Heartfulness eMagazine
BEYOND the Beat
The Heart’s Intelligence in Compassion and Healing
6 min |
January 2025
Heartfulness eMagazine
The Joy of Unity
SARAVANAN SUBRAMANIAM, Director of HeartyCulture Natural Products, India, introduces us to a new type of grafted mango at the nursery in Kanha Shanti Vanam. Not only does this new variety bring diversity to our taste buds, but also symbolizes the unity in diversity we all wish for in ecosystems that include human beings.
3 min |
January 2025
Spirituality & Health
Point of View Is Everything
You're not stuck in your story.
6 min |
January/February 2025
Spirituality & Health
GOLD FROM THE Bhagavad Gita
What ancient traditions can teach us about our modern-day health challenges
6 min |
January/February 2025
Spirituality & Health
MOMENTS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD
THIS PAST SUNDAY I CRASHED MY BIKE so hard I flew over the handlebars, landed on my head and back, and broke my helmet. Thankfully, my 16-year-old son Patrick was there to make sure I did not try to move my neck or body or let anyone else move me. It felt good that his words were so solid, helpful, and calm with so many people wanting to do something before the ambulance guys took over—and then a CT scan showed nothing broken.
4 min |
January/February 2025
Spirituality & Health
MY BODY IS A WONDERLAND
If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit. —Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
3 min |
January/February 2025
Spirituality & Health
SPLINTERED PIECES
Seeing her father in the psych ward seemed all wrong—until her inner guidance helped her see it as exquisitely right.
6 min |
January/February 2025
Spirituality & Health
THE POWER OF NAMING AN ANIMAL
“YOU NAMED HIM BOOGER?” I asked the shelter volunteer. My husband and I stood by a cage, already in love with the tuxedo cat it held. Although introduced to us as “Bub,” his official paperwork read: “Booger, 4 years old, special needs.” The text “Booger” was struck through, “Bub” written in its place. “We can always rename him again. He’s coming home with us,” my husband asserted, settling the matter.“Are you sure you want to take him? You know he’s special needs,” the volunteer queried.“So am I!” I declared. “What do we need to know?” We learned the cat had respiratory issues.
2 min |
January/February 2025
Spirituality & Health
A Hilltop of Happiness
I recently went to the Art of Living Retreat Center in Boone, North Carolina, a spectacular hilltop retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains that opened 10 years ago. But I've been curious about the Art of Living and its leader, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, for decades. I first encountered followers of Gurudev at the International Spa Association convention in Las Vegas, where I met the creators of Shankara, an Ayurvedic skincare company that is now the heart of the Shankara Spa at the retreat center in Boone. Amidst the bustling Vegas convention, these followers of Gurudev created an island of calm.
5 min |
January/February 2025
Spirituality & Health
ANCIENT HEALTH SECRETS
How ancient wisdom teachings align with cutting-edge health science
6 min |
January/February 2025
Spirituality & Health
HOW TO HOLD OUR ANGER WITH WISDOM
IN UNITY, WE HONOR JESUS AS THE WAY SHOWER. In The Revealing Word: A Dictionary of Metaphysical Terms, Unity cofounder Charles Fillmore expressed that Jesus “came to awaken us to the possibilities of his own nature.” He noted that Jesus “had an insight into those things that are ever mysteries to those immersed in the sense consciousness,” including “judgments based on outer appearances” that “produce discordant thoughts, jealousies, and a host of limiting beliefs.” Fillmore further stated that Jesus was the “representative of a thoroughly organized plan to help humanity into a higher realization of God and its relationship to Him.”So what about that time in the temple when Jesus lost his cool? Was that part of the “thoroughly organized plan” or “a higher realization of God”?
3 min |
January/February 2025
Spirituality & Health
ENLIGHTENED PERSPECTIVES: Deva Premal & MITEN: HOW Mantra Heals
DEVA PREMAL and MITEN are partners in love and music. German-born Deva (née Jolantha Fries), a bodywork practitioner, and British native Miten (né Andy Desmond), a former rocker who opened for bands like Fleetwood Mac, met at an ashram devoted to the teachings of Indian spiritual leader Osho in 1990. Together they create community through meditative musical gatherings, chanting retreats, and Zoom rooms. The symbiotic duo's albums, including 2018's Grammy-nominated Deva, reverberate with her sonorous voice and his harmonic compositions. Eckhart Tolle, Cher, and the Dalai Lama are fans. The couple's version of the Sanskrit Gayatri Mantra is the gold standard. In advance of a world tour that will take them to the U.S. for the first time since 2019, they recently shared with contributing editor KAREN BRAILSFORD how mantras heal—and why their relationship still sings after all these years.
9 min |
January/February 2025
Spirituality & Health
DEBUNKING PROSPERITY MYTHS
Adopting a holistic view of prosperity brings true wealth, which has little to do with your bank balance.
6 min |
January/February 2025
Heartfulness eMagazine
The Dance of Light and Shadow Lessons from the Dolomites
ALAIN DESVIGNE explores the Dolomites, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009.
3 min |
November 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL
Take The Brighter Minds Path To Cognitive Development
3 min |
November 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
FINDING OUR WAY
A Polynesian Explorer's Journey of Discovery
9 min |
November 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
The First Imprint: Understanding PTSD
CHRISTIANNA DEICHMANN is the Director of Education at the Association for Pre and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH), where she educates both professionals and parents on fostering the most nurturing environments for welcoming new life into the world.
6 min |
November 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
A Flower from THE HEAVENS
November 14 is Children's Day. This year, SARA BUBBER brings to you a world of forests, magical flowers, festivals, and some animals you may have never seen.
2 min |
November 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
HERBAL TOOTH POWDERS: Rediscovering Ayurveda's Natural Secrets
SRAVAN BANDA presents a natural herbal tooth powder, offering a holistic approach to oral hygiene, harnessing the power of medicinal herbs.
3 min |
November 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
The Intrinsic Goodness of the Heart
DAAJI shares some thoughts on heartfelt acceptance and all it has to offer. He says, \"It is the heart's intrinsic goodness that allows us to accept everything as part of us.
3 min |
November 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
The Tipping Point
In this final conversation of the series, J. FREDERICK ARMENT continues to talk with CHRISTINE JONES about promoting peace in the world.
5 min |
November 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
Meeting Phenomenal Women
The author, CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI, is interviewed here by TARA KHANDELWAL and MICHELLE D'COSTA about her books on mythology, like The Palace of Illusions, which is a retelling of the Mahabharata from Draupadi's point of view, and The Forest of Enchantments, which is a retelling of the Ramayana, from the eyes of Sita. And there's The Last Queen, which is about Rani Jindan's life.
10+ min |
November 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
Aging Gracefully - For a few months now I have been asking the question, “How to age gracefully?”
Victor Kannan explores the process of aging, with a focus on aging gracefully. How can you be at peace with yourself as old age approaches? How can you develop maturity in behavior and focus on life’s best interests?
2 min |
September 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
How Does Fear Affect Our Roles as Mothers? - Neelam Shivhare explores some of the great ancient texts of India on motherhood, compares the behavior of Kaikayi and Yashoda
Neelam Shivhare explores some of the great ancient texts of India on motherhood, compares the behavior of Kaikayi and Yashoda, and realizes the importance of removing fear from our hearts in order to nurture our children.For young women like myself, who are future mothers, I trust we are on the path of becoming selfaware and brutally honest with ourselves. We are creative beings, never forgetting the gifts with which we have been bestowed— the love and tenderness, natural instincts, and intuition to feel the right path. It all lies in the mysterious meanderings of the heart. Are we really listening to our hearts, or confusing the bombarding information on social media with reality?
4 min |
September 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
The Difference Between Trust and Respect
DR. ICHAK ADIZES shares some thoughts on the nature of mutual trust and respect, and why we can trust without respecting, and respect without trusting.
2 min |
September 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
A SIMPLE WAY TO IMPROVE Your Health and the Health of the Planet
DAAJI explains why a plantbased diet is good for your health and well-being, and for the planet. Some of the reasons may surprise you. Yogic science is very comprehensive on this subject, and now medical science is catching up. Daaji then challenges us all to do an experiment for three months.
4 min |
September 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
The Mountain of No Return
SARA BUBBER tells a beautiful Japanese folktale on valuing wisdom and experience and asks you to do a personal reflective exercise.
4 min |
September 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
Portrait Painting
FABIO KOHLER is an artist and musician.
2 min |
September 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
International Cities of Peace
J. FREDERICK ARMENT is in conversation with CHRISTINE JONES about his organization, International Cities of Peace, as well as other ways he promotes peace in the world. The foundation of it all is the importance of relationship, community, and love. This is the first of a series of conversations.
7 min |
September 2024
Heartfulness eMagazine
By Acts of Love
CHRISTINE PRISLAND shares her love of books, good storytelling, and a particular author that inspires and delights her
2 min |