Archive - Spirit of Change Magazine

Cared For and Loved By Green Beings

Our symbiotic relationship with plants physically, cognitively and spiritually suggests it is entirely possible humans evolved from plants.

St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum)

With its bright yellow, five-petaled flowers a familiar roadside sight in early summer, St. John’s wort is said to be named because it flowers on June 24th — St. John’s Day.

Sufi Element Breaths

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.

Bringing Cannabis Out Of The Shadows And Into The Light: An Interview With Cannabis Reform Leader Steve DeAngelo

Steve DeAngelo is the owner of Harborside Health Center in Oakland, CA, which offers a unique industry business model as one of the largest medical marijuana dispensaries in the country.

Book Review | The Cow in Patrick O'Shanahan's Kitchen

What if making your favorite French toast required you to have a dairy cow roaming through your kitchen, a squawking egg-laying chicken roosting in your refrigerator and a full grown maple tree inside your house?

Book Review | Vital Face: Facial Exercises and Massage for Health and Beauty

You need exercise to keep your body healthy, but how often do you exercise the fifty muscles in your face and neck?

Book Review | The Nourished Kitchen: Farm-To-Table Recipes for the Traditional Foods Lifestyle

Which sounds healthier and more enjoyable: a meal of restricted carbohydrates and fats, or a meal made from fresh seasonal ingredients harvested locally?

Book Review | Plant Spirit Medicine: A Journey into the Healing Wisdom of Plants

Healing with plants is a universal medical tradition. According to renowned teacher acupuncturist J.R. Worsley, "Anything that can be done with needles can also be done with herbs.

The Healing Chant

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

The World Is Getting Healthier

According to key findings of the World Health Organization, May 2014, much progress has been made towards reaching the UN’s 8 Millennium Development Goals.

EarthTalk® Preventing Wildfires

Dear EarthTalk: Why are wildfires on the increase and what can be done to stop them from happening?

Feng Shui for Everyday: Healing Space and Hiding Recycle Bins

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

Musings: It’s Time For a Return to Plant Wisdom

We are completely dependent upon plants for our existence; it’s time to hear what they have to say.

Cooking with Coconut Oil

Coconut oil has hit the big time as a popular food item.

Astrology Forecast for Fall 2014

Fewer hours of daylight and the Sun's passage through Virgo announce that the 2014 fall harvest season has arrived.

Direct Link Identified Between Alzheimer's and Aluminum

Aluminum has been long known to be neurotoxic, with mounting evidence that chronic exposure is a factor in many neurological diseases, including dementia, autism, and Parkinson's disease...

Dylan Winter and the Starling Murmurations

At dusk on a winter evening in southern England a flock of 200,000 European starlings congregate to soar in breathtaking formations...

Black Guy Breaks Into A Car

So this explains a lot about our prison population. Clearly, stereotypes play a role...

How Wolves Change Rivers

When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred...