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ONE WORD TO BEAT WINTER BLUES: BIOMIMICRY
CREATURELY REFLECTIONS
THINKING ABOUT RESTITUTION
THE HEART OF HAPPINESS
WAITING IN LINE
OUR WALK IN THE WORLD
ENTER THE SAUNA
Journalist Emily O’Kelly shares some uplifting research on the benefits of sweat bathing, a global healing practice not just limited to Northern climes.
the trail of ATONEMENT
One Ashkenazi Jewish family escaped pogroms in Russia and then flourished in South Dakota, but the “free land” of their new homestead had been unfairly taken from the Lakota by the United States. Generations later, a celebrated investigative journalist set out to tell the truth of the Lakota and her family, calculate The Cost of Free Land—and pay it back.
STALKING YOUR Mind
Stalking the Mind is part of an ancient Indigenous American Medicine Way to tame your guilt, fears, and shame. What we’re “stalking” are our thought patterns and beliefs that seem to create the opposite of happiness and wellbeing. It’s a powerful psychotherapeutic journey of healing without the diagnosis or labels.
LEAVING MESA VERDE
After 21 years of service at Mesa Verde National Park, RANGER DAVID FRANKS recently guided his last tour of the pueblos and cliff dwellings. He says he was fortunate to assist the archeologists with a variety of work and never lost his amazement with their ability to figure out how and when things happened. The question he still wrestles with is much deeper: Why they left?
BECOMING YOUR OWN LEAD RESEARCHER IN HEALTHCARE
PEGGY LA CERRA, PHD, downloaded a health app to aggregate her medical records and was stunned to see the phrase \"aortic atherosclerosis.\" What she did next is a helpful model for all of us.
ARCHETYPAL ASTROLOGY
\"Is astrology true?\" is the wrong question, writes RABBI RAMI SHAPIRO. He suggests that the truth is out there, but out there is really in here.
WELLNESS IN THE WILD
Spa aficionado MARY BEMIS takes the [cold] plunge at Mohonk Mountain House.
THE FIRST BOOK ANYBODY LOVED
Eco-feminist BEVERLY FREDERICK explains why credit for the world's first author has been so slow: Early archaeologists first had to first figure out why an ancient woman had a tablet in her lap.
WISDOM IN 20 QUESTIONS
THE SOUL OF THERAPY
MY SMILING NEIGHBOR CALLS ME A CHRIST KILLER...
ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THE SPIRITUAL TRAVELER
FEATURED ARTIST - Paul Lewin
Lead digital editor Brenna Lilly spoke with artist Paul Lewin about ancestral inspiration, visions for the future, and the art of patience.
3 Poses for Awakening
The difference between yoga and many other forms of exercise is that while you are doing it, you are paying attention. You notice your breath, your rhythm, the specific ways the body feels in each posture. Yoga can be a form of moving meditation. This can be true for any pose, but these three advanced poses, which bring energy into the head, heart, and throat, are especially helpful for awakening.
THE SIMPLE THERMODYNAMICS OF ENLIGHTENMENT
When S+H was conceived, evolutionary neuroscientist PEGGY LA CERRA, PhD, awakened to a new understanding of the nature of the mind created by evolution. It’s not widely taught, but the science seems pretty obvious.
UPDATE FROM THE ASHLAND GODDESS TEMPLE
Thirteen years ago, a geodesic dome popped up like a giant mushroom beside a hot spring near Ashland, Oregon. Here, PRIESTESS GRAELL CORSINI led 19 priestesses in birthing a modern-day goddess temple. Priestess Graell now says her creation has taught her “to expand my unconditional love to a level that I had no idea I was capable of.” She wrote this update:
THE ZEN OF CROSSWORD PUZZLES
Refuge can be found in myriad ways. MYLES MELLOR creates one of the more curious and remarkably lasting places of refuge: the crossword puzzle.
THE UNSUNG BEAUTY OF ORDINARY ENLIGHTENMENT
EMILIA ELISABET LAHTI, PhD, explores a strength greater than willpower waiting to be accessed.
OVER THE BORDER HEALING
Spa aficionado MARY BEMIS checks out the new alternative health retreat in Baja
WHY IT NEVER RAINS ON THE ENLIGHTENED
ROSHI STEVE HAGEN, a Zen priest and author of The Grand Delusion, sat down with RABBI RAMI SHAPIRO to wrestle with some big stuff—including the ghost of “It!”
MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER WANTS TO TRANSITION ΤΟ A BOY
ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THE SPIRITUAL TRAVELER
Shachi Kale
We spoke with Shachi Kale about healing with art, wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita, and the female journey.
HOW TO MINDFULLY PHOTOGRAPH ANIMAL ROOMMATES
CREATURELY REFLECTIONS
GIVING SPACE FOR HOPE
THE HEART OF HAPPINESS
THE ARTS OF LIBERATION
OUR WALK IN THE WORLD
Find. Your Unicorn
HOW A CREATIVITY EXPERT CAN HELP
Awakening to the Wisdom of the Oak
Kristoffer Hughes is the chief of the Anglesey Druid Order in Wales, and his mission—through his school of myths and workshops and books—is to provide everyone a bite from the cauldron of modern Druidry.
THE ENIGHTENMENT LAB
8 ZEN LESSONS FROM HORSES
It's Not Just a Metaphor
For the past 15 years, I’ve helped clients shift into a place of being where they connect with their own healing power, Divine wisdom, and creative genius. It can be a dramatic and instantaneous shift, which I first encountered by accident, head-on…