Health
Spirituality & Health
Chasing Sunshine
IF THERE WAS JUST ONE destination where a traveler knew in advance that every tiny detail would be impeccable without being fussy and where all the golden promises of tranquility and enlightenment could be found in gentle abundance-would this be the one place to return to again and again? Yes, and I do. Rancho La Puerta is that elusive combination of retreat, pilgrimage, rest cure, and nature immersion.
2 min |
November/December 2022
Spirituality & Health
PELVIC FLOOR
CARE TIPS
2 min |
November/December 2022
Spirituality & Health
Back to the Present
THE SOUL OF THERAPY KEVIN ANDERSON, PHD
4 min |
November/December 2022
Spirituality & Health
The Infinite Aliveness
For over half a century. RABBI RAMI has been devoted to a single teaching: Alles iz Gott, \"Everything is God.\" To learn more, visit the website rabbirami.com.
4 min |
November/December 2022
Spirituality & Health
Katherine Dunn
S&H editor Ben Nussbaum spoke with Maine-based artist Katherine Dunn about hauling animals across the country-and much more. Look for her art throughout the issue.
4 min |
November/December 2022
Spirituality & Health
An Autumn Equinox Ritual
Day Schildkret offers a Shake and Harvest Ritual. His newest book is Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration and Change.
7 min |
September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
Act First, Think Later
Rachel Goldsmith Turow, the author of The Self-Talk Workout, offers a way to skip past self-criticism.
5 min |
September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
A Life of Evolution
Trailblazer Joseph L. Graves, Jr. believes that we can solve stubborn problems by applying the science of evolutionary biology.
4 min |
September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
Practicing Positivity
“HOW DO YOU TAKE CARE OF SO MANY PLANTS?” This is always the first question people ask me when they walk through my door. My front porch is home to a few dozen plants. It leads to the jungle of my living room, where hundreds of plants hang from my ceiling or grow happily on counters, windowsills, and plant stands. Every room in my house has an assortment of vines and leaves, and my garden is an outdoor green sanctuary.
4 min |
September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
Bee-ing Here Now: Lessons From Honey Bees
“WHAT IS THAT?” the mechanic queried, staring at a fuzzy spot on my Jeep’s engine block. I spied an intact, but most certainly dead, honey bee. “Oh no!” I gasped, reaching to relocate the tiny body into my palm. “Awwww,” gushed my burly companion.
4 min |
September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
The Untouchables
I AM WRITING this having just completed my sixth week of IV treatments for a rare blood and bone cancer. Our thoughts about who we are in this world can all come crashing down due to sickness, accidents, loss of employment, or any other events outside our control. My “I am’s” are in disarray.
4 min |
September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
To Admire
THE ANTIDOTE TO PESSIMISM is admiration. It sounds so simple, but the counterpoint to dwelling on what is missing is to affirm what is already here. To live a life of admiration is to name what is uplifting in the world and, through our love and attention, to discern how what matters works, so we can bring it to bear on all that life offers. Through admiration, we address what is missing the way light addresses dark.
4 min |
September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
Ringing Gongs, Clanging Cymbals, and the Primacy of Love
THE SOUL OF THERAPY KEVIN ANDERSON, PHD
5 min |
September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
ROMANTIC LOVE FOR FRIENDS
It’s not that we don’t feel deep love for friends; it’s just that we don’t always feel comfortable expressing it. When I did a talk on how to make friends at work, I asked the audience to write down something positive they feel for a friend that they have yet to tell them.
3 min |
September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
FRIENDSHIP FLATTENS HILLS
It’s time to put connections at the center of wellbeing, says relationship expert Marisa Franco.
3 min |
September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
LESSONS FROM Extreme Rituals
Dimitris Xygalatas, PhD, runs a unique lab at the University of Connecticut that gathers data from around the world to answer a very big question: Why do so many ordinary people regularly participate in painful religious rites?
10+ min |
September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
FINISH THE STRESS CYCLE FOR BETTER SLEEP
Sleep coach MONICA LE BARON describes how to let your body know that it’s time for rest.
4 min |
September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
RETHINKING THE LAW OF ATTRACTION
Mindfulness and meditation teachers BENJAMIN KOCH and ADRIENNE VAN DER VALK explore how to go beyond self-focused manifestation and imagine true global change.
5 min |
September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
LESSONS FROM MASTER SURVIVORS
MARK MATOUSEK has spent decades studying how obstacles morph into strengths. He shares what he’s learned from master survivors.
6 min |
September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
Peace and Quiet
THERE WERE A LOT OF naysayers who said it would never fly-a true destination spa in the woods of Wisconsin-but nearly 20 years on, Sundara Inn & Spa in Wisconsin Dells has quietly but steadfastly proved those naysayers wrong. Since opening in 2003, Sundara has garnered a reputation as a sanctuary from stress and has managed to stay true to its wellness mission.
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September/October 2022
Spirituality & Health
Suffering Exists So We Have Something to Do
HOW WE SPEAK AND BEHAVE affects our relationship with the world. It affects how people see us, judge us, and decide how to interact with us.
3 min |
July/August 2022
Spirituality & Health
Ten Thousand Hands
In August, MARK NEPO will be speaking and teaching at the Chautauqua Conference in Buffalo, NY, at Mercy by the Sea in CT, and offering a three-session webinar. See www.MarkNepo.com and www.live.marknepo.com for details.
4 min |
July/August 2022
Spirituality & Health
NEW WAYS TO GET OUTSIDE
Cause for optimism: A boom in stunning public parks. MARY BEMIS spoke with author Victoria Newhouse about the parks of the future.
3 min |
July/August 2022
Spirituality & Health
JOURNALING OUT LOUD
Distracted by worrying, anxious, comparing thoughts? Give voice to them. Then give voice to a response to them. KEVIN ANDERSON, PhD, tells you how.
4 min |
July/August 2022
Spirituality & Health
MINDFULNESS OVER MERLOT
It's time to update our attitudes towards recovery. ADRIENNE VAN DER VALK explains why-and how.
7 min |
July/August 2022
Spirituality & Health
PRISON AND PAGANISM
AWYN DAWN, the author of Paganism on Parole, explains how she deepened her faith while incarcerated.
6 min |
July/August 2022
Spirituality & Health
Writing Their Own Story
SEASONED AUTHORS ARE REINVENTING THEIR LIVES BY CREATING INSPIRING HEROINES THAT READERS LOVE.
6 min |
July/August 2022
Spirituality & Health
THE GANDHI FORMULA
How to Be Everything All at Once
10+ min |
July/August 2022
Spirituality & Health
How Rituals Rewire Your Brain
You can spend weeks trying to find a single, satisfying, comprehensive definition of the word ritual, but we simply don't have one.
5 min |
July/August 2022
Spirituality & Health
A Ritual-Full Life
A ritual is anything that is done with intention. It can be formulaic or intuitive, elaborate or simple, personal or shared.
5 min |