Mind & Spirit

How To Practice Mindfulness For Greater Wellbeing

Mindfulness meditation is a great way to ground your busy head, reduce stress, boost productivity, and even help you learn more about yourself.

Remember The ‘Resolve’ In Resolution Before Setting New Goals This New Year

We can’t create the future until we embrace, reflect upon, and with kindness, release the past. And maybe, we need to make a few changes.

Embracing The Divine Feminine

As Shamans we know that a disempowered, victimized, hostile relationship with the Divine feminine keeps us from stepping fully into the medicine way.

Why Practicing Yoga Can Help Us Face Future Challenges

In order to move towards a better future, we have to come together with both energy and fortitude, and yoga can be a fantastic tool for cultivating both.

Why Are Things The Way They Are?

There is a light within each one of us, not just some of us, but is in all of us. We are more alike than the differences than we profess.

Finding Joy In 2020? It's Not Such An Absurd Idea, Really

The year 2020 hasn’t been one to remember – in fact, for a lot of people it has been an outright nightmare. Amid such suffering, people need some joy.

Need Some Space? Tips To Create Self-Care Spaces In Your Home

We can all have moments where we feel like the world doesn't have any room for us anymore. To find some balance, consider these top tips for creating self-care spaces in your home.

Science And Spirituality: A Fresh Look At A Complex Relationship

Are spirituality, alternative and natural lifestyles waging a war on science, or is there something more complex at play?

Using Meditation To Manage Climate Anxiety

Managing our very real anxieties regarding climate change is possible, and not just via protest and debate, but by managing our mental state.

The Reincarnation Of Mathew Franklin Whittier

By the time I came to Portland, I had already gleaned a great deal of information about this little-known author, including that he was very different from the way he is portrayed in the Whittier lore.

How To Nourish Your Resilience In A Time Of Trauma

We are in a historic moment of trauma in the United States. How do we face these things fully, let in the devastation, and then both heal and act?

Jin Shin Jyutsu: A Way To Help Ourselves

Jin Shin Jyutsu is not a healing modality, but a harmonizing art. Healing is the only known side effect.

If Meditation Is Not Your Thing, Try A Walk In The Woods

Hiking is a near-perfect combination of elements known to relax us, raise our alertness, elevate our self-esteem, and physically prepare us for true rest afterward.

COVID 2020 — A Gift And A Challenge

If you still imagine you are whatever character you are playing, if you identify as anything other than the light energy being you are, then you are unwittingly limiting yourself to the most superficial aspect of your existence.

Families Can Support Kids' Mental Health Whether They're Learning Remotely Or At School – Here's How

As a family therapist and professor of educational psychology who studies resilience in families under stress, I can assure you there’s no single schooling option that guarantees a happy, healthy kid or dooms a child to despair.

How Mystics Manage Isolation

Isolation can be a recipe for anxiety and depression. Left alone people may wither. But what about hermits and mystic loners who enjoy solitude? What is their secret?

How To Prevent Social Isolation And Decrease Loneliness In The Elderly

When COVID-19 invaded the world, everyone became subjected to something that the elderly have often had to deal with on their own — social isolation and loneliness.

Can We Unlearn The Fear That Creates Our Reality?

Imagination is a wonderful thing. Emotions are often a result of the mind telling us stories without our direction over the outcome.

What We Can Learn About Isolation From Prison Artists

Most prison artists don’t consider making art until they become incarcerated. For many, it is a choice of growth over deterioration.

Cellophane Hearts

The day I decided to question my own beliefs about my story is the day that I set myself free.

Don’t Be Afraid To Die

Ever since I can remember, I’ve had a fascination with death. When my wife, Melissa, and I began dating, she gave me a book titled Don’t Be Afraid to Die. That is especially weird because she was 11 years old and I was 14.

Astrological Forecast For Fall/Winter 2020

As September’s calendar page opens, the historic triple conjunction of Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto continues to transform our lives and institutions.

Meditations On Self-Acceptance

Self-acceptance is the main building block of self-compassion. It is the foundation upon which you construct your self-love and a jumping-off point for feeling compassion for yourself.

Your Coping And Resilience Strategies Might Need To Shift As The COVID-19 Crisis Continues

As people in the U.S. mark six months of coronavirus, the challenges of coping with life during a pandemic continue to evolve. Most recently, reopening of parts of society under unsettled conditions and lingering threat are creating formidable demands on…

The Beauty You See May Be Complex Mathematics

Everything in the universe follows the same geometric pattern that fractals over and over creating endless possibilities of light, color, shape and sound.