Conscious Community Magazine

By Raquel Jex Forsgren, Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT “Are you one of those yogis?” A question that I frequently hear after I tell someone what I do for a living. I can hear in the tone that it’s a bit of a loaded question. I admit that it used to ruffle …

By Alan Cohen My friend Mark has been a physician for over 40 years. Recently he told me a story that helped me understand what real healing is. While Mark was vacationing in Maui, his nephew, a younger man vacationing in Honolulu, had a heart attack. Upon learning this, Mark …

By Kasia Szumal – The September issue of Conscious Community Magazine is here! It is our 39th anniversary issue. We are honored to have inspired millions of people, and it is our goal to keep going and to inspire billions of people around the globe to more mindful, fulfilled and …

By Mark A. Hernandez An Energy Medicine System for Experiencing Less Pain and More Peace The Body Code is a holistic healing system. The practitioner uses The Body Code Mind Maps (sets of electronic charts,) directed questions, applied kinesiology (muscle testing) and intuition to identify and release energetic imbalances and …

By Janae Jean September is such a busy time of year for many of us. Summer vacation season is done, and it’s time to go back to school. Even those of us who aren’t in school or don’t have students in our homes are getting ready for the cooler fall …

By Alecia Rice – Q: My best friend and I got into a huge argument while texting about something mundane. Now she’s not talking to me, which makes me confused and sad because I didn’t say anything wrong. What should I do?  ­— Sore Thumbs A: Dear Sore Thumbs, Unfortunately, …

Reviews by Kayla Hancock The Power of 1(0) A Guide to Living the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule in Modern Times by Denise Alexander Pyle (Balboa Press, Paperback, $12.99) It can be easy to get lost and confused in this world of constant contradictory messages and belief systems. Denise …

By Raquel Jex Forsgren, Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT – Suffering is defined, in a broad sense, as an experience of unpleasantness and aversion associated with the perception of harm or threat of harm in an individual. The opposite of suffering is pleasure or happiness. Suffering can be mental, physical or emotional. …

Interview By Janae Jean & Spencer Schluter – For our latest podcast interview, we had the pleasure to speak with Mikal Vega who is the founder of the Vital Warrior. Mikal is also a former Navy SEAL, an actor, a director, a producer and a musician. He currently serves as …

by Janae Jean and Spencer Schluter – For this interview, we had the honor of speaking with Jacob Liberman, O.D., Ph.D. Dr. Liberman is an optometrist, vision scientist, author, speaker, mentor and consultant. His most recent book, Luminous Life: How the Science of Light Unlocks the Art of Living, blends …