A plant spirit heals a patient as a favor to its friend-in-dreaming, the shaman. If you want to actually use a plant yourself, the spirit of the plant must come to you in your dreams. If the spirit of the plant tells you how to prepare it and what it will cure, you can use it. Otherwise, it won’t work for you.

Summertime holds so many delights — long hours of daylight with easy-going, shirtsleeve weather, fresh local produce, backyard barbecues, jaunts to favorite beaches and parks, and of course, stargazing on warm nights...

Breathing in through the nose, out through the nose…thus begins the ancient Sufi elemental healing breath for Earth. For more than two thousand years, seekers of the mystical Sufi traditions have been practicing these purification breaths every morning.

Sound healer Jill Purce returns to New England for two fall events.

Tips to create a healing recovery space and clever main entrance mudroom ideas.