Spirit of Change - Summer 2014

Astrology Forecast for Summer 2014

Summertime holds so many delights — long hours of daylight with easy-going, shirtsleeve weather, fresh local produce, backyard barbecues, jaunts to favorite beaches and parks, and of course, stargazing on warm nights...

Technology In Our Homes

Home is where it all begins. At its best, our home life is what nourishes, protects, and sustains us — kids and grown-ups alike. Given how important this is, how can we create a place that nurtures and protects the real needs of our children?

News & Notes Summer 2014

Living a quiet life up until recently in the mountains of Montana, Lama Tsomo is building a Buddhist retreat center there and developing a plan to teach Tibetan Buddhism via a network of living-room learning and practice circles...

Rowboating With Hobos

I am always relieved to turn to optimistic views on autism. I have long suspected that autism is a natural intellectual function correlating to our increasing need for specialized, nonlinear, incoherent, and advanced thinking styles...

Embracing Our Shadow

Human beings are like icebergs, only the tip showing. Below the water is a mass of psychological history, karma and ancestral influences...

You’ve Got To Have Friends

Having at least six close friends can significantly decrease diagnoses of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and mortality rates, and the benefits of friendship extend beyond physical health...

Love Chocolate, Love Self

It’s my belief that in order to have a healthy relationship with anything or anyone, including food, we have to be very honest, open, aware and present with what is real and alive in ourselves...