Archive - Spirit of Change Magazine

Holistic Medicine for the Common Cold

When you first feel yourself becoming sick, there are things you can do toavoid becoming ill or to shorten the duration of the illness.

Eating for Health and Vitality

The wisest piece of advice I ever received about parenting was that a good parent has the ability to see into the future and act accordingly.

Free Radicals and a Colorful Plate of Food

When I was eight I performed a simple experiment in biology that has affected me ever since, and perhaps even influenced my decision to research, among other areas, the process of aging. I left my fielder’s mitt out in the bright Colorado sun for a week one summer.

Musings: Delicious Eating, Light Living

Two years ago, natural cooking columnist Michelle Hirsch began submitting her column to Spirit of Change and I have been grateful to her ever since.

Vegetarianism for a Healthy Body, Mind, Soul and Planet

Due to the dedicated research of scientists and doctors, we now understand more than ever before about our physical body and what measures promote good health.

Making Peace with Food and Your Body

Imagine a world where our bodies were all considered equally beautiful.

Karen Krieger Memorial Service Eulogy

Dear Friends, Thank you for all the kind messages, phone calls and Reiki as the Reiki communities of New England and Russia mourn the death of Karen Kreiger who died suddenly at her home on October 31st.

Healing Dissociation and Sexual Trauma with Yoga

Trauma so deeply permeates the boundaries of physical, emotional, and mental realms that the need to embrace complementary healing approaches is overwhelmingly apparent.

The Spiritual Gifts of Inner Knowing

Everyone seeks answers to their most personal concerns and pressing questions, yet few realize that this wisdom can be found right within ourselves.

Integrating Spirituality and Sexuality

Musings: The Power of One

Good health. To love and be loved. Inner peace. Imagine a life lived in the fullness of these three qualities and you might find yourself reflecting upon the ideal human existence.

Cultural Crossroads: Goldwater’s Ghost

Computers in the electoral process started in 1964, the year Goldwater opposed Johnson for the presidency.

Not In My Name

Before I start this poem, I’d like to ask you to join me in a moment of silence in honor of those who died in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last September 11th.

From Abraham To Muhammad

For the last half century, children the world over have had to learn that their elders possess biological, chemical and nuclear weapons which could conceivably destroy all life on Earth.

Something To Say

As a veteran, we deal with these issues of war and peace all the time. Who suffers from war? What are the real and hidden costs of war?

The Vedic Notion of Cancer: A Bug in the Software

Staring down the barrel of a microscope at the fresh smear of Paula Rizzi’s blood, I saw white blood cells with big blue nuclei instead of their usual lobular shape.

Whole Foods Healthy Cooking: Delicious Whole Grains

When studying macrobiotics and learning to cook with whole foods, I discovered that the best way to achieve maximum health...

Kill Willy (and Flipper And Keiko And Shamu): U.S Navy Collateral Damage

If the United States Navy has its way, soon blasts of sound -- second in intensity only to that of a nuclear bomb going off -- will be routinely deployed throughout much of the world’s oceans.