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SRIRAM RAGHAVENDRAN story of crisis, courage, and the clarity that gave him a solution in a life and death situation shares a personal

THE UNSUNG BEAUTY OF ORDINARY ENLIGHTENMENT

EMILIA ELISABET LAHTI, PhD, explores a strength greater than willpower waiting to be accessed.

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!”

GIVING SPACE FOR HOPE

THE HEART OF HAPPINESS

THE ENIGHTENMENT LAB

8 ZEN LESSONS FROM HORSES

Find. Your Unicorn

HOW A CREATIVITY EXPERT CAN HELP

MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER WANTS TO TRANSITION ΤΟ A BOY

ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THE SPIRITUAL TRAVELER

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:

HOW TO MINDFULLY PHOTOGRAPH ANIMAL ROOMMATES

CREATURELY REFLECTIONS

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.

OVER THE BORDER HEALING

Spa aficionado MARY BEMIS checks out the new alternative health retreat in Baja

Shachi Kale

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

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.

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…

THE ARTS OF LIBERATION

OUR WALK IN THE WORLD

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 mind according to Patanjali

DAN ALDER explores the topic of mental well-being during a Yoga4Unity 2023 masterclass. He asks: how does the sage Patanjali view the mind? What does Patanjali believe to be our potential, what gets in the way of us attaining that potential, and what solutions are offered to us to remove those barriers?

How to Make the Most of Life

DAAJI explores the topic of destiny, including our own role in determining our future, as well as the roles other people, circumstances, and the environment play. He shares with us some practices and attitudes that help to make the most out of life.

How To Manage in Times  of CRISIS

DR. ICHAK ADIZES has been helping organizations to manage change for over forty years. His recent publication, How to Manage in Times of Crisis, is based on material from his talks during 2008 addressing the world financial crisis. But it is even more relevant today when human crises are multi-dimensional.

The Neuroscience of Meditation

Dr. SARA LAZAR is an Associate Researcher in the Psychiatry Department at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School. The focus of her research is on the neural mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of yoga and meditation, both in clinical settings and in healthy individuals. Here she speaks about how meditation impacts the brain.

WE TRULY ARE ALL CONNECTED

DR. ROLLIN MCCRATY, Director of Research at the HeartMath Institute, gave an online presentation to the Heartfulness international conference, \"An Integrative Approach to Health and Well-being,\" at Kanha Shanti Vanam in December 2022. In part 2, he shares more about coherence at the individual, group, and global levels.

Peer Pressure

SRIRAM RAGHAVENDRAN shares some wise words and his personal experience of managing peer pressure when he was at college.

Yogic Lifestyle & Well-being

EDDIE STERN has been practicing and studying yoga since he was fifteen, and was drawn by India and the yogic life. Here he explains the science of yoga, and how the practices affect both physical and mental well-being.

Breathing and Moving

DAAJI shares some simple practices for mental and physical well-being.

In Search of a New World

SNEHAL DESHPANDE enlightens us on how pre-conception, conception and pregnancy, and the first year of life affect our later psychology and physical well-being.

You're On Your Own, Kid

Mamata Venkat Subramanyam explains how heart-based meditative practices have helped her turn feeling lonely into savoring alone time

Create the Habit of Happiness

STANISLAS LAJUGIE explains how we can cultivate the habit of happiness, even though our nervous system is wired for negativity. He gives us 3 simple steps to cultivate a happier disposition

The Future Is the Heart

DR. ICHAK ADIZES leads us through an evolutionary journey from pre-human times up to today. He looks at what qualities and attributes leaders have needed, and he predicts why, in the future, it will be the heart

Being Gentle is Being Light

VICTOR KANNAN explores the nature of gentleness, and why it brings lightness in its wake