Bringing Peace Home With Our Troops
Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo is the founder and spiritual director of Sunray Meditation Society, 27th holder of the Ywahoo lineage and chief of the Green Mountain Aniyunwiwa (Tsalagi Cherokee).
Author: Carol Bedrosian, Spirit of Change
Family Constellations: Healing the Family Soul
"If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people." — Thich Nhat Hanh
Musings: Welcoming Veterans Home
The return of our troops from Iraq heralds a new era of family bonding. Let the generation of family healing begin!
Heal with Food
As gaps in our current health care system turn into chasms we can no longer ignore, we are forced to look for alternatives to make Americans healthy. What’s keeping Americans sick?
Musings: The Garden of Earth
One way to sidestep this corporate control over your health is to grow and prepare more of your own food.
Musings: Ready For A Flight Into Abundance
In my twenties I had a friend, also in her twenties, who had already mastered the secrets of manifesting abundance in her life.
Musings: There's Untold Power in People United
Despite the unsettling social and economic tumult of our time, we are living in an incredibly exciting and defining era of American history!
Musings: What If The Brain Is The Only Healer We Really Need?
A friend emailed a cartoon illustrating the inconvenient side of practicing self-healing. A man and a woman are sitting on a couch talking to each other at a party.
Ayurvedic Restoration
Ayurveda is one of the oldest known systems of medicine in the world. Practices that predate written records, handed down by word of mouth, are believed to have originated in the second millennium BC.
Musings: Calming Stress
Last year when I decided upon “Calming Stress” as a theme for the spring 2010 issue of Spirit of Change, I envisioned our country moving towards prosperity and modernization under...
When Health Becomes Political, We All Become Activists
Over its 24-year history, Spirit of Change has been both applauded and attacked for being too political.
Boost Your Immunity For Free
Your body is an amazing miracle of healing potential that can restore itself with minimal intervention, and its strong immune system is the foundation for your overall health and wellness.
Massachusetts Pandemic Response Bill
During the last week of September, Spirit of Change began receiving emails from readers panicking about online chatter concerning Massachusetts Senate Bill 2028...
Survivors For All Time: Stories of the Armenian Genocide
In April, 2009, Armenians commemorated the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923, a crime against humanity in which 1.5 million Armenians were massacred...
Letter: Swine Flu Protection
Thank you so much for the fall issue, and especially for the articles on Homeopathy and the Horizon switch from organic to "natural." In particular, I appreciated the letter to President Obama about the potential for homeopathic options in addressing the H1N1 flu virus situation.
Musings: Greening The Earth
I see a whole lot of uprooting and replanting going on these days as our country undergoes major overhauls in healthcare, energy policy, finances, transportation, retail, housing, education, national security.
Musings: Healing With Food
Embedded within every crisis is the seed of opportunity. While a crisis means that change is imminent...
Musings: Hope, Miracles and Light
Whether or not you voted for Barack Obama this past November, his election as our president brings all Americans closer to fulfilling our national destiny.
The Art of Self-Induced Healing
Over the past 30 years as an author, speaker, teacher and surgeon, Bernie Siegel, MD has touched thousands of lives all over the planet with healing.
Musings: Green Technology
During the Great Depression, the Works Project Administration (WPA) launched a remarkable public education campaign tapping the nation’s unemployed artists to create art deco posters promoting safety, good health, conservation of natural resources, community involvement and other American values.
Musings: Refresh Your Health
As the presidential campaign heats up this summer, our nation will search its collective heart, mind and soul by sifting through the promises and lofty aspirations...
A More Perfect Vision for Humanity
Although I interviewed Marianne Williamson on the phone for this interview, I saw her in person when she spoke at Harvard Medical School last November as part of The National Institute for Whole Health’s Celebrity Speaker Series.
Musings: Miracles, Midlife, and Waking Up the Mind
A good friend’s husband was recently diagnosed with stage four inoperable brain and lung cancer.
Musings: We Are All Born Healers
My 83-year-old friend Jerry shared this story with me recently about natural healing “the old way.”
LeRoy White: Ambassador of Joy
Playing the stage for 38 years with the likes of Ike & Tina Turner, Kiss, Tim Harden and Herbie Mann, maverick musician LeRoy White says he’s received the best schooling a musician can get.
Musings: Thank You For 20 Fabulous Years
I love New England for the beauty and variety of its changing seasons. My favorite is fall, the season of harvest and abundance, its crisp, cool days full of promise and activity.
A Courageous Kind of Peace
Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Musings: 100th Issue of Spirit of Change Magazine
Wow! Here it is…the 100th issue of Spirit of Change magazine! In an interesting twist of synchronicity, this 100th issue closes out our first twenty years of publishing, and we begin the next era with our 20th Anniversary Edition next issue.
Musings: Spring 2007
My friend, Lori, sent me this poem which I tacked up on the wall. I especially appreciate the line about grumbling, because it encourages me to keep my life simple.
Musings: Animals Healthcare
While the power and mystery of wild animals such as the eagle, the lion or the whale inspires many of our spiritual myths, it’s our bonding with domesticated animals that bridges the human and non-human animal worlds the best.
Reclaim Your Brain: An interview with Alphabioticist Neal Smookler
Neal Smookler has been an Alphabioticist for close to 15 years, receiving his professional training through Alphabiotics International in Dallas, TX in the early 90’s.
The Yin and Yang of Everything: An Interview with Grandmaster Liu Chengde
Taiji Quan (pronounced “tie-chee chuan”) is an internal martial art that has been practiced for centuries in China as self-defense training as well as for health and longevity benefits.
Musings: Higher Learning
A wise teacher once told me, “Study what you love and the learning will follow.” I have found this to be true in my life.
Holistic Health Self Care at Your Fingertips
Tips for usings Holistic Health to take care of yourself.
Musings: Self-care Tips
Stress is the number one factor depleting our health today. The absorption of toxins poisoning our bodies is a close second
Musings: Healthy Homes and Families
I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, but let’s face it: we live in a toxic world.
How to Survive Living in a Toxic Environment
Mitch Gaynor, MD, is founder and president of Gaynor Integrative Oncology, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Weill College, affiliated with Cornell University and New York Hospital.
Musings: Links with the Beyond
Since my earliest childhood memories, I have thrived on seeking knowledge and experience of all things spiritual and beyond the reach of our five physical senses.
Musings: Life Purpose
For most people, work life plus commute time occupies about 30% of a week’s total 168 hours. That’s a big chunk of time and energy to invest in just about anything, considering sleep takes up another 30%.
Musings: Home Around the World
A dear friend of mine insists that our world would be a much better place today if people had stayed in their own lands throughout history and did not migrate or explore.
Musings: Your Personal Healing System
Amazing, but true…according to the latest statistics posted at http://www.AmericanCancerSociety.org, your lifetime probability of developing cancer is 1 in 2 if you are a US male, and 1 in 3 if you are female.
Musings on Self Confidence
What is invisible and imaginary yet has more impact in steering the course of your life than even a million dollar bank account? Your self image.
Musings: Nature Indoors and Out
As a fresh year settles into our lives, our thoughts turn naturally towards hopes of change and renewal
Musings: Elder Wisdom
I have heard it mentioned before that “elder” is an ageless term. People with the wisdom of elders can enter into our lives when they are babies, teaching us throughout our entire lives.
Damanhur: Italy’s Rainbow Renaissance
Legends, ancient evidence and modern day reports describe many spiritually evolved civilizations on our planet.
Musings: Rainbow Spirit
he rainbow appearing in the sky is a hopeful sign no matter where you travel around the world.
Musings: Gratitude for Simple Pleasures
A few weeks ago I was chatting with my good friend who manages a large naval commissary.
Musings: Healthy Parenting
Having raised a daughter almost into her third decade, I now have the luxury of looking back to savor all the hard work done.
Musings: My Body Is My Friend
I still remember the words from a 1970’s Reader’s Digest “Drama In Real Life” story about a father and young son out on a Saturday hiking-trip-turned-trauma.
Musings Archive: The Power of Love
It’s no accident that the most potent force in our lives is also a four letter word. Shocking yet simple, as most four letter words are, LOVE is so powerful it can literally change the face of the planet.
Daily Astrology
September 25, 2025
The waxing crescent Moon is in Scorpio. Self-awareness is heightened. Although there are no exact aspects today, the Moon is orbiting between favorable alignments with Venus and Jupiter. To borrow a phrase from John...
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