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By Betsy Bruns I stopped making New Year’s resolutions a while ago. Like weight-loss diets, which have a start date, an end date, and the feeling of holding your breath until the torture is over. New Year’s resolutions are rarely successful. Neither are most diets. According to some estimates, diets …

 By Stefanie Arend Some types of yoga specify precisely how certain positions should look, and many people attempt to emulate this ideal image, whereas Yin Yoga is oriented towards the person practicing it. Our inner teacher is truly our most important yoga teacher, and I believe there is great healing …

By Betsy Bruns In the United States, the month of March brings the promise of Spring and all things green. March usually has us thinking of St. Patrick’s Day. It sure does for me. I grew up hearing tales of our Irish ancestors fleeing the Emerald Isle for greener pastures …

By Alan Cohen The world is not the same place it was just a few months ago. The pandemic and economic downturn have put humanity’s activities on pause and caused nearly everyone to make significant lifestyle changes. We are required to stay home, conduct business from our living rooms, homeschool, …

 By Stefanie Arend In our busy world, anxiety affects more people than ever. We power through late nights at work, are constantly bombarded by messages even after leaving the office, and are haunted by performance pressure in the classroom and workplace. The internet makes it easier than ever to compare …

By Lisa Brazelton  The changes being forced upon us from the COVID-19 virus have altered the very landscape from which we view life. The way we see, think and feel has been tinted with new colors from the Divine Artist’s palette, where light shines on the darkness of dysfunction and …

By Bernadette Evans  As of this writing, the world has been going through a massive shift. People have been self-isolating for weeks or months. It’s been difficult not seeing the people we love, connecting and hugging. Many people are becoming more creative in how they communicate and do business, but …

By Kayla Hancock Moon Magic: A Handbook of Lunar Cycles, Lore, and Mystical Energies, by Aurora Kane (Wellfleet, $18.99, Hardcover) In this Mystical Handbook Series book, Aurora Kane shares in-depth information about the various phases of the Moon—including each phases’ themes and associated rituals. Additionally, she shares sacred knowledge about …

By Alecia Rice Q: I’m a hot mess! I need some tools to deal with sheltering in place. What might I do to get through this long, challenging experience? — Cabin Fever Alecia: Dear Cabin Fever, Through the lens of higher consciousness, this is about so much more than catching a virus or sheltering in place. Conscious attention can be placed on the following to mine the internal gems that these circumstances present as higher opportunities …

By Katarzyna Szumal We are living in a very interesting time right now. We are under a Stay-At-Home Order at our homes, alone or with our loved ones. It is a time where we’ve been forced to be with each other 24/7. How many times in your life have you …