illusions we have about what we can and cannot control in our lives have been shattered. Here are some ways we can bring some light into this moment of darkness.
3 Rules for Mindful Sex
Want to be more mindful when it comes to sex? Try following these three rules.
3 Sense Practices to Calm Anxiety
Our senses offer an immediate doorway to the present moment, and there are potent added benefits to these three sensory experiences. Try one the next time your stress and anxiety m…
3 Signs You May be Emotionally Constipated
Here are three ways to know you might be emotionally constipated.
3 Simple Rules to Maintain a Healthy Weight, Digest Better, and Heal Your Relationship with Food
Follow these simple rules (and a secret fourth) and change how you eat.
3 Simple Steps to Optimal Health
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.
3 Simple Ways to Purify Your Body
Here are some tips for a corporeal clean sweep drawn from traditional wisdom and contemporary research.
3 Simple Ways to Work Real Magic Today
Magic is a way of working with energy and vibration to create positive change according to your will.
3 Steps to Get Your Writing Back on Track
Make your way through the season of life when writing seems impossible.
3 Steps to Make Life Count
Consider the story of Joanne: Although older than most of her peers at nursing school, Joanne looked like any other nursing student. Her personal journey, however, had been more di…
3 Steps to Rebuilding a Relationship
When trying to repair a relationship—even with yourself—take these intentional steps.
3 Super Relaxing Yoga Poses for Detoxification
Have a holiday hangover? Try these yoga poses to help detox and rebalance your body.
3 Techniques to Inspire Your Sex Life
Sex therapists and coaches share the innovative approaches they use to inspire greater intimacy
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…
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.
3 Tips to Get You Meditating Today
Meditation. It’s just a glorious thing for those who have experienced it. But many people have trouble either beginning a practice or maintaining one. However, there are several si…
3 Tools for Conscious Couples
Before you begin, read "Finding the Truth of Who You Are in Your Relationship" in the January/February 2015 issue of Spirituality & Health. Then use the printer icon at the top rig…
3 Traditional Chinese Medicine Recommended Superfoods
Learn more about these under-the-radar Eastern superfoods.
3 Water Rituals to Reset Your Wild Spirit
Being near or immersed in water offers the opportunity to set an intention of cleansing on all levels.
3 Ways to Attack a Tight Trapezius
Bunched-up, tight shoulders and neck? Time to relax those trapezius muscles.
3 Ways to Boost Your Innovation
Mark Zuckerberg made waves recently when he gave a commencement speech at Harvard, bringing up some bold ideas on the importance of purpose and the “freedom to fail.” Someone like …
3 Ways to Bring the Festival Home
Helpful tips to keep the fire burning from Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati
3 Ways to Celebrate Your Canine Companions
By Annemarie JuhlianYes, I’m one of those crazy dog lovers. My husband and I have a household of older and special-needs dogs, all rescued from neglect and abuse. Throughout …
3 Ways to Connect More with Family
Craving more meaningful time with your loved ones? Here are easy ways to foster those deep connections.
3 Ways to Detox Your Emotions
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.
3 Ways to Feed Your Brain
I recently saw a friend who had just returned home after visiting his grandmother for her 96th birthday celebration. While she was not as active as she once had been, he told me ab…
3 Ways to Find Light when the Holidays Feel Dark
When the holidays remind us of those that have been lost.
3 Ways to Find Your Way Back to Self-Compassion
“Self-criticism is, in many ways, a consequence of human longing to belong, an attempt to preempt criticism from others. ... Self-compassion can help you be more motivated by desired for growth instead of by desire to avoid criticism."
3 Ways to Get Grounded from the Inside Out
With so much frenzied energy around us, cultivating our ability to ground let’s us move forward with more stability and wisdom. When we have experience with connecting to the ener…
3 Ways to Heal Ourselves with Art
A philosopher and a historian suggest a completely different way of experiencing art—one that could help us heal, cope with challenges, and transform our lives.
3 Ways to Heal the World with Food and Self-Care
Learn why Ayurveda is the healing you, and our planet, need now.
3 Ways to Honor Your Intentions
We often hear maxims like “Honor your soul’s intention,” or “Set an intention,” but what, exactly, is an intention? “To honor something is to revere it, to show courteous regard fo…
3 Ways To Improve Your Mitochondrial Function
In almost every single cell in our body (sans our red blood cells) is a mitochondria, a unique organelle that contains their own special DNA. Mitochondria are known as the “energy …
3 Ways To Increase Your Social Intelligence
At the age of 54 my client, Doug, has no job, a stilted romantic relationship, and no friends. He fears he’s going to end up alone and homeless if things don’t change soon. The cor…
3 Ways To Keep Your Digestive Fires Burning Bright for the Holidays
Try these three recipes for better digestion.
3 Ways To Motivate Yourself
According to recent research, time metrics can connect your present and future selves in ways that create momentum and follow through.
3 Ways to Nurture Yourself In Times of Transition
Sometimes life hits us over the head, leaving us dazed. That sense of inertia and confusion is common during times of major transition. According to the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scal…
3 Ways to Practice Self-Compassion
Self-compassion can make a person feel more energetic, alive, and optimistic.
3 Ways to Press Your Reset Button
Life has a way of filling up. Depending on your stage in the journey, you may have kids, a job, a mortgage, a marriage, and a puppy, all needing your attention before you have time…
3 Ways to Reclaim Your Creative Mind
Building your ability to be bored could actually awaken your greatest ideas.
3 Ways to Reconnect With Things We Love
We quit things we love because we believe ourselves unworthy.
3 Ways to Stay on the Spiritual Path
Inner transformation coach Patti Montella shares three practices for overcoming busyness and staying the course.
3 Ways to Strengthen Your Circulation
There are days when I go to sweep my house, and I’m amazed by the dust and dirt that has accumulated in the corners. If we could see inside our bodies, we might be shocked by the c…
3 Ways to Use the Healing Power of Comfrey
Harvesting this powerful herb in the fall can help you extend your summertime garden’s vitality well into the winter months.
3 Ways Your Body Can Help Bolster Creativity
Getting in tune with your body can be a powerful tool in accessing your creativity.
3 Yoga Exercises to Build Your Immunity Now
"Your system thinks you are in survival/panic mode, and you need to help yourself to calm down enough that your immune system can actually work."
30 Journaling Prompts for Self-Discovery
I often include different journal prompts on Weightless because I think it’s key to continually maintain a dialogue with ourselves. It’s part of building a healthy relationship, or…
31 Perfect Things
As we see more and more holiday gift guides, articles espousing the perfectness of glitzy products, I’d like to offer an alternative perspective.We don’t need to buy things to make…
34 Affirmations for Healthy Living
Try positive self-talk to eat better, feel stronger, and rejuvenate your body.
37 Seconds with Stephanie Arnold
Rabbi Rami talks to author Stehanie Arnold about her book 37 Seconds: Dying Revealed Heaven's Help–A Mother’s Story. Stephanie Arnold was a producer creating and directing TV show…
4 Animal-Inspired Tips for Better Sleep
If you're looking for ways to naturally sleep better at night, where better to look than in nature?
4 Chair Stretches to Ease Neck, Shoulder, and Upper Back Pain
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.
4 Crystals to Amplify the Energy of the Full Moon
These four crystals, plus a potent ritual, can help you tap into the powerful energy of the full moon.
4 Dimensions of Peacemaking
Whether it’s Israel/Palestine or Red vs. Blue, understanding why “I would be fighting me, too!” is only the second step toward lasting peace.
4 DIY Holiday Gifts for the Skincare Junkie in Your Life
Recipes for toner, serum, body scrub, and lip balm will help you give the gift of good skin this holiday season.
4 End-of-the-Work-Day Rituals to Try Tonight
Create end-of-the-day rituals to help you leave the office behind.
4 Essential Oil Blends to Help Ease Inflammation
Do you have a cold, cough, or sinus congestion? A strained wrist? Eczema? Does heartburn keep you up at night? Try these four essential oil blends to help soothe everyday inflammatory conditions.
4 Favors that People with Low Self-Esteem Want You to Do for Them
Here are four small favors that those who don't hate themselves can do for those of us who do.
4 Great Apps for Healthier Eating
Need a little extra nudge when it comes to eating well? Look no further than your smartphone. We love the following apps, which were designed to help people eat healthier and light…
4 Healing Beauty Rituals for Summer
The heart of conscious beauty is your relationship to your ingredients and the ritualistic care with which you engage them.
4 Healthy Hobbies To Try During Addiction Recovery
Overcoming addiction may not be easy, but there are things you can do to make the process smoother.
4 Herbal Cures for Christmas Crises
These simple herbal remedies help treat over-indulgence, anxiety, tension, and lowered immune systems, all in time for the holidays.
4 Lessons on Forgiveness From a Rescue Dog
Maggie the Wunderdog was shot, attacked, and left for dead, but, thanks to a rescuer, survived, is thriving—and is loving. Here are four lessons on forgiveness rescue dogs like Maggie teach us.
4 Meditations to Tap into Your Intuition
Here are 4 meditations on how to enhance your intuition and clairvoyance.
4 Mini Meditations for a Peaceful Holiday Season
Spirituality is accessible even during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, if we make it a practice in our everyday lives.
4 Moving Meditations to Still Your Mind
When you consider a practice of meditation, you probably envision yourself with eyes closed, sitting cross-legged and immobile. Yet many spiritual exercises use postures and moveme…
4 Paths to Heal Old Wounds This Holiday Season
Try these four powerful ways to support self-healing.
4 Powerful Health Reasons To Start Eating More Ginger
Ginger is a powerful superfood that can increase brainpower, boost immunity … and maybe even fight cancer.
4 Questions to Liberate You From Your Own Lockdown
“I realized my clients and I were under our own respective lockdowns way before this COVID-19 lockdown was mandated.” … Use this method to transform self-limiting beliefs, get unstuck, and move forward.
4 Signs That Your Self-Esteem Has Improved
Maybe you've been working hard to raise your self-esteem—with or without the use of my book, Unworthy: How to Stop Hating Yourself. Maybe your self-esteem has been rising naturally…
4 Signs You Might Have Messed Up Your Metabolism
Here are four common signs you’ve sent your metabolism reeling, and how to get a reset.
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.
4 Steps to a Good Apology
Time doesn’t heal all wounds. Here is how to address what still nags at you, and to finally right those long-standing hurts.
4 Steps to Reconcile Difficult Emotions
The process of finding emotional balance when faced with difficult situations.
4 Steps to Transform Your Morning
Stretching, meditation, and gratitude make up this simple daily ritual from writer and teacher Geri Larkin.
4 Super Greens to Grow in Your Spring Garden
Eating a diet rich in greens can help you improve your blood pressure, boost your immune system, enhance your cardiovascular health, and even sharpen your mental capabilities. With shelter in place orders cropping up across the country as the coronavirus spreads, it’s never been a better time to focus on your garden.
4 Super Powerful Pantry Herbs (and How to Use Them)
Common herbs parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme are packed with health benefits.
4 Tips to Practice Acceptance during the Holidays
Accepting, observing, and experiencing a different family culture as you would another country's may change your perspective.
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 Ways to Bring Your Authentic Self to Work Every Day
Authentic people live according to four practices that you can adopt in your daily life.
4 Ways to Change the Story of Your Health
If you’re having health challenges, there are four key ways to let go of your confusion, bring in some clarity.
4 Ways to Constructively Criticize Yourself
Being hard on yourself isn't the way to become a better person. Here's why and what to do instead.
4 Ways To Create a Healthy Sleep Schedule
One of my favorite quotes of all time is by science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein, from Starship Troopers. He writes, “Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, no…
4 Ways to Focus Your Attention
It’s hard to focus when there’s so much stimuli competing for our attention every second. These tricks can help.
4 Ways to Increase Your Empathy
“Empathy will not heal the hurt world overnight, but can at least make life more interesting. Try these strategies.”
4 Ways to Manage Holiday Overwhelm
Learn how to vanquish anxiety and actually enjoy the holidays with these tips.
4 Ways to Mindfully Consume News During Coronavirus
With news this intense and upsetting, we need to monitor our own consumption very carefully.
4 Ways to Release Material Wants
Here are four ways to practice releasing attachment to material belongings.
4 Ways to Stop Shame in its Tracks
Shame sabotages our desire for emotional intimacy, says Brene Brown.
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…
4 Yoga Poses Inspired by the Moon
JC Peter's offers a yoga pose to represent each quarter of the moon corresponding to its unique energy that you can incorporate into your practice.
4 Yoga Poses to Save You From Burnout
Create space for self-healing with a yoga sequence designed to cultivate your receptive nature.
40 Years of Moosewood: Memories & Recipes from the Legendary Vegetarian Restaurant
The cookbooks that fed a generation—and sparked a vegetarian revolution—got their start at the improbable restaurant that became a legend.
42 Forgiveness Affirmations to Lift the Weight Off
Here are some affirmations to help wash away the pain of resentment to a more loving, healthier, fresher, lighter, cleaner and joyful life.
5 Apps to Quiet Your Mind
From meditation to mental health, try these apps to achieve stillness on the run.
5 Ayurvedic Tips for Solving Digestion Problems
Ayurveda uses everything in nature as a medicine—and I don't just mean herbs and oils. This system of medicine treats the air, the sun, and the water as medicine.It trea…
5 Benefits of Pumpkin
Here are five health benefits of pumpkins so you'll feel a little bit less guilty when reaching for that second slice of pumpkin pie.
5 Books that Can Teach Us How to Understand Personalities
Since ancient times, philosophers and other thinkers have urged their followers to acquire both self-knowledge and an understanding of people, arguing that doing so would enhance t…
5 Core Practices for More Meaningful Conversations
Here are five core practices you can start using today to improve your communication.
5 Easy Tips to Improve Your Workout
You’ve been diligent. You’ve counted calories, carbs, grams of fat and protein—even bites. You’ve also been a regular at the gym. You’ve been doing everything right but when you lo…
5 Easy Ways To Restart Your Metabolism With Ayurveda
Here are Ayurvedic therapies which can be done both internally and externally to reactivate your metabolism.
5 Eco-Friendly and Zero-Waste Gift Ideas
Honor loved ones with mindful and ethical green gifts that won’t break the bank (or the landfill).
5 Essential Life Skills, Part 1: Remember Who You Are
This is part one of a series featuring the Five Essential Life Skills.Through the course of over 20 years of personal and spiritual growth study and my own personal work, I have id…
5 Favorites to Enhance Your Energy and the Space Around You
Our editors pick their favorites for enhancing your energy.
5 Food Policy Issues We Wish the Presidential Candidates Were Talking About
Here are five food policy issues that the presidential nominees aren't talking about—even though they should be.
5 Free Apps for Creating Healthier Habits
Turn your smartphone into a tiny health coach with these apps for better nutrition, mindfulness, and gratitude.
5 Games You Should Never Play Again
Learning to identify these games that have been forced on us can help us never to play them again.
5 Healthy Ways to Begin or Continue to Heal After Suicide Loss
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.
5 Ideas When Things Are Beyond Your Control
When everything feels up in the air, here’s how to keep worry from taking over.
5 Important Lessons I Continue to Learn From My Dad
Five lessons I continue to learn from my dad, which can “help others realize no matter what hardships you have endured, life can still be experienced as a fulfilling and joyous adventure.”
5 Meditations for Navigating Negative, Anxious Thoughts
Navigating negative, anxious thoughts is hard. It’s hard when your mind ruminates on rigid thoughts: I should do things quickly. I should be more productive. I should never say thi…
5 Minutes of Marvel: How to Practice Extreme Awe
We’re still in that time of year when we challenge ourselves to create new and healthier habits. The newspapers are full of specials for gym memberships and packages of yoga classe…
5 Natural Antidepressants for Managing Depression Over the Holidays
For those with SAD, the holidays will pass, winter will eventually thaw, and help is always near if we reach for it.
5 Natural Ways to Deal with Eczema
Science-backed, natural treatments to soothe insanely itchy eczema.
5 Peruvian Superfoods You’ve Never Heard Of
Quinoa, açai, and maca first scaled the heights of health-conscious glory. Now meet the latest Peruvian powerhouses.
5 Playful Prompts for Creating a Meaningful Life
Play is powerful. I’ve written before about the importance of play for adults. Many of us dismiss play because we assume that once we become adults, it’s time to get serious, get t…
5 Practices for Calming Racing Thoughts
Racing thoughts may be a daily reality for you or an occasional annoyance. Racing thoughts are common for people with anxiety when they’re facing a stressor. They’re also common in…
5 Questions for Ai-jen Poo
As the Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Ai-jen Poo is a relentless community organizer and has just released her new book The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the E…
5 Questions for Anne Lamott
The perfectly imperfect Anne Lamott expounds on the merits of mercy in her new book, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy.1. Embracing mercy for some of us can be a long road. Wh…
5 Questions for Arianna Huffington
Cofounder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington wants to put you to bed with her latest book, The Sleep Revolution. She will be the keynote speaker at the …
5 Questions for Bishop Carlton Pearson
A former Pentecostal bishop, and at one time one of evangelical Christianity’s most prominent rising stars, Carlton Pearson lost his following and was rejected by the fundamentalis…
5 Questions for Cheryl Richardson
Best-selling author Cheryl Richardson delves into midlife challenges and experiments with journal writing in her long-awaited return, Waking Up in Winter: In Search of What Re…
5 Questions for Dan Millman
Dan Millman, author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior, talks about how its message is still relevant today.
5 Questions for Dava Sobel
In your book, you describe some of the women as “human computers.” What does this mean?In the days long before laptops—even before mainframe computers—human beings performed all th…
5 Questions for David Helvarg
1. What’s one fact everyone should know about the state of our oceans?Ninety percent of the heat we’re generating by burning fossil fuels is being absorbed by the ocean, …
5 Questions for Emeran Mayer
1. As the science is emerging on the mind-gut connection, what do you believe is the most significant discovery?The most important realization is to view the mind-brain-gut microbi…
5 Questions for Emma Seppälä
Researcher (and new S&H columnist) Emma Seppala, unpacks the latest studies on happiness and offers a new way forward in her new book The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Scie…
5 Questions for Flora Bowley
Artist, author, and self-identified “permission-giver,” Flora Bowley shares how she blends creativity and spirituality in day-to-day living.
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.
5 Questions for Gretchen Rubin
Happiness expert Gretchen Rubin on her new book and what makes her happy.
5 Questions for Jalaja Bonheim
Circle work facilitator and teacher Jalaja Bonheim offers a fresh perspective on our egos in her new book, Sacred Ego: Making Peace with Ourselves and Our World.1. What happens in …
5 Questions for Jane Goodall
1. In your book, you write about the “wisdom” of trees. What lessons have you learned from the wise trees in your life?The two lessons I have learned from the trees in my life are …
5 Questions for John Gottman, Ph.D
1. Essentially, what do women really want from men? The number one thing that women want when they are seeking a partner to date is trustworthiness. First, she needs to know that …
5 Questions for John Robbins
1. What are some of the most inspiring cultural shifts you have seen since Diet for a New America was published?People are growing increasingly aware that what we do to the earth, …
5 Questions for Julia Cameron
1. Why do you think people assume “it’s too late” to get creative in midlife?Ours is a youth-oriented culture. Our media perpetuates this myth. Magazines glorify the exploits and&n…
5 Questions for Lynne Twist
The venerable Lynne Twist has traversed the world speaking about finances, leadership, and social justice. She has inspired thousands to rethink their relationship with money…
5 Questions for Mark Nepo
Diagnosed with cancer almost 30 years ago, author Mark Nepo shares his transformative healing experience in his new book Inside the Miracle: Enduring Suffering, Approaching Wholene…
5 Questions for Mary Oliver
Beloved poet and natural world evangelist Mary Oliver pulls the curtain for a rare glimpse behind her writing and life. Her new book of prose, Upstream, filled with gorgeous essays…
5 Questions for Nancy Ellen Abrams
In her new book, A God That Could Be Real: Spirituality, Science, and the Future of Our Planet, Nancy Ellen Abrams unravels the complexities of the universe and God.1. In your book…
5 Questions for Seane Corn
Acclaimed yoga teacher and activist shares her strategy for staying connected to her practice.
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.”
5 Questions for Shakti Gawain
1. What inspired you to write about relationships?My book is based on a workshop that I have led for many years, exploring how our relationships mirror our own consciousness. I bel…
5 Questions for Sharon Salzberg
1. What important lesson came out of your childhood?Maybe most strikingly, the impermanence and uncertainty of life. As a child I had no ability to extract the sweet from the bitte…
5 Questions for Sonia Choquette
1. In your latest book, you set out to walk the Camino de Santiago. How did this pilgrimage help you regain your spiritual footing amid years of personal suffering…
5 Questions for Thich Nhat Hanh
1. How did your childhood influence your spiritual path?When I was seven or eight, I saw a drawing of the Buddha sitting on the grass, very peacefully. I was impressed, because peo…
5 Questions to Help Decode Your Chronic Back Pain
That chronic back pain is a message from your body. Are you listening? These 5 questions will help you gain insight.
5 Questions with Erling Kagge
1. Why is walking essential to our well-being? You live longer. Your memory sharpens. Your blood pressure falls. Your immune system gets stronger. But that’s only half …
5 Questions with Jon Kabat-Zinn
Renowned mindfulness scientist and teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn will be leading a retreat called “The Way of Awareness” at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York, from May 5 to 10, 2019. For more information, go to Eomega.org.
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…
5 Questions with Philip Glass
Composer Philip Glass culminated almost two decades of exploring sacred indigenous ceremonies with an album and concerts with two Wixarika musicians from Jalisco, Mexico. See the review.
5 Questions with Tal Ben-Shahar
1. You created the most popular course in the history of Harvard, and yet in Short Cuts to Happiness you talk about lessons you learned from your barber. Why? I learned tha…
5 Questions with Tisha Morris
Feng shui consultant and author of Clutter Intervention, Tisha Morris offers insight into why we hold on to so much stuff.
5 Questions with Zainab Salbi
After years of persuading women in crisis to share their stories, humanitarian Zainab Salbi turns the lens on herself for her new book, Freedom Is an Inside Job: Owning Our Darkness and Our Light to Heal Ourselves and the World.
5 Reasons Not to Meditate
I’ll be honest: I’ve never liked meditating. I’ve dabbled in it, and forced myself to sit for 30 day meditation challenges, and it was boring and hard. Plus life is so busy: Five m…
5 Reasons To Cook With Cumin + The Simplest Recipe For A Potent Digestive Tea
Cumin has a robust flavor and an equally robust medicinal profile. Try a simple tea to get more cumin in your diet.
5 Reasons You Need to Soak in Hot Springs
Hot springs are full-steam ahead on being the #1 luxury vacationers prioritize when picking their holiday destination. Why? Not only are they great for post-ski socializing, they work wonders for your body, physically and mentally.
5 Reasons You Need to Start Hiking in 2019
The forest engages all of your senses—your mind stills, and you reconnect to your soul.
5 Reasons You Should Be Eating Fermented Foods
Before you turn up your nose at fermented food, just remember this: If you’ve ever had pickles with your sandwich, or sauerkraut on your hot dog, or kefir, or yogurt, or kimchi, or…
5 Reasons You’re Not Sleeping
If you are struggling to get a good night’s rest, you may want to address these common sleep disruptors.
5 Recipes to Inspire Healthy Cooking
We all have our favorite food, but what if those foods are not the healthiest options? Here are some great recipes of some favorite dishes that will having you thanking your lucky stars you found.
5 Relationship Illusions—and a Practice for Reality
We’ve all done it. We have blamed our boyfriend, girlfriend, lover or spouse for our state of happiness, or perhaps more accurately, our unhappiness. We tend to look outside of our…
5 Relationship Red Flags to Never Ignore
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.
5 Rules to Resolve Relationship Conflicts
When approached in the right way, an argument can bring you closer together and strengthen your relationship.
5 Sacred Lessons I Learned from Shamans and Ayahuasca
“Plant medicine showed me that all we have to do is be who we are, love and light.”
5 Self-Love Exercises
When I was a therapist, I met with many clients who nurtured others but spent a minimal amount of time offering love or care to themselves. A former client I’ll call Dave worked h…
5 Shelter-in-Place Habits Worth Keeping
From a safe-seeming 6 feet apart, a neighbor and I waved hello. As if on cue, we both asked: “How are you?” And, simultaneously, we both replied: “Fine.” White paper masks furre…
5 Signs That Your Self-Esteem Is Improving
How can you tell if your self-esteem is improving? Sometimes—thanks to luck, work and/or miracles—self-loathing ebbs. But self-loathing is so sneaky, so habit-forming, that when it…
5 Signs You’re In a Toxic Relationship
If your relationship is unhealthy, it’s time to fix it or get out. But how can you know for sure?
5 Signs You’re Suffering from Toxic Stress
If these signs feel familiar, here's what you can do about it.
5 Simple Practices for Inner Peace
Five simple DIY practices to enrich your body, refresh your mind, and nourish your soul.
5 Simple Ways to Breathe Life into a Relationship
The turning of a year seems to beg us to reevaluate, revitalize, and recommit. We resolve to do better and to be better in almost every area of our lives. The only problem is that …
5 Small Changes for Big Health Payoffs
Something like seven or eight years ago, with New Year’s Eve just around the corner, I decided to forgo the typical list of grandiose resolutions (Exercise for an hour every day! D…
5 Spiritual Lessons We Learn From Cats
Spiritual inspiration from felines can be found throughout history. Here are five lessons your cat wants to teach you.
5 Stages of a Relationship’s Demise
Stages we unconsciously engage in to try to repair a relationship.
5 Steps to Clear Mental Clutter
Is it time to clean out your spiritual closet? Is your emotional sock drawer overflowing? Productivity expert Erin Rooney Doland, author of "Unclutter Your Life in One Week," offers five steps to restore order.
5 Steps to Relieve Chronic Back Pain
A spinal surgeon shares how to relieve chronic back pain without going under the knife.
5 Steps to Solving the Opioid Crisis
By paying attention and anticipating pain (tension, need for energy, and so on), people come to “health consciousness” and are less likely to abuse prescription drugs.
5 Stories to Explore Fun and Creative Mindful Movement
Moving mindfully is known to increase wellness and mental health (as it is a form of moving meditation). Make your movements intentional, yet fun and creative with the inspiration from these 5 stories.
5 Stretches for a Long Car Ride
Long car trips can leave us feeling sore and exhausted. These five stretches can keep your circulation and digestion humming along, ease lower back pain, and unwind sore shoulders.
5 Stretches for a Long Plane Ride
Contorted into a plane seat? Here are a few (discreet) stretches you can do to keep your blood flowing, calm your nervous system, and release tightening muscles on a long plane ride.
5 Surprising Foods That Spark Passion + Recipes
Tired of oysters, chocolates, and strawberries? Try one of these five unique libido-boosting foods to help get your partner in the mood this Valentine’s Day.
5 Swaps for Healthier Cleaning
A study shows toxic cleaning products can be as bad on the lungs as smoking. Here are some suggestions for alternatives.
5 Techniques to Fight Back Your Inner Critic
Talk back to your inner critic with these tactics, including using funny voices with fake accents.
5 Things That Opened Me Up to Passionate Love, Post 50
Love is NOT just for young people!If you’re looking for love later in life and thinking, “I want it, but it’s too late, so it’ll never happen,” read on.The advantage of age ov…
5 Things the Irritating Peloton Ad May Have Gotten Right
Could the Peloton bike ad be sort of okay when viewed through a different lens?
5 Things You Can Do to Decrease Systemic Inflammation That Have Nothing to Do with Food
“While dietary change is a great first line of defense, calming inflammation calls for a multi-faceted approach that delves into all aspects of lifestyle.”
5 Tips for Connecting to Your Akashic Records
The Akashic record is the ultimate database, the cosmic computer of all knowledge and wisdom. What do you want to know?
5 Tips for Holiday Stress Management
Here are a few tips for keeping calm and taking care during the holiday season.
5 Tips if You Feel "Behind" in Life
When you feel like you’re falling behind in life, here are five things to refocus your attitude and get back on track.
5 Tips To Wake Up Your Brain And Enjoy Life
You sleep all night, only to wake up in the morning feeling fuzzy and groggy. What will help wake up your brain so that you can enjoy life every day? Two main ingredients: blood an…
5 Ways Chocolate Can Keep You Stress-Free
It’s time to stop the stress cycle for good. Here are five ways to indulge in chocolate without the guilt.
5 Ways Music Can Make You a Better Person
Can listening to music change your behavior for the better?
5 Ways to Balance an Overactive Mind
Do you know anyone who doesn’t have an overactive mind? If so, they are few and far between. People often label themselves (or even their mood) as one specific Ayurvedic dosha. “I’…
5 Ways to Be Brave Today
“Now that the whole world feels enveloped in a cloud of fear, we think only healthcare providers and a rare few others can be counted as courageous. Yes, they are: But so are you.”
5 Ways to Be More Assertive
It’s hard to be assertive when you’re really worried about the other person’s response. Maybe you’re worried they’ll think you’re being ridiculous and reject you. Maybe you’re worried they’ll be critical, and you’ll feel even more uncomfortable. Try these five expert suggestions on being assertive when you’re concerned about the reaction.
5 Ways to Boost Your Immune System
Try these easy, natural remedies for keeping fall and winter colds at bay.
5 Ways to Bring Intention Into Your Day
Here are five ways to bring the power of intention into every day.
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.
5 Ways to Chill Out
If that weather report involves the term, “scorcher,” here are some natural ways to cool off.
5 Ways to Claim Body Acceptance
Instead of making resolutions, reshape your attitude about your body for 2018.
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.
5 Ways to Create New Things to Talk About With Your Partner
Together 24/7 (or for many years) and feel like you've said it all? Here are five ways to reboot the communication and create new and meaningful conversations between you and your partner.
5 Ways to Deal with Allergies Naturally
Achoo! Want to reduce seasonal allergies? Try these methods.
5 Ways to Deal with Difficult People
Feeling like you might throttle someone? Try these tactics instead.
5 Ways to Embrace Daily Writing
Writing is a vital personal expression—a way to both share who you are with the world, and to delve deeper into your own psyche.
5 Ways to Engage in Beneficial "Body Play"
Don’t think of exercise as a chore; instead, think of it as “body play.” Here are a few ideas to get you started on shifting that mindset, and making exercise more joyful…
5 Ways To Fabulous Decision-Making
As you journey through consciousness, you give up the fear-based need to control every aspect and go with the flow
5 Ways to Feel More Love in Your Everyday Life
New research says that feeling even brief moments of love throughout your day can boost health and happiness.
5 Ways to Foster Tolerance through Emotional Connection
Emotional Detox: Cleansing Intolerance through Emotional Connection
5 Ways to Get Closet Clarity
Our relationship with clothing is complex and can spill over into the closet. Time for a reckoning.
5 Ways to Get Involved in Craftivism
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.
5 Ways to Help Your Partner Feel Loved
We are wired for emotional connection, said Jazmin Moral, LCSW-C, a psychotherapist who specializes in working with couples in Rockville, Md. “Love is our foremost and most basic n…
5 Ways to Hydrate Without Drinking Water
Try one of these five sources of flavorful hydration that will give you a little more nutritional bang for your buck.
5 Ways to Keep Self-Loathing From Snuffing Out the Holiday Spirit
Strung with baubles, soaring ceilingward and breathing strong pinesap perfume, the hotel's Christmas tree transfixes me. Then the magic shatters and I skulk away, feeling punished …
5 Ways to Moderate Your News Intake
I’m a total news junkie, with subscriptions to several newspapers and a passion for NPR. But I’m not alone in saying that with current events changing so fast—and being so negative—these days news can be 1) highly addictive and 2) utterly depressing. For this week’s Healthy Habit, I’m exploring ways of moderating intake of the news. I’ve found a few suggestions on ways to stay engaged, but partake in a more mindful and healthy way.
5 Ways to Practice Grounding for Spiritual Renewal
“Thirty minutes spent grounded and expressing yourself through visual arts is 30 minutes of fresh, pure creative energy flowing through your body and infusing your cells—to flush old energy out and wash in new life, giving energy on a spiritual level! … A renewal of spirit.”
5 Ways To Preserve Your Brain Power
Healthy brains, just like healthy bodies, can better withstand the tests of time. Here are the top five tips to keep your mind sharp.
5 Ways to Process the Anger You Thought You Weren't Allowed to Feel
Start observing your anger to truly understand where it should be directed.
5 Ways to Protect Your Brain from Cognitive Decline
The five lifestyle pillars to prevent brain decline.
5 Ways to Reduce Exposure to Toxic Fire Retardants
How did something that was supposed to make our lives safer wind up becoming dangerous? And how can we avoid them?
5 Ways to Resolve Anger in Quarantine
Feeling angry and cagey in lockdown with your partner? Here are 5 methods to (resolving) the madness.
5 Ways to Rewire Your Thoughts on the Aging Process
Why resent aging when you can celebrate the triumph of still being here?
5 Ways to Supercharge Your Resilience
Resilience can help you meet life’s biggest challenges. Discover how embracing specific lifestyle habits can help you build resilience.
5 Ways to Unblock Your Home’s Chi
Just as in our bodies, our homes can exhibit symptoms of stuck chi, leading us to feel lethargic, indecisive, and unmotivated.
5 Ways to Use Art for Reconnecting to Yourself
Here are five art-inspired techniques anyone can try.
5 Ways to Use Sound for Energy Clearing
Different sounds are powerful tools to clear and transform energy.
5 Ways Yoga Helps Keep Cancer at Bay
About half of all men and one-third of all women in the United States will face cancer during their lifetime. What can we do about it? Hoping to not get cancer is not a plan. Blami…
5 Work-Life Mistakes Everyone is Making
Here are five mistakes people make when it comes to setting work-life boundaries, and how to fix them.
5 Yoga Poses for Stress Relief
Yoga is an incredibly powerful tool for stress management. Try this sequence of five poses to calm down, relax, and recenter yourself.
50 Loving Sentiments We Should All Say More Often
All too often, we take the people we love the most for granted: our lovers, family members, friends, and even our children. We forget the enormous power of our words, as we ca…
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…
51 Meditations for Tending the Heart Fire
Find your flow in the new year with these “micro meditations” for renewal, connection, and inner strength.
58: The Film
58: The FilmDirected by Tim and Tony NeevesDocumentary DVD, live58.org/thefilm58: The Film is about an unprecedented global action on the part of Christians, churches, and wor…
6 Ayurvedic Foods to Cool Pitta
Foods like limes keep a cooling balance so we can stay strong, maintain energy, and fully enjoy summer.
6 Ayurvedic Practices to Rejuvenate Your Eyes
These 6 ayurvedic practices using simple kitchen ingredients will rejuvenate tired, strained, overworked eyes.
6 Crystals to Help You Sleep
Find the right crystal for your sleep issue, and you'll soon be lost in dreamland.
6 Early Signs of Type 2 Diabetes and How to Fight Back
Learn the symptoms of type 2 diabetes, what causes it, and how to take action and regain control of your life.
6 Fruits and Vegetables to Eat This Winter
Here six fruits and vegetables that really shine when the temperatures drop.
6 Gardening Blunders Animal Lovers Should Avoid
In creating cultivated backyards, we are removing habitat for wild animals. Here are some ideas for keeping all beings in mind when creating a garden.
6 Gifts that People With Low Self-Esteem Should Give Themselves
Anneli Rufus is a frequent contributor to Spirituality & Health. Her books Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto and the Nautilus Award-winning Stuck: Why We Can't (or Won't) Move On examined our lives as individuals in a crowded world. Rufus’ upcoming work, Unworthy: How to Stop Hating Yourself, will be released by Tarcher Penguin in the spring and continues this path, addressing self-esteem. It serves as the catalyst for this blog and asks: Why do we feel the way we do about ourselves? - See more posts here.
6 Mindfulness-Based Techniques to Help You Fall Asleep
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.
6 Natural Practices for Breast Cancer Prevention
With National Breast Cancer Awareness Month coming to a close, there has been much coverage in the media about raising awareness, early detection, and funding research fo…
6 Questions for Krista Tippett
Krista Tippett is the host and executive producer of the Peabody Award-winning radio program On Being.
6 Secrets of Happy Relationships
Before the battles begin, we start out believing that being with this person will make us happy. Ironically, that’s the critical mistake…
6 Stories on Aging Gracefully
Age is nothing, but a number. No, literally – without knowing someone’s chronological age, science can’t pinpoint how old someone is. What does aging mean to you? Read these 6 stor…
6 Techniques to Overcome Touch Starvation
Virtual gatherings are flourishing, but quarantining has cut physically isolated individuals off from the comfort of tender touch we crave in uncertain times. These self-soothing practices can help overcome skin hunger and the crave for human touch.
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.
6 Ways Improving One Nerve Can Change Your Health
While no one will argue the importance of building strong muscle tone, what might be more important to your health is the tone of a surprisingly complex nerve bundle that stretches…
6 Ways Nature Can Help You Now
Nature provides a welcome respite from the chaos of the modern world. Seeking out the solace found in the natural world can offer a path out of feeling hopeless.
6 Ways Optimism Positively Impacts Your Health
Be healthier through one simple choice every day: be optimistic
6 Ways to Celebrate Your Cycle
In the days of the old testament, menstruating women were considered unclean or unfit to participate in everyday society, and separated from men during their cycles. For me, this p…
6 Ways to Cultivate Kindness
“We are born to be at worst brutal, at least single-mindedly hardwired to survive at all costs. Concern for fellow creatures, sympathy, good deeds: These are all extras, luxuries we learn—with luck.”
6 Ways to Deal With Nighttime Anxiety
Vanquish middle-of-the-night stress with these six tips for better sleep.
6 Ways to Fight Holiday Insomnia
An expert in cognitive behavioral therapies targeting better sleep, Dr. Nicole Moshfegh, author of The Book of Sleep, provides six strategies to help you ward off sleeplessness during the holidays.
6 Ways to Get the Most Out Of a Group Fitness Class
If your resolution involved fitness, you’ll want to know how to make the most of your group classes this year!
6 Ways to Keep Technology from Hijacking Your Holidays
“Technology has changed our behavior drastically, and yet we are still humans—social beings who crave connection and affection, who eat, sleep, laugh, cry, and love.”
6 Ways to Stop Arguing and Start Listening
Explore ways to lay down the swords and work on our listening skills when faced with a potential argument.
6 Ways to Stress Less at Work
Today’s employees are expected to do more with less, which has become a major source of stress at work, said Vicki Hess, RN and author of SHIFT to Professional Paradise: 5 Steps to…
6 Winter Sleep Rituals
“And mamma in her ’kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap,” These lines, from the poem “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” by Clement Clarke Moor…
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.
7 Affirmations for Daily Walking Meditations
Many new studies suggest that mindful walking is good, not only for mental health, but also to relieve stress. Moreover mindfulness, in general, is shown to improve chronic inflamm…
7 Affirmations to Balance your Chakras
Here are 7 affirmations to not only affect your body, but also your reality
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.
7 Coloring Books to Calm Your Mind
The popularity of coloring books is no surprise considering the benefits—from stress-relief to mindful awareness. Color your way to peace with these 7 picks from Spirituaity & Health.
7 Days to a Healthier You
Free 7-Day Health Meditation Program with Prudence Hall, MD from The Mentors Channel
7 Different Ways to Journal to Help You Create, Reflect, and Explore
There are many different ways we can approach journaling. Here are seven suggestions to try.
7 Gifts of Expansion for the Holiday Season
These practices will alter your relationship with time and shift your perspective towards gently open and fully present.
7 Great New Ways to Rethink Mint
Think beyond garnish for desserts and drinks: this humble herb can punch up everything from fresh juices to pesto.
7 Health-Boosting Reasons to Eat Olives Every Day (Plus 8 Recipes To Help You)
Olives are full of healthy fats that improve heart health and antioxidants that combat inflammation.
7 Lies Your Eating Disorder Is Telling You
Eating disorders almost never stop talking to us, whispering in our ear. Here are the lies they tell us.
7 Mind Games People Play
Seven common mind games that make us feel powerful and avoid taking responsibility for our feelings
7 Myths of Self-Care and the Truth of Building Resilience
Self-care is not a luxury. In order to build resilience, putting yourself first is critical. Here are seven of the self-care roadblocks we erect and how to break through them to find love and compassion for ourselves.
7 Powerful Questions to Inspire Positive Change
Good questions can be powerful in life-changing ways. They can spark exciting ideas and inventions. They can spark personal discoveries, which lead to fulfilling, meaningful lives.…
7 Questions to Help Connect Us to Our Truth and Integrity
Adapted from The Integrity Advantage: Step into Your Truth, Love Your Life, & Claim Your Magnificence
7 Reasons for Clearing your Chakras and Aura
Clearing and releasing enables you to live with greater presence.
7 Reasons to Go Booze-Free For a Week
Seven inspiring reasons to take a break from alcohol—one for each day of the week of abstinence.
7 Reasons to Love Smoothies + a Recipe
Read about the benefits of blending and try this recipe for a delicious green goddess smoothie.
7 Reasons Why You Need Prebiotics
Because the health of our gut is closely tied to many other bodily functions, prebiotics and probiotics together are important for battling inflammation and lowering overall disease risk.
7 Sacred Resins to Burn for Clearing Negative Energy
Beyond sage, here are seven sacred resins you should be burning to clear negative energy in your space.
7 Self-Care Practices to Support You
Self-care is about nourishing ourselves mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually.
7 Self-Care Tips During the Holidays
Stop feeling frazzled and find ways to slow down, find balance, and recharge.
7 Spices Loaded With Serious Flavor—And Incredible Health Benefits
Put down the salt and start cooking with these spices—your blood pressure, waistline, and tastebuds will thank you.
7 Steps to Becoming an Elder
The apprenticeship for the elder begins very young and continues over a lifetime.
7 Steps to Embracing Your Full Story
This may be the least expensive way to solve our health care crisis.
7 Steps to Emotional Perspective and Transformation
Difficult conversations are a powerful time to learn to handle strong emotions. It's not an easy practice, but it is worth the effort.
7 Stories for Mastering Your Emotions
The emotional body is widely overlooked for overall health and happiness. Explore these 7 stories on how to understand, cope with and use your emotions appropriately.
7 Stories to Find Your Center
At the beginning of this year, we offered a 10 Day "Find Your Center" challenge. The overwhelming response reminded us here at S&H to take a moment and do simple things like br…
7 Stories to Inspire Getting Outdoors
Spring is here! It’s time to come out of hibernation and step into the great outdoors. Not that we need any convincing, but for years, scientists have been claiming the impor…
7 Stories to Tap into Your Creative Flow
Think back to how you played as a child. Remember how it felt to create your own stories and scenarios and games? In the middle of creative flow, there is a feeling of …
7 Strategies for Child-Friendly Celebrations
By Cindy MatchettMy young son and the many children I have spent time with over the years have all taught me a lot about celebrating. From them, I have learned that children love t…
7 Surprising Health Benefits of Silver
Did you know that silver, the very same stuff used to make jewelry, has numerous health benefits?
7 Tales of Digital Minimalism
What we all need is a philosophy of technology use, something that covers from the ground up which digital tools we allow into our life, for what reasons, and under what constraints.
7 Things that Might Surprise You about Vedic Meditation
I am not exactly a novice meditator. I grew up with mediation as a part of my vernacular and have employed it, primarily as a coping mechanism in moments of duress, at various stag…
7 Things You Can Do To Offload Baggage—Now!
Excerpted from Note to Self: A Seven Step Path to Gratitude and Growth
7 Tools to Ease Anxiety at Family Gatherings
These tools will help you keep your cool through the chaos of the holidays.
7 Traits Of Positive Audacity
Audacity, by its nature, breeds polarized responses. Here’s how you can judge whether your next audacious act will be a catalyst for good.
7 Unique Valentine’s Day Gifts for a Wellness and Self-Care Lifestyle
In a sea of chocolates and roses, it can be hard to choose a Valentine’s Day gift that speaks to the unique passions of your chosen recipient.
7 Useful Apps for Non-GMO, Allergen- and Preservative-free Shopping
With all the confusing ingredient labels on food products today, it can feel overwhelming. Trips to the grocery store are taking up way too much time these days with reading throug…
7 Ways Solo Travel Helps You Uncover Joy
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.
7 Ways to Avoid Laundry Triggers
Feel negative and frustrated every time you do the laundry? You are not alone.
7 Ways to Change Negative Beliefs About Yourself
These simple daily practices can alter the neural pathways in your brain and help you turn your thinking around
7 Ways to Deal with Toxic Family Members Over the Holidays
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.
7 Ways to Exercise Your Brain—And Why You Really Need To!
Cognitive brain function peaks in our early fifties, but staying mentally active can prevent brain loss in the years to follow.
7 Ways to Find the Rhythm of Your Heart
From the ancient practice of sacred chant to the latest technologies in brainwave entrainment, soundvibration modalities promise harmony, happiness, and even health.
7 Ways to Get Your Body Moving
Get your body moving with seven of our favorite articles from Spirituality and Health.
7 Ways to Improve the Air Quality and Energy of Your Home
Want better air? Here are useful tips for improving your indoor air quality.
7 Ways to Inspire Healing and Hope After a Disaster
“We are all individual in our response to trauma, and we are all unique in our recovery process.”
7 Ways to Make Happiness Last
As a surgeon I have used the word “cancer” — the C-word — thousands of times in my life. I have spent my entire professional life researching it, trying to find ways to resect it, …
7 Ways to Make Yoga Class a Self-Discovery Goldmine
Set an intention for your next yoga class to discover something new about yourself.
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."
7 Ways to Take Care and Take Action
What do we do when facing what appear to be insurmountable challenges of our time?
7 Ways to Tame Anger With Ayurveda
Anger is really an umbrella term for a multi-layered and complicated emotion. Sadness and shame can be at the root of anger. And if unattended or suppressed, anger can morph into a…
70 Affirmations for Love
So the honeymoon is over? Use these 70 affirmations to love your partner then, now, and forever—no matter what may come.
79 Quotes On Inner and Outer Peace
Great quotes to inspire you to become more compassionate, loving, accepting and peaceful.
8 Affirmations for New Beginnings
Here are some affirmations for new beginnings, no matter when in the calendar you start to observe your new year.
8 Best Plants for Improving Memory & Concentration
These are nontoxic and can be taken with confidence.
8 Creative Techniques to Cope with Painful Emotions
Many of us have a hard time coping with negative emotions. This makes sense. “Painful feelings like anxiety, sadness, anger and shame tap into the parts of our brain that are conne…
8 Health-Boosting Drink Ingredients for Spring Lockdown
So you need a drink? Here are eight healthful ingredients you likely already have in your home or garden that give maximum boost with minimum thinking time—no recipe required.
8 Meaningful Gifts for Everyone on Your List
Fill your loved ones’ stockings with just the right gift to fuel their passion.
8 Secrets for Lasting Love
From knowing your worth to being vulnerable, here are eight secrets to lasting love.
8 Songs for Social Change: The Music of Revolution
I came to activism out of a desire to make a difference, but I stayed for the music. I marvel at music’s capacity to open us up, lift us up, and touch us so deeply. And I marvel ev…
8 Stories for Creating a Sacred Space
Create your very own sacred space with feng shui and more with these 8 inspirational stories.
8 Surprising Foods for a Healthier Sex Life
Hungry for more? Foods to boost your sexual vitality (Maca Brazil Truffles, anyone?).
8 Things Not to Do After—or During—A Break Up
1. Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you want something what you don’t really want.I remember when I was younger and mourning the loss of my boyfriend—the one whom I had broke…
8 Things to Do Before Starting a Relationship
“Self-love is the knowing that you were created to be completely loved and completely lovable just as you are. When you embrace this truth, the world mirrors that knowing. When you…
8 Tips From an Introvert on How to Stay Home
"With stay-home orders issued worldwide and offenders arrested for attending funerals and weddings, it's time that society learned a thing or two from introverts."
8 Tricks for Controlling Holiday Binge Eating and Drinking
Avoid overeating and drinking too much this holiday season by mindfully focusing on giving yourself pleasure rather than trying to numb the pain.
8 Ways Humor Hurts Relationships
When it comes to humor in relationships, the purer our intentions, the kinder our hearts, and the more conscious our words, the better results we will get.
8 Ways to Be a More Mindful Listener
“Mom, you’re not listening!” I’m accused of this all the time. Perhaps you hear similar things in your own daily interactions? I jump in too fast to finish a child’s sentence. Many…
8 Ways to Build Your Problem-Solving Intuition
Here are eight ways to build your natural ability to use intuition.
8 Ways To Decipher Between Your Altered Ego State And Your Soul
The altered ego is not to be shunned or rejected. It is to be understood, loved and brought into a higher frequency alignment with the soul.
8 Ways to Feel More at Home in a New House
Moving is exciting—and stressful. Here are ways to make your new space feel more “you.”
8 Ways to Help Your Kids Not Hate Themselves
Help kids build and maintain confidence, empathy, joy, and self-compassion.
8 Ways to Pare Down Your Health Regimen
In a world that pushes toward the complex, there are still simple ways to stay healthy.
8 Ways to Practice Memory Mindfulness for Loving Relationships
Extending your mindfulness practice to your memories will serve your loving, harmonious relationship.
8 Ways to Start Your Day with Intention
Beep. Beep. Beep. Grab coffee. Dash out door. Adrenaline blaring, mind already awhirl, we launch ourselves out like cannonballs—scattershot, hurling, into the world. Now, is that a…
8 Ways to Unblock Your Third Eye Chakra for Wellbeing
A properly functioning pineal gland (aka third eye chakra) is synonymous with good health and wellbeing. Here are 8 ways to decalcify, unblock, and activate it.
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.
9 Adaptogens To Restore Your Body
Try these natural and effective remedies and increase your resistance to stress, anxiety, and fatigue.
9 Affirmations for Staying Grounded during the Fall Season
A combination of Ayurvedic balancing tips, plus these 9 affirmations, will help you stay centered as the seasons change.
9 Card Decks for Healing, Divination, and Affirmation
There are days when you need inspiration, times when you are yearning for affirmation, and moments when what you seek is divination. The decks below offer all three. AFFIRMATI…
9 Facts That Will Change How You Think About Protein
Protein is all the rage right now—there are hundreds of versions of a clean, lean, low-carb diet—it seems to be the one thing that every nutritional expert can support. According t…
9 Fall Health Remedies from Ayurveda
Which foods are best for your dosha at this time of year? Read on to find out.
9 Fresh Juice Recipes for Renewal and Relief
With these easy recipes, you’ll be on the road to better health. Drink juices as soon as possible after they’re prepared. (For more on the health benefits of fresh-made juice, see …
9 Inspiring Quotes about the Sacredness of Seeds
Photography and quotes from the book Sacred Seed: A Collection of Essays, a compilation of original essays inspired by physicist and environmental leader Dr. Vandana Shiva. Reprinted with permission.
9 Keys to Lasting Happiness
According to the ancient philosophy of the Vedanta, there are two types of happiness. The first comes from things turning out the way we’d like them to, i.e. getting what we want. …
9 Surprising Benefits of Talking to Yourself
It doesn’t mean you’re crazy. In fact, it can help you clarify your thoughts, shake off stress, and boost your mood.
9 Things You Might Assume Are Your Fault, But Aren't
When blaming yourself for your own suffering becomes a core belief.
9 Tips for Enhancing Your Emotional Wellbeing in 2020
Boosting your emotional wellbeing doesn’t always have to feature grand gestures and sweeping changes. Here are nine small adjustments you can make in your day-to-day life.
9 Ways Tech Can Build Intimacy
When it comes to love, technology gets a bad rap. It isolates us, causes friction, drives a wedge between us. Technology is a swamp of temptation and bad behavior, right? Well, tha…
9 Ways to Reduce Anxiety Right Here, Right Now
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9 Ways to Turn Your Resolution into Your Reality
Try these science-based tips for keeping your resolutions alive.
9 Wellness Resources for Black Women When Life Gets You Down
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.
91-Year-Old Meditation Master Ruth Denison
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A "Peak" Experience: Celebrate International Mountain Day
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A 3-Minute Practice to Make Inspiration Soar
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A 500-Mile Journey of Selfless Love
I'll Push You is a film that reminds viewers of the true meaning of friendship, generosity, and vulnerability.
A Bachelor’s Guide to Organic Bathing Basics
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A Bad Night’s Sleep Is As Dangerous As a Poor Diet
So you stayed up too late binge-watching “Scandal,” or burning the midnight oil on an important work project—what’s one night of lost sleep, anyway. Actually, scrimping on as littl…
A Beat You Can Breathe To: Yoga and Music
Have you ever noticed the music yoga teachers play in class?We know intuitively that music affects our emotions. It hits us deeply, unconsciously, elevating us, calling forth…
A Beautiful Distortion
One year, my wife and I attended several plays in the Fringe Festival in Dublin, Ireland, where we were living. I remember especially a favorite of mine, Play, by Samuel Becke…
A Better Way to Break-Up
The pain of divorce can bring us to our knees. What if there’s a way not just to regain our footing but to step onto a new emotional path?
A Body at Rest: Restorative Yoga Triggers Your Relaxation Response
I was having coffee with an old friend when I found myself interrupted—repeatedly—by a series of “helpful” reminders and messages from my smartphone. With each blrrpt, …
A Boy, His Dog, and Their Heart-to-Heart Connection
Energy from one heart can make a real connection with another…and spread love in surprising ways.
A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency
Edited by John Stanley, David R. Loy, and Gyurme DorjeWisdom Publications, 2009, $16.95Eastern and Western Buddhist leaders acknowledge that our planet is in grave danger and are a…
A Call for Revolution: Rebels for Peace
An excerpt from A Call for Revolution: A Vision for the Future by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
A Celebration of Love
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A Celebration of Unprotected Love
Last month we received this invitation from columnist Peggy La Cerra:Dear friends,Last Thursday, my beloved fur girl, Spooky, went into the wilds and never returned. She and her br…
A Celtic Quest: Wellness Tour of Ireland
Experience Ireland on a wellness tour with singer-songwriter Tara O’Grady, author of Migrating Toward Happiness, the inspirational memoir that reveals how to awaken your soul’s blissful state of being.
A Centering Prayer
"After experiencing silence and surrender in yoga, I returned to ancient Christian prayer techniques and postures with renewed interest and a willingness to be playful. In the process, I discovered prayer practices that have opened places in my heart to which I didn’t previously have access."
A Certain Sadness: My Relationship with Depression
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A Challenge to Forgive
Are you hurt and suffering? As Desmond and Mpho Tutu write in their new book The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World, "Until we can forgive, we…
A Changing Spirituality & Health
A (slightly) new direction for S&H involves a lot of familiar names and faces.
A Chocolate a Day Keeps Cognitive Decline Away
Consuming cocoa flavanols daily was shown to increase attention, verbal fluency, working memory tasks, and cognitive processing.
A Christmas Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage to the Taos Pueblo for a traditional ceremony gives author Rivvy Neshama a new understanding of Christmas.One year, after family plans fell through, John and I were de…
A Conscious Holiday
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A Conversation about Busy Lives
A client says to me, “My husband and I argue about money constantly. It has gotten to where, when he comes in the room, I just freeze up and think, What is he going to say today? I…
A Creative Contemplative Offering for Solstice
The Solstice is a time of celebration in anticipation of Light’s return and the rebirth of the Sun.
A Creative Mind for Healing
Practices to maintain a mindset of courage and a positive outcome in the midst of illness.
A Dance for Life
Tango is often thought of as a sultry dance for the young and flexible. New research shows that this passionate form of movement offers mighty benefits for all ages—backbending not…
A Diet for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
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A Do-Not-Resuscitate Order
I hold the medical power of attorney for my terminally ill sister. She signed a do-not-resuscitate order, but just before going into a coma she whispered, “Don’t let me die.” Do I …
A Dream—and a Once-in-a-Lifetime Joke
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A Drop in the Ocean
An excerpt from Living in Balance: A Mindful Guide for Thriving in a Complex World
A Faith Beyond Belief
Around the world, people tell stories of Nasrudin, a sometimes bumbling and often clever spiritual teacher of the ancient Middle East who was better at navigating the depths than t…
A Fast Path to Less Stress
Unwind your system, find rest more easily, and ultimately enjoy and engage in the important parts of your life more fully.
A Fierce Green Fire
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A Fight-Like Dance
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A Food Cure for Inflammation
Herbalist Kathy Abascal is on a mission to change the way we eat, with her TQI (“to quiet inflammation”) diet plan.
A Fresh Twist on Hydration
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A Garden for Enlightenment
The art of “synchronizing yourself to the natural flow of the energy that surrounds you”
A Goddess Guide for the New Year
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A Goddess of Post Traumatic Growth: Nilapataka Nitya
This goddess encourages us to courageously churn the oceans of our inner selves, to explore the painful feelings and old traumas in our psyches and let them teach us something.
A Goddess Water Ritual for New Year's Eve
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A Good Death with Samuel Harrington, MD
Samuel Harrington, MD shares how you can improve your end of life.
A Good Night’s Sleep
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A Grandfather Glimpses Life—and Death—Through Young Eyes
Five-year-old Eleanor and I are on the upper deck of a small beach cottage on Hatteras Island, North Carolina, cradled in the hammock. We have just finished reading a book about a …
A Grandparents Guide to “Cousins Camp”
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A GREAT Place to Live
Magnets attract you to a place and anchors keep you there. What are your magnets and anchors?
A Green Economy to Empower All
Insisting that a green economy can empower everyone, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins advocates for sustainable jobs that support the clean energy movement.
A Guide to Joy with Sadhguru
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A Guide to Teas for Every Season
Certain types of tea match up to the changing hour, mood, or occasion.
A Healing Crisis After an Energy Treatment
Although it is not common to experience a healing crisis after a Energy Healing Treatment, here are 9 tips for moving through the process.
A Heart Exposed
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A Hidden Path to Stress Relief
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.
A Holistic Approach to Vaccination for Dogs
When I was a veterinary student, I was taught that vaccinations are a cornerstone of healthy pets. As I went on to practice, however, I saw severe acute vaccine reactions, as well …
A Journey in Listening
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A Kid Shucking Corn: Meditations on Being Present
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A Lifeboat for the Caregiver
Taking care of a loved one with dementia can be a grueling task, but meditation and support can lighten the load.
A Little Appreciation Goes a Long Way!
I was petting one of my cats the other day and enjoying how much he was appreciating the attention. He was purring loudly, rubbing up against me, and making it very clear that he l…
A Little Light Overcomes Much Darkness: Seeking Good Points
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A Little Meditation Goes a Long Way
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A Little Mind Wandering During Meditation Helps Process Emotions
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A Love Commitment for Valentine’s Day (With or Without a Partner)
One of the most powerful ways we can support our lovers is by taking care of ourselves.
A Love Spell and Ritual for Valentine’s Day
“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.”
A Meditation for Sweet Dreams: The Country Road
A guided visualization to help guide you to a deeper sleep.
A Mind Shaped by Gardening
Adapted excerpt from The Well-Gardened Mind by Sue Stuart-Smith. (Copyright © 2020 by Sue Stuart-Smith. Reprinted by permission of Scribner, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Inc.)
A Mind-Altering Message
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A Morning Practice to Find Your Purpose
This sweet morning practice will help you align with your purpose.
A Mother Meditation
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A Mountain Pose That Claimed My Career
Warning: Yoga may cause you to reassess your life's purpose and—gasp!—go for it.
A Mystery School’s Place in a Modern World
Ancient teachings long held in every wisdom tradition are being unlocked now, as both practical and magical. Unlock yourself!
A Natural Longing, A Holy Longing
I was only fourteen years old when I left home to become a Catholic nun. I thought the “religious life” is what I needed to satisfy a holy longing within me – a longing to be conne…
A Nature Meditation for Finding Stillness
Navigate these uncertain and unsettling times with this open-eyed, open-senses meditation to ground, center, and enliven you reconnecting with the natural world.
A Neuropsychiatrist Asks: Is It Time to Stop Talking About “Mental Illness”?
“Reimagining ‘mental health’ as ‘brain health’ changes everything.”
A Neuroscientist Explains how to Manifest with Metaphors
In literature, writers use metaphors to transfer information inherent in one context to another to infuse the target with an extra layer of meaning. For example, “Because you are m…
A New Definition of Love in Divisive Times
The other day, I had one of those moments which must be unique to this particular historical moment: I put an opinion on the internet and got some incredibly mean comments in respo…
A New Moon Ceremony for Abundance
The new moon in Capricorn is a potent time for setting intentions. Create space for this abundance ritual on the last new moon of this decade.
A New Perspective on Death
I was 22 years old when I sat with my grandmother as she was dying. There were four generations of our family in the room, from my two year old nephew to my mom and her brothers, t…
A New Primer for Psychic Research
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A New Spin on World Peace: In a divided Israel, teens connect through Ultimate Frisbee
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A New, Improved Bible
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A Perfect Day for Couples In Santa Fe
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A Personalized Wellness Experience
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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.
A Plea for the Animals
The Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary Imperative to Treat All Beings with Compassion
A Powerful Ceremony Reuniting a Birth Mother to Son
A Birth Mother Found, Embraces Second Chance To Be A Mother, Family Gathers For Ceremony
A Practice to Tap into Creativity with the 2nd Chakra
A practice you can apply as you begin any creative project.
A Prayer for All Beings
This winter I was in the Bahamas at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram for an interfaith symposium, a very good place to be if you are seeking a break from the cold New England winters! I f…
A Prayer to Comfort Those Passing
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A Prescription to Walk
If there was a prescription medicine that could significantly increase your health, with limited side effects, would you take it? If this prescription could drastically reduce the …
A President Who Thinks Outside the Pew
Will there ever be a U.S. President who sits outside mainstream Christianity? That might be the wrong question to ask.
A Priest Finds His Other Religion
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A Purpose-Driven Life Leads to Better Sleep
Cultivating a purpose-driven life by day leads to more peaceful slumber at night.
A Purr for Help: How A Rescued Cat Opened My Heart
Nearly broke and pessimistic about the world, journalist Jane Ganahl heart and mind were opened by one abandoned cat.
A Question of Love
In Alice in Wonderland, Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, “Which direction do I go from here?” He responded with another question, “It depends, where do you want to be?” Alice, thinkin…
A Ramble through Lamentation: Rituals for Expressing Grief
Lamentation: the passionate expression of grief, mourning, sorrow, or regret: a song or poem that expresses sorrow for someone who has died or something that is gone.
A Recipe To Maintain Your Cool: Tofu with Snap Peas and Pumpkin Seeds
This Ayurvedic recipe takes just minutes to prepare, is substantial enough for a meal, yet feels refreshing and light for warm weather.
A Religion of One's Own, Q and A with Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore on his new book, A Religion of One’s Own
A Retreat into Moral Suffering & Golden Repair
“The wounds and harms that arise from falling over the edge into moral suffering can have positive value …”
A Return to Bliss
When Sheila Cluff glides across the ice, she feels like she’s flying. Her mind, focused on the details of precise footwork and pretty hand movements, is free from the day’s stress.…
A Return to Healing
Radical Health Care Reform and the Future of MedicineBy Len Saputo, with Byron BelitsosOrigin Press, 2009, $21.95As the debate over health care reform grows increasing vitriolic an…
A Return to Wheat with Dr. John Douillard
Rabbi Rami talks to Dr. John Douillard about how he came to study Ayurveda, our past issues with how we consumed wheat, and how to return to a healthy approach. An adapted excerpt …
A Ritual for Honoring the Loss of a Human or Animal Companion
Rosemary has long signified deep friendship and lasting memories. This ritual for grief, built around rosemary, creates time and space for grieving and allows others to join and share the healing process.
A Ritual for New Beginnings
By Carol TakacsMy friends and family have spent many a get-together listening once again as I raise my glass and toast to “new beginnings.” So much so that it’s becoming a signatur…
A Ritual for the Deeper Meaning of Halloween
Connect with the wisdom of this holiday, which comes between the fall equinox and the winter solstice.
A Ritual For Welcoming Moon Season
Fall is the perfect season to release that which no longer serves us. Try this moon ritual to help you let go and move on.
A Ritual to Honor Water
By Wendy Macdonald Water is life: elemental, essential, mysterious, sacred. One has only to experience a blooming desert, a sprouting seed, a clean body, or the sense of well-bein…
A Ritual to Reclaim Dinner
Rather than thinking of dinnertime as a chore, create nightly dinner rituals to connect more with the loved ones around your table.
A Ritual to Reconnect with Your Ancestors
Try this ritual to invite connection with and guidance from your ancestors.
A River Ran Through It
Amazon environmentalists warn that hydroelectric dams could devastate the world's biggest watershed.
A Room of One’s Own
Many of us have an inner artist we want to nourish, but not the budget for a painter’s studio or writer’s retreat. Here’s how to carve out a sacred space for creativity.
A Root Cause of Pessimism, Revealed
New research could lead to better treatment of anxiety and depression.
A Safe Spring Detox
Just say no to fasting. Cruciferous veggies and turmeric can be powerful tools in your spring detox plan. Read more tips from Dr. Stacie Stephenson, an expert in regenerative, functional, and natural medicine.
A San Francisco Treat: International Orange Yoga + Day Spa
In need of relaxation? On this episode of Conscious Living®, we're treating you to a day of healing at International Orange, one of the Bay Area's top urban day spas, named after t…
A Scent for Intentions and Clearing
"A smell can instantly beckon age-old memories or summon emotions in a whiff."
A Seat at the Table
Women’s Congress for Future Generations seeks to put the "mother" back in Mother Earth.
A Shower That Heals
Does being near water make you feel relaxed? Therapeutic landscape designers Marco Mencagli and Marco Nieri explain how negative ions—abundant near bodies of water—have a profound, if poorly understood, role in health and happiness.
A Simple Act to Create a Buffer from Stress
Cultivating positive emotions is a powerful way to build mental and emotional resilience and create a buffer from the chronic stressors in our lives.
A Simple Path to a Nutritional Detox
If stepping out of the demands of your daily life in order to take part in a heavy duty detox isn’t a reality, then try making daily, simple shifts that will support your body towa…
A Simple Path to Peace Meditation
Download the audio file now! Create a space around you: Sit on a meditation cushion or in a comfy chair, light a candle, or just turn off your cell phone. If you can't “set the …
A Simple Practice to Feel More Love In Your Life
Dear Eve,I’ve been in a few relationships, but I’m not sure if true love was ever part of the equation. I’m single now, and I’m feeling really isolated and alone. I just hate feeli…
A Simple Way to Lower Inflammation
We can all attest to the value of taking a deep breath when life gets stressful. There are moments when stopping and counting to ten can do wonders. It turns out, this combination …
A Solo Journey for Radical Self-Care
A self-described mother martyr goes on a solo journey and rediscovers the value of her own joy.
A Sound Bath: Ways to Use Sound and Music to Promote Wellbeing
“Sound and music can quickly alter your mood, affecting your subconscious mind. Listening to music is a relatively inexpensive, easily accessible solution to elevate your awareness and your emotional states.”
A Sound Sleep
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A Spell to Stop Worrying
Spells are only as powerful as the intentions and emotions they raise inside you.
A Spiritual Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe
Travel Tips for the Spiritually PerplexedBy Paul RademacherHampton Roads, 2009, $24.95Paul Rademacher’s lighthearted and engaging memoir retraces the convoluted spiritual path that…
A Spiritual Journey of Place, Identity, and Belonging
“As I put roots into the ground, every step I take brings more roots up to accept and welcome me in—into my heritage and into the woman I am slowly becoming, even in this very moment.”
A Splintered Mommy Path
Feeling like two different people on two different paths? Unite the splintered paths.
A Strong Sense of Purpose May Protect Your Heart
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A Survivor Creates a Cancer Support Center
Diagnosed with breast cancer, Susan Kapadia needed more support than her family—or her small community—could provide.
A Symphony of Movement
It wasn’t so long ago that the aging brain was considered a done deal. The scientific community told us that with aging, the capacity of our brain diminished, and once that happene…
A Teacher Creates His Toughest Test
Are students energized by my lessons or thinking of something else?
A Time to Plant
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A Trip to a Seaweed Farm
This farm requires no alteration of the surrounding environment other than the moorings and the ropes and buoys…
A True and Inspiring Story of Success, Renunciation and Self-Realization
He Was A Multimillionare At Twenty-Six. Then He Gave Up Everything To Become A Monk.
A Wake Up Call from a Sleeper Film
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A Wake Up Call with Bruce Lipton, PhD
Cell biologist Bruce H. Lipton, PhD reveals how the current crisis of today is a catalyst for change.
A Wandering Mind Can Be a Good Sign
Daydreaming can mean you are very creative and intellectual. So there.
A Worcester Ladymass
Trio Mediaeval: Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Torunn Ostrem Ossum, Voices This trio of perfectly calibrated women’s voices from Oslo sings a reconstruction of a thirtee…
A World Living Alone
The Australian Bureau of Statistics notes that the number of people living on their own could double within 25 years. In Great Britain, more people than ever are living alone, and …
A World without Antibiotics?
As drug resistance spreads, once-treatable infections are becoming more and more deadly. Quick action might be needed to preserve the lifesaving potency of antibiotics for future generations.
A Zen Master's Guide to the Bible
A short introduction to the world’s first Buddhist Bible study group.
A. A. Milne on patience.
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Acceptance as a Tool for Dealing with Unpleasant Emotions
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Acceptance: The Surprising Antidote to Suffering
“We tend to think of stress as something that happens outside of ourselves; something that happens to us. But science is showing that it’s not the stressors in our life, but how we perceive them that determines how much we suffer.”
Accepting Irritations—or What Can Become of a Single Grain of Sand
Admit it: at times, we all can be a bit like the Princess and the Pea. Life can offer us so much goodness, but all we can do is get irritated by the few small things that don…
Accidental Meditation: You're Already Doing it
Most people think they are bad at meditating. Can’t sit still and turn your thoughts off for at least 20 minutes? You’re not bad at meditating, you’re just a human with a brain.Act…
According To Your Zodiac Sign, Here's The Superfood You're Destined To Eat
Whether you're an Aries prone to headaches or a Gemini that can't shake a cold, we've lined up the perfect superfood for your astrological sign.
Acharya Shunya
Acharya Shunya is a globally-recognized spiritual teacher and Vedic lineage-holder who awakens health and consciousness through the Vedic sciences of Ayurveda, Vedanta, and yoga. S…
Achieve More By Resisting Less: Understanding the Spiritual Law of Least Effort
“Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality, it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.” —Eckhart T…
Activating Prana
It had been a long, intense summer. Between my husband’s immobilized shoulder and two kids out of school and ready for action, I was exhausted. Every morning left me aching for the…
Active Aging with Andy Baxter
Your host Rabbi Rami talks to rehab specialist Andy Baxter about active aging. His story "This is Your Brain on Exercise" can be found in the July/August 2015 issue of Spirituality…
Actually It’s Happiness that Loves Company
Not only do your happy feelings spread through your social network, your happiness can be increased by people you’ve never even met, reports a study from Harvard Medical School.Har…
Acupuncture Can Treat High Blood Pressure
You might think that being jabbed with a needle and zapped with an electric shock would raise your blood pressure, but a groundbreaking study has shown that this ancient Chinese pr…
Acupuncture Eases Cancer Suffering and So Do Fake Needles
Consider this: a new study by Vetenskapsrådet, the Swedish Research Council, reports that a “simulated” acupuncture treatment, using a telescopic blunt placebo needle that merely t…
Acupuncture: A Cure for Cramps and PMS?
For years, I suffered from cramps and PMS before and during my cycle. After years of unsuccessfully attempting to suppress these symptoms with over the counter drugs like Aleve and…
Acupuncture: Bringing the Body Back into Balance
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,…
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“As we all currently navigate this global pandemic, it’s paramount that we nourish our bodies with food and drink that work to reduce our stress and enhance our immunity.”
Addicted to My Ego
Addicted to My Ego is all about the limitations we impose on ourselves by maintaining our ego and how to fix it in order to awaken to what we truly are. It helps readers to underst…
Addicted to My Ego
This book explores the journey to better understand what we truly are as human beings.
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Adventure or Comfort?
“Which do you prefer, adventure or comfort?” I was asked recently, matter-of-factly, as if the two were mutually separate entities, and I, given the option to choose only one.I clo…
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Adyashanti took his name (which means “primordial peace” in Sanskrit) after a series of spiritual awakenings. His first came while sitting alone on his cushion, when he “penet…
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Affirmations Can Mess You Up
I came of age in the New Age of the ’90s. I had affirmation cards before I had business cards. And I tried to love affirmations, really I did. But affirmations didn’t do me any fav…
Affirmations for Negative Self Talk
Have you ever pasted up a big sign on your bathroom mirror that says something like, “You are beautiful!” to try to improve your mood and self esteem? And found that it works not a…
Affirmations: Why They Work & How to Use Them
To “affirm” something, by dictionary definition, means that you are declaring it to be true. So when I affirm that I am fit when I am not, wealthy when I am financially struggling,…
After the Removal of 30 Types of Plants and Animals from the Junior Dictionary
The author was inspired by the removal of words from the dictionary to make more room for technology.
After the War: Healing Native American Veterans
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…
After Two Years of Marriage, I Lost My Husband to a Disease
After only two years of marriage, I lost my husband to a disease neither one of us had ever heard of. My best friend is getting married and she has asked me not to attend the weddi…
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.
Aging with Divine Feminine Beauty
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” —Kahlil Gibran Have you ever met a woman who emits so much love and warmth that you just want to stay near her a…
Aging with Wiggle Room, the Great Glory of Life
"I turned 77 on my last birthday and now recognize some of the effects of aging. I can’t wiggle my body in quite the same way as I did when I was 7 or 17, among many other things I can’t do quite as well now."
Aging: Blame Your Neighborhood
Fight the aging process with blueberries. Or retinols. A lot of Pilates, and laughter and good sex. But if you live in the wrong neighborhood, you’ll still grow older more quickly …
AHAM Meditation Retreat and Training Centers USA and India
Specializing in experiential meditation training, primarily Ramana Maharshi’s pure self-inquiry process. Offering various retreats/programs.
Ahimsa: How to Practice Nonviolence in Nature
Do no harm: Three surprising insights and reflections on the practice of ahimsa from the fungi on the forest floor, plus five practices for tapping in.
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Alan Cohen on the sacred silence
If you want to find God hang out in the space between your thoughts
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Alana Scott founded the website, alittlebityummy.comwhen she was diagnosed with IBS. It has reached hundreds of thousands of people and has increased accessibility to low-FODMAP di…
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Albert Camus on fall's beauty
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower
Alberto Villoldo PhD
Alberto Villoldo PhD is a medical anthropologist and psychologist who has studied the shamanic healing practices of the Amazon and the Andes for more than 30 years. In his tea…
Aldous Huxley: The Other Great Man Who Died This Week
This week, many of us from the Baby Boom generation are remembering one of the epochal events of our youth—the tragic November 22, 1963 assassination of President John F. Ken…
Alena Hennessy
Alena Hennessy is a flower essence practitioner, energy healer, Reiki Master, and noted artist. She is the author of the Mysteries of Love Oracle Deck, Cultivating Your Creative Li…
Aleph Kallah
An inclusive, week-long festival of contemporary Jewish spiritual wisdom for heart, mind, body, and soul.
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Alexander Pope on forgiveness
To err is human to forgive divine
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ALFA is a retired medical professional who has spent most of her career in Radiation Therapy. She credits her ability to express painful life experiences by studying the human body…
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Alice Walker Film Review: Beauty in Truth
Pratibha Parmar’s powerful new film, Beauty in Truth, recounts the historically rich story of the first African American woman writer to win a Pulitzer Prize. Walker has publ…
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
As You’ve Never Seen It Before Enjoy Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as you’ve never seen it before! Andrea D’Aquino’s modern, illustrative interpretation of this …
Aligning Yourself With Self
Begin to establish certainty and trust within yourself with this grounding guided meditation.
Alignment in Lotus Posture (Video)
Integrate the wisdom of the yoga sutras in your evolution to full padmasana, the lotus pose.
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Alissa Bica is a writer, actor, and sommelier whose mission is to use humor to bring about hope and change. She writes the blog A Comedian’s Guide to Enlightenment and is a contrib…
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All Clear with Panchakarma
Practitioners of panchakarma go beyond the basic cleanse to deeply purify body and soul.
All Kinds of Attachments
We had a small group in our local sangha for our discussion last time, but a larger one when it was time for meditation, with a light and dry snow drifting down outside, which is w…
All Love is Unconditional
We try to accept substitutes for love and end up still feeling empty. Why? Because… there are no substitutes for love.
All Natural
A Skeptic’s Quest to Discover If the Natural Approach to Diet, Childbirth, Healing, and the Environment Really Keeps Us Healthier and Happier By Nathanael JohnsonRodaleAward-w…
All Natural: A Skeptic’s Quest to Discover If the Natural Approach to Diet, Childbirth, Healing, and the Environment Really Keeps Us Healthier and Happier
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All Religious-Based Answers Are Acceptable?
“If the students in Ohio schools want to replace math with myth, and fact with fiction, who am I to judge?”
All the Feels: How Feeling Your Feelings Can Teach You to Heal
“We do not get to choose what feelings arise or how intensely we feel them. Our only choice is in how we relate to them.”
All Together Now
“It’s true that we get clarity about what matters during a crisis, and, hopefully, as a society, we actually can readjust toward things that do matter.” —Singer Damian Kulash of OK Go
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Allan J. Hamilton MD
Allan Hamilton MD knows how brains work, in part, because he has drilled into thousands of them. A Harvard-trained brain surgeon, he’s also medical consultant to ABC’s Grey’s Anato…
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Allow Yourself to Rest
We can’t seek the deepest rest. We can relax the activity that obstructs our contact with it.
Alma Tassi
Alma Tassi has written for several magazines and edited books on spirituality, personal growth, and women's issues. almatassi.com.
Almond Butter Chocolate Cups
Rich in lauric acid, this super food snack is so healthy that is great as an anti-fungul, anti-bacteria, and healthy for your immune system. It's chocolatey with raw caca…
Aloe Vera Juice is an Unexpected Beauty Booster
We’re calling it. This year’s most popular beauty booster isn’t going to be some delicate powder made of the ground petals of an incredibly rare flower that only grows on the shady…
Aloe Vera: A New, Ancient Tonic
You probably already slather aloe vera on sunburns, but you might not know that you can also use the prickly plant to soothe and heal yourself on the inside. While more people are…
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Altar Your Reality With the Five Elements of Feng Shui
Energize your altar space with the five elements
Alternative Pharmacy: Supplements to Open the Heart
Try these herbs and supplements for the physical body and homeopathics and flower essences for the emotional and spiritual body.
Altruism on Your Death Bed
A living will relinquishing your ventilator to a younger, healthier sick person can help spare our healthcare heroes from extra grief and pain.
Altruism with Matthieu Ricard
Your host Rabbi Rami talks to the "happiest man on Earth" Matthieu Ricard about his new book Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World. A review of the boo…
Am I Not Kosher Enough for My Daughter?
Rabbi Rami responds to questions about white supremacy, a loving god, and Christian tracts, among others.
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Amanda Romania is a visionary, spiritual mentor and entrepreneur. Amanda guides individuals, corporations and institutions towards better understanding next-generation business mod…
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Amanda Torroni
Amanda Torroni is a graduate of the honors college at the College of Charleston, where she studied philosophy. Her creative writing career started while studying abroad in Rome, an…
Amber Bodily
Amber Bodily is a natural health practitioner, a FootZonologist and FootZonology instructor, a contributing health writer for MindBodyGreen and Fulfillment Daily, a master herbolog…
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America's Most Spiritual Spa 2010: Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary
Even a first award requires a history. And any history of spiritual spas leads inevitably to the ancient Greek city of Epidaurus and the Temple of Aesculapius. As you may remember,…
American Veda
From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation: How Indian Spirituality Changed the WestBy Philip Goldberg“You don’t get tired of love, you don’t get tired of joy, you don’t g…
Amit Ray on knowing your self
Self-observation is the first step of inner unfolding
Amit Ray on revealing the self.
Self-observation is the first step of inner unfolding
Amit Ray on the meditation's potential
Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divine within you
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Amrita
Prajna Vieira and Ben LeinbachMANTRALOGY RECORDSPrajna Viera has honed her golden voice by singing devotional songs for Amma, the humanitarian “hugging saint” from India …
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Amy Symington is a nutrition professor, research associate and plant-based chef at George Brown College. She is also the culinary nutrition program coordinator at Gilda’s Club…
An Alternative Ritual for the New Year
Whether or not you are going to a blow-out party on New Year’s Eve this year, here is a little ritual you can do for yourself or with others to ring in the new year with a little bit more gentleness and intention.
An Alternative Spiritual Guide to Disaster
“There’s always some new world on the other side of that destruction, even if we can’t imagine it yet.”
An American Gospel
On Family, History, and the Kingdom of GodBy Erik ReeceRiverhead Books, 2009, $24.95Erik Reece is the author of Lost Mountain, for which he won the John B. Oakes Award of the Colum…
An Ancient, Divine Feminism
Like the Greeks before them, the ancient Romans could sense the spirit in a grove of trees or in a geographic region, or within a person, a family, or a marriage. In men, the…
An Ayurvedic Skincare Routine
Ayurveda has many recipes that can help improve the look and feel of your skin. Here are three quick and easy steps to get you glowing.
An Easy Fix for Frustration
Naps used to be seen as the purview of infants and the elderly. But now that naps have become more acceptable for healthy adults, we’re starting to hear terms like “strategic nappi…
An Energetic Digestive Cleanse
Repressed emotional energy will eventually lead to serious illness and disease. It's time for a cleanse.
An Energy Practice for Debilitating Emotions
A protocol to use to evolve your energy through intention and attention, and an audio meditation to help guide you.
An Insomniac Learns to Let Go
“Because it’s the universal symbol for sleep,” I tell the tattooist, explaining the moon design he’s about to put into my skin. The needles shine like the moment after an eclipse. …
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An Intentional Midlife with Cheryl Richardson
Awakening to the realities of midlife and living without regret.
An Intentional Place
Most of us have had the experience of walking into a room, and having it feel a certain way. Maybe it’s inspiring us to create, or to take a nap, or sometimes, to turn around and w…
An Interview with Andrea Petersen
S&H caught up with journalist Andrea Petersen, author of On Edge: A Journey through Anxiety
An Invitation from Stephen Kiesling
Spirituality & Health's editor in chief Stephen Kiesling previews the January/February 2017 issue, and invites readers to share their "awakening moments" with him.Pick up this …
An Oasis in the Food Desert
While it seems you can’t walk down the street these days without running into a community garden, many low-income neighborhoods still lack access to healthy and affordable food. Th…
An Old and Surprisingly Helpful Definition of Sin
What if we define sin as “anxious self-centeredness”? When we empty ourselves of lower energies, what takes their place?
An Open Letter to the Occupiers from a Veteran Troublemaker
Editor’s note: Last week, bestselling author, theologian, and speaker Rev. Jim Wallis paid a visit to Occupy Wall Street. There, he spoke with protesters and addressed the role of …
An Unexpected Gift of Ginger
Like serotonin for your soul, ginger root during the pandemic can be a balm for anxiety—among its many other benefits. Mary Novaria spins a yarn about how the superfood brought her relief.
An Unlikely TV Heroine: The Dharma According to Yoga Jones
In many ways, Jones fits the profile of a typical Buddhist convert—a white woman in her mid-fifties from California—but she’s also a prison inmate, a perpetrator of a horrible crime, and in her own words “a good old-fashioned drunk.”
An Unusual Way to Soothe Your Nervous System
When the strains of life feel unbearable and you feel that the end of your proverbial (or literal) rope has been reached, here’s a simple way to tap into your internal calm.You’ve …
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Ana Forrest’s Week Two Sequence
First, set your intent. Get skillful at learning how to wield the tools of healing, weaving together poses, breath, and intent.Pick a spot in pain to work with—the core is the easi…
Anaïs Nin on creativity
My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living
Anaïs Nin on perception
We dont see things as they are we see things as we are
Anaïs Nin on Recognizing Your Perspective
We dont see things as they are we see things as we are
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Anatomy of a Quantum Change
What we call a "quantum change" is a vivid, surprising, benevolent, and enduring personal transformation. Some quantum changes are insightful, an "aha!" that leaves a person breath…
Ancestral Lineage: You Are the Sum of Your Ancestors
“Our ancestors, even if neglected for 10,000 years, are still an ongoing part of our current manifestation. They bore us. We carry them.”
Ancient Art of Incense
If you don’t already use it daily, you may associate incense with your college years—the familiar smell and smoke in dorm rooms masking, well, other familiar smells associate…
Ancient Future
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Christopher WillitsGhostly InternationalRyuichi Sakamoto is such a creative soul that it’s not easy to pin a label on him. His biography includes composing and…
Ancient Future
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Ancient Goddess Archetype: Are You a Modern-Day Artemis?
The Greeks built temples and altars to gods and goddesses that today we might sense deep within our world or even within ourselves. One that particularly appeals to me is Artemis, …
Ancient Superfood Spotlight: Tigernuts
This tiny root veggie is believed to make up 80% of our paleo ancestors’ diet and was even found in the tombs of the ancient Egyptians. It’s slowly making it’s way back into the superfood spotlight.
And He Never Looked Back
As a baby, Matthew fell headfirst from our second story, crashed his skull through his brain and suffered a devastating traumatic brain injury. And while he became a “miracle child…
And This Is How Our World Will Change
Those who have deeply suffered know the only way to attain authentic and lasting contentment is to turn our hearts outward in service to those who are suffering. Here are two stories…
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Andrea Perkins lives in Maui where she works for The Merwin Conservancy, a nonprofit centered around ecology and the imagination. Previously, she reported for Egypt …
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Andrea Potos is the author of nine poetry collections, including Mothershell (Kelsay Books), A Stone to Carry Home (Salmon Poetry), and Arrows of Ligh…
Andrea Potos
Andrea Potos is the author of nine poetry collections, including Mothershell (Kelsay Books), A Stone to Carry Home (Salmon Poetry), Arrows of Light (Iris Press), An Ink Like Early …
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Andrew Newberg and Mark Robert Waldman
Rabbi Rami talks to Dr. Andrew Newberg and Mark Waldman about the research that went into their new book How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain. A review of the book appears in…
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Angela Watrous is the author of five books on relationships and spirituality. She supports her Restorative Empathy clients in her Oakland, CA, office and worldwide over Skype. Learn more at www.RestorativeEmpathy.com, join her on Facebook and Twitter, and send her your questions for possible response in this column.
Anger, Integrity and Thou
Dear Eve,I damaged my relationship pretty badly and consequently, my boyfriend is now really distant. I want to bring him back, but don’t know how to get him to trust me again.What…
Angry Meditators
We had 17 people for for our weekly local meditation group this week, including some faces we haven’t seen for a while! We read the last section of the chapter “Lovingkindness” i…
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Ani DiFranco on Strength and Differences
I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.
Animal Divina
Critter lover and Spiritual Rebel author Sarah Bowen shares five cherished texts about animals.
Animal Dreamzzz
Kristen RaceAnyone who has ever suffered a bout of insomnia knows how frustrating it is to try to fall asleep when your mind is not ready; this is true not just for adults but also…
Animal Farm as Written by Gandhi
Lisa is a big pig: More than 1,000 pounds, and when she goes into heat she can and will go through just about anyone or anything; so it is sadly not surprising that the farmer who …
Anita Sanchez
Anita Sanchez, Ph.D., Aztec and Mexican-American, is a transformational leadership consultant, speaker, coach and author of the international bestselling book, The Four Sacred Gift…
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Following the Call: Wood and Clay Flute Music for Meditation and InspirationCul de Sac Mystic ProductionsAnn Licater skillfully blends intuition and her classical training to craft…
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Anna Keating is the co-author of The Catholic Catalogue: A Field Guide to the Daily Acts That Make Up a Catholic Life (Penguin Random House) and the co-owner of Keat…
Anna Potter
Anna Potter is the florist behind the flower shop Swallows and Damsons, based in Sheffield and popular on Instagram @swallowsanddamsons. Her style of arranging has a luxe…
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Anne Frank on the beauty that always is
I dont think of all the misery but the beauty that still remains
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Anne Lamott on taking a time out
Almost anything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
Anne Lamott: Life as a Black-Belt Codependent
The best-selling author of Bird by Bird and Operating Instructions reflects on her latest book, Help, Thanks, Wow, and the challenge of accepting love in a culture of arm’s-length perfection.
Anne Sexton on listening to your inner voice
Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard
Anne Siems
Anne Siems has a deep interest in shamanism, ceremony, and the nurturing that nature provides. Born in Berlin, she finished her MFA and then moved to Seattle. Her work has moved fr…
Anne-Sophie Swetchine on love
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others
Annie Dillard on living intentionally
How we spend our day is of course how we spend our lives
Annie Dillard on our place in the universe
Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery.
Annie Dillard on the Wilderness
No one escapes the wilderness on the way to the promised land. - Annie Dillard
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Anodea Judith's Chakra Yoga
A Template for Transformation and Profound Formula for Wholeness Chakra yoga is simultaneously a template for transformation and a profound formula for wholeness. Anodea Judith’s C…
Another Reason to Eat at Home
Dining out increases overall exposure to potentially harmful chemicals.
Another Reason to Snuggle
Is cuddling going to regulate your gut bacteria? New research suggests yes.
Another Reason to Stamp Out Bullying
Bullied children go on to have greater risk of substance abuse a few years later.
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Antasha Durbin is a spiritual writer, life-long student of the universe, and psychic tarot card reader. Her website, cajspirituality.com, is dedicated to simplifying the spiri…
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Anti-Inflammation Meal: Vibrant Malay Salad
Try this salad to boost your intake of anti-inflammatory foods.
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Antonio Sacre is an award-winning storyteller and author-in-residence at the UCLA Lab school. His popular children’s books include A Mango in the Hand. His…
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Apple Cider Vinegar: The Benefits and How to Use It
What if there was a healthy, organic, and cheap miracle tonic that could facilitate digestion and detoxification, aid in weight loss, cure acne, and bring on shiny hair?
Appointment with the Wolf
Rediscovering an ancient hour alone, at night, with GodFor a full decade, starting in 1998, I woke for an hour or two every night around two o’clock in the morning. By 4 a.m. I cou…
Aquaponics: A Bountiful Yield at Hawaii's Kalani Yoga Retreat
With gardening season upon us, millions of Americans are learning about the joys and health benefits of growing their own food. On this episode of Conscious Living TV, we venture t…
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Are Dietary Supplements Really Necessary?
Most of us eat too much, and many of us eat healthy, so… Why take extra anything?
Are People with More Money Less Generous?
Why does it sometimes seem that people with the most money can be the least generous and most fearful about losing money?Paul Sutherland: I think our reptilian brains are wired to …
Are Rainbows "Real"?
I left off last week’s post quoting Joseph Goldstein, where he says that some people think the recognition of suffering makes for pessimism. Then he says: “Actually, it is quite th…
Are Theocratic Authoritarians Dangerous?
“I’m not naïve enough to say that public officials should leave their religious convictions at home. Of course, their policy positions are influenced by their beliefs. How could they not be? The question is, What kind of religious beliefs? How compatible are they with established law and the principles embedded in the U.S. Constitution? How do they affect citizens with other beliefs?”
Are We Really as Useless as We Feel?
“When we feel useless, we wish we could be instead brilliant and brawny, angelic and fierce, valiantly taking action. But inaction—or what looks like it—is often useful, too.”
Are You a Good Choice as a Partner?
My husband and I met while I was on Maui on vacation and spent the next five months on the phone, back in the pre-Internet days. While “dating” long distance between Maui and Calif…
Are You a Good Listener for the Wrong Reasons?
"Thank you so much for letting me tell you all this," she said, reaching over and patting my sleeve. "I feel like I've been talking for hours, but this really helped me. You're too…
Are You a Stressaholic? Here's a Five-Minute Fix
Increasingly over the past couple of years, I’ve been having outbreaks of hives and itchy skin. I finally sat down with an allergist, who gave it to me straight. I am allergic to p…
Are You a Workaholic? Better Read This
Workaholics are more likely to suffer from anxiety and other disorders.
Are You Afraid of God?
Are you afraid of God? Millions of Americans seem to be. Their fear is tied to their belief in eternal damnation in Hell. The Hebrew Bible, the Christian Old Testament, knows nothi…
Are You Afraid to Accept Praise?
"How old are you?" she asked.I told her."What? No way," she chirped. "You look ten years younger than that."Okay, I thought. What's she trying to pull?Having low self-esteem makes …
Are You an Expert Texter?
“Texting lies somewhere between pictographs and contactless telepathy. But do its benefits drive us farther apart?”
Are You Attached to Pain?
The surprising reason why some chronic pain patients act like they don't want to get better—and how to help them.
Are You Being Toxic to Yourself?
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Are You Brushing Enough?
We take it for granted that we need to brush every day. But are we brushing enough? We brush our hair and our teeth, but most of us don't brush our skin. The skin is ou…
Are You Closer to Muhammad than to Jesus?
Last summer, the University of Birmingham announced a startling discovery: two manuscript pages carefully stitched into an ancient copy of the Qur’an in the university library prov…
Are You Comfortably Stuck in the Status Quo? Eckhart Tolle Says "Wake Up!"
Are you a “frequency holder"? Eckhart Tolle shares his wisdom on embracing life’s challenges.Some people are quite happy with having a job that provides them with enough money…
Are You Dream Deprived?
Skimping on sleep means we’re also missing out on the crucial dream stages of sleep.
Are You Plant Blind?
Just by occasionally focusing on the natural world, you can bring more joy, peace, and wisdom into your life.
Are You Playing Dead?
Reviewing 2013, I thought: This was the year in which I wrote a book and visited Italy. But this was also the year in which I didn't get my blood pressure checked, take up square-d…
Are You Spending Too Much Time Together?
Dear Eve,I just started to see someone new. Even though we’ve only been dating about a month, we see each other almost every day and talk on the phone all the time. I really want t…
Are You the 100th Monkey?
Oh, mankind, you are such a remarkable species. So, bear with me. I have to get this out. I’m gonna chat about the pink elephant in our collective living room. You know, the one th…
Are You the Author of Your Life’s Story?
For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a problem with authority. When I’m stopped by a policeman for some minor infraction, I stammer and sweat. Immediately my thoughts go back to…
Are You There, God? It’s Me: Coronavirus
Finding God—and yourself—in a pandemic. Is there divine meaning?
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Are You Your Own Prisoner?
Dusk fell over the Greek island with a soft strumming sound: the salty, minty sea breeze sighing over sand and stone and shattered shrines. Down village lanes gone bruise-blue with…
Are Your Actions Rooted in Fear?
“Worrying is using your imagination to create something you don’t want.” —Esther Hicks Many of our actions and reactions are played out unconsciously, meaning that we make a…
Are Your Pots And Pans Poisoning You?
Like penicillin, Coca-Cola’s secret recipe, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, the discovery of Teflon’s nonstick powers was a total and complete accident.Back in 1938, a chemist was t…
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Ariana Hendrix is a native of northern Michigan, currently residing in San Francisco where she is pursuing an M.A. in English Literature at San Francisco State University. She finds enlightenment in the beauty and complexity of the natural (and cultural) world, and practices activism through sustainability, political involvement, and the promotion of art as a medium for social change.
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Arjuna Ardagh: Coaching Toward Awakenıng
Rabbi Rami: Your new book, Better Than Sex: The Ecstatic Art of Awakening Coaching, lays out a powerful and practical model for living. Let’s start with the basics. What do you mea…
Arna Bontemps on ancestry and dreams
Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky
Aromatherapy for Cold and Flu Season
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Art and Poetry as Meditation
Our local group didn’t meet on Christmas Day, so instead of talking about our discussion, I get to free-range-think! I’m thinking about the relationship between all art forms…
Art Heals the Mind, Body, and Heart
There’s so much to love about art. “Art is life, and life is art,” some say. It encompasses everything from drawing to painting, dancing to writing, music to theater – and more. It…
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Art of Living Retreat Center
Vibrant programs, beautiful mountain views, and nurturing silence make this retreat like a second home.
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Artificial Lighting During Sleep Linked to Breast Cancer
We’ve all heard how even the slightest bit of light during sleep can affect our mood and sleep patterns. But new compelling research shows it may also have a link to melatonin levels affecting breast cancer.
Artificial Limbs That Feel
New research could deliver sensation to prosthetics, as if they are living parts of the body.
Artificial Sweeteners 101: Why You Should Avoid Them
As we look at labels, it's important to understand what we are actually putting into our bodies, and why artificial sweeteners are harmful.
Artisanal Gluten Free Cooking: Bonus Recipes
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Artisanal Gluten-Free Cooking
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Arundhati Roy on Our Changing World
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Arya Krishna, BAMS
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As God is My Witness and Buddha is my Publicist
My spiritual practice teaches me that we are all one. But my public relations work calls me to pitch stories of Hero vs. Villain, Us vs. Them, David vs. Goliath. All the experts ou…
Ashitaba: The Vegan Blood Builder and Longevity Super Plant
If you’re vegan, you probably hear it all the time, “vegans don’t get enough B12!” Well, not anymore with the recent resurgence of this traditional Japanese and Chinese healing foo…
Ashley Brown
Ashley Brown is a freelance writer and editor, and she teaches remotely for the University of Oklahoma. She and her husband, author Nathan Brown, live in Wimberley, Texas, with the…
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Ashley Leavy is the founder and educational director of the Love & Light School of Crystal Therapy. Teaching others about crystals is Ashley's passion and her purpose. Ashley's exp…
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Ask a Practitioner: So what’s a colon hydrotherapist?
So what made you say to yourself, I want to be a colon hydrotherapist?I developed ulcerative colitis, and it was through a colon hydrotherapist that I learned how to heal myself na…
ASK A PRACTITIONER: Spagyric Alchemist
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Ask Rabbi Rami: "Whose God is the Truest?"
My friends and I have different ideas of God. Is any idea of God truer than any other?Rabbi Rami: Let’s define “true” here as “that which makes me more kind and just.” The more you…
ASK RABBI RAMI: How can I get my husband to follow my spiritual path?
Over the past few years, I’ve shifted from the material to the spiritual. My husband is supportive and loving regarding this shift but unwilling to make it with me. How can I bring…
Asking for Forgiveness During Elul
Rabbi Rami explains why he encourages everyone to take part in asking for forgiveness during Elul, whether they practice Judaism or not.
Asking Questions with Krista Tippett
Host Rabbi Rami talks with New York Times bestselling author Krista Tippett, host and executive producer of On Being and recipient of the National Humanities Medal.H…
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Assume the Posture of Presence
Our posture not only shapes the way we feel, it shapes our ability to think
Astrology: Having Mother Nature on Your Side
Excerpted from The Art of Balanced Living by Dr. Shaun Matthews
At Lunch with a Terrorist
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Athena Perrakis
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Attending to Your Sacred Body
“What is absent from medicine, and even from most spiritual communities, is the understanding of our own bodies as the living sacred. Contemporary medical paradigms seldom remind us that we are sparks of divinity incarnated into human form.”
Atticus
ATTICUS is a storyteller, observer, and an amateur winemaker. He is the author of Love Her Wild and The Dark Between Stars. He loves the Pacific ocean, the desert, a…
Audio Meditation for Connecting to the Heart
The heart holds our love, connection, joy, and forgiveness. It can also hold grief and anxiety. Sometimes what the heart feels is very different from what the mind thinks it wants.…
Audio Meditation: Gratitude
A short meditation to instantly bring love and compassion to yourself so that you can bring love and gratitude to the world.
Audio Meditation: In the Flow of Discomfort
This audio meditation is for those times when there’s discomfort in the body, whether emotional or physical, that doesn’t easily go away.
Audio Meditation: Listening with the Body
In this guided meditation, follow prompts to inquire into your body's truth.
Audio Meditation: Relax into Your Breath
This meditation is ideal if you need a pause from your day to slow down and calm down, and you may wish to put it on as you are lying in bed at night preparing to sleep.
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August Is the Month For Celebrating Women’s Equality Day
Here are examples of events that can be offered in your community with the help of a local celebrant.
Aung San Suu Kyi: Peace Through Work
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi reflects on her spiritual life, our democratic responsibility, and the importance of asking questions.
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Auromère Eco-friendly Incense
Made with love in Pondicherry, South India, where incense making is an ancient art and handicraft, Auromère Incense is expertly rolled by hand by local village women, helping to su…
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Author Interview: Wally Lamb
More than two decades after his tales of trauma and redemption catapulted him to literary success, the best-selling author is still inspired by the human struggle—and the power of …
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Author Q&A: Lorilee Craker, "Money Secrets of the Amish"
Few Americans haven’t been affected on some level by the current economic recession. Author and journalist Lorilee Craker was feeling the pinch herself when, in 2009, a book agent …
Autobiography of a Yogını: An Interview with Seane Corn
Seane Corn describes her evolution and the revolution she's taking part in during this interview with Stephen Kiesling.
Avoid Future Disappointment and Regret
I love watching television. I find it both entertaining and educational. Just the other day I was watching a commercial for gold-plated faux $50 coins and learned that by buying to…
Avoiding Spiritual Bypass Syndrome
When I first started “coming out” as a spiritual guy, so to speak, I was living in sunny San Diego, California. The West Coast seemed to be the birthplace of so much personal growt…
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
New documentary explores the dimensions of yoga through the life of the man who brought it to America.
AWAKE: The Life of Yogananda
A Stunning Companion Book Based On the Award-Winning Documentary Film This engaging new coffee table book features more than 400 photos; interviews with Krishna Das, George Harriso…
Awaken to “The Power of Off”
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Awakening at the Crossroads
A voice in my head told me, “Ahh, you’ve been here before. But last time you sailed blithely through....”
Awakening at the Sunrise Suite
“Someday,” I promised Iris, unable to completely quell my bourgeois roots, “I will take us there in grand style.” It didn’t happen like that.
Awakening the Dreamer with Ruel Walker
Ruel Walker manages the development of the Pachamama Alliance’s educational programs. Beginning in 2005, Ruel helped design and implement the training program for facilitators of t…
Awakening the Fire
R. Carlos Nakai and Will Clipman Canyon Records Not counting birdsong, cicada rhythms, and ocean waves, the most ancient music on earth was probably created by the human voice. N…
Awakening the Heroine with Carol Pearson
Rabbi Rami talks to Carol S. Pearson, Ph.D. about her new book Persephone Rising: Awakening the Heroine Within. A review of her book an be found in November/December 2015 issue of …
Awakening the Wisdom of Grandmothering
"She never set foot in a school and could neither read nor write. She sat with people as they entered the world and as they left it. As I am writing about her to you, she becomes alive again."
Awakening to the Kalachakra
How easy it is to completely miss the inner wisdom of our ancient wisdom traditions.
Awakening to Walk & Talk Therapy
We cannot solve our problems wearing the same shoes we wore in creating them.
Awakening with Sadhvi Bhagawati
Rabbi Rami talks to Sadhvi Bhagawati about the beginnings of her spiritual path, the philosophy of Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh where she lives, and the International Yoga Festiva…
Ayahuasca
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There is no better time to synchronize with the rhythms of our cosmos than in late spring…
Ayurveda Inspired Rituals for Spring
Instead of our working against nature to fit our own needs and desires, Ayurveda teaches that when we accept what Earth provides, we keep seasonal illnesses at bay.
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Ayurveda to Boost Your Immunity
Stay well this winter season with an Ayurvedic diet, proper self-care, and yoga.
Ayurvedic Self-Care Rituals: For Morning
Center yourself each morning with these traditional Ayurvedic self-care rituals.
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Azim Khamisa, the Tariq Khamisa Foundation
“Azim is a living example of how goodwill can lead, eventually, to peace: He found it in his heart to forgive the person who murdered his son. After extending this extraordinary act of forgiveness, Azim began a journey to promote the power of compassion, forgiveness, and restorative justice.”
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B. Alan Wallace
Books by B. Alan Wallace, Ph.D., include Boundless Heart: The Four Immeasurables, Buddhism with an Attitude, and Choosing Reality: A Buddhist View of Physics and the Mind (all…
Bach on a Steinway
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Back to Basics: 5 Super Easy Ayurveda Lifestyle Practices
We asked an ayurveda expert to recommend techniques that don’t require fancy equipment, ingredients, or a trip to the store.
Bad Boys: How come I can't live with 'em and I can't live without 'em?
Eve,Why do I constantly pick bad boys or men who are destined to hurt me eventually?? I’m not attracted to nice guys at all—the ones who might stick around and who I could probably…
Bad Gods Make Good People
In a recent study of the impact of religious beliefs on human behavior* researchers found that those who believe in a punishing god are more likely to avoid cheating than those who…
Bad Yogi! Bad! On Yoga and Forgiveness
I often say that yoga makes you better at absolutely everything, except remembering where you put your car keys.A regular yoga practice boosts your immune system, regulates your ho…
Bagalamukhi the Paralyzer and How Stillness Moves Us Forward
Stillness and movement work together and can help us sense what we deeply desire, what’s gotten us stuck, or how we might want to change.
Balance the Doshas and Build your Senses with Ayurveda
At-home treatments deliver fast results for elemental imbalance
Balance Your Five Senses for Best Health Results
“Because our five senses are so powerful, we can use them as vehicles—ways to either amp ourselves up, or ways to comfort ourselves and soothe ourselves down to a more relaxed state.”
Balancing Beyond Comfort in an Uncertain Time
“I made the personal choice to keep teaching and practicing the form of yoga that helped transform my life.”
Balancing Life by the Rule
The point of a rule of life, for communities or individuals, is that life should be lived in balance, with God as the focal point.
Balancing the Brain Toward Joy
An Interview with Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.Twelve years ago, at 37, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist and spokeswoman for the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Cen…
Banishing the Binge
“A new study published this spring in the Journal of Eating Disorders took it one step further, recommending that binge eating be tackled as a public health issue, similar to the way seatbelt campaigns, water fluoridation and anti-smoking programs were successfully implemented to improve the wellbeing of the whole population.”
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Barabbas and Jesus Bar Abbas
"Matters become clear when we realize that the Greek name Barabbas comes from the Aramaic Bar Abbas, Son of the Father, and that according to early manuscripts of Matthew’s Gospel the first name of Barabbas was Jesus."
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Barbara Moore
Barbara is an author, teacher, and student of wonder and magic, particularly the unseen energies that course through all that is. Decades before she discovered magical paths and pr…
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Barefoot Healing
The old people came literally to love the soil, and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering power. It was good for the skin to touch the ear…
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Basic Home Detox Kit
Cultivating Consciousness Through the Lost Art of Detoxification Give yourself and those you care about the ability to reboot your lives and begin to live with real vitality at the…
Battle On! Embracing Your Hero's Journey
Difficulties in life are inevitable. But how we perceive our challenges directly determines the extent to which we suffer, and ultimately, whether we succeed or fail in overcoming …
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Be a Getter, Not a Taker
Clinical psychologist MOLLY HOWES explains why the first step to an apology is to not say a word.
Be Here Now: How to Find Peace in This Moment
Since I’ve been practicing and teaching One-Moment Meditation, I pepper my day with lots of moments of re-centering and checking in with myself, clearing my mind of whatever I’ve p…
Be the Change
“You must be the change you want to see in the world,” said “Mahatma” Gandhi, who led India to independence and inspired human rights movements worldwide – all by dramatically livi…
Be The Change Award: Katherine Dunn & Apifera Farm
“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…
Be the Life of the Party
You're minding your own business, not thinking at all about bouncy music, balloons or boisterous crowds. Then, out of the blue, it arrives: a party invitation. It depicts smiley fa…
Be the Partner You Wish to Have
In our quest for wholeness, we often try to make up for our internal emptiness by seeking completion in another. Many of us have taken this to an extreme, believing that fulfillmen…
Be Yourself: Leave People-Pleasing to the Bee Gees
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the ways in which my work as an artist and my work as a yoga teacher are really just exactly the same.I do think of teaching yoga as a form of…
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Bearing Witness to Modern-Day Slavery
Peggy Callahan co-founded Free the Slaves, one of the leading anti-slavery organizations on the planet, and set about building a movement in a world where many people still believe…
Beating All Odds
How people with remarkable recoveries from incurable illness are the flagship for a new science of health
Beautiful Dreamer
Andrew Holecek wants to change the way you dream, and then change the way you live.
Beauty and the Soul
The Extraordinary Power of Everyday Beauty to Heal Your LifeBy Piero FerrucciTarcher/Penguin, 2009, $22.95While many feel that beauty is something that comes with a high price tag …
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Beauty from the Sea
“We turn to the ocean around us to restore, replenish, and purify the ocean that is within all of us,” says Dan Fryda, a.k.a. the “Jacques Cousteau of the beauty world,” and founde…
Beauty Sleep: It’s Real
It’s true, not a bedtime fable! During the night, the body repairs its store of collagen.
Beauty with Intention
A product review of Red Flower Arctic Berry Milk Cream and Illuminating Rose Collagen Renewal Face Serum.
Becca Hensley
Becca Hensley is a spiritual adventurer and a widely published travel writer. Based in Austin, Texas, she is a contributing editor at InsidersGuidetoSpas.com. …
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Become a Mindful Reader
Reading – it’s one of the first things we do in life, sitting on our loved ones’ laps and enjoying the soothing voice of a parent explaining the world through pictures and words. What begins as a jumble of marks, black against white, conjures colors, monsters and beasts, emotions, laughter, and tears. Eventually, the process of changing squiggles into words becomes as natural to us as breathing – and just as necessary.
Become an Energy Healing Practitioner: 5 Considerations
Have you considered becoming an energy healing practitioner? Start here.
Become Free From Addiction through Spiritual Understanding: Part 1 of 2
Jagad Guru says that all addiction is rooted in misunderstandings about who we are and what we need to be truly happy and fulfilled.
Become Free From Addiction through Spiritual Understanding: Part 2 of 2
Knowing how to revive our close loving friendship with God is the key to overcoming any addiction.
Become Your Community's Ritual Maker
Humans needs to unite with like-minded and like-hearted people and organizations to actively take part in nurturing our communities and helping them grow.
Becoming a Grown-up in Middle Age
Accepting (even embracing) challenging emotions takes practice, but it's never too late.
Becoming Disabled Is a Path to Marital Bliss
For 12 years, Brigham Young University assistant professor Jeremy Yorgason, Ph.D., and his colleagues tracked 1,217 married couples, randomly selected from around the United States…
Becoming Kuan Yin
The Evolution of CompassionBy Stephen LevineWeiser Books, an imprint of Red Wheel/WeiserStephen Levine’s Becoming Kuan Yin tells of Miao Shan, the daughter of a spiteful Chine…
Becoming Ourselves: A great read can help us discover our highest self
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Becoming Sacred
An evening walk reveals the origins of sacred space, sacrifice, sanctuary, a universal god, and the timeless spirituality of “paying it forward.”
Becoming Shameless
A decade ago, Pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber launched the wildly successful House for All Sinners and Saints to have a church where she “didn’t have to ‘nicen’ myself up.” Now, she’s given that church up to make sex safe from religion.
Becoming Soul
In this book, the reader gets an insightful look at the soul through the stories of two women.
Becoming Trans-personal
Shifting away from an attachment to the material aspects of personhood can help transform suffering into healing.
Before You Feed Yourself, Nourish Yourself
An excerpt from The Good Karma Diet: Eat Gently, Feel Amazing, Age in Slow Motion by Victoria Moran
Befriending Grief
What helped is that I finally found a purpose for this sometimes-excruciating feeling.
Befriending Nightmares
Don’t run away. Engaging with dreams—even nightmares—can teach us a lot about our emotional selves.
Befriending Pain
Over the last several years, I’ve come to believe that the greatest, most powerful, most courageous thing we can do in our lives is learn to befriend our pain. This idea is a majo…
Beginner's Mind, Beginner's Voice
In the long while since you’ve heard from me I’ve been on a quest to re-find my voice as a blogger on issues of sacred activism. It’s like this: After more than 20 years of w…
Beginners Warriors and Sun Salutations
In this introductory video isolating the fundamentals of sun salutations, Celest Pereira will guide you through a brief, yet informative vinyasa flow.
Behind the Scenes of Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly
"Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly is a call to action, extending the incredible reach of Ai Weiwei’s art by asking viewers to take the issue of global human rights to heart and make a simple gesture that would profoundly touch those unjustly imprisoned worlds away."
Being "The Vegan" Aboard an Aircraft Carrier
I didn’t expect the Navy would change its meal system for me.
Being a Spiritual Person
Recently I was listening to my friend Satish Kumar being interviewed on the BBC. Satish is a former Jain monk who defined his life by walking for world peace. With no financial res…
Being Grounded in an Ungrounded World
Being connected to life. Returning home to yourself. Serving others. You were made for this awakening. Get grounded!
Being Honorable
For me, that meant resigning from the State Department and now resisting our new president’s vision of America.
Being Human with Roshi Joan Halifax
Rabbi Rami chats with Roshi Joan Halifax about her spiritual roots and connecting to each other's humanity.
Being in the Flow of Heartache and Pain
Yoga and mindfulness can help us recognize that our discomfort has a flow.
Being in the Presence of Change
Twice last week I bumped into friends while in the midst of busy days. These are women who I adore, but haven’t seen in much too long, each of us consumed with the busy-ness of our…
Being Mindful of Toxic Positivity
There's a crucial difference between a positive outlook and toxic positivity: "It’s very easy to become so focused on staying positive that you end up denying any and all negative experiences."
Believing in Mary with Beverly Donofrio
Rabbi Rami talks to prolific writer Beverly Donofrio about how she came to believe in Mary and began the practice of the rosary. Beverly's story "Making Belief in Mary" appears in …
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Belleruth Naparstek is a clinical social worker, author and guided imagery innovator who founded Health Journeys, a leading manufacturer and distributor of guided imagery and med…
Ben Martin
Ben Martin is a certified Life-Cycle Celebrant®. He is also an instructor for the Celebrant Foundation and Institute, helping to train and certify Life-Cycle Celebrants to officiat…
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Bending the Arc of History Toward Justice
Book Review—To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation
Bending the Golden Rule
Variations of the ancient protocol “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” have been shared and taught far and wide as the appropriate code of ethics for human behavior…
Benjamin Franklin on friendship
Be slow in choosing a friend slower in changing
Benjamin Franklin on scarcity and worth.
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Bess O’Connor, a certified ayurvedic and holistic health practitioner who explores the heart of health at the core of alternative medicine, massage therapy, conscious movement, nutrition, meditation, and other healing traditions.
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Best Books of 2016
S&H’s Favorite Guides for Walking the Seeker’s Path
Book Giveaway: Visit bookmark.spiritualityhealth.com by January 31, 2017, and enter to win a collection of select titles.
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.
Best Foods To Fight Memory Loss
Which are the best foods to fight memory loss? Take this handy list on your next grocery shopping excursion.
Best Post Ever
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Best Practice: How to Really Want to Work Out
Motivation is often spoken of as if it were some inward reservoir. Whether it is talking about one’s level of motivation (as if the tank were either full or empty), waiting for mot…
Best Retreats for the Active Traveler
The spiritual path leads toward “total aliveness” and entails peace and calm and simplicity, but it may also include bucket-list-level indulgence. The problem of course is that the…
Best Retreats for the Multi-Generational Family
“In the old days, the elders knew the stories of their sons—because they lived together,” writes Sam Keen his in beautiful new joint memoir Prodigal Father, Wayward Son: A Roadmap …
Best Retreats for the Solo Explorer
Not so many years ago, a healthy spa diet arrived in shades of dark green and brown and would make a foodie wince. Not anymore. Health resort foods now tend toward the exquisite, t…
Best Retreats for the Spiritual Seeker
Natural quiet comes in many forms: the quiet of the solitary mountain walk, the meditation cushion, the yoga platform, the beach, the candlelit dinner, the massage table, or perhap…
Best-Kept Secret In South America: Choose Bolivia For Your Next Spiritual/Healing Retreat
“Are you ready to face yourself, surrender the ego, connect to the source, manifest your destiny, and step into service?”
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Beth Darnall PhD is Clinical Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University and author of books including Less Pain…
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Beth O’Brien, PhD, licensed psychologist and PACT level 3 couple therapist, has been in private practice for more than 25 years. She assists couples with communication problems, in…
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Better Late Than Never
Hello Eve,I serendipitously came across your name here at Spirituality & Health a few moments ago! I teach a movement class called ‘Nia’ and one of the regular attend…
Better Sex, Better Sleep, Better Health: 3 Reasons to Be Mindful of Technology in the Bedroom
Giving your bedroom a digital detox will ramp up your sex life, lead to more sleep, and improve your health.
Better Sleep, Better Marriage
The more you sleep, the more likely you are to be satisfied with your marriage.
Better Souls than Roles: An Interview with Ram Dass
Ram Dass, which means “servant of God,” was born Richard Alpert into a Jewish family in Newton, Massachusetts, in 1931. He earned a PhD in psychology at Stanford and began his spir…
Better to Bury than to Burn?
Contributing editor Rabbi Rami requests that his memorial service be held at a Waffle House.
Between Earth Day and Beltane
“It might be time to learn to hunker down, pace ourselves, and try to marinate in all those daily small wonders.”
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Buddhist and Christian PrayersTina Turner, Dechen Shak-Dagsay and Regula CurtiThe hauntingly beautiful opening “Alleluia” gives way to a Buddhist chant, then blends the spirit of t…
Beyond "Good Guru, Bad Guru"
When I interview a former devotee who’s become disillusioned with a spiritual teacher, they often sound like someone who’s just gone through a bitter divorce. The wondrous lover is…
Beyond the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
About fifteen years ago, Robert E. Thayer, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at California State University Long Beach and author of the recent book The Origin of Everyday Moods (Ox…
Beyond Words with Barbara Ehrenreich
The best-selling author writes about the mystical experiences she experienced as a teen and her quest for the meaning of life.
Bhagavad Gita
The Beloved Lord's Secret Love Songby Graham M. SchweigOne of the world’s most important Scriptures, the Bhagavad Gita describes itself as “the supreme secret of yoga,” and this ne…
Bianca Alexander
Bianca is the creative director and host of Conscious Living, a lifestyle TV show highlighting health, sustainability and spirituality, now airing on broadcast TV across the U.S. She is a certified yoga instructor and plant-based nutritionist. Connect with her on twitter @ConsciousTV or via Conscious Living TV on facebook and instagram.
Bicycling Home, My Journey to Find God
A Journey of Discovery and Transformation Along with cross-country bicycle trips and competitions, the author also traveled countless inner miles in her spiritual quest to find her…
Bidder 70
Directed by Beth Gage and George GageIn 2008, the environmental activist Tim DeChristopher disrupted a land-rights auction for oil and gas companies by posing as a bidder and offer…
Big Life Decision? How to Determine What You Actually Want
So you think you know what you want: But are you sure? When I was much younger and pondering having children as a life’s path, my girlfriend who had children said, “You should…
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Biological Time: Slowing Down the Aging Process
Find little ways every day to slow down, even if it’s just for ten minutes a day.
Black Lives Matter Protests: Rabbi Rami Answers Your Questions
Rabbi Rami’s inbox has been filling up with questions from people troubled by and conflicted over what they have been seeing in the news. Here are some of the questions that were sent to Rabbi Rami and his responses.
Black Women’s Healing Circles
An excerpt on the power of healing circles from Mia Birdsong's book How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
Blackout Poetry: Creation Through Reduction
Can’t bear to put pen to paper? Start with a page that’s full of words instead of one that’s devoid of them.
Blazing Mountain Retreat Center
Ideal for longer retreats or workshops supporting deep inner work in a pristine environment and sustainable menu. Holds 40-100 comfortably.
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Bloody Mary Salad
We always plant too many tomatoes. Every summer, we wait and watch the little green orbs start to blush, and then we savor the sweet juiciness of them all. That first taste of summ…
Blue Mind: Solving the Crisis of Solitude
A team of researchers at the University of Virginia recently studied college students who were left alone in a room that was empty, except for a single button. When each student ar…
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Bobby McFerrin's SpiritYouAll Honors His Father
(Sony Masterworks)After 30 years of uplifting vocals, a cappella magic, 10 Grammys, and a wide swath of musical collaborations, in his new album Bobby McFerrin focuses on his own s…
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Body as Compass: A Meditation for Decision Making
Tap into what you truly desire with this meditation that honors the mind, the heart, and the pelvic floor as valid sources of information.
Body Image And Self-Respect
Learn a fascinating, new way of approaching food and find a healthy balance in mindful eating.
Body of Work: Tina Lassiter
Tina Lassiter’s passion in creative expression clearly shows in the breadth of her work as an artist, photographer, and writer. Little did she know when she started that a pa…
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Get Real Answers from a Master Psychic - You are not alone on your journey through life. Master Psychic and Life Coach Lynn Marie will inspire you with clear guidance on your path.…
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Bonding to Trees with David Haskell
Researcher and author David Haskell shares the relationship between trees and people.
Bonnie Friedman on true riches
An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth
Bonus Art: January/February 2019
Download this artwork by Amanda Blake with a quote from Pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber.
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Book Club: Geri Larkin on Redefining Faith
“Faith is the beginning of all good things.” The Buddha said.If you are like me, when you first hear the word, “faith,” a religious connotation comes to mind. Many of us have faith…
Book Giveaway: "When She Woke" by Hillary Jordan
When She Woke, by Hillary Jordan (author of the New York Times bestseller, Mudbound), is a cautionary tale set in a future devoid of separation between chu…
Book Giveaway: Changing Diapers by Kelly Wels
Writer Kelly Wels wants to be your personal cheerleader for cloth diapering. In Changing Diapers: The Hip Mom’s Guide to Modern Cloth Diapering, the cloth diapering …
Book Preview: Awaken the Sleeping Giant
“A spiritual revolution is long overdue. A simple shift in awareness is all that is needed. No shots will be fired. No blood will be shed.”
Book review: "Spirit Junkie"
The Huffington Post called her a “Zen bombshell” and “the Dalai Lama for the Gossip Girl set.” Marianne Williamson, who contributed the foreword to Spirit Junkie, said that 30…
Book Review: A Call to Mercy
A Call to MercyHearts to Love, Hands to ServeBy Mother TeresaImage BooksBlessed Mother Teresa of Kolkata will be canonized by Pope Francis on September 4th, coinciding with the con…
Book Review: A Fearless Heart
A Fearless HeartHow the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our LivesBy Thupten Jinpa, PhDHUDSON STREET PRESSCharles Darwin’s ideas have often been used to portray human…
Book Review: A Plea for the Animals
A Plea for the AnimalsThe Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary Imperative to Treat All Beings with CompassionBy Matthieu RicardShambhala PublicationsAccording to a statistic cite…
Book Review: Altrusim
AltruismThe Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the WorldBy Matthieu RicardLITTLE, BROWNThe idea that personal interests motivate all human actions—termed “universal selfish…
Book Review: Animal Wisdom
Animal WisdomLearning from the Spiritual Lives of AnimalsBy Linda Bender, DVMNorth Atlantic BooksThe next time you see a cat catch a bird, veterinarian Linda Bender doesn’t want yo…
Book Review: Answers from Within by Olivia S. Benson
“Each human arrives in the material world with a purpose, and with all the gifts, talents, skills, and abilities necessary to fulfill it,” contends Olivia Benson in Answers fr…
Book Review: Awake at the Bedside
Awake at the BedsideContemplative Teachings on Palliative and End-of-Life CareEdited by Koshin Paley Ellison and Matt WeingastWisdom Publications“The potential for intimacy—fo…
Book Review: Awakening Together
From climate change to white supremacy and the threat of nuclear war, the world’s alarming problems seem to be growing exponentially. That means we need to tackle them as teams, as…
Book Review: Become Ocean
Become OceanJohn Luther AdamsCANTALOUPE MUSICGlobal warming and climate change are on the minds of many these days. John Luther Adams is no different. The 61-year-old Alaska-based …
Book Review: Being Mortal
Being Mortal Medicine and What Matters in the EndBy Atul GawandeMetropolitan BooksWith Medicare and modern medicine, we’re worlds away from the poorhouses of 19th century nove…
Book Review: Big Magic
Big MagicCreative Living Beyond FearBy Elizabeth GilbertRiverhead BooksWith some books, you keep coming across little quotes that you want to share with others, or post on your bat…
Book Review: Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary
Black Elk: The Life of an American VisionaryBy Joe JacksonFarrar, Straus and GirouxAuthor Joe Jackson, whose true-life adventure story The Thief at the End of the World was named o…
Book Review: Black Man in a White Coat
Black Man in a White CoatA Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicineby Damon TweedyPicadorWhen Damon Tweedy started medical school in 1997, he learned the painful truth about medic…
Book Review: Blue Future
Blue FutureProtecting Water for Peopleand the Planet ForeverBy Maude BarlowThe New PressHalfway through Blue Future, I wondered if maybe it was time to invest in a backyard cistern…
Book Review: Brain Maker
Brain MakerThe Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain—For LifeBy David Perlmutter, MDLITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANYThe gut houses an internal compass, but could it also h…
Book Review: Brain Wash
Austin and David Perlmutter's new book provides science-based practical lifestyle interventions for detoxing the brain to help foster clearer thinking, deeper relationships, and healthier habits.
Book Review: Break the Norms
Break the NormsQuestioning Everything You Think You Know about God and Truth, Life and Death, Love and SexBy Chandresh BhardwajSounds TrueAre you ready to overhaul your life and fr…
Book Review: Capture
Capture: Unraveling the Mystery of Mental SufferingBy David A. Kessler, MDHarperWaveWho hasn’t wished they could control the anger, grief, and anxiety that lead to actions tha…
Book Review: Charity Detox
Charity DetoxWhat Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About ResultsBy Robert D. LuptonHARPERONEI handed the homeless man a dollar, and he responded warmly. Still, I walked aw…
Book Review: Clearing Emotional Clutter
Clearing Emotional ClutterMindfulness Practices for Letting Go of What’s Blocking Your Fulfillment and Transformationby Donald AltmanNew World LibraryYou couldn’t swing a book bag …
Book Review: Compassionate Conversations
The authors put power dynamics and social privilege in context, making it clear why so-called “politically incorrect” speech can be hurtful to the marginalized and disenfranchised.
Book Review: Crooked
CrookedOutwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to RecoveryBy Cathryn Jakobson RaminHarperDid you know that spinal surgeons often have investments in radiology cli…
Book Review: Cure
CureA Journey into the Science of Mind over BodyBy Jo MarchantCrown Publishing GroupMy friend fishes the bottle out of her purse and I eagerly take her up on her offer, putting 10 …
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…
Book Review: Dare to Matter
"Integrating candid questions for personal analysis, the book incites a profound look within ourselves to determine what we really care about, what moves and motivates us, and what aspects of our world we want to see changed."
Book Review: Death Is But a Dream
“The prejudices of present-day medical training have caused an inability to see dying as anything but failure,” writes Christopher Kerr in Death Is But a Dream, “and they compromis…
Book Review: Death Makes Life Possible
Death Makes Life PossibleRevolutionary Insights on Living, Dying, and the Continuation of ConsciousnessBy Marilyn Schlitz, PhDSOUNDS TRUEIn his introduction to this companion …
Book Review: Deeper Dating
Deeper Dating How to Drop the Games of Seduction and Discover the Power of Intimacy By Ken PageShambhalaI have some excellent news: You don’t need to be a size …
Book Review: Do All Lives Matter?
Do All Lives Matter?The Issues We Can No Longer Ignore and the Solutions We All Long ForBy Wayne Gordon and John M. PerkinsBaker BooksBlack Lives Matter is a national organization …
Book Review: Doctored
Doctored The Disillusionment of an American PhysicianBy Sandeep JauharFarrar, Straus, and GirouxI was already feeling cynical about the medical profession when my longtime doc…
Book Review: Dream Yoga
Dream YogaIlluminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of SleepBy Andrew HolecekSounds TrueDream Yoga is a book that makes big promises: According to author …
Book Review: Eating Wildly
Eating WildlyForaging for Life, Love, and the Perfect MealBy Ava ChinSimon & Schuster On first glance, Ava Chin’s Eating Wildly runs the risk of feeling overly busy: part memoir, …
Book Review: Emotional Rescue
Emotional RescueHow to Work with Your Emotions to Transform Hurt and Confusion into Energy that Empowers YouBy Dzogchen Ponlop RinpocheTARCHER/PENGUIN“Emotions get their power from…
Book Review: Encounters with Power
Encounters with PowerAdventures and Misadventures on the Shamanic Path of HealingBy José Luis Stevens, PhDSounds TrueWhile the latest book from José Luis Stevens is not without its…
Book Review: Even Though I Walk: One Woman’s Journey of Prayer in the Shadow of Death
In the eleventh hour of her life due to a cancer diagnosis, renowned scientist and cardiologist Magda Heras began a reflective correspondence with Ignasi Fossas, a Benedictine…
Book Review: Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life
Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of LifeBy Jessica Nutik Zitter, MDAvery BooksMedical technology has gotten so effective at prolonging human life that it’s often …
Book Review: Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better
Fail, Fail Again, Fail BetterWise Advice for Leaning into the Unknownby Pema ChödrönSounds True“In your life you fail,” writes Pema Chödrön in her comforting new book, Fail, Fail A…
Book Review: First Intelligence
First IntelligenceUsing the Science & Spirit of IntuitionBy Simone WrightNew World LibraryA few decades ago, mind-reading and precognition were hailed as lofty powers, possesse…
Book Review: Freud and Yoga
Freud and Yoga Two Philosophies of Mind ComparedBy T.K.V. Desikachar and Hellfried KruscheNorth Point PressPerception is our window to the world outside. But, like glass when …
Book Review: Fulfilled
How the Science of Spirituality Can Help You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life
Book Review: Genomic Messages
Genomic MessagesHow the New Science of Genetics Affects Our Health, Families, and FutureBy George Annas, JD, and Sherman Elias, MDHARPERONE Imagine a future where humans merge wit…
Book Review: Go Wild
Go WildFree Your Body and Mind From the Afflictions of CivilizationBy John J. Ratey, MD, and Richard ManningLittle, Brown and CompanyWe’ve seen a great a rise in diabetes, asthma, …
Book Review: Good Habits, Bad Habits
Habits are different from conscious decisions, so when we rely on conscious thought processes like goal setting to change behavior, we’re setting ourselves up for failure.
Book Review: Grace Without God
Grace Without GodThe Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular AgeBy Katherine OzmentHarperWaveI’m a spot-on “none” as described by Katherine Ozment. Growing up in th…
Book Review: Hallelujah Anyway
Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering MercyBy Anne LamottRiverhead BooksAnne Lamott is the spiritual writing world’s Ernest Hemingway—her sentences are brave and clean and true, an…
Book Review: Happy Belly
Happy BellyA Woman’s Guide to Feeling Vibrant, Light, and BalancedBy Nadya AndreevaAdvantage Media GroupMy digestive ills began during my 20s when I was put on an extended round of…
Book Review: Happy Together
Could you write a book with your spouse and still be speaking to each other afterward? I don’t think many of us could—my husband and I can’t even agree on a dishwasher-loadin…
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."
Book Review: Healing Spiritual Wounds
Healing Spiritual Wounds: Reconnecting with a Loving God after Experiencing a Hurtful ChurchBy Carol Howard MerrittHarperOneMany of us turn away from organized religion—even G…
Book Review: Holy Envy
"Contrary to popular assumption, Taylor argues, all religions are not alike. They peer at humans from different vantages, and thus propose different solutions to problems. Exploring this with her students, many of whom are evangelical Christians, showed Taylor that her true calling is to find bridges between her own faith and that of others."
Book Review: Holy Rascals
Spirituality & Health columnist Rabbi Rami Shapiro won’t tell you that your religious beliefs are silly and superstitious. However, he might tell you a joke that leads you to disco…
Book Review: Home in Harmony
Home in HarmonyDesigning an Inspired LifeBy Christa O’LearyHay House, Inc.Habits determine a large chunk of our everyday activity. And becoming conscious of our habits, both the go…
Book Review: Hormonal
The Hidden Intelligence of Hormones—How they drive desire, shape relationships, influence our choices, and make us wiser
Book Review: How Cycling Can Save the World
Cycling could save the world, and very quickly. If we all switched to bikes for the trips for which bikes are excellent, we would be healthier, be happier, and live longer in a fri…
Book Review: How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain
How Enlightenment Changes Your Brainby Andrew Newberg, M.D., and Mark Robert WaldmanAvery BooksAlthough cultures all over the world have long spoken of enlightenment, the conc…
Book Review: I Know How You Feel
It’s not easy to make friends as adults, and becomes more difficult as we get older. At the same time, according to the psychologist F. Diane Barth, women rely on other women for s…
Book Review: I’ve Seen the End of You
In his new memoir, Dr. W. Lee Warren, a devout Christian and a practicing neurosurgeon, focuses mainly on the work he does with patients suffering from a nearly always fatal brain tumor called glioblastoma.
Book Review: In Search of Buddha’s Daughters
In Search of Buddha’s DaughtersA Modern Journey Down Ancient Roadsby Christine ToomeyThe ExperimentThe Buddhist nuns encountered in Christine Toomey’s In Search of Buddha’s Daughte…
Book Review: Inheritance
InheritanceHow Our Genes Change Our Lives and Our Lives Change Our GenesBy Dr. Sharon MoalemGrand Central PublishingWhy are some people more likely to get cancer, enjoy cilantro, o…
Book Review: Inner Engineering
Inner EngineeringA Yogi’s Guide to JoyBy SadhguruSpiegel & Grau“Fun” isn’t usually the first word to spring to mind when it comes to the writings of Indian gurus, but that desc…
Book Review: Inside the Miracle
Inside the MiracleEnduring Suffering, Approaching Wholenessby Mark NepoSounds TrueSpiritual guide Mark Nepo is a consummate storyteller, as evidenced in this collection of essays, …
Book Review: Journaling Power. How to Create the Happy, Healthy Life You Want to Live
Individuals seeking a therapeutic and transformative method for healing and growth should look no further than the very tool that lies at their own fingertips: writing their way to…
Book Review: Joy Seeker by Shannon Kaiser
Fears, insecurities, and limiting beliefs impede our happiness and prevent us from living truly joyful lives. In Joy Seeker, author, speaker, writer and life coach Shannon Kaiser c…
Book Review: Keeping The Faith Without A Religion
Keeping the Faith without a ReligionBy Roger HousdenSounds TrueRoger Housden has done the seemingly impossible: he has written a bible for the “spiritual but not religious.”Growing…
Book Review: Learning To Walk In The Dark
Learning to Walk in the DarkBy Barbara Brown TaylorHarper OneTheologian Barbara Brown Taylor, author of the best-selling An Altar in the World, challenges our negative associations…
Book Review: Liberation Unleashed
Liberation UnleashedA Guide to Breaking Free from the Illusion of a Separate SelfBy Ilona Ciunaite The book Liberation Unleashed by Ilona Ciunaite is a friendly guidebook to becom…
Book Review: Love Everyone
Love Everyoneby Parvati MarkusHarper OneMillions of readers around the world got their first glimpse of Eastern knowledge in Be Here Now. First published in 1971, the book chronicl…
Book Review: Love Hurts
Love HurtsBuddhist Advice for the HeartbrokenBy Lodro RinzlerShambhala PublicationsThis book, by 34-year-old author and meditation teacher Lodro Rinzler, had an unusual genesis: fo…
Book Review: Mind
MindA Journey to the Heart of Being HumanBy Daniel J. Siegel, MDW.W. Norton & CompanyYou’ve probably said something like, “I have a lot on my mind,” or, “He’s out of his mind!”…
Book Review: Mother of the Unseen World
I’d never heard of Mother Meera, but I kept staring at her image on the book’s cover. There’s something so deep about her eyes, so comforting—it’s easy to believe that she is…
Book Review: Neurodharma
We can leverage mental tools to tap into desired feelings of calm, contentment, peace, focus, and non-judgement, and move away from stress and anxiety.
Book Review: Occupy Spirituality
Too often, our spiritual pursuits can be wrongly perceived as being eons away from the day-in, day-out business of making a living, and that of making a difference in the tang…
Book Review: Om Yoga Meditation Its Theory And Practice
We all know that yoga is a spiritual practice with various health benefits, but the book Om Yoga and Meditation: Its Theory and Practice by Abbot George Burke uniquely touches on t…
Book Review: Pathways to Possibility
Pathways to PossibilityTransforming Our Relationship with Ourselves, Each Other, and the WorldBy Rosamund Stone ZanderVikingRosamund Stone Zander is a family systems therapist know…
Book Review: Persephone Rising
Persephone RisingAwakening the Heroine WithinBy Carol S. Pearson, PhDHarperElixirI took Latin in high school, and while it’s proven fairly useless (why, O why, did I not learn to s…
Book Review: Personal Intelligence
Personal IntelligenceThe Power of Personality and How It Shapes Our LivesBy John D. MayerScientific American/Farrar, Straus and GirouxIt’s always exciting when an original psycholo…
Book Review: Psychology and the Near Death Experience
Hill blends in first-hand, anonymous near death experience accounts as well as personal stories and empirical evidence.
Book Review: Reclaiming Conversation
Reclaiming ConversationThe Power of Talk in a Digital AgeBy Sherry TurklePenguin PressImagine a terrifying, dystopian world whose occupants would rather converse electronically, ev…
Book Review: Resilient Grieving
Resilient GrievingBy Lucy Hone, PhDThe ExperimentLucy Hone is well acquainted with grief and resilience. Her 12-year-old daughter, Abi, was killed in a tragic car accident in 2012,…
Book Review: Rethinking Positive Thinking
Rethinking Positive Thinking Inside the New Science of Motivation By Gabriele OettingenCurrent/PenguinIf you can dream it, you can be it. I hate to rain on your parade, b…
Book Review: Return to Life
Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past LivesBy Jim B. Tucker, MDSt. Martin’s PressAll toddlers like to play make-believe.But what if your child’s games become a bit…
Book Review: Revelation
RevelationA Search for Faith in a Violent Religious Worldby Dennis CovingtonLittle, BrownGrowing up in Birmingham, Alabama, during the heart of the American civil rights movement, …
Book Review: Rewilding Our Hearts
Rewilding Our HeartsBuilding Pathways of Compassion and CoexistenceBy Marc BekoffNew World LibraryI saw Jane Goodall give a talk in person once. When she took questions at the…
Book Review: Rewire
RewireChange Your Brain to Break Bad Habits, Overcome Addictions, and Conquer Self-Destructive BehaviorBy Richard O’ConnorHudson Street PressHabits die hard and science can now tel…
Book Review: Sacred Sound
Sacred SoundDiscovering the Myth and Meaning of Mantra and KirtanBy Alanna KaivalyaNew World LibraryRenowned yoga instructor Alanna Kaivalya displays a playful, unpretentious writi…
Book Review: Seven Types of Atheism
TRADITIONALLY, atheism and religion are seen as diametrically opposed, but in this dense, challenging, and erudite little book, former politics and philosophy professor John Gray m…
Book Review: Silence
SilenceThe Power of Quiet in a World Full of NoiseBy Thich Nhat Hanh HARPERONEIn his popular writings, Thich Nhat Hanh presents Buddhist teachings in a way that anyone can int…
Book Review: Spiritual Rebel
"Bowen is adept at taking complex ideas from a variety of ancient and modern sources and boiling them down. By necessity, things get oversimplified in the process, but she offers plenty of resources for further study throughout the body of the book. These 'ideas for cultivating spiritual moments' include an eclectic array of practices for each day of the week for a total of three weeks."
Book Review: Strange Contagion
Inside the Surprising Science of Infectious Behaviors and Viral Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves
Book Review: Take The Leap - What It Really Means To Be Psychic
The universal mind is a source that is accessible to those willing to dedicate the time and effort needed to become versed in the psychic realm, asserts Michelle A. Beltran in her …
Book Review: Tell Me More
Forget reviewing this book; after reading it, I had the urge to call the author and invite her over. I’d pour us some sauvignon blanc and blare the Richard Thompson and we’d toast …
Book Review: Thank You for Being Late
Thank You for Being LateThe Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of AccelerationsBy Thomas L. FriedmanFarrar, Straus and GirouxHumans started writing around 3200 BCE. The printi…
Book Review: The Age of Dignity
The Age of DignityPreparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing AmericaBy Ai-jen PooTHE NEW PRESS Ai-jen Poo ends her book, The Age of Dignity, with a vision of herself at 80: w…
Book Review: The American Health Care Paradox
Why Spending More Is Getting Us LessBy Elizabeth H. Bradley and Lauren A. TaylorPublicAffairs BooksIn 2012, the U.S. health care industry made more than $849 billion, but Amer…
Book Review: The Buddhist on Death Row
How one prisoner learned the power of Buddhism’s fundamental message: that all beings experience pains and troubles, but we can learn to reduce how much suffering we derive from them.
Book Review: The Conversation
The ConversationA Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life CareBy Angelo E. Volandes, MD Bloomsbury USAIn the United States, end-of-life care is one of the least discussed aspects o…
Book Review: The Darker the Night, the Brighter the Stars
A Neuropsychologist’s Odyssey Through Consciousness
Book Review: The December Project
The December ProjectAn Extraordinary Rabbi and a Skeptical Seeker Take Aim at Our Greatest MysteryBy Sara DavidsonHarper OneOn the day that Zalman Schachter-Shalomi pretended to be…
Book Review: The Disease Delusion
The Disease DelusionConquering the Causes of Chronic Illnessfor a Healthier, Longer, and Happier LifeBy Jeffrey S. BlandHarperWaveSomewhere between salt cave therapy and prescripti…
Book Review: The Empathy Effect
7 Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Work, and Connect Across Differences
Book Review: The End of Mental Illness by Dr. Daniel Amen
Considering the statistic that “about every 14 minutes, someone dies by suicide in the United States”, there is a dire need to address and combat depression and mental illness…
Book Review: The Fear Cure
The Fear CureCultivating Courage as Medicine for the Body, Mind, and SoulBy Lissa RankinHAY HOUSEAnyone given to chronic fear knows that it acts like a disease—pouncing, then …
Book Review: The Four Tendencies
The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People’s Lives Better, Too)
Book Review: The Gifts Beneath Your Anxiety by Pat Longo
Anxiety, panic attacks, sadness, and heightened sensitivity can carry with them a multitude of other effects—headaches, depression, and impediments from life’s joys. However…
Book Review: The Grace in Aging
The Grace in AgingAwaken as You Grow OlderBy Kathleen Dowling SinghWisdom Publications The Grace in Aging, by renowned Buddhist teacher Kathleen Dowling Singh, establishes guidepo…
Book Review: The Grace in Living
The Grace in LivingRecognize It, Trust It, Abide in ItBy Kathleen Dowling SinghWisdom PublicationsKathleen Dowling Singh is a Dharma practitioner and respected author who’s written…
Book Review: The Happiness Track
The Happiness TrackHow to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate your SuccessBy Emma Seppälä, PhDHarper OneThe pursuit of happiness shouldn’t be such hard work. That’s the ba…
Book Review: The Healing Self
Why do some people exposed to cold viruses easily fend off illness? How do monks in a deep state of meditation control their body temperature even in freezing weather? “Mind over m…
Book Review: The Hidden Lamp
Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened WomenEdited by Zenshin Florence Caplow and Reigetsu Susan MoonWisdom PublicationsBuddhism has come a long way. Nearly extin…
Book Review: The Magic Feather Effect
The Science of Alternative Medicine and the Surprising Power of Belief
Book Review: The Marshmallow Test
The Marshmallow TestMastering Self-ControlBy Walter MischelLittle, BrownThe experiment that Walter Mischel developed in a Stanford University lab nearly 50 years ago—offering presc…
Book Review: The Medicinal Handbook
The Medicinal Gardening HandbookA Complete Guide to Growing, Harvesting, and Using Healing HerbsBy Dede Cummings and Alyssa HolmesSkyhorse PublishingJust in time for planting seaso…
Book Review: The More of Less
The More of LessFinding the Life You Want Under Everything You OwnBy Joshua BeckerWaterBrook PressUnder that heap of mail there’s a kitchen counter. Buried behind the shovels …
Book Review: The Nest in the Stream
“By staying with our woundedness, we encourage the other to stay with theirs; that is when and how healing happens.”
Book Review: The Nocturnal Brain
This book dives into the world of severe and rare sleep disorders. It might make you realize how lucky you are to sleep well at night.
Book Review: The Path of Modern Yoga
Through the stories of eleven key figures, ranging from Indian yogis to an American-born journalist, author Elliott Goldberg engagingly recounts the path of modern yoga. The approa…
Book Review: The Power of Heart
Reason and intellect are great, but when you feel like giving up, heart matters, according to Dr. Amy Bloch.
Book Review: The Power of Meaning
The Power of MeaningCrafting a Life That MattersBy Emily Esfahani SmithCrown PublishingI was bleary-eyed, wrestling to complete a feature story at the end of a long week, yet my co…
Book Review: The Practice of Nada Yoga
The Practice of Nada YogaMeditation on the Inner Sacred SoundBy Baird HerseyInner TraditionsEach of us has an inner sacred sound that connects us with the greater universe, writes …
Book Review: The Secret of Life
The Secret of Life: How Anyone Can Be Truly Happy by Garrett Toren shares how to live a happy, fulfilling life.
Book Review: The Shaman Within
The Shaman WithinA Physicist’s Guide to the Deeper Dimensions of Your Life, the Universe, and EverythingBy Claude PonceletSounds TrueShamans are said to be masters of two worlds, l…
Book Review: The Sharing Journal
Engaging in authentic, open, honest dialogue while in a committed relationship might not be a common occurrence. While partners may speak to each other daily, discussions that comm…
Book Review: The Song of Increase
The Song of IncreaseListening to the Wisdom of Honeybees for Kinder Beekeeping and a Better WorldJacqueline FreemanSounds TrueIt is rare to find an author as enamored with a subjec…
Book Review: The Spirit Almanac
Our modern world continuously works to divert our attention to the superficial and trite, often inhibiting our attention to sacred and spiritual moments. However, tuning into…
Book Review: The Straight Path: A Religious Guide to Finding and Fulfilling One’s Purpose
The way you get to your purpose may differ among individuals, but the purpose is the same: follow the straight path and draw closer to God.
Book Review: The Toltec Art of Life and Death
The Toltec Art of Life and Deathby Don Miguel Ruiz with Barbara EmrysHarperElixirIf you believe no nonfiction book should include a “cast of characters” page, because authors shoul…
Book Review: The Way of the Rose
You might expect a book about the rosary and Marian apparitions to be written by strict Catholics. However, authors Clark Strand and Perdita Finn are a former Zen Buddhist monk and a feminist former teacher, respectively, and they were surprised to be called toward the rosary.
Book Review: The Wisdom of Anxiety
"Though commonly labeled a disorder, anxiety, for Paul, is simply evidence of the imagination and an invitation to wholeness. She shares tools and mindsets that allow us to approach anxiety with curiosity instead of shame, so that we may decode its messages, wherever they surface."
Book Review: The XX Brain
The Groundbreaking Science Empowering Women to Maximize Cognitive Health and Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease
Book Review: This Life Is Joy
This Life Is JoyDiscovering the Spiritual Laws to Live More Powerfully, Lovingly, and HappilyBy Roger TeelTarcher/PenguinBefore television (and televangelists), New Thought spiritu…
Book Review: To Stop a Warlord
The author recounts the pursuit of Joseph Kony, a brutal warlord whose guerilla group killed more than 100,000 people. She also writes about balancing her activism against Kony with her own family life.
Book Review: Two Dogs and a Parrot
Two Dogs and a ParrotWhat Our Animal Friends Can Teach Us About LifeBy Joan ChittisterBlueBridgeWhy do we love pets? Because, through them, we “cling to nature in a world made of g…
Book Review: Undivided
UndividedA Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to PeaceBy Patricia Raybon and Alana RaybonTHOMAS NELSONA Muslim, a Christian, and a lapsed Catholic walk into a book r…
Book Review: Unsubscribe
“To be a spiritual rebel,” Josh Korda writes in Unsubscribe, “one has to give the middle finger to materialism, self-centered fear, self-serving luxury, financial security. We have…
Book Review: Vitamania
VitamaniaOur Obsessive Quest for Nutritional PerfectionBy Catherine PricePENGUIN PRESSThere are 85,000 dietary supplements on the market, and more than 50 percent of Americans take…
Book Review: Waking from the Dream
Waking from the DreamThe Struggle for Civil Rights in the Shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr.By David L. ChappellRandom HouseMartin Luther King Jr. would be celebrating his 85th birt…
Book Review: Waking the Buddha
Waking the BuddhaHow the Most Dynamic and Empowering Buddhist Movement in History Is ChangingOur Concept of ReligionBy Clark StrandMiddleway PressThe journalist Clark Strand believ…
Book Review: Walking
The act of walking is the most human thing we can do. Recover your appreciation for walking in this insightful book.
Book Review: Walking Through Anger
Conte’s approach hinges on the principle of Yield Theory: the idea that anger is best defused when we meet other people where they are, as opposed to where we would like them to be.
Book Review: Wanted
WantedA Spiritual Pursuit Through Jail, Among Outlaws, and Across BordersBy Chris HokeHarperOne“What would Jesus do (WWJD)?” is a question that’s easier to ask and perhaps eve…
Book Review: Water in Plain Sight
Water in Plain SightHope for a Thirsty WorldBy Judith D. SchwartzSt. Martin’s PressFollowing environmental news is mostly an exercise in confronting anxiety, helplessness, and desp…
Book Review: What Are We Supposed to Be Eating?
The world of food has gotten so complicated these days. Should you stick to the Mediterranean diet or give Whole30 a go? Is veganism better than vegetarianism? Should you fast intermittently, track your macros, or try carb cycling? Wait, what is carb cycling? These two books cut through the clutter and provide nutritional clarity.
Book Review: What Does it Feel Like to Die?
“Maybe if we thought of dying as the last stage of life rather than merely an ending, we’d be more likely to see it as organic to human development,” writes author Jennie…
Book Review: When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes AirBy Paul KalanithiRandom HouseWritten with eloquence, insight, and a healthy measure of humor, When Breath Becomes Air captures the thoughts and memories of n…
Book Review: Whole Health
A Holistic Approach to Healing for the 21st CenturyBy Mark MincollaTarcherIn this compelling, ambitious book, natural health care practitioner Mark Mincolla proposes that all …
Book Review: Yoga and Body Image
Yoga and Body Image25 Personal Stories about Beauty, Bravery & Loving Your BodyEdited by Melanie Klein and Anna Guest-JelleyLlewellyn WorldwideYoga and Body Image is a boo…
Book Review: You’re Not Listening
The New York Time’s Kate Murphy attempts to help us rediscover the lost art of listening in her new book.
Book Reviews: Upside
UpsideThe New Science of Post-Traumatic GrowthBy Jim RendonTOUCHSTONEIf you’re feeling sorry for yourself about something minor—let’s say you’re in the second week of a wicked cold…
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Books We Love
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.
Boost Immunity and Battle Inflammation With Turmeric and Ginger
Remind yourself of the plethora of health benefits (immune-boosting! anti-inflammatory!) of powerhouse spices turmeric and ginger, with delicious recipes from chef Suzy Scherr and dietitian Rachel Beller.
Boost Your Brain: 5 Natural Nootropics
These superfoods not only protect neurological function, they can also improve mental performance.
Boost Your Confidence with a Power Pose
One day, I showed up to my yoga mat with a broken heart. I’d just gone through a wrenching breakup, and it hurt. My body felt heavy and stiff. I tried to flip over from Downward Do…
Boost Your Immune System With Exercise
From improved sleep and circulation to reduced anxiety and more, regular exercise boosts immunity and strengthens the body’s defense against illness.
Boost Your Mood with Music
Deliberately boost your mood by listening to upbeat music—or even expecting to hear a beautiful piece.
Boost Your Optimism for Less Anxiety
A new study links optimism and less anxiety with an area in the brain called the Orbitofrontal cortex.
Born to Be Good
The Science of a Meaningful Lifeby Dacher KeltnerW.W. Norton, $29.95, 2009What makes a woman leap out of her hiding spot, exposing herself to gunfire and possible death, to save a …
Bossa Nova Around the World
Various International ArtistsPutumayo World MusicThe sultry bossa nova (remember “The Girl from Ipanema”?) developed in Brazil in the mid-1950s and is an evolution of samba. More c…
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…
Bra is Great
Sooraya Graham, a devout Muslim and an art student in British Columbia, took a photo of a woman draped in niqab and abaya (face veil and full-body covering), folding a bra while do…
Brad Bull PhD
Brad Bull PhD is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a lecturer at the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Tennessee Tech University.
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Brady Kiesling
Brady Kiesling trained as an archaeologist/ancient historian and is the creator of ToposText, a free app that links the ancient writings of Greece to their historical sites. Topost…
Brahms
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, op. 77, and Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in A Minor, op. 102Vadim Repin, violinist, with -Riccardo Chailly and the Gewand…
Brain Health: 4 Stories on How to Nourish and Exercise the Brain
Take a look at these 4 stories for optimal brain health and how to provide nourishment, stimulation and exercise to keep your brain healthy and strong.
Brain Wash
Drs. David and Austin Perlmutter explain how we can rewire our brains to develop healthier habits.
Brandi-Ann Uyemura
Brandi-Ann Uyemura has been freelance writing for the past decade. She specializes in writing about self-help, psychology and spirituality. Currently, she’s raising her two young s…
Break Your Addiction to Brain Candy
Developing your ability to resist distraction is the key to breaking this addictive pattern.
Breakfast at Noshville
I’m sitting at the counter in Noshville, Nashville’s New York-style Jewish deli, talking to a well-dressed fellow who tells me he’s a lawyer. Our conversation turns to the ec…
Breakfast Crêpes with Cinnamon-Orange Honey
An excerpt from Ayurveda Cooking for Beginners: An Ayurvedic Cookbook to Balance and Heal
Breakfast with Buddha: A Novel
by Roland MerulloAlgonquin Books, 2007, $13.95“I think of myself as Mr. Ordinary — good husband, good father, average looking, average height, middle-of-the-road politics, upper pa…
Breaking Borders
Exploring Colombia's Barrio Egipto—a neighborhood that foreigners are warned not to go anywhere near.
Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Trauma
“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.”
Breaking Through to Meditation
After years of trying and failing to meditate, one woman finally succeeds—thanks to an evening at the Rubin Museum and a little embodiment work.
Breaking Your Addiction to Thinking
Thinking is obviously an important tool. Humans have the powerful ability to think about the past and the future, make narratives about our lives that help us navigate new situatio…
Breanna Potts
Breanna Potts is the Editorial Manager and Ayurvedic educator at Banyan Botanicals. After struggling with health problems that manifested after college, she found her way to Dr. Pa…
Breath as Prayer
Many forms of prayer take the same amount of time to complete. The amount of time, it turns out, has powerful physiological benefits.
Breath-Focused Meditation for Deep Sleep
Follow your natural breath to help relax your mind and your body. Gently switch into the parasympathetic rest-and-digest state by effortlessly allowing each exhale to drop you deeper into relaxation so that you can sleep sweetly.
Breath: Breathing Advice From an Expert
In his new book Breath, veteran journalist James Nestor explains the fundamental importance of how we breathe and why “the conclusion was always the same. When it comes to breathing, less almost always equals more.”
Breathe Deep, Live Deep: Yoga of Synthesis #1
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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.’”
Breathing into Balance: Explore Alternate Nostril Breathing
Though you can do this guided meditation anytime, it especially helps you fall asleep at night.
Breathing Room
Take a compassionate look at your clutter to accept the problem, understand what’s really valuable, and clear the way for a more peaceful home—and heart.
Breathing through Untangling Myself
Discovering yoga and embracing the constant transitions that come with the practice.
Breathing: The Poetry of the Body
We know intuitively that our state of mind will affect our breath: it comes quick and jagged when we are agitated, and smooth and slow when we are relaxed. The yogis figured …
Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat and Conference Center
Come enjoy natural hot springs nestled deep within the old growth rainforests of the Cascade Mountains.
Brenda Schaeffer
Brenda Schaeffer is a best-selling author and a seasoned psychologist. In her debut novel, Grip of the Hawk, she combines professional know-how with life-long spiritual questing to…
Brene Brown
Brené Brown, PhD, is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work who has spent the past 10 years studying vulnerability, courage, authent…
Brene Brown on being a role model
We have to be the women we want our daughters to be.
Brene Brown on the stories we own
If we own the story then we can write the ending.
Brené Brown: How Vulnerability Holds the Key to Emotional Intimacy
And shame sabotages our desire for closeness.
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Briana Saussy
Briana Saussy is a writer, teacher, spiritual counselor, and ritualist dedicated to the restoration and remembering of the sacred arts, and author of the latest book, Mak…
Bridging Differences with Patricia and Alana Raybon
Your host Rabbi Rami talks to mother and daughter Patricia and Alana Raybon about their new book Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace. A review o…
Bridging Your Work and Your Purpose with Leah Weiss, MD
Rami talks with contemplative scholar and author of How We Work Leah Weiss, MD.
Brilliant Moon
Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse RinpocheBy Neten Chokling, with narration by Richard Gere and Lou ReedBeautifully filmed in Tibet, India, the United States, Bhutan, and Nepal, this docu…
Bring Families Together through Dreams
An excerpt from Dreams at the Threshold by Jeanne Van Bronkorst
Bring on the Global Exorcism!
In October of 1967, Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin gathered Americans and encircled the Pentagon for a grand exorcism. The plan was to use an Aramaic chant to levitate the Pentagon, turn it orange, and shake out the evil that pervaded it...
Bring on the Pasta
LOW-CARB DIETS MAKE PEOPLE STUPIDA study from the psychology department at Tufts University showed that dieters who drastically reduced or eliminated carbohydrates from their meals…
Bringing Food: Making a Gift of Comfort More Meaningful
By Michelle Smith When we hear of a death in our family or community we feel a powerful urge to offer comfort—and so, we bring food. In almost any culture bringing food to t…
Bringing Grandma Home
Grandma Aggie wants to sit in her family chair. Who could say no to that? But Grandma Aggie is no ordinary grandma and her chair is not the front porch rocker.
Bringing Grandma Home: The Story Chair, Salmon Ceremony, and Building the Bridge.
A photo summary of the projects along Oregon's Rogue River.
Bringing the Wisdom Back Home
One of the trickier things about going off on a spiritual retreat is not what happens when you’re away. It’s what happens when you get home. I was recently at a retreat center whe…
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Brooke Arnold-Rochette
Brooke Arnold-Rochette is a certified life-cycle celebrant and alumni from the Celebrant Foundation Institute and a nature-based guide. With over a decade of experiential and …
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Bruce H Lipton PhD
Bruce H. Lipton PhD, cell biologist and lecturer, is an internationally recognized leader in bridging science and spirit. He was on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin’…
Buddha on locating the way
The way is not in the sky The way is in the heart
Buddha on patience and persistence
Drop by drop is the pitcher filled
Buddha on the present
Do not dwell in the past do not dream of the future concentrate the mind on the present moment
Buddha on the present moment
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha on truth.
Three things cannot be long hidden the sun the moon and the truth
Buddhism and Aging
A student once asked Shunryu Suzuki, “Why do we meditate?” “So you can enjoy your old age,” the Zen master answered. Last Sunday was the four-hour block sitting at our local medit…
Buddhism and the Twelve Steps
For some addicts, hitting bottom and having a spiritual awakening are the first steps along the path of recovery. That's why Alcoholics Anonymous, the oldest and largest of the twe…
Buddhism Curious
A seeker wants to delve into this ancient religion and is wondering how to get started
Buddhism proverb
Enough is a Feast
Buddhism Through American Women's Eyes
Buddhism Through American Women's EyesEdited by Karma Lekshe TsomoFor Western women, Buddhism’s enticing spiritual package creates some dilemmas when it comes wrapped in an Asian c…
Budokon with Cameron Shayne
Budokon started off as a Hollywood fitness fad, but creator Cameron Shayne left the limelight to take his life arts program to a deeper level.
Buen Vivir: Living Well
I recently spent a few days in a beautiful redwood forest, and though we were basking in a ‘forest bath’ of California coastal temperate forest, our minds and hearts were focused o…
Build a Better Morning with Ayurveda
Integrative psychiatrist Judith Pentz, MD, shares six ways Ayurveda can rejuvenate mind, body, and spirit.
Build a Compassion Cell Garden
Do you accept the challenge to take a walk and take a stand? The compassion cell garden blends nature, reflection, and a charge to spread compassion through your world.
Build Resilience by Creating an Upward Emotional Spiral
Want to be more resilient? Start building your resilience now and benefit in hard times. Start by being mindful with your emotions and learning to focus on 'moments that glisten.'
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.
Building a New Relationship with My Feet
As a kid, my hands and feet were a source of quiet shame for me. I was born with what adults kindly referred to as “old soul’s hands,” which in the schoolyard translated to a regul…
Building Altars For Personal Transformation
Creating an altar with the intention for transformation is a powerful way to keep your focus on your intentions.
Building Empathy with Judith Orloff, MD
Rabbi Rami talks to Judith Orloff, MD about her book The Empath's Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People. An excerpt of her book appears in the March/April issue of S…
Building Relationships One Step at a Time
Walking can be a path to a better understanding and appreciation of each other.
Building Resilience in the Body
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.
Bumper Sticker about Islam
A coworker’s Ford F–150 sports this bumper sticker: “Everything I know about Islam I learned on 9/11.” As a Muslim, how can I help him know Islam differently?
Burnout to Balance
Reiki master Kelsey J. Patel shares how journaling can help you release the root causes of burnout.
Bursting The Bipolar Bubble
A look at bipolar statistics reveals that this mental illness affects approximately 5.7 million adults.
Burzynski
Directed by Eric Merola In 1995 in the United States of America, a courageous man faced the possibility of being condemned to 290 years in federal prison and $18.5 million in fine…
Bust a Move to Bust Stress!
Finding ways to move our bodies is a beautiful act of self-care and self-love.
Byron Katie, the Inquirist
An interview with with the founder of The Work and author of numerous best-selling books Byron Katie.
C-DEEP: Ecstatic Meditation
Transform the mind, heal the spirit, and deepen love. Weeklong immersions in ecstatic, contemplative practice. Rooted in Jewish wisdom, open to all faiths.
C-DEEP: Soulift
Transform the mind, heal the spirit, and deepen love. Weeklong immersions in ecstatic, contemplative practice. Rooted in Jewish wisdom, open to all faiths.
C-DEEP: Soulift: Cultivating Spiritual Maturity
Transform the mind, heal the spirit, and deepen love. Weeklong immersions in ecstatic, contemplative practice. Rooted in Jewish wisdom, open to all faiths.
C-DEEP: Soulift: Dealing with Adversity
Transform the mind, heal the spirit, and deepen love. Weeklong immersions in ecstatic, contemplative practice. Rooted in Jewish wisdom, open to all faiths.
C-DEEP: Soulift: Healing Into Action
Transform the mind, heal the spirit, and deepen love. Weeklong immersions in ecstatic, contemplative practice. Rooted in Jewish wisdom, open to all faiths.
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C.E. Herman
C. E. Herman was born in Europe, where she graduated with a master’s degree in physics and began her career as a scientist. Her adult life has been spent in Australia, where she lives with her husband; she is mother to four young men and has enjoyed a long career as a teacher and translator.
Caffeinated Thinking
A Conversation with Murray Carpenter, Author of Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us
Caffeine: The Addiction We Share … and Don’t Talk About
Young lovers sit at a sidewalk café and sip espresso between kisses; a group of giggling cheerleaders head for a cooler filled with iced energy drinks; a group of happy kids swing …
Cal Newport PhD
Cal Newport PhD is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University and runs the popular blog Study Hacks, which explores the impact of technology on our ability…
Calcium: Everything You Need to Know
From the health benefits to the best resources, here’s the scoop on calcium.
Called Home
Last September I was called home, somewhat unexpectedly. I was called home to be a mother to my children, just when I had imagined they might no longer need me. I had left behind…
Called to Act
The founder of Buddhist Global Relief, Brooklyn-born monk Bhikku Bodhi reflects on his path from inner peace to changing the world.
Calling All Spiritual Superheroes (That Means YOU)
Recently a fellow traveler said to me: “I have no heroes. I have no gurus. I don’t look up to anyone. But I have many people I look across at and sit in circle with to create a bet…
Calling All Warrior Goddess Women! It’s Time to Speak Your Truth
Learning to speak your truth is a lifelong practice.
Calling It Quits
A Film by Anthony TarsitanoCity Squirrel Films, Inc.Dante Milestone, a successful but worldweary businessman, finally “calls it quits” on his frenetic, mind-numbing life in an effo…
Calling on Fear with Tara Mohr
Set your soul’s calling into motion with Tara Mohr, Arianna Huffington, Danielle LaPorte, Eve Ensler, Sera Beak and more brilliant feminine leaders at Emerging Women Live, October 9-12, 2014. You can dive deep with Emerging Women Live speakers and their transformational insights right now with our free audio download Power Practices Vol 1: Women Who Are Changing the World.
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Calm Racing Thoughts with this Energy Practice
Jill Leigh answers your questions about energy, meditation, and more.
Calm the Body, Calm the Culture
Dr. Will Cole on easing chronic inflammation in individuals and in society as a whole.
Calm Your Nervous System
Whether you are a first responder or simply stressed, try these affirmations to calm the nervous system.
Calming Chronic Pain with Beth Darnell, PhD
Beth Darnall talks to Rami about making life adjustments to manage chronic pain.
Can a Hug a Day Keep the Doctor Away?
It’s cold and flu season again — make sure you get plenty of sleep, take some extra vitamin C and … hug each other a little more. Yes, that’s right. A new study reveal…
Can a Spiritual Retreat Change Your Brain Chemistry?
The levels of two powerful neurotransmitters, dopamine and serotonin, are altered. Here’s how.
Can Ballet Teach Wisdom?
A new study suggests that classical ballet might lead to increased wisdom in much the same way as meditation does.
Can God Sue for Unauthorized Use of the Rainbow?
Rabbi Rami claps back at the idea that the rainbow can't be used for gay pride.
Can I Still Love My Brother, the Atheist?
My brother and I have been Christians all our lives. Now he says he’s an atheist. How can I have a relationship with someone who believes in nothing?Being an atheist doesn’t mean b…
Can Mudita Save the United Nations?
Musings on Buddhism’s ‘Sympathetic Joy’, FOMO and the Global Climate Crisis I have a confession to make: I am in recovery from FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). I became acutely a…
Can Phobias Be Inherited Genetically?
Phobias developed during our lifetimes may be passed on to our children.
Can Probiotics Ease Your Anxiety?
If you’re stressed out, and feel like you’re in a pickle, well… good. Because consuming fermented foods like pickles, yogurt, and kombucha may make you feel less anxious.A new stud…
Can Religion Save the Planet?
Unleashing the power of their faith on tough environmental problems, today's "ecovangelists" ask: Can religion save the planet, or will the planet save religion?
Can Spirituality Protect Against Negative Emotions in Heart Disease?
There is no doubt how strongly our negative emotions affect our physiology. When we feel anxious, there is a gnawing sensation in our gut. When depressed, our whole body seems to s…
Can The Enneagram Personality Test Help Us Grow?
My own positive intention toward growth often means taking a good hard look at areas where I’m weak. And I like to think about those weaker areas as “places to strengthen over time…
Can Too Much Meat Lead to Diabetes?
Too much protein eaten along with fat may lead to insulin resistance, reports an animal study from Duke University Medical Center, providing a clue as to why the blood chemistry of…
Can Travel Help Us Stop Hating Ourselves?
Seeing the world can help you see yourself in a new light.
Can Walking with Friends Feed the Collective Soul?
Solitude has it’s place. There is value in silence and our ability to sit with our own soul and reflect. There is also a good deal of involuntary isolation that we experience in ou…
Can We Give and Get Gifts Without Hating Ourselves (or Anyone Else)?
My mother's birthday was last week. Because she's left ths world, I couldn't send her a gift.This was a bittersweet relief.Opening gifts almost always made Mom cry—not with joy, bu…
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."
Can You Capture Your Aura with a Kirlian Photograph?
Here's what a Kirlian photograph says about your aura.
Can You Handle Criticism?
A total stranger about whose business establishment I had written an article emailed me the night after it was published, alleging that my article was "mostly erroneous."For a horr…
Can you teach me to pray?
In the new book Even Though I Walk: One Woman’s Journey of Prayer in the Shadow of Death from Liturgical Press, two spiritual seekers on different life-paths walk together through…
Can You Wire Your Brain for Creativity?
Maybe. Some people seem to engage networks that don’t usually team together.
Candice Hall, DC, and Wayne Greathouse, DC
Dr. Candice Hall, DC, and Dr. Wayne Greathouse, DC, treat patients at Next Advanced Medicine in Tustin, California. Together, they devise life-changing programs for indiv…
Candice Hall, DC, and Wayne Greathouse, DC
Candice Hall, DC, and Wayne Greathouse, DC, treat patients at Next Advanced Medicine in Tustin, California. They specialize in developing life-changing programs for indiv…
Candles for Prayer, Meditation, and Beauty
Rich in spiritual history, candles are the perfect way to turn your home into a sacred sanctuary.
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Care of the Soul: A Chapel of One's Own
Instead of going off to a monastery, you can bring the monastery to the secular society. In common areas in our towns and cities we could install more and better places for contemp…
Care of the Soul: A Crack in the Sky
I live in what’s called the Monadnock region of southern New Hampshire. I have been here, in several different towns, for 20 years. If I can make another 20, the locals may acknowl…
Care of the Soul: Angels and the Brain
There’s little room for wonder and real poetry in the mechanical metaphors we use to describe ourselves.
Care of the Soul: Care of the Soul, 25 Years Later
In the late 1980s, after about seven years of developing my own approach to psychotherapy, I was looking for a different way to re-imagine psychology, one that would have depth and…
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…
Care of the Soul: Joyfully Adrift
Maybe, as we become more soulful, we drift into reality rather than away from it.
Care of the Soul: Mega-Soul
I had an unusually enjoyable afternoon recently, lying on the floor in front of my massive classical Greek dictionary and a copy of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, where he makes a…
Care of the Soul: Reclaim Your Spiritual Growth
When I was just turning 40, I went through some painful changes in my life, and I felt those developments in my body. I went regularly to the doctor, complaining of stomach upset a…
Care of the Soul: Skipping Stones
My father liked to teach his sons basic skills, like how to use a saw, tighten a nut, and catch a baseball. In one of my earliest memories of him we are on a beach and he is teachi…
Care of the Soul: Spiritual Complexes
Don't ignore or repress your complexes, instead try to befriend them
Care of the Soul: Spiritual Disorders
Every mental health worker knows about the DSM-V, a manual for defining disorders for the health system. It’s like a dictionary in which every psychological problem imaginable has …
Care of the Soul: The Dream of Utopia
Have you ever found yourself in a beautiful place, free from your worries, everything in its place, time almost at a standstill? I have a memory like that of stretching out in a ro…
Care of the Soul: The Path to Utopia
If anyone thinks that the parables of Jesus are meant to be helpful moral tales, they should ponder the one about the workers in the vineyard. A landowner hires people to work for …
Care of the Soul: The Place Beyond Seeking
I used to be a seeker, looking for answers to all sorts of questions, wondering which religious tradition was right and best, concerned about the nature of the afterlife, wishing I…
Care of the Soul: The Soul Under Construction
For most of his life, my father was a plumbing instructor in a trade school and was one of those people who can build a house from scratch. I envy that ability and regret tha…
Care of the Soul: The Spiritual Imagination
What is the role of imagination in matters of ultimate concern? This is one of the top issues in the spiritual life and certainly in religion: many religious and even spiritual peo…
Care of the Soul: The Veggie Soul
When I studied medieval philosophy in college, I learned that a human being has a rational, animal, and vegetable soul. At the time, it was all a matter of definitions and categori…
Care of the Soul: This Fractured, Heavenly World
I disappoint many people, and sometimes myself, by not being more obviously spiritual. I don't go to church and rarely meditate in a formal way. I wear ordinary clothes and eat an …
Care of the Soul: Wherever I Turn, You Are There
A striking image from the late Renaissance shows a bald human head with a huge eyeball in the center of the skull. Below the image is the phrase “The Eye of Imagination.” It takes …
Care of the Soul: Your Highest Self
I’m always writing about depth—deep feelings, deep thoughts, deep relationships. But I know too well that when you focus too much on one quality, its opposite begins to stir, compl…
Caring for the Earth as a Spiritual Practice
When it comes to my relationship with the Earth, I sometimes ask, “Should I save it or savor it?” There’s no doubt that Earth is in need of saving, and I know I have a role t…
Caring for Your Crystals
Excerpted with permission from Crystals: The Modern Guide to Crystal Healing by Yulia Van Doren.
Carl Greer, PhD PsyD
Carl Greer, PhD, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, Jungian analyst, shamanic practitioner, author, businessman, and philanthropist. He teaches at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago…
Carl Jung on our shadow sides
To confront a person with his own shadow is to show him his own light. — Carl Jung
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Carmen Giménez Smith
Carmen Giménez Smith is the author of six books, including Milk and Filth, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry, and Bring Down the Little Birds, winner …
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Caroline Griffith
Caroline Griffith is a Spiritual Dog Trainer, founder of Canine Flow, creator of RelaxDog Meditations, and author of The Best Dog Diet Ever. canineflow.com…
Caroline Myss on listening to the soul
The soul always knows what to do to heal itself The challenge is to silence the mind
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Carrie Newcomer's Latest Album: Kindred Spirits
With lyrics like “God walks around in muddy boots” and “a summer tomato is a cause to rejoice,” it’s clear Carrie Newcomer has a knack for finding the transcendent in the eve…
Carry-On Options
To travel light, invest in the perfect carry-on. Bring only this, and it’s impossible to over-pack. Here are three of our favorites.
Carry-On Wellness
No matter the duration of your flight, it’s important to take good care of yourself. What you do—or don’t do—aboard the plane makes all the difference in the world when…
Carrying the Water
"Keeping the acequia clear and flowing is a useful metaphor for interdependence and cooperation. Keeping the acequia clear—both the actual acequia and the acequia of humanity—bears learning how to do well."
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Casting Light on the Pitfalls of 21st-Century Spirituality
As in all centuries, people in the 21st century look to the spiritual for meaning and virtue in daily life; they use spiritual practice to peer beyond the mortality of the body into the eternity of the soul. The big difference between the older forms of spirituality and 21st-Century Spirituality is the movement away from an external authority figure and a movement toward an empowerment of each seeker.
Cat Caracelo
Cat Caracelo M.A. is the founder of JourneyPath Institute; a depth coach, educator, artist and “guidess” working internationally with individuals and groups. Cat is the a…
Catching Babies
Birthing women are able to share something that connects them to all mothers, past and future.
Catching Up With Macy Gray
Macy Gray talks with S&H about creating real change with her mental health initiative.
Catherine Auman
Catherine Auman has frequently appeared as a mental health expert on the national TV show Extra. Her writings have been published in journals, magazines, and books in the US, …
Catherine Lieuwen
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CBCT (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training)
Offering courses to those wishing to build resiliency, improve relationships, and/or simply foster compassion.
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Celebrate August: Tips for The Slow Zone
Ways to celebrate and savor the hazy, lazy days of the last month of summer.
Celebrate Hanukkah! Vegan Sweet Potato Latke Recipe
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Centering Around the Chaos
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Ceremony at Commemorative Event: Do Something
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Ceremony at Final Resting Place: Revisiting your Dead
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Ceremony before Death: A Living Memorial
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Ceremony for First Year Anniversary: Reconnect
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Ceremony for First Year Milestones: Do Not Hurry
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Ceremony When the Body is Removed: Leave Taking
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Chair Yoga: Restoration for the Lower Back
Rejuvenate and release tension with this chair yoga sequence.
Chakra Wisdom
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Challenging the Legacy of Privilege
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Changing the World with Fishing Nets and Wedding Veils
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Channel Your Inner Child: How to Live with More Joy, Passion, and Love
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Channeling Anger Into Spiritual Action
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Channeling Depression Into a Powerful Tool for Creativity
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Charcoal: A New Way To Detox
Charcoal’s millions of tiny pores have the strength to capture and remove toxins, increasing energy and overall well-being.
Charitable Giving: Do You Know How Your Donation is Being Used?
“The problem isn’t that the Vatican needs money to maintain its operations, but that it is getting millions of dollars from a fund officially designated for helping people. This isn’t new, but it seems all the more egregious when religion preys on those who pray.”
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Charles Dickens on wisdom
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Charred Corn and Blueberry Salad
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Chart Your Own Course for Healing
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Chasing Happiness
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Chasing Ice
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Chasing Numbers, Chasing Wellness
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Chasing That Most Important Point
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Check Your Thermostat To Avoid Depression
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Cherry Almond Meal Muffins
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Cheryl Fraser, PhD
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Chick-Lit
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Chicken & Egg Meditation
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Childhood Beliefs About Soul, Afterlife Stick With Us
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Chinese Proverb on attitude and action.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
Chinese Proverb on attitude and action.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
Chinnamasta: The Self-Beheading Goddess
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Chitra Kumar, Dr. Geetha Govindarajan, and Dr. Sai Praveen Haranath
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Chocolate: A Sacred Superfood
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Chopra Center
Meditation and mind-body health retreats led by Deepak Chopra and other world- renowned thought leaders. Discover balance, healing, and transformation.
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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.
Christian Mystics
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Christopher Barham
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Christy McGill
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Chronic Inflammation: Risk Factors and Signs
“Don’t rely on your doctor to point out possible chronic inflammation to you; it doesn’t share the same visible symptoms as acute inflammation.”
Chronic Pain, Trauma, and the Nervous System
Chronic pain can be caused by lingering trauma, creating stress that is unresolved. Break the cycle.
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Cinematherapy: These Flicks Can Heal You
The Cinematherapy book series co-author shares picks for flicks and TV series to uplift you during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Circle of Strength: A Ritual for Times of Change
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A wellness destination resort offering a world class spa, movement & enrichment classes and healthy cuisine.
Claiming Your Queen
In my practice, I’m witnessing a revitalized version of the Queen archetype reemerging
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Clairsentience and Compassion
A 3-step approach to cultivating compassion and overcoming empathic sensitivity.
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Clark Strand and Perdita Finn
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Classical Musician Serenades the Chakras
Musician Miriam Jameson shares the story that inspired her new album.
Claudia Helt
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Clean
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Clean: A Doctor Dishes on Dirt
We chat up Dr. James Hamblin, author of Clean: The New Science of Skin, on what it means to be clean—and how much your skin really needs all those suds, soaps, and sanitizers.
Clearing Unwanted Energy
Clearing unwanted energy from our system is one of the most important things you can learn, especially when doing Reiki.
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Cloister Talks
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Close the the Ground: Fashionista as Monk
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Close to Grace: The Physics of Silent Transmission
A laser pioneer explores how the coherent light of a laser beam may help explain the joy experienced in the presence of a saint or a sage.
Close to the Ground: A Drop in the Bucket
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Close to the Ground: Bowing to Spring
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Close to the Ground: Buddhaland
She was sitting on a bench outside the grocery store where I shop. It was 8 a.m. and drizzling—typical for spring in Eugene. I watched her sip coffee out of a well-worn Starbucks c…
Close to the Ground: Digging For Gold
One of the unwanted side effects of a long-term spiritual practice is the tendency to become, at times, a bit smug.Mea culpa, mea culpa. At least, after 25 years of hard Buddhist p…
Close to the Ground: Even in a Brothel
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Close to the Ground: Just Stuff
One of my sisters hasn’t spoken to me for some 20 years now. I am guessing it’s because I sat next to her ex at a family wedding. He is fun and funny. I laughed a lot. Unskillful i…
Close to the Ground: Lean in to Suffering
The young woman sitting next to me looks to be in her late 20s. Given our proximity to the University of Oregon, she could be a graduate student, maybe, or a young professor. She i…
Close to the Ground: Monkey on my Mind
The cat died.That she was 17 and riddled with cancer didn’t make her passing any easier for the rest of us. We cried hard when we put her down. The vet tech was sweet. “It’s the pr…
Close to the Ground: Sisters Shouting at Gods
I was raised to be a good girl. Embedded in this phrase was the admonition to never talk back to my elders, and I did OK until I was six years old. Then one summer Sunday, itching …
Close to the Ground: Sun Buddha, Moon Buddha
It is easy to get caught up in headlines and tragedy: Boys and girls ripped from their homes by the thousands; drones and missiles competing with each other for how much damage the…
Close to the Ground: The Great and Mighty Ango
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Close to the Ground: The Secret of Abiding Joy
I’m sitting, watching Parker perform her first dance masterpiece. Its baseline is a collection of moves from her gymnastics class. She has layered on top of these most of the compo…
Close to the Ground: Two Words
When it was time to step down from my role as the guiding teacher of Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple some 10 years ago, I spent a long time fussing about what my final dharma talk …
Coconut Oatmeal Whole Wheat Cookies
I just realized that I shared cookies with you last month. And here I am again sharing another cookie recipe. Sorry? Ok, maybe not. I think you’re going to love these little gems. …
Cody Pueo Pata
He AlohaUluloa ProductionsFor Hawaiians, the word aloha has a multitude of meanings, including love, peace, compassion, and the “breath of life.” In his new CD, Cody Pueo Pata, a M…
Cold Turkey
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Collaborative Intelligence with Dr. Dawna Markova and Angela McArthur
Rabbi Rami talks to Dr. Dawna Markova and Angie McArthur about their new book Collaborative Intelligence: Thinking with People Who Think Differently. An adapted excerpt of their bo…
Collaborative Painting or Drawing
In this episode, Flora Bowley shows how collaboration can bring together creativity and connection.
Collagen: A Deeper Look
Collagen is either a must for smooth skin and supple joints—or an unproven supplement that will waste your money. Wellbeing editor KATHRYN DRURY WAGNER went in search of answers.
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Color Your Way to Peace
“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” ~ Pablo Picasso When was the last time you opened a brand new box of colored pencils and thoughtfully colored…
Combat Climate Change 3 Times a Day
Your eating choices can make a significant impact in fighting our climate crisis.
Combat Loneliness by Expanding Your Circle of Concern
“As your circle of concern becomes larger, the field of loneliness for yourself and others will become smaller.”
Come and Celebrate Bubbling Man!
In the heart of the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, about 120 miles north of Reno, is a weeklong exploration of radical self-expression called Burning Man (August 31 to September 7). …
Coming to Peace with Begging
I hate asking for money. Whether it’s telling a friend she owes me for the book I picked up for her or divvying up the single check on a restaurant table, it is not one of my favor…
Communicate to Reduce Stress, Anxiety, and Insomnia
The language we use when we speak to ourselves makes a profound difference in how we feel. These tools can help ease you to a calmer state.
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Community Champion: Butterfly Boxes
Two Portland women are welcoming newcomers and honoring their own family history.
Community Champion: Hadassa Margolis
“You don’t have to storm the state house or the White House to be an activist. You can sit on your living room couch and knit a blanket or make two masks for your neighbor”—Brookline, Massachusetts’ Hadassah Margolis employs craftivism to make real change in her community and beyond.
Community Champion: Jennifer Botwick
Lunch Brake is a homespun effort that delivers lunch bags filled with protein-rich snacks, water, and nonperishable foods to those in need.
Community Champion: Savannah Ballet Theatre’s Abby McCuen
Savannah Ballet Theatre’s Abby McCuen is making theater more inclusive with sensory-friendly performances.
Community Champion: Sherry Cole
Community Champion Sherry Cole is a tireless advocate for people without housing.
Community Champion: Wendy Chan
One Journey is a grassroots organization that connects displaced people with welcoming communities, encouraging compassion and understanding.
Compassion Cell Credo
Kevin Anderson offers a call to action: My membership in the human race is my truest belonging.
Compassion Fatigue
When the heart is balanced, the rest of the energy body can maintain a greater sense of equilibrium.
Compassion for All with Matthieu Ricard
Rabbi Rami once again talks to Matthieu Ricard: Buddhist monk, photographer, author, humanitarian and French translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Ricard is the “happiness ma…
Compassion for Dating in the Technological Age
Recently I had a young man working with me who showed me the Tinder app as a means of finding dates. Here, you could rifle through a series of pictures like speed dating online, an…
Compassion Made Simple
When you’re focused on any activity, whether it’s your email, listening to a friend or sitting in a formal meditation practice, your mind is bound to wander. In The Now Effect I in…
Compassion: Brain Food for Happiness
Did you know that compassion, the act of recognizing someone else’s suffering with the inclination to want to support them, creates important activity shifts in the brain that are …
Compassionate Conversations: Advice From Three Experts
Leaning how to have real conversations about important topics with people you disagree with is a skill. These days, it's more important than ever. Diane Hamilton, Gabriel Wilson, and Kimberly Loh offer useful advice and powerful stories in their new book Compassionate Conversations.
Compassionate Unmasking with Kelly Boys
Kelly Boys talks about unconscious patterns of behavior and the benefits of being aware of them.
Completing the Kona Ironman at Age 70
It’s now two days post Ironman. I’m in Kona, Hawaii, sitting in a beach restaurant at about mile one of the swim. I watched the sunset. I watched the couples enjoying dinner on the…
Complicated/Simple Compassion
“This compassion thing is so much more complicated than I thought,” said Mary Elizabeth as our local group continued with the chapter in One Dharma on “Compassion.” We think we’ll …
Composting for Your Life
It’s Spring 2012, and we just had a super full moon: The moon was closer to the earth than it’s been all year. Here in Vancouver, it’s just starting to get warm, though the cherry …
Concerning Christmas
Two people emailed me this morning with questions about Christmas. I thought I’d share both their questions and my answers with you here. I’m Jewish; my girlfriend is Christian. T…
Condolences in the Days of COVID-19
Someone you know has died due to COVID-19. Here’s the script on writing your gentle condolences.
Condor and Eagle Prophecy, The Divine Presence and the Destiny of Humanity
“In these troubled times, it behooves all who feel the call to devote themselves wholeheartedly to realize this goal and become themselves beacons of divine light.”
Confessions of a Born-Again Agnostic
How many times during the day—if ever—do the following three words pass your lips? “I don’t know.” My answer to that question is “Not enough.” Our culture&md…
Confucius on beauty and perspective.
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it
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Connect With Jnana Yoga, the “Path of Right,” for Self-Love
“Our thoughts have the power to transform everything in our life, but this power is negative when we are in an unconscious, automatic mode. It becomes positive when we consciously choose our thoughts.”
Connecting Presence and Power
As women, we are not encouraged to take up space. Our culture praises us for being thin and lightweight. With this conditioning, it be can be challenging to find a way to connect w…
Connecting to Authenticity with Anna Yusim, MD
Host Rabbi Rami talks with Anna Yusim, MD about what a soul means to her, tapping into authenticity, and her book Fulfilled: How the Science of Spirituality Can Help you Live a Ha…
Connecting to Your Sexual Energy as Life Force
Connecting to our sexual selves doesn’t always have to mean connecting to another person.
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Conquering Anxiety
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Conquering Autoimmune Disorders
Two alternative approaches offer hope to those suffering from chronic pain.
Conquering the Diabetes Dragon – Acknowledgment of the Child Hero
“Healing ceremonies matter—they matter because they serve to empower and bring us through to a different and better place—and to release what no longer serves us.”
Conscious Aging & Ceremonies for Seniors
In our senior years, we may benefit from support in creating a new and clear vision for our lives.
Conscious Channeling
Did you know spiritual beings can readily deliver their messages to deeply embodied, clear, conscious channels?
Conscious Detox 101
No matter what you do to clean up your outside, there's no faster way to a healthy body, beautiful skin, and a clear mind than cleaning from the inside out. Even if you consider yo…
Conscious Eating: A Solution to Personal and Planetary Health
Many of us on the conscious path may look at massive problems in the world and feel helpless. How can I, one person, positively impact the planet: the dying oceans, world hunger, r…
Conscious Holiday Gift Ideas
"Tis better to give than to receive during the holidays, but most gifts in the marketplace aren't geared for those who are health or spiritually conscious. On this episode of Consc…
Conscious Holiday Travel
Did you know that CO2 emissions from travel are one of the largest contributors to global warming? Before hitting the road this holiday, think about being more conscious of minimiz…
Conscious Laser Eye Surgery? Seeing is Believing
In this short form medical documentary, enjoy a front row seat as I go from "off the charts nearsighted" to perfect, better than 20/20 vision under the steady hand of one of the wo…
Conscious Love: Online Dating for the Spiritually Minded
Writer Jane Ganahl dips her toes into the pool of "conscious singles" looking for love online.
Conscious Rest: Yoga for Insomnia
It’s 3 a.m. You look at your blinking clock and think, “I have to get up in four hours. I need to get to sleep.” You toss and turn, worrying about the fact that you are not sleepin…
Conscious Speaking: A Path of Awakening
Speech is our thoughts, our feelings, our intention, and our energy expressed as sound formed into words. Yet, how often are we awake and present enough to slow down this potent creation process?
Conscious Uncoupling with Katherine Woodard Thomas
Your host Eve Hogan talks to author Katherine Woodard Thomas about and her book Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After. She offers some great ideas on kindness …
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Contemplating Injury: What Yoga Has Taught Me About Pain
This is how bad things have gotten: I am squatting on my floor by a low table to write this because I threw out my back again and I am in extreme pain. Pain, however, can lead to r…
Contributors - November/December 2018
Contributors to our September/October 2018 issue: Kevin Anderson PhD, Julia Cameron, Deborah Gordon MD, Alena Hennessy, Erik Sean Larson, Hal Robinson
Contributors - September / October
Contributors to our September/October 2018 issue: Amber Bodily, Mirabai Bush, Ram Dass, Katherine Dunn, Stephanie Ludwig PhD, Zainab Salbi
Contributors January/February 2019
Contributors January/February 2019 - Adyashanti, Mary Bemis, Stephen Blackmer, Ellen Rooney, Bob Scott and Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes.
Contributors: July/August
Contributors to our July/August 2018 issue: Kelly Boys, Sandra Dieckmann, Stephanie Ludwig PhD, Jan Phillips, Parker J. Palmer PhD, and Kazuaki Tanahashi
Contributors: March/April 2019
Contributors: March/April 2019 - Joan D. Chittister OSB, Cal Newport PhD, Julia Plevin, Marilyn Schlitz PhD, Mirabai Starr, Tracy Verdugo
Controlling vs Caring vs Responsibility
Recently, I was working with a couple and was explaining how the ego works, or rather doesn’t work, as it relates to relationships. The ego mind is great at seeing problems, but ho…
Conversations with the Divine
Famed medical intuitive Caroline Myss shares guidance on navigating these tumultuous times.
Cooking by the Pinch and the Handful
Our senses are our own perfect signaling instruments, our hands are our own perfect measure.
Cool It Practice: balancing yin and yang in good measure
As human animals, we are affected by the weather. We like to think we’re not—our capitalist society expects us to be exactly the same amount of productive no matter what’s go…
Cooling Sleep Meditation for Hot Summer Nights
Use this guided meditation to cool off the body and mind and prepare for rest.
Cooperation, Meaning and Mission
What does it feel like to practice self-acceptance? This type of gentleness creates a whole new environment in which we can start to flourish.
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…
Coping Tips for Empaths
Being an empath is all about ‘feeling’ the emotions of others. Sometimes we need extra tools to help us stay grounded and connected.
Coping with Burnout? Maybe Your Brain Is on Fire
Rewire your brain to see these afflictions as opportunities for embarking on a new path
Copper Beech Institute
Copper Beech is an idyllic mindfulness and contemplative practice retreat center in West Hartford, Connecticut.
Core Fears Trigger Reactive Behaviors
Core needs and fears are like two sides of a coin. If a core need feels frustrated or unmet, a core fear will be triggered. For example, if you don’t feel accepted or valued, this …
Coronavirus From the Perspective of Mother Earth
“What if I look at this pandemic from the perspective of Earth? What might our 4.5 billion-year-old planet have to say to the most disruptive of her 8.7 million species right now?”
Couch Potatoes Have Shrinking Brains
A new study suggests that exercise may be important in keeping our brains robust.
Could an Orchid Have Saved My Grandmother’s Brain?
A granddaughter explores research that provides new hope for Alzheimer’s patients.
Courageous Conversations: An Interview with David Whyte
Author David Whyte on words, spirituality, and his idea of a "conversation."
Courtney Carver
Courtney Carver launched her blog “Be More with Less” in 2010 and is one of the top bloggers in the world on the subject of minimalism. She has been featured in countless arti…
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COVID-19: Fearless Love Is Needed
“If we are going to survive as a species worthy of survival, we will have to get beyond the limits of ‘us’ verses ‘them’ and open to the truth of all of us together.”
COVID-19: Resources to Help You Stabilize
There is so much happening in the world right now that we have no control over. Here are some resources to help you reconnect to your heart and find stability.
COVID-19: The Physical and Metaphysical Pandemic
In the face of pandemic, there remain milestones—and growth—worth celebrating.
Craig B. Wynett and T George Harris
In 2003, Craig B. Wynett was General Manager of New Business at Procter & Gamble. T George Harris founded Psychology Today and American Health magazines, and led the team…
Craig Kolavo
Craig Kolavo, author of Awaken the Sleeping Giant, is a husband, a father, and a spiritual activist. Through his company AwesOm Life, Craig hopes to share a positive message with t…
Craniosacral Therapy for Better Sleep
Recent research reveals the restful benefits of craniosacral therapy.
Create a Garden of the Senses
Sensory gardens look, smell, feel, taste, and sound beautiful. They are designed to be therapeutic for those with special needs.Yet the greatest healing of these magical places com…
Create A Living Ritual
How to connect through our bodies with the transcendent dimension of our lives.
Create an Animal Healing Circle in Your Community
Shiri Joshua, M.A., is a psychotherapist, “animal whisperer,” and director of the Shiri Joshua Centre for Human & Animal Healing in Vancouver, British Columbia. Each month she hold…
Create an Intentional Morning Routine
There is a sacredness that is found in the first moments of the morning. While it may feel overwhelming to change your entire morning routine in one day, consider slowly adding components to it that will set the tone for your day.
Create Intimacy in Marriage Using Active Listening
Active listening can change everything from the way you interact with others to how you create familiarity in your marriage because you learn to proactively listen to others.
Create Your Mantra or Metaphor
Excerpted from Convergence Healing: Healing Pain with Energetic Love by Peter Bedard
Create Your Own Holy Day
We are entering one of the busiest spiritual seasons of the year, so we asked for some special “Roadside Assistance” from Rabbi Rami Shapiro:• What are holy days for?• How should w…
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.”
Create Your Own Tea Ritual
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” C.S. LewisBlending white and green teas with dried rose blossoms delights the eye and gives Meditati…
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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…
Creating Balance in Our Lives by Changing the Way We Think
“Balance” is a word I use every day. Did you know we can achieve balance and the lives we want to live by changing how we think?I recently attended a workshop that helped me learn …
Creating Calm from Chaos
The issue of stress is rampant in our culture. With ever-lengthening lists to get done, and increasing demands on our time and attention, stress is showing itself at every level of…
Creating Calm from the Outside In
Gretchen Rubin's new book provides a different path to decluttering.
Creating Deeper Intimacy
You hear it on talk shows. It’s mentioned in every romantic comedy at least a trillion times. And it’s something we men have been told we have a problem with since the dawn of time…
Creating our Divine Feminine, Divine Masculine, and our Divine Human
A New Template for the Collective Consciousness
Creating This Kind of Healthcare?
I came to Chiang Mai, Thailand, for a week to put the finishing touches on the house we are building here, and a few days later, I was a passenger in a terrible car crash. The driv…
Creative at Midlife with Gay Hendricks
Eve Hogan talks to Gay Hendricks about the power of creativity, the different dynamics of relationships in midlife, and his new book Conscious Loving Ever After. An excerpt from th…
Creative Clash
Director Jessica Habie speaks about her new film Mars at Sunrise, her story of imprisoned Palestinian painter Khaled, and his Israeli interrogator Eyal, himself a frustrated artist.
Creative Flow: How Yoga Can Spark Your Creativity
If you didn’t know me as a person, and all you knew about me was that I was a yoga teacher and a poet, you would probably think I was pretty boring. You’d think of poems filled wit…
Creative Moon: Writing Prompts for the Moon Cycles
Try this free writing journaling practice coinciding with the moon phases.
Creative Practice: Gathering Inspiration through Intuitive Wandering
In the second of episode of Your Creative Spirit, Flora Bowley shares how to gather inspiration through intuitive wandering.
Creative Practice: Visual Riffing
In this episode of Your Creative Spirit, Flora introduces the concept of visual riffing.
Creativity Workout: High and Low Impact Exercises
If you’re in need of novel practices to shake up your normal routine, here are a few low and high impact exercises to inspire more impromptu creative moments.
Crimson Detox Juice—No Juicer Required
This detoxifying crimson juice is perfect for starting off the New Year right.
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Crossing the River of Self-Doubt
In this week’s The Soul of Therapy, psychologist Kevin Anderson, Ph.D., shares how to tackle self-doubt and low self-esteem.
Crossing the Threshold
There is a point at which things happen. Water in a teakettle must reach 100o C (at sea level) before it will boil. The air temperature must drop below 0o C before rain…
Crucial Practice: The Mindful Diaper Change
Cassandra Vieten, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and the co-director of the Mind-Body Medicine Research Group at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. Becoming…
Cruising into Health: The Holistic Holiday at Sea
Always dreamed of going on a cruise that also nourishes your mind, body and spirit? Then you'll love traveling with us on this episode of Conscious Living®, where we cruised the Ca…
Crystal Fenton
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CS Lewis on What Lies Ahead
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. - CS Lewis
Cullen Hoback
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Cultivate a Daily Practice and Sacred Space
Creating a daily ritual and sacred space can be the difference between a mediocre day and day filled with intention and positivity. Learn how to start cultivating a practice to start your day off on the right foot.
Cultivate Balance: 4 Resources for Encouraging Self Care
If you’ve found your way to this blog, the chances are that you might consider yourself an activist. If that’s the case, chances also are that you or someone you love has had is…
Cultivate Intuition with this Simple Trick
I’m stuck in the middle of a long, very dull managers meeting around an oval executive table and my relatively new, spunky boss (whom I happen to like) is so passionate about prese…
Cultivate the Habits of Lasting Happiness
The key to happiness is in giving, not getting. Yeah, you know that. But do you know why?
Cultivating a Gratitude Practice
In all my years of following the Buddhist path, there has been only one teaching that made me cringe. Whenever I heard it, my reaction was, “Are you kidding me?!” Here’s the …
Cultivating a Visionary Imagination
OK justice seekers, pop quiz! Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: “I am hopeful about the future.” Talk amongst yourselves! For those explorin…
Cultivating Connection
One of the most important parts of self-care is cultivating connection. This includes cultivating a connection with ourselves and with others. When it comes to others, it’s importa…
Cultivating Contagious Gratitude
When I walk through my plant nursery, The Sacred Garden, right after we have watered, there is a tangible energy in the air. Everything feels different. When I stop to be observant…
Cultivating Fluency in the Language of Nature
"Let's find our creative flow as a part of nature, with food. "
Cultivating Intimacy through Meditation
There are three major issues facing our world today, according to Buddhist teacher Michael Stone: Climate change, economic inequality, and a crisis of intimacy. Further, it may be …
Cultivating the Values of Your Practice
Rabbi Rami shares his personal practice for elevating awareness and compassion to bring thoughts, actions, and values into alignment.
Cultural Creatives The Revolution
Frigyes Fogel, FilmmakerThe so-called “Cultural Creatives” comprise over one-third of the adult populations of the United States, Europe, Japan, and other major cosmopolitan cities…
Culture, Not Hate? Symbols of the Confederacy
Two blocks north from my house, a neighbor flies a large Confederate flag. A half-mile south stands a statue commemorating the Confederate soldiers who fought to save my city from …
Cure Ruminative Thoughts with Sleep
Getting less than eight hours a night can lead to repetitive, intrusive thoughts.
Curing Insomnia Without Drugs
Can’t sleep? The bad news is that, according to new studies, insomnia increases our mortality risk threefold. The good news is that other new studies suggest enticing non-drug cure…
Current Issue
January-February 20126 steps to make your life countRabbi Rami Shapiro on love12 supplements for better brain powerFinding medidation through danceHow modern wheat might be making …
Customizing Spirituality with Katherine Ozment
Rabbi Rami talks to Katherine Ozment about insights from her research, a move toward reimagined spiritual rituals, and her new book Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, …
Cutting-to-the-Chase Meditation
This is my arrangement of a transcription of the conversation/dharma talk with Zen priest Sokuzan Bob Brown last Sunday at our local meditation group. Bob began by describing the b…
Cyndi Dale
Cyndi Dale is an internationally renowned author, speaker, and energy healer. She is the author of 27 books on energy medicine, intuition, and spirituality.
Cynthia Bunch
Cindy Bunch is associate publisher and director of editorial for InterVarsity Press, where she acquires and develops books on spiritual formation. She is a trained spiritual direct…
Cynthia Daddona
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Cynthia J. Drake
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Cynthia Kane
Cynthia Kane is a certified meditation and mindfulness instructor and the founder of the Kane Intentional Communication Institute, LLC. She is the author of How to Communicate Like…
Cyril Connolly on rest
Like water we are truest to our nature in repose
Cyrus Khambatta, PhD, and Robby Barbaro, MPH
Cyrus Khambatta, PhD, and Robby Barbaro, MPH, are the team behind masteringdiabetes.org, an online coaching platform for people living with all forms of diabetes that foc…
D.E. Harris MSW LSW
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Dacher Keltner
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Dad Can't Handle Daughter Marrying Girlfriend
I’m a daddy’s girl, and my upcoming wedding to my girlfriend is killing him. I want him to walk me down the aisle, but I don’t think he’ll even attend. How do I get over my anger a…
Daily Affirmations
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Daily Muscle Relief to Alleviate Back Pain
Use this routine to begin your day or before your workout for increased stability and mobility.
Dairy-Free Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream
Next to heirloom tomatoes and soft stone fruit, the best part of summer for me is all the ice cream! When we first moved to Denver, the hot nights drove Shaun and I to the streets …
Daksha Patel
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Dalai Lama
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso is the head of the Tibetan Government in Exile and the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He received The Nobel Peace Prize…
Damien Echols
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Damon Orion
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Dan Cohen, MD
Dr. Daniel Cohen is a neurologist, inventor, entrepreneur and author. He is known for his work on brainwave monitors, sleep disorders diagnostics and the Breathe Right nasal strip.…
Dan Harris
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Dan LaSalle
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Dan Siegel on the Mind
Rabbi Rami talks to Daniel J. Siegel, MD about his book Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human. A review of his book can be found in the Nov/Dec 2016 issue of Spirituality &am…
Dana Micucci
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Dana Velden
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Dance Like No One's Watching: How to Get Your Creative Groove Back
“Creativity is God’s will for us and should be practiced like any other spiritual practice – one day at a time.” – Julia CameronAs a child, being creative is a natural part of ever…
Dance of the Deer Foundation Center for Shamanic Studies
Discover shamanic retreats, workshops and seminars worldwide with renowned shaman and healer Brant Secunda.
Dancing Into Silence
R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton and Will Clipman“The sound, the sine wave pattern of the instrument itself, will move people on different levels,” says Native American flute master …
Dancing, Healing
Julie Peters talks with Indigenous dance artist Olivia C. Davies about dance as a healing practice.
Dani Burlison
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Dani DiPirro
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Daniel Amen, M.D.
Dr. Amen is a neuroscientist, psychiatrist, New York Times bestselling author, and founder of Amen Clinics. For more information about how to enhance your brain health, visit amenc…
Daniel Goleman
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Daniel Gottlieb
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Daniel J. Siegel
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Daniel Medina
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Danielle La Porte
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Dantian: What "Move from your Center" Actually Means
According to many traditions, the energy center of the body lies in a specific location, known to house an abundance of life-force energy or qi. In Chinese Qigong it is called the …
Daphne Rose Kingma on Life and Gratitude
Life itself is a gift
Dari Luna
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Dark Chocolate Protects the Heart
DARK CHOCOLATE PROTECTS THE HEARTIt takes surprisingly little dark chocolate to protect the heart against the risk of heart disease — 6.7 grams of this sweet indulgence a day to be…
Dark Heart
Ailish is very suspicious of him, but somehow they get close. Raymond is an old flame of Ailish's. She does not recognize him, but she feels like she knows him. Then there is Oisin…
Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT
Darlene Lancer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and expert on relationships and codependency. She’s the author of Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Free…
Darling
A Spiritual AutobiographyBy Richard RodriguezVikingIn the months after the events of September 11, 2001, the award-winning journalist Richard Rodriguez found himself drawn to learn…
Dating Online: Are You Just In Love With Love?
Dear Eve,I’m only fourteen years old, but I need some help. I have been talking to a girl (also fourteen) on the Internet for two months. We have traded pictures and know for sure …
David B. Agus MD
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David Batstone
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David Byrne
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David Dillard-Wright PhD
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David Hanscom, MD
David Hanscom, MD is an orthopedic complex spinal deformity surgeon who quit his practice and is on a mission is to re-introduce true healing into medicine. He believes that doctor…
David Helvarg
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David Hendricks MD
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David Hoffmeister
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David Jaffe
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David Javerbaum
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David Kessler
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David Kessler
David Kessler is the world’s most well-known expert on grieving. He worked closely with the legendary Elisabeth Kübler-Ross for the last decade of her life. They co-authored t…
David Kupfer
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David Perlmutter, MD, and Austin Perlmutter, MD
Dr. Perlmutter is a Board-Certified Neurologist and five-time New York Times bestselling author. He serves on the Board of Directors and is a Fellow of the American Colle…
David Richo
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David Sheff
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David Steindl-Rast
Brother David Steindl-Rast, O.S.B., is the author of Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer and A Listening Heart. A senior member of the Benedictine monastery Mount Saviour, he is a le…
David Thornton, D. Min.
David Thornton, D. Min., is an integrative pastoral therapist in Nashville, Tennessee. For a schedule of his retreats and work-shops, write him at [email protected]…
David Weitzner
David Weitzner is at heart a philosopher who briefly became a music industry executive and has now spent over a decade as a professor of strategy. He is the author of Fif…
David Weitzner
David Weitzner is an assistant professor of management at York University. His new book Fifteen Paths is out now with ECW Press. Follow him on Twitter @WeitznerDavid…
David Wilson
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Davina Kotulski
Davina Kotulski is a best-selling author, international life coach, clinical psychologist and LGBTQ equal rights activist based in Los Angeles. Her newest book is It’s Never T…
Dawn E. Chomyn
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Dawn Lemanne MD MPH
Dawn Lemanne MD, MPH, is a Stanford-trained oncologist who has treated thousands of cancer patients with an integrative approach. She has a special interest in unusual recoveries f…
Dawna Markova
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Dawna Markova and Angie McArthur
Dawna Markova PhD is cofounder and CEO Emeritus of Professional Thinking Partners. An inspirational speaker, writer, researcher, and teacher, she is internationally known for …
Dawning of a New Age: How to Be a 21st-century Peacemaker
The New Year is fast approaching, and with it the opportunity to reflect on how we did this past year. It’s an important time to focus on what we’d like to create in the coming yea…
Day Schildkret
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Dead Can Dance
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Dealing with COVID-19: 5 Ways to Control Coronavirus Anxiety
Is coronavirus news ramping up your anxiety? Does the thought of social distancing make you fret? Try these five strategies to help you cope.
Dean Radin
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Dean Taraborelli
Dean Taraborelli is the founder and administrator of The Sanctuary at Sedona, an integrative addiction recovery center in northern Arizona. He is a leading faculty m…
Deanna Minich
Deanna Minich, PhD, is a functional medicine-trained clinician and researcher with a unique approach to clinical medicine that combines physiology and psychology. She is the author…
Death Is But a Dream
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.”
Death of My Teacher Bonia Shur
One of my dearest teachers died last Thursday. His name was Bonia Shur, and he was Director of Liturgical Arts at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). Bonia…
Deborah Anne Quibell
Deborah started writing poetry at the age of five. She fell in love with the mystics in her teens, and began a life of insatiable spiritual inquiry. She lives in Rome, Italy with h…
Deborah Gordon MD
Deborah Gordon MD is a competitive rower and paleo aficionado who practices integrative medicine in Ashland, Oregon. She is keenly aware of the need to maintain muscle and bone mas…
Deborah Hanekamp
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Deborah Jones
Deborah Jones is the executive director of Nine Gates Programs, Inc., serving as the spiritual leader and primary teacher of the Mystery Schools and other graduate programs. She is…
Deborah Kesten
Deborah Kesten, M.P.H., is the award-winning author of Feeding the Body, Nourishing the Soul (Conari Press) and The Healing Secrets of Food (New World Library). A pioneer…
Deborah Kremins, MIM
Deborah Kremins, MIM graduated in 1992 with a Master Certification in Intuition Medicine® from the Academy of Intuition Medicine® in Sausalito, California. She has worked with…
Deborah Martin
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Debra Farrington
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Debra Silverman
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Debunking Love Myths with Linda Boom
Eve Hogan talks to author and teacher Linda Bloom about recognizing and overcoming myths and more details in her new book Happily Ever After...and 39 Other Myths about Love.Linda B…
December 10th Remember the Light Within
“This book is a treasure trove of wisdom for today’s spiritual seekers. It’s filled with liberating insights, and it’s grounded in practical processes that bring spirituality to li…
December 14th Living from the Center Within
Living from the Center Within: Co-Creating Who You Are Becoming
December 18th Good Clean Love
Good Clean Love is revolutionizing the sexual health product industry with organic solutions for intimacy and feminine hygiene. Discover the only patented, scientifically advanced …
December 1st: We Moon Astrological Datebook
Astrological Datebook, moon calendar & visionary collection of women’s creative work
December 20th Lotus Wei Card Deck
Wake up your inner wisdom with 54 beautiful flower cards + 8 different reading methods. Choose the flowers you’re most attracted to + find out what it means about you. Discover new…
December 21st Zenvelope
Life is amazing and people are missing it by seeing the world through their devices. Devices and technology are amazing, but they’re lenses, and they don’t capture life as sweetly …
December 4th Someone to Watch over Me Book
“Someone to Watch Over Me is a sweet little gift for connecting with one’s inner spirit, for giving voice to one’s inner being, and for connecting one’s essence with Guardian Prote…
December 6th Beyond Suffering Bible
Maybe you or a loved one is hurting. God’s Word will meet you where you are. The Beyond Suffering Bible is the first study Bible made specifically for those who suffer and the peop…
December 7th The Cultured Cook Book
Detailing everything you need to begin fermenting in your home kitchen, The Cultured Cook offers recipes and tips for making vegan, gluten-free foods even better for you. Your body…
December 8th The Straight Path Christian
This guide describes the straight path and how to walk it, so as to discover one’s purpose and fulfill that purpose. It examines the relationship between the soul, the mind, and th…
Deciphering the Signs of Your Intuition
Understanding the difference between genuine intuition and a bout of paranoia.
Decoding Deepak
Directed by Gotham ChopraSnagfilms.com/DecodingDeepakAlthough it was shot by his own son Gotham, this documentary about Deepak Chopra is far from a hagiography of the spiritual lea…
Decorate with Spirit: 5 Ways to invite peace into your home for the holidays
Many of us are so overwhelmed by holiday pressures that we miss out on the special moments that give meaning to this time of year. Whatever your religious beliefs, set yourself up …
Decorating with the Five Elements of Feng Shui
Tisha Morris Reveals the Amazing Possibilities for Transformation Balance your energy, improve your relationships and happiness, and heal your living space and the planet. Join fen…
Deep Listening
Dr. Neha Sangwan and writer and coach Jackee Holder say deep listening is the path to wellness
Deep Offline: The Next Wave of Community Organizing
In today’s social movements, there is typically online organizing (“Click here to do this good thing”) and there is offline organizing (“Excuse me, ma’am, would you sign this petit…
Deep Sleep Tonic
Try this ayurvedic fix for a better night’s sleep—great for calming vata, or any flighty, fractured, anxious, can’t-settle-down sort of energy.
Deep Ties to the Earth: How One Northern Cree Tribe Finds Peace of Mind
A new study reveals that the community’s strength and resilience are tied to the people’s spiritual openness, community engagement, and connection to the land.
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Deepen Your Practice: A Neighborhood Pilgrimage
By Amy Benedict We think of a pilgrimage as a journey of great spiritual or moral significance—yet our whole life’s course can be seen as a pilgrimage. A simple walk from yo…
Deepening an Emotional Attachment to Nature
I was fortunate to grow up in a family where sensitivity to nature was nurtured. We lived on a farm with daily interactions with the natural world. I got to know nature as so…
Deepening In
Yogi Bhajan a master of Kundalini Yoga often said, "Where there is love there is no question!"He obtained mastery at the age of 16 in the art and science of Kundalini Yoga and…
Defining the Indefinable
“Spiritual” starts to lose its meaning when you turn on the TV and hear a middle-aged guy in a car commercial use the “S” word to describe the feeling he gets when he climb…
Defying Gravity
Blame it on Cirque du Soleil. The circus-meets-fever-dream productions have been experienced by an estimated 90 million people, many of whom fell in love with the aerial artistry t…
Delightful Lessons from a Sacred Summer Reading List
There is so much to learn on this journey of spiritual activism and sacred service, and I have a stack of books on my nightstand to aid me on this path. And while I don’t bel…
Dementia as My Teacher
I am a huge advocate of self-observation and monitoring of one’s own behavior. I aim to constantly practice noticing how I am personally behaving. I aim to maintain awareness and c…
Demystifying Snack Bars: Dos and Don’ts
What’s the difference between a granola bar and a protein bar, and are they truly healthy?
Denny Daikeler
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Depression Still Undertreated
Only one-third of people diagnosed with depression actually start treatment.
Describe Someone Especially Beautiful to You
People with developmental disabilities are not people who are going to do big things, but they’re beautiful people, because they’re not people of the head, they’re people of the he…
Design Therapy
Does your décor reveal your secret anxieties? Never fear—holistic design expert Laura Benko is here.
Desire: Are You Content or Simply Settling?
“Desire is the feeling that there is something more out there for us, something bigger, something that has meaning and wants to drive us forward in our lives.”
Desmond Tutu & Mpho Tutu
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Destroy Your Enemies. (Make Them Your Friends)
Abraham Lincoln said that the most effective way of destroying enemies was to make them friends. Sounds so wonderful and wise, doesn’t it? But what about in actual practice? Honest…
Detox and Declutter Your Bathroom
Your bathroom should feel like a place where you can detox from everyday stress. Here is how to create a clean, streamlined space to enjoy.
Detox with this Gingery Lemon Soup
A clear vegetable soup with the warmth of ginger and the brightness of lemon adds punch to fresh, purifying produce.
Detox Your Fridge
Prepare for success by turning your refrigerator into a lean, mean, clean machine.
Detoxify Your Gut: Relax Into a Healthy Rhythm
The secret to a happy, health gut is knowing it’s not what you eat, it’s how.
Detoxing for Spring: Prep Your Body to Leave Winter Behind
Dr. Stacie J. Stephenson, chair of Functional Medicine at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, shares ways to support a healthy mind and body as we transition from winter into spring.
Deva Premal
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Deva Premal & Miten’s 5 Surprising Ways to Make Love Last
Based on their experiences, here are some how to make love last tips.
Developing Self-Forgiveness and Self-Compassion as a Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse
"Tell someone you were sexually abused as a child and soon the word 'forgiveness' pops up. 'Have you forgiven your abusers?' the curious predictably ask. Why does this concern, I wonder, supersede others?"
Devin Johnston
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Devotionals: Connecting With Unexpected Ancestors
Devotionals serve as a grounding presence during unprecedented times. “The practice of a daily devotion connects to the idea of spiritual reflection as a way to gain clarity and peace. Daily time for devotion creates inner peace, slows us down, and allows us to connect with the divine.”
Dharma Grace
Dharma Grace is a psychotherapist who loves spending time with her family. Her mission in life is to surround herself with as much joy and laughter as possible. Grace currently res…
Dhumavati: Goddess of Empowering Ugliness
So how can we, with Dhumavati, embrace the ways in which we are, powerfully, ugly?
Diana Butler Bass
Diana Butler Bass, PhD, is the award-winning author of 10 books. She can be found on Twitter @dianabutlerbass or at dianabutlerbass.com.…
Diane Gansauer
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Diane Musho Hamilton
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Diane Musho Hamilton, Gabriel Menegale Wilson, and Kimberly Loh
Diane Musho Hamilton is an award-winning professional mediator, author, and teacher of Zen meditation. She is the Executive Director of Two Arrows Zen, a practice in Utah, and cofo…
Diane Stelfox Cook
Diane Stelfox Cook is the author of So Many Angels: A Family Crisis and the Community That Got Us Through It. Following a 15-year career as an attorney, Diane Stelfox Cook bec…
Diane Wilde and Buddhist Pathways Prison Project
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Different Ways to Work With the Universe
Here's a great opportunity in terms of practice to explore the different levels of perceiving and working with the universe.
Digestive Health and the Earth Element
Support the immune and digestive systems by balancing the Earth element and nourishing the spleen.
Digestive Support for Detoxification
Spring is an ideal time for detoxification. This is the season of new growth, a time to refresh our system by cleaning out toxins accumulated during the winter months and to rechar…
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Dinacharya: A Yogi’s Routine for a Long and Healthy Life
Align with nature’s rhythm and see your own radical change
Dining at the Smorgasbord of World Religions
“Honestly, I had no idea there were so many religions in the world. What I want to know is why that is.”
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Discipline, concentration, and wisdom: What we need and what we get.
We were fortunate to have Sokuzan Bob Brown, from Battle Creek, Michigan, with us in our local sangha for our 4-hour block sitting on Sunday. In his dharma talk afterward, he talke…
Discover the Seven Gifts of Menopause
The developmental tasks of menopause move you closer to becoming more mature, courageous, and wise.
Discover Your Blueprint for Your Passionate Purpose
Finding the path that brings you the most joy requires inner awareness.
Discover Your Sacred Dream
A shaman’s journey from the nightmare to the daydream to the sacred dream.
Discovering Gold on the Gold Coast of Australia
How a Trip to the Land Down Under Shifted My Perspective from Hole to Whole
Discovering Your Dependable Strengths
Identify and understand your strengths as a path toward self-discovery.
Dispelling Fear
"A woman in her 40s was seated on a bench at the park entrance. She was weeping. I asked her if I could help. She replied that although she was healthy, she was scared."
Diversifying Meditation
“Meditation is not only one of the best forms of relaxation; it is free, fully accessible, and easily taught. The practice can be expanded to low-income and minority populations through four simple ways.”
Divine Brine for the Dis-Ease of...
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Divine Voice with Paul Selig
Through his mysterious “Guides,” the author Paul Selig channels spiritual wisdom from another world.
Divine You Crafts
Give a mindful experience! Create in a new way where crafting becomes a meditative practice. Anyone can craft consciously with our subscription service or individual kits. Instruct…
Divinity at the Dinner Table
I recently did a 21-day sugar detox and although I expected it to be interesting, amazing and at times even harrowing, I never expected it to be the topic of a blog about spiritual…
Divorce Hurts: Finding a New Way to Heal
by Michele Davidson Divorce holds the potential to transform the lives of those who go through it. It is a painful journey, one that takes courage and a personal commitment to hea…
DIY Quiet: Six Tips to Find Your Stillness
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DIY Spring Gardening Secrets
Ready to grow your own food this season?On this in-studio episode of Conscious Living®, gardening expert Meredith Sheperd, the founder of Love and Carrots, shares time-tested secre…
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DNA: The Things We Carry
Ninety percent of the cells in what we think of as our body are nonhuman. Our nonhuman components fuel our cells, digest our food, synthesize vitamins, maintain our immune defenses…
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Do Animals Have More Soul Than We Do?
Not only do animals live, they have lives—with “undiluted purity and clarity…”
Do Dings and Divots Reveal Soul?
My mother died suddenly from a heart attack, and I can’t rid myself of the anger I feel toward her for that. I love her deeply, and I feel guilty about the anger. And I’m fearful t…
Do Eyeshades Protect Against Obesity and Cancer?
In Newsweek last December, science writer Sharon Begley pulled together research showing that lab animals and pets are getting fatter, just like people: “In Macaques, living in res…
Do Feelings Look the Same in Every Human Face?
A new study sparks scientific debate about emotional expression—and raises questions about what we all have in common.
Do Good Gurus Have to Be Good People?
Having worked at a retreat center for the past few decades, I’ve become intimate with many gurus and their flocks. My conclusion is that the nature of every great teacher mirrors …
Do Horror Films Serve a Spiritual Purpose?
Is the appeal of horror films deeper and more ancient than simply wanting to get scared?
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…
Do I Tell My Dying Daughter That I Don’t Believe in Heaven?
My roommate insists it’s impossible to prove the existence of God. I’m not sure. What’s your take?It all depends on how you define the word “God.” For example, if you define God as…
Do No Harm to Those You Love
In my work, I have witnessed many beautiful words of consolation and comfort gone awry.
Do Not Feed The Birds
Feeding wild birds through the winter might make you feel like a good interspecies neighbor, but it turns out that your apparent good deed may be doing more harm than good.A recent…
Do We Need a New God?
“We need a new understanding of God that allows us to leave behind the zero-sum and xenophobic narratives of country, kin, culture, and parental bias and embrace the diversity of humanity within the greater unity of God.”
Do We Talk Too Much About Our Pain?
In a world of constant sharing—a debate about how much is too much.
Do You Know Your Star Sign?
Most of us have been asked our astrological sign. This most often means our Sun sign. Have you ever been asked “What is your Star?”
Do You Make Yourself Difficult to Love?
When someone says they love you, is your first impulse to argue that they can't?One night when I was 21, a man with curly copper-penny hair told me: I love you.Under the streetligh…
Do You Suffer from Secondhand Stress?
Do you cringe when you see someone get yelled at, hurt, or embarrassed? Do you tend to soak up others’ emotions—especially the feelings of those close to you? A new study has…
Do You Wonder as You Wander?
We all know the drill with New Year’s resolutions. Make a fancy wish. Look to the twinkling lights of the holidays. Hope for the best. Mmm hmm.But haven’t New Years resolutions bee…
Do your pets get more attention than your partner?: Love lessons from pets
If you’re like me, there are days when your “to do” list seems endless. This morning as I read through the list of things that absolutely had to get done today, one of my four cats…
Do-It-Yourself Love
Dear Eve,I am in some deep relationship trouble. My husband (52 years old) of 8 years (lived together for 5 years before we got married) has told me that he wants to move out. He s…
Doctored
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Does Beautiful Scenery Make People Less Religious?
The sun sinks below the horizon and the water laps onto the sand, still warm from the day’s heat. Or perhaps you prefer your sunsets served atop a mountain range, with a side of co…
Does Cheating Spell Doom for a Relationship?
Dear Eve,I have a friend who is planning to marry a guy she has been dating for about two years. I'm concerned because he has cheated on her before, and the whole "once a cheater, …
Does Doing What You Love Require Doing What You Hate?
We're often told: Do what you love.Our friends, teachers and whoever else cares about us says it. Self-help authors say it. On good days, we say it to ourselves.It's a truth nugget…
Does Everyone Call You "Negative"?
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Does Fizz Fight Autoimmune Disorders?
A new study suggests drinking baking soda may help combat common diseases.
Does Free Will Exist?
“Déjà vu, prescience, and synchronicity each give us hints of a larger, more subtle, field of interconnecting thought, awareness and expression beyond the usual linear extension of time and space.”
Does God Favor Abortion?
Is God in favor of abortion? Maybe so. An article in The Tennessean newspaper told the story of a fifteen-year-old unmarried girl pregnant with triplets. The pregnancy was not goi…
Does it Matter if You're an Alcoholic?
If you are questioning your relationship with alcohol, could that make you one of the lucky ones?
Does Red Equal Well Fed?
A new study suggests that humans naturally choose red foods over other colors of foods.
Does Religion Divide Your Family?
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Does Your Personality Predict Your Happiness?
According to a new study, the relationship between happiness and personality is more complex than we thought.
Does Your Religion Bring You Joy?
“Ask yourself: What in your religious and spiritual life brings you joy?”
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Doing No Harm
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Don Miguel Ruiz on Attention
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Don't Die Waiting to be Brave
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Don't Panic! Worrying about your health can trigger real symptoms
Your mom always told you that worrying would make the shot worse, and now research confirms that some things really do hurt more if you think they will.A study published recently i…
Don't Surrender Your Loneliness So Quickly
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Don't Worry, Be Quiet: or, How I Learned that Rest Is a Choice
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Don’t Die Waiting to Be Brave
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Don’t Hold the Phone!
When you instinctively reach for your phone because you have a spare moment, here are 15 ways to fill that moment instead.
Don’t Ignore Being Overwhelmed
“When overwhelm is given the time and space it needs to be processed, it transforms into a victory attempting to happen.”
Don’t Just Sit There!
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Don’t Know What To Do? 5 Ways to Navigate Liminal Space
The liminal space is the area between, the area of change and transition. It’s uncomfortable, but don’t attempt to ‘do’ your way out of liminality by setting goals and plowing ahead.
Don’t Let Your Genes Dictate Your Health Story
You do not have to live according to what's been written by your DNA.
Don’t Make These Two Beginner Meditation Mistakes
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Don’t Move the Way Fear Makes You Move
I wonder: are there really only two ways to deal with life—either through fear or love?I think the answer is much more complex than responding with black and white answers. But if …
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Donna Thomson and Zachary White, Ph.D, are the authors of The Unexpected Journey of Caring: The Transformation of Loved One to Caregiver.
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Dosha-licious: Pitta Radiant
Pitta, you are the light of the world. You bring us color, vision, clarity, focus, enthusiasm, adventure!
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Down in the Chapel
Religious Life in an American PrisonBy Joshua DublerFarrar, Straus and GirouxIn his classic work The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James muses that religion starts wit…
Down Is the Way to Well-Being
A life grounded in the reality of our own nature and our right relationship to the world allows us to stumble and fall, get back up.
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Dr. Cresencia Felty, ND
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Dr. Daniel Siegel's Wheel of Awareness
One of the leading experts in the human mind Dr. Daniel Siegel talks to Rabbi Rami.
Dr. Dean Ornish: A Simple Choice for Powerful Health Benefits
The renowned physician and researcher on food addiction, the protein myth, and the power of love and connection to strengthen our health.
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Dr. Paul Lubitz: The Entrepreneurial DermatologistArt of Skin
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Dr. Sean Wharton Advises How to Help Your Kids Eat Healthier
We all know – or at least we all should know – that “we are what we eat”. “We are what we eat” is a common catchphrase that explains that eating nutritious food keeps us heal…
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Dr. Stacie Stephenson
Stacie Stephenson, DC, CNS, DABAAHP, FAARM, is a recognized physician and lecturer focused on regenerative, functional, and natural medicine. One of the first female health physic…
Dr. Su Ravindran Talks About Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
Many of us are well aware of what mindfulness is and the health and holistic benefits it provides. Those who practice mindfulness meditation, for example, understand personal…
Dr. Sunwolf on the need for quiet thought.
Some days, we just need to turn the quiet up.
Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum’s Heart Book
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Dr. Yehezkel Landau
Dr. Yehezkel Landau is a founder of the Open House peace center for Jewish and Arab children, teens, and adults in Ramle, Israel. For more on his holistic peace-making and training…
Dreading the Next Family Gathering?
Getting together with family, especially during the holidays, can cause a lot of stress and anxiety—even if it’s all love. In this week’s The Soul of Therapy, psychologist Kevin Anderson, PhD, gives us the tools to cope.
Dream Yoga with Andrew Holecek
Rabbi Rami talks to Andrew Holecek about lucid dreaming and his new book Dream Yoga. A review of his book can be found in the July/August issue of Spirituality & Health.Andrew …
Dreams at the Edge of Sleep
Liminal dreaming is a remarkable mind state, one you can channel for creativity or problem solving, use as a form of metacognition to explore your thought processes, or simply play with as a form of consciousness exploration.
Drink Less, Meditate More
Even casual drinkers are giving up booze for a month, a year, or forever in a movement that combines mental and physical wellness. Melissa Howsam talks to two mothers of the movement.
Drink Tea - It's Good for You!
The delicate new leaves and buds of each new tea shoot contain ingredients that deliver a number of health benefits to our bodies.
Drinking in the Joy
An excerpt from Randi Ragan’s book A Year of Living Mindfully: Seasonal Practices to Nourish Body, Mind, and Spirit
Drishti: Ancient Yoga Technique for Balance, Vision, and Focus
Ever heard the saying, "Where your attention goes, energy flows"? This phrase is extremely helpful not only during yoga practice, but in life in general. When we practice yoga asan…
Drive Time Rx
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Driving Evil Spirits Away with Bottle Rockets
Normally, when it comes to clothing used for a religious rite, you think of robes, a miter, a tallit (or prayer shawl), and perhaps a head scarf.Here is what I wore to honor Guan Y…
Driving in Search of Herself
A writer in crisis makes a pilgrimage trek to her childhood home. A story in three parts.
Drop Dead Healthy
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Drop In: The Benefits of Malasana Pose
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Drug-Free, Device-Free, Effective Birth Control
Natural forms of birth control are often discounted because of the tremendous amount of misinformation and misunderstanding that exists in both the medical community and in the gen…
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Dying as a Spiritual Practice: An Interview with BJ Miller
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Dying Without Religion: The Existential Concern
Does a nonspecific spirituality (aka spiritual but not religious) suffice to address existential qualms at death's door?
Dynamize Your Garden with these Biodynamic Practices
One afternoon last summer, an official from the Department of Agriculture unexpectedly stopped by Angela Macke’s farm in Leelanau County, Michigan, to give her — believe it or not …
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E-Wellness
From medical appointments to yoga classes, the world has gone virtual—and it’s working. Brandi-Ann Uyemura digs into the future of care.
E. E. Cummings on brave authenticity
It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are. - E. E. Cummings
E.B. White on awe
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder
Earth Meditation for Safety and Calm
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Earth Warrior
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Earthly Goods: Get Fit, Feel Better
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Ease Suffering with Music
In the growing field of music thanatology, research finds that a patient’s final days can be made easier with music.When aggressive treatments and heroic measures fail, caregivers …
Easing Anxiety with Kava
New research indicates this South Pacific root—an ancient tonic for relaxation—can help calm frayed nerves.
Easing the Angst of Adolescence
Practicing mindfulness can help teens cope with the pressures of growing up—and even ward off symptoms of depression.
Easing the Burden of Spousal Caregiving
Feeling appreciated is the key to lowering stress, according to a new study.
East Coast Travel Gets Greener
In 1991, a group of civic planners from New York City, Boston, and Washington DC came together with a concept for a hard-surface trail system connecting their three cities. The tra…
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Easy, Ayurveda-inspired Snacks for Kids
An Ayurvedic doctor shares some of her favorite easy-to-prepare Ayurveda inspired recipes that make for delicious and healthy snacks for kids.
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Eat Broccoli for Aching Joints?
Researchers have long known that cruciferous vegetables—members of the cabbage family like Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and bok choy—are among the healthiest you can …
Eat Leafy Greens for a Sharper Brain
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Eat Less Meat (But Still Get Your Protein) With These 3 Power Seeds
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Eat With Grace to Deepen Your Connection With Others and the Earth
Eating with mindfulness and awareness may be one of the clearest pathways to understanding the soul/mind/body connection and can help strengthen our bond to the rest of the natural world.
Eat Your Flowers
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Eat Your Weeds!
Look no farther than your backyard for this season’s tastiest and most nutritious greens.
Eating for Peace in the Body
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Eating Spicy Food May Help you Live Longer
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Eating The Sun: A Soup for the Darkest of Seasons
Celebrate the return of light with this sunny and bright soup.
Eckhart Tolle on breath
One conscious breath in and out is a meditation
Eckhart Tolle on connectedness
At the deepest level of Being you are one with all that is. - Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle on gratitude and presence
It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up. - Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle on illusion
The good news is if you can recognize illusion as illusion it dissolves
Eckhart Tolle: The Easier Path
The renowned spiritual teacher on getting stuck in the future and saving the planet.
Eckhart Tolle's "Music for Inner Stillness"
Music has always been a way to get in touch with emotion, nature, and inner stillness. And who better to choose a compilation of songs to promote relaxed presence than Eckhart Toll…
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Editor Picks: Books, Films, and Music
Thoughtful reads, alternatives to blockbuster films, and music to move your soul. Here are our May/June 2015 reviews:BooksBrain Maker The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect …
Editor’s Picks: Books, Music, Film
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Edmund Hillary on achievement
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves
Edmund Hillary on the true summit
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Educating the Muslims of America
Edited by Yvonne Y. Haddad, Farad Sensei, and Jane I. SmithOxford University Press, 2009, $29.95Islamic schools face many challenges in post-9/11 America. Muslims are now regarded …
Edward Abbey on adventure and awe
May your trails be crooked winding lonesome dangerous leading to the most amazing view
Edward Bastian PhD
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Edward Espe Brown
Edward Espe Brown is a Zen priest who became famous for the Tassajara Bread Book. This piece was adapted from No Recipe: Cooking as Spiritual Practice, by Edward Espe Brown. Sounds…
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Eggplant & Roasted Red Pepper Pasta
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Eight Golden Rules for Playing Your Best Tennis
Sally Huss, a Wimbledon semi-finalist and a national champion in her age group, has taught her own brand of Zen tennis. But she is best known as the “artist of happiness,” with che…
Eight Paths to the Goddess
On the spring equinox this year, with the full moon in Virgo, about a hundred people gathered excitedly together in Ashland, Oregon, to dance, to pray, and to perform ceremonies to…
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Elaine Voci PhD is a Life Skills Coach and Certified Life Cycle Celebrant. She is also the author of Bridge Builders: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things, and Creat…
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Elaine Voci PhD is a Life Skills Coach and Certified Life Cycle Celebrant. She is also the author of Bridge Builders: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things, and Creating the Wo…
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Elbert Hubbard on abundance and love
Life in abundance only comes through great love
Eleanor Ford
Eleanor Ford, whose architect father designed hotels in Bali and Java, was a frequent traveler to Indonesia throughout her childhood. One particular grey winter in London, she and …
Elemental
Directed by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee and Gayatri RoshanElemental traces the stories of three very different eco-warriors. In India, the catastrophic pollution of the Ganges now affects…
Elena Mironov
Elena Mironov (www.elenamironov.com) is a Zurich-based senior yoga and meditation teacher, educator and author with over 15 years of teaching experience, 90+ yoga retreats and over…
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Elie Wiesel on the right assertion of power
Ultimately the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. — Elie Wiesel
Elisabeth Abeson
A Writer & Artist with a background in International Development, Elisabeth began studying Ayurveda with Dr. Vasant Lad at The Ayurvedic Institute in New Mexico in October 2018. Th…
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning on making our world a better place
Light tomorrow with today
Elizabeth Barrett Browning on positivity
Light tomorrow with today
Elizabeth Berg on love
There is love in holding and there is love in letting go
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Elizabeth Gilbert Gets Spiritual
Your host Rabbi Rami talks to Elizabeth Gilbert about her ideas around spirituality and her new book Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. A review of the book can be found in Se…
Elizabeth Gilbert on Courage
Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be
Elizabeth Gilbert on her new novel, "The Signature of All Things"
Charting the border between science and spirituality.What led you to explore the subject of botany? My parents gave me a copy of a book that had belonged to my great…
Elizabeth Gilbert on realism and grit
Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be
Elizabeth Gilbert on worth
You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path not by your successes or failures
Elizabeth Lesser
Elizabeth Lesser is cofounder of Omega Institute, this country’s largest holistic education and spiritual retreat center.
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Ella Berthoud is a bibliotherapist at the international School of Life, prescribing literary cures to readers everywhere. She is the co-author of The Novel Cure and …
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Elva Victoria is a retired librarian from Brightwaters, NY (where it's always sunny, even as you read this). She lives with her husband, Perry and their dog, Charley, who stands in…
Email is Great
Email is so great. Just this morning I opened my mail and found 85 messages waiting for me. Scanning the subject headings I learned that Michelle Obama wants to meet me. Seriously…
Emanuel Swedenborg on conscience.
Conscience is Gods presence in man
Embodying Change: How Movement Can Transform Your Life
Research now proves what these experts already knew: that if you want to change your life, the place to start isn't in your mind, but in your body.
Embracing All Emotions: An Empath Pioneer Shows You How
On the heels of her new book, we chat up Karla McLaren on what we can learn from our anger, how to approach anxiety, why positive emotions aren't always positive, and more.
Embracing Moments of Collapse
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."
Embracing Our Flaws
Instead of hiding who we are, we have to embrace the broken times and faults that make us beautiful.
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Emerging Artist: Alisha Zalkin
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Your mind cannot possibly understand God Your heart already knows
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In last week’s post, I talked about the vital importance of emotional intelligence. Medical professionals are learning that a huge, overlooked reason many North Americans get sick …
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Dear Eve, I am so frustrated I feel like giving up. I am struggling in so many areas of my life. My relationship is sort of “so so,” nothing horrible, but nothing to write home ab…
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Empathy: It's a Win-Win
At a family holiday dinner last week, it finally dawned on me that certain people I consider smart and beautiful consider themselves stupid and hideous.Granted, I spent most of my …
Empathy: Medicine for a Wounded World
Here are eight ways to shift your thoughts to develop deeper empathy and help raise the vibration of our world.
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End the Throwaway Culture: Easy Eco Swaps
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Ending it Well: Missives from Inside the Death Wellness Movement
The death wellness movement is about facing hard choices openly and mindfully. For author Leslie Krongold, this has been a very personal exploration.
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Engage Nature’s Healing Energies
“If you feel drawn to a particular place outdoors in nature, try to go there (even if just in your mind).”
Enjoy Every Sandwich
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Episode 4: Allan Lokos
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Episode 6: Clark Strand
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Essential Conversations with Rabbi Rami: 21st Century Spirituality
Former priest Matthew Fox speaks with Rabbi Rami Shapiro about his work, and his new book, modern spirituality, and intergenerational wisdom.
Essential Life Skill Four: Realign with your Authentic Self
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Esther Perel: Rekindling Desire
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Everything Is Broken
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Everything is Spiritual: The New Audiobook by Bestselling Author Rob Bell
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Everything You Need to Know about Sleep…and How to Get it
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Excerpt: Learning to Walk in the Dark
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Exercise as the Ultimate Antidepressant
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Exercise: Body Play That Benefits the Soul
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Explore CBD
In our special section we explore CBD from a variety of angles. Dive in to get up to speed on this huge trend.
Explore the Labyrinth as a Walking Meditation
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Explore the Power of Stories at the 2020 Festival of Faiths
“A diverse lineup of speakers and artists will explore the power of stories to transform, to inspire and to heal individuals and communities.”
Exploring Facial Gua Sha
There’s an increase in interest in this Asian healing modality. Let’s take a look.
Exploring Honor with Brady Kiesling
Host Rabbi Rami talks with historian and author Brady Kiesling about democracy, the government and his story "Being Honorable" published in the May/June issue o…
Exploring the Mechanics of Thought
It is a much better strategy to focus on the mechanics of thought, rather than the content of thought.
Exploring the Power of Intuition
Within the quietness of mind you hear a kind of deeper process, a deeper wisdom.
Expose Yourself: A New Year Intention, Inspired By the Moon
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Expressing Myself Through Nia
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Extended Emotions Meditation: 20 min.
Discover inner freedom. In this meditation, Grokker Meditation Expert Mark Coleman will demonstrate how to open to, feel, and sense emotional states with acceptance and curios…
Extreme Permaculture
From the rainy coast of British Columbia to the Texas desert to the snows of Sweden, these die-hard off-the-gridders test the limits of complete sustainability.
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Omar stood on my doorstep, smiling and peering at me through square, outdated glasses. He placed his hand over his heart in a traditional Muslim greeting and stepped inside. …
Faith and the Family: When Our Beliefs Differ
When loved ones challenge our deepest beliefs, is it even possible to agree to disagree?
Faith Beyond Belief
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Fall Health And The 5 Elements: How Ayurveda Helps
Did you know that the seasons are governed by the five elements? As we enter fall, we are shifting from fire-dominated summer to wind-dominated autumn.