How I rediscovered my artistic groove via photography…and you can too!
GUEST COLUMN: CYNDI INGLE — Remember the INXS song from the late 80’s, The Devil Inside? Well I have a new take on the theme of that title: we all have an artist inside — and lately, I’ve discovered mine.
It all started when I got [...]

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We have 11 Moon Centers in our body, and we dwell in each one for 2 1/2 days. Every woman’s rotation pattern is unique, and stays with her for life
BEING THERE: EMMA — We have moon centers! This was news to me.
And it arrived at a workshop in Espanola, New Mexico at the Sadhana [...]

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GUEST COLUMN: DAVID RICKEY
It’s common to pray for people’s health, and we’ve even heard of believers petitioning God for everything from rain to the winning touchdown. So when Soul’s Code heard about the group, Pray at the Pump, we weren’t entirely surprised. Freaked out by the super-spike in oil prices, they have staged vigils at [...]

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ADVANCE BOOK EXCERPT: VAISHALI
The following is taken from Vaishali’s second book, Wisdom Rising, which will be released in October, 2008.
It was the great spiritual teacher J. Krishnamurti who once said, “If you think that meditation is sitting in a corner of your room for fifteen to twenty minutes, and then getting up and paying no [...]

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GUEST COLUMN: Beverley Wood
All of the guys I’ve ever been in love with have always said the same thing. I have one eye on the door even if it’s just out of the corner of the eye — like I’m waiting for someone who I know is coming, someday.
It disturbs me when guys point that [...]

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GUEST COLUMN: MORGAN STANEK
I wrote this after my first day of work at a homeless shelter in Hamilton, ON, a steel-plant city in Canada. It’s an overwhelming job that provides endless opportunities for me to learn about myself, and others.
Our society has a hierarchy, and its currency is called expertise and knowledge. Homeless [...]

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We’ve launched our Pain Body Index as a slideshow. The arresting images are drawn from sources like The Bridge, a documentary that chronicles the dirty little secret of that postcard-shot called the Golden Gate Bridge. The San Francisco tourist mecca also doubles as America’s No. 1 destination for suicide attempts.
The Soul’s Code Pain Body [...]

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This is the second in a series, Finding happiness in all the right places, by a young female seeker

BEING THERE: EMMA — My decision-making mechanism wasn’t cooperating when I was weighing whether or not to go on this retreat. It was a constant back and forth — I need to buckle down and work, [...]

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Once a clueless novice, a writer shares how she learned to stop worrying — and was inspired to become certified as a Reiki master

BY MARLENE SATTER — Anyone who’s ever sat in a doctor’s office and steamed, waiting sometimes for hours to be seen — only to be given the bum’s rush once inside the [...]

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Dana Carvey and Mike Myers were comedic partners. They made millions, and achieved international fame with the Wayne’s World movies in the 1990s.
Then they went their own ways, and Myers found a new partner — this time, spiritual.
Do you think Carvey just might have been taking an indirect shot at Myers with this impersonation of [...]

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GUEST COLUMN: VICKI WOODYARD
What can we do but keep on breathing in and out, modest and willing, and in our places? ~Mary Oliver
We all need breathing room. A place where we can go to be recharged. For me, that room is on the inside. It cannot be located on a GPS. It is inside [...]

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This is the first in a series, Finding happiness in all the right places, by a young female seeker

BY EMMA — I didn’t understand the numbness, the lack of desire to eat, my entire body feeling warm, almost feverish and noticeably weak, unexplainable/explainable bruises on my body . . . the void where motivation [...]

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JEMMA’S JOURNEY: (The 2nd of 2 parts)
Master Hai Kong is a revered figure in China’s resurrected and re-activated Buddhist community. Seekers from all over the most populous nation-state in the world want to learn from him.
Typically, he performs his empowerment rituals four times a year — and does so for hundreds of students at a [...]

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BEING THERE: JEMMA FONG
Jemma’s journey: “I just need to live with the pain” (1st of 2 parts)
Living with a chronic condition resulting in daily pain and periodic acute flare-ups that flatten me in bed for days seemed to be the only “norm” I knew for the past two and a half decades. Increased stress [...]

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Food for thought: Digesting life (The 1st of 2 parts by the author of You are What you Love)

GUEST COLUMN: VAISHALI — Most people think of the digestive process as something limited to the foods and liquids that we stuff into our mouths daily. However, digestion is best understood as a metaphor for life.
According to [...]

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These simple tips for improving digestion are the second part of a series on on spiritual cuisine
GUEST COLUMN: VAISHALI — Our digestive system is the cornerstone of all the body’s health and strength - emotional, mental, as well as physical. These are simple Ayurvedic tips to optimize your digestive system.
1. Do not eat if you [...]

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GUEST COLUMN: LAURA HOLLICK

Have you heard of the Lifetime network reality series, How to Look Good Naked?
It’s hosted by Carson Kressley from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and takes women through a kind of 12-step program on how to fall in love with their bodies.
Two years ago, long before this series ever hit the [...]

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