From the Editor: On Wild Awakenings

Steve Kiesling chats about Druidic enlightenment, time in nature, and what's featured in our July/August 2023 issue.

Featured Artist: Shachi Kale

We spoke with Shachi Kale about healing with art, wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita, and the female journey.

It's Not Just a Metaphor

For the past 15 years, I’ve helped clients shift into a place of being where they connect with their own healing power, Divine wisdom, and creative genius. It can be a dramatic and instantaneous shift, which I first encountered by accident, head-on…

The Enlightenment Lab

Harvard-trained brain surgeon Allan Hamilton, MD, offers eight top lessons from his Zen Lab: working with horses.

Awakening to the Wisdom of the Oak

Kristoffer Hughes is the chief of the Anglesey Druid Order in Wales, and his mission—through his school of myths and workshops and books—is to provide everyone a bite from the cauldron of modern Druidry.

Find Your Unicorn

Explore how an artistic practice can support your wellbeing well into your golden years.

Roadside Assistance: My Teenage Daughter Wants to Transition to a Boy

Rabbi Rami explores your questions about trans loved ones, the image of God, and interpreting dreams.

Care Tips: 3 Poses for Awakening

These three inverted yoga poses can spark awakening if practiced with attention, mindfulness, and care.

The Arts of Liberation

Mark Nepo discusses liberal arts, opening hearts, and what liberation can look like.

Giving Space for Hope

Paul Sutherland offers advice on how to change the world, one person at a time, through the practice of hope.

How to Mindfully Photograph Animal Roommates

Our animal chaplain gives the scoop on the most ethical, mindful ways to snap pics of our beloved animal friends.

Why It Never Rains on the Enlightened

Roshi Steve Hagen, a Zen priest and author of The Grand Delusion, sat down with Rabbi Rami Shapiro to wrestle with some big stuff—including the ghost of “It!”

Over the Border Healing

Spa aficionado Mary Bemis checks out the new alternative health retreat in Baja.

The Unsung Beauty of Ordinary Enlightenment

Emilia Elisabet Lahti, PhD, explores a strength greater than willpower waiting to be accessed.

Update From the Ashland Goddess Temple

Thirteen years ago, a geodesic dome popped up like a giant mushroom beside a hot spring near Ashland, Oregon. Here, Priestess Graell Corsini led 19 priestesses in birthing a modern-day goddess temple. Priestess Graell now says her creation has taught her “to expand my unconditional love to a level that I had no idea I was capable of.” She wrote this update…

The Simple Thermodynamics of Enlightenment

When S+H was conceived, evolutionary neuroscientist Peggy La Cerra, PhD, awakened to a new understanding of the nature of the mind created by evolution. It’s not widely taught, but the science seems pretty obvious.

Bless Me!

Place one hand on your heart and one hand on your lower abdomen. Focus on soft, fluid, and nourishing breaths. When you feel calm, read this blessing at least three times to yourself. Author Mara Branscombe suggests you return to this blessing as needed—or write your own blessing as if your inner elder is writing it for you and to you.

Toolbox: The Caffeines of Summer

Dive into the deliciousness of summer with these caffeinated (and caffeine-inspired) products for mind and body.

Book Review: How to Live in a Chaotic Climate

The first few pages of How to Live in a Chaotic Climate may seem ominous: You’ll find the words funeral, uncertainty, and grieve in the Table of Contents. Though these words might …

Book Review: Travel Light

Meditation teacher Light Watkins’ new book Travel Light is no repeat of the self-help books we’ve seen on simple living and minimalism over the past 25 years. None of the seven pri…

Book Review: The Book of Druidry

Hear the word Druid and what comes to mind? Albus Dumbledore, his craggy face framed by long gray hair and beard? Or a midnight circle of men in white robes, cutting mistletoe with…

Book Review: The Dawn of a Mindful Universe

Climate change experts have warned us for decades of the devastating consequences to come if we don’t change the way we interact with the natural world. So then, why does the air q…

Music Review: The Omnichord Real Book

Music is a transformative force for Grammy Award-winning singer, bass player, and song-writer Meshell Ndegeocello. Her latest album, The Omnichord Real Book, is all about seeing ol…

Music Review: Touch My Soul

Can you imagine contentment that goes on and on? That’s just what Ivan Neville does on the song “Might Last a Lifetime” from his danceable new album Touch My Soul. He sings, “Just …

Film Review: No Ordinary Campaign

In 2014, the internet was awash with clips of people pouring buckets of ice water over themselves to raise money for charity. As director Christopher Burke’s latest documentary poi…

Film Review: The Land of Ahimsa

The ancient Indian concept of ahimsa is central to many of the region’s religions. The core idea of ahimsa is that all living things are connected by a spiritual energy. As such, t…