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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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When the game is betrayal, what goes around, comes around.

BY CASSANDRA K — As Sharon Stone found out, karma really is a bitch. (Her recent crazed, off-hand comments suggesting that China’s devastating earthquake was karmic payback for the government’s treatment of […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Smadar de Lange is a psychologist and somatic therapist.

The holy man she met, “Swami Ji”, has no organization, TV show, or book. His name simply means “great teacher.”

PEAK EXPERIENCE: SMADAR DE LANGE — How would you describe the experience of falling in love? For me, meeting […]

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GUEST COLUMN: DAVID RICKEY

The ego exists only to function in relationship to the whole system, and the ego functions best when it is consciously aware of itself as part of a larger system.

Inspiration derives from the word, spirit. But it is the latest breakthroughs in science, not necessarily […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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GUEST COLUMN: VAISHALI

Author of You are What you Love

Food for thought: Digesting life (The 1st of 2 parts)

Most people think of the digestive process as something limited to the foods and liquids that we stuff into our mouths […]

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GUEST COLUMN: VAISHALI

Seven Simple Tips for Improving Digestion

(Part 2: Sequel to A female mystic on spiritual cuisine)

Our digestive system is the cornerstone of all the body’s health and strength - emotional, mental, as well as physical. These are […]

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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 […]

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