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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