Archive - Spirit of Change Magazine

Essays on Friendship and Peace

Neptune and the Great Galactic Cycle

Neptune, the distant, large and beautiful blue planet, is the ruler of the zodiac sign Pisces.

Shift Happens: Aligning With The Energy of Change

We've all experienced changes and shifts in our lives. Some shifts we readily welcomed into our lives and others provoked more negative reactions and emotions.

Stress-free Steps For Your Child’s Education

We introduce new puzzles slowly so the children will have a series of small stress-free steps from the familiar to the unfamiliar with a quick and satisfying "Ah-ha!" Success with no stress! What a novel idea!

Understanding Your Excessively Creative Kid

When I first started practice, parents who were exasperated by an overly creative kid were surprised to hear that their child could be helped by medication.

Cultural Crossroads: The American Empire Needs New Clothes

It's easy to vilify George W. Bush as a cynical warmonger, anxious to attack Iraq to repay the oil companies that funded his election campaigns.

Musings: Education Outside The Box

My daughter, Michella, is graduating from high school and stepping out into the adult world. Her first cultural milestone -- oh, but what a precipice for her mother!

Tai Chi Chuan: Education For A Healthy Life

People are becoming increasingly aware of alternative health, holistic methods of healing and maintaining good health as they search for not just a repair for disease.

Dessert Is Not A Four-Letter Word

Do you have a sweet tooth that begs for frequent satisfaction? Here are some natural, healthy recipes to sastisfy you.

Who Would Jesus Kill? A Holiday Meditation

I am forwarding this thoughtful message as part of my tithe to the animals.

New Hopes Arise For Hawaii's Ancestral Culture

Hawaiian sovereignty is a given, a foregone conclusion. I can feel it in my bones; I believe it in my na’au, my guts.

Steep Uphill Climb to 2012: Messages from the Maya

In early autumn 2002, Carlos Barrios journeyed north from his home in Guatemala to the eastern edge of the Four Corners in the United States.

Cultural Crossroads: Why Germans Oppose War in Iraq

An hour ago, I was standing deep in a Franconian forest of central Germany, gazing in amazement at the time-hidden ruins of an ancient castle

Macrobiotics in the New Millenium

This powerful, natural lifestyle has given me freedom, health, balance, vitality, and more inner peace than I have ever known.

Maybe Laughter is the Best Medicine After All

Medical science is slowly getting the message that maybe the proverb is right when it says “a merry heart does good like a medicine.

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.