Conquering Chronic Pain: How the Body-Mind Connection Works

For three decades, David Hanscom was a top-ranked orthopedic surgeon in Seattle who daily put the scalpel to injured, deformed and twisted spines. Privately, he writhed in pain himself. Read More »

Ayurvedic Approaches to Improved Sleep

Ayurveda’s perspective is that the body is intrinsically related to and regulated by the cycles of nature, and the closer we align our internal clocks with nature’s rhythm, the more we can experience a life of balance and health. So, Ayurvedic medicine treats insomnia with structured daily routines and practices. Read More »

The Black Hiking Movement: A Return To Nature

While African Americans make up 32% of the Georgia population and 13% of the population in the U.S., Black visitors accounted for only 7% of the 307 million visitors to national parks, according to a 2015 study by the National Park Service (NPS). Read More »

Foraged Fungi Fare: Cooking with Wild Mushrooms

Foraged fungi also offer a host of nutritional benefits surpassing commercially grown mushrooms. Wild mushrooms like chanterelles and morels can contain up to 1,200 international units (IU) of vitamin D per serving, whereas commercial mushrooms, typically grown in dark conditions, contain less than 40 IU, according to the Harvard School of Public Health. Read More »

Martha Beck On Living With Integrity

A monthly contributor to O, The Oprah Magazine, for the last 17 years, Martha Beck, Ph.D., is a Harvard-trained sociologist and New York Times bestselling author of nine nonfiction books, one novel and more than 200 magazine articles. Read More »

A Contemplative Returns

A contemplative is one who seeks and experiences inner transformation with God. That is who I am—who I always have been. Read More »

Get Off the Grid Festival’s Bill Fleming

The festival’s three stages run entirely on solar power as do its other activities, including dance parties, educational seminars, equipment demonstrations and interactive displays. Read More »

Mark Jacobson on the Climate Change Imperative

In addition to developing scientific models—one has been used by nearly a thousand researchers—he has worked with the Sierra Club, which has, in turn, worked with 176 cities and towns to pass resolutions and laws targeting 100% renewable electricity production. Read More »

Think Yourself Happy: Seven Ways to Change Your Mind and Be Happier

Positive psychologists offer two major approaches: adopting habits that encourage happiness and clearing away the mental debris that blocks it. Many books and websites offer a wide range of theories, techniques and tips. Read More »

Yoga for the Youngest Generation

Amy Haysman, along with Cheryl Crawford, founded Grounded Kids Yoga, a program that has gained worldwide recognition for its revolutionary approach to teaching yoga to young people. In this interview, Haysman shares with us how it got started and what makes it unique. Read More »

Preserving the Harvest: Classic Ways to Store Garden Bounty All Year

“Dehydrating machines can be purchased for about $50, but an oven that goes down to a temperature of 150 or less will work,” says Brekke Bounds, educator at City Grange, a garden center in Chicago. Before dehydrating, consider the end use. Peaches or cherries can be cut into bite-size pieces. Read More »

Alberto Villoldo: On Shamanic Healing

Shamanism is making a comeback because we have exhausted our masculine, reductionistic and predatory Western paradigm. It offers a more feminine, participatory worldview that is founded on the notion of becoming Earth Keepers—stewards of the garden of nature. Read More »