Your Unlimited Healing Potential
When you scrape your elbow, a bit of blood oozes out to clean the wound and wash away bacteria. It then forms a protective scab that keeps out invading microorganisms while your skin has a chance to heal underneath.
Breast Health 101
In early January, I went in for a routine mammogram. My annual physical was at the end of November and I was deemed to be in good health, including the annual manual breast exam by my doctor.
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.
A Closer Look at Yoga
A Closer Look at Yoga: A Guide for Everyday Practice is a thoughtful and encouraging companion offering both novice and longtime practitioners a deeper self awareness through yoga.
Stars of the Meadow
David Dalton first explored medicinal herbs and flowers using a scientific western approach: ingest something and passively wait for results.
Celebrating Salads
Salads can range from super simple "toss and go" light meal creations to more elaborate, substantial meals.
In the Green Kitchen
Alice Waters is credited as the Mother of the Slow Food movement. Founder of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California...
EarthTalk: Bathroom Bidets
Wouldn’t a return to installing bidets in bathrooms at home go a long way toward cutting disposable tissue use and saving forests?
EarthTalk: Living Buildings
I recently heard the term “living building.” Can you explain?
Feng Shui For Everyday: Tiny Apartment
Dear Lynn, My new apartment is tiny — just 300 square feet! It’s in a very old house and the floors are slanted;
Massachusetts Heads Towards Zero-Waste
Dear Spirit of Change, Since writing our article in your Fall 2009 issue, “Zero Waste In Your Town,” and collecting many pro-Zero Waste signatures at both the 2008 and 2009 Natural Living Expos..
10 Ways to Stop Corporate Dominance of Politics
It's not too late to limit or reverse the impact of the Supreme Court's disastrous decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission
Listen to the American People: An Open Letter to President Obama on Health Care Reform
My colleagues, fellow health advocates and I have been trying to meet with you for over a year now because we have an approach which will meet all of your goals and more.
Truth Emergency Inside the Progressive Media
The corporate news media is not in the business of news.
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.
Does Alternative Medicine Have a Place in Healthcare Reform?
The battle by mainstream medicine to shut out alternative medicine forms of therapy is long standing and alive and well in today’s Washington.
Move To Amend
On January 21, 2010, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government.
Update on the Dhamma Brothers
Winter 2009 Spirit of Change included the article, “When Time is All You Have: Vipassana Behind Bars” by Gail Lord. As promised, here’s an update on how the Donaldson Correctional Facilities Vipassana program has evolved.
Wisdom of the Peace Village Elders Documentary Series
Are we so hypnotized by our steady diet of media-fed horrors that we’ve despaired of ever achieving the dream of a violence-free world?
The Doctor Who Was Healed By a Dog
Dr. Will was a veterinary medical research doctor who thought he had discovered his life purpose in understanding how to medically treat and cure dogs.
Daily Astrology
December 21, 2025
Say hello to Winter. The late morning arrival of the Sun into Capricorn marks the Winter Solstice, the start of the new season and the shortest hours of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere. Traditional cultures viewed this...
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