Five Steps to Healing
By Linda Sparrowe Editor-in-Chief It’s breast cancer awareness month—and the pink ribbons are out in full force. We’ve walked, run, blogged, and gathered in groups large and small to raise money to...
View ArticleHearth and Health
By Dakota Sexton Web Editor Want an alternative to the allergies, excess mucus, and communicable viruses usually associated with the upcoming holiday season? Take these traditional insights to heart....
View ArticleSole Wisdom
By Dakota Sexton Web Editor Many spiritual traditions believe the body and soul are connected to—and even embodied in—the soles of the feet. Devotees around the world touch, wash, or kiss the feet of...
View ArticleMy Daily Dance
By Elena Brower Guest Blogger A common thread runs through humanity, whether we practice yoga or not: the experience of self-doubt. This daunting, often daily occurrence more often points to a lack of...
View ArticleSalute to Clean Water
By Dakota Sexton Web Editor In our fall issue, we highlighted Santa Fe yoga teacher Josh Schrei’s plan to raise $25,000 for clean water advocacy by doing 3,000 sun salutes around the sacred Arunachala...
View ArticleWith Gratitude
By Dakota Sexton Web Editor Yoga practitioners share a common bond. It might sometimes seem limited to the brand of chai we drink, the mats we buy, the devotional music we do or don’t like—even the...
View ArticleChange Your Life
By Dakota Sexton Web Editor Want to change your habits? Yoga practitioners commonly set a heartfelt intention, or sankalpa, to promote positive change. Want to push your practice further? Take up a...
View ArticleHolidays on (Thin) Ice
By Dakota Sexton Web Editor The winter travel season can bring us closer to our family—or drive us further apart. As spiritual teacher Ram Dass once said, “If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a...
View Article4 Health Tips for the Holidaze
By Dakota Sexton Web Editor Does this scenario sound familiar? Your skin’s completely dried out, your lips are chapped, your whole system’s dehydrated, and your brain is fuzzy and barely functioning....
View ArticleYour Guide to Everyday Simplicity
By Dakota Sexton Web Editor If you needed to pack for a trip tomorrow, what would you take? When faced with imminent travel plans like these, many of us choose possessions we know will definitely...
View ArticleThe Armchair Traveler’s Guide to 9-5 Pilgrimage
By Dakota Sexton Web Editor Heard of the Kumbha Mela? It’s quite possibly the largest human gathering on the planet, a 2,000-year old celebration on the Ganges river that draws as many as 100 million...
View ArticleHow to Build Food Karma (Even on a Budget)
By Dakota Sexton Web Editor In the December issue of Time magazine, Dr. Mehmet Oz recommended we all give frozen food a chance—even those forlorn glommed-together chunks of spinach that come out of...
View ArticleBuild Your Willpower Muscle
By Dakota Sexton Web Editor Year-end lists, spontaneous resolutions, and 30-day yoga or meditation challenges are all common ways to test your willpower on—or even weeks after—the New Year. But what...
View ArticleA Brooklyn Chant Star Breaks Out
By Dakota Sexton Web Editor Do you love to attend community kirtan, or listen to the devotional music that crops up at festivals from Wanderlust to Tadanasa to even Omega’s Ecstatic Chant? Do you own...
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