Archive - Spirit of Change Magazine

Winter Indoor Health

Winter is on its way and with it comes the challenge to remain healthy.

Whole Foods Healthy Cooking: A Diet of Prevention

Heart disease, artery disease, cancer, diabetes…you name the condition and chances are there’s an article about it in the local newspaper.

Greener Homes and Gardens: The Non-Toxic Rainbow

Many of us are familiar with the term “sick building syndrome.”

Career and Life Purpose

I cannot remember what exactly got me to point of complete exhaustion and feeling overwhelmed with my day to day routine, but I do know that I definitely reached that point....

Career vs. Purpose: How to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

We all enter this lifetime with a purpose to fulfill. Yet most of us have been programmed from very young to put significant energy towards a career...

Independence

Many of us take pride in our independence whether it is our ability to walk on our own or be able to make it on our own financially in the world.

Is the Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive in You?

You’re smart, you work hard and you have a strong desire to be successful. Yet, like many others, you may be wondering why you don’t feel fulfilled with your career.

Living a Boundless Life

Before you can start living a boundless life, you have to figure out what’s stopping you and find the passion you lost.

Soul Food Music in a Junk Food Culture

Late last winter I attended a formal dinner dance. I was greatly looking forward to the dance portion of the evening. I love feeling the rhythm of music pulsating within my body.

Sound in Mind and Body

Many traditions consider sound the principal creative force in the universe. Everything in the world has its identity because of the periodicity and the regularity of its movement...

Understanding Dharma in Personal Decision Making

Every school district in the state has told me they’re not hiring teachers with a Masters because they can get two bachelors for the price of me.

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%.

Connecticut Set to Make Critical Mercury Ruling

Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Gina McCarthy has decided to review the law to determine for herself whether mercury amalgams are included in the ban.

Cultural Crossroads: Jefferson Would Have Stood With Cindy Sheehan

Nationally, it was clearly a phenomenon when several truckers called into a radio show on Sirius Satellite to say that they were interrupting trips through central parts of the USA to head to Crawford, Texas.

Gums Connect More Than Teeth

The old verse, "the hip bone’s connected to the thigh bone…the thigh bone’s connected to the knee bone…the knee bone’s connected to the shin bone…" has significance beyond the skeleton.

Young Healers

What parent hasn’t looked at their child while he or she is in a constant state of motion, and wondered, “How could we focus that energy in a more positive direction?”

Whole Foods Healthy Cooking: The Right Ingredients For Making Life Change

Trying to understand your life’s purpose and succeed in your career? Step 1: Dump the Twinkies! It really is all about the food. A few simple adjustments can change your life.

Making "Green" Food Choices

Your food choices play an important part in creating a greener home and a greener community. Choosing locally grown food supports open space in your area.

A Trip to the Taiga, Life with Mongolia's Dukha Reindeer Herders

My eyes aren't open and already I can hear the creak of the tin stove as it warms the tipi up with the morning fire. Otgonbayar has returned from milking her reindeer and is quietly moving about the tipi.

Traveling in a Group

Rajesh had a special relationship with his grandfather. He learned from him how to fight. Rajesh is a devotee of Kâlarippayat, an ancient martial art that developed in southern India.