The Art of Stillness
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Spiritual Seeking: From the church to inter-faith teachings and community
Several years ago, a dear friend and I were on a quest to find a spiritual teacher. After a few…
IndigenEYEZ and Two-Eyed Seeing
Kim Haxton of the Potowatomi First Nations is co-founder of IndigenEYEZ, an organization that is dedicated to inspiring an intergenerational…
Unlocking the Mystery of the Soul through Dance
At Hollyhock, we are incredibly lucky to host world-renowned teachers in everything from creativity and movement to wisdom and spiritual…
Money Becomes You
So many of us are conflicted about money. Do we deserve it? Hate it? Like it? Reject it? Lust after…
Creaturely Migrations on a Breathing Planet
Connecting to the “wild and free” world around us has many benefits. We truly awaken our senses to think critically…
The Tone of Healing: Enter to Win
Sound. From the sputters of a baby’s lips to a bird’s chirping that harmonizes with a spring breeze, sound is…
How Do You Communicate Under Stress?
Let’s face it: these are stressful times. The more stress people experience, the less resourced they become when challenges arise…
Richer Health: Eating Your Way to a Fuller Life
Why is diet so important? Not the diet trends du jour but long term sustainable diets that create change and…
HEALTH-span is More Important than LIFE-span
Longevity is the big buzzword these days. There is no end to humanity’s search for the magic elixir of prolonged…
Hakomi: Reflective Self-Discovery
Various therapists and practitioners have proven the positive impact of mindfulness and self appreciation on human health; physically and mentally.…
3 Tips to Being a Healthy Human
Are you as healthy as you could be? Unfortunately, the answer is almost certainly an emphatic “NOOOO!!!” But I have great…
Through the Rearview: Adult Parent-Child Conflict
Having parents isn’t easy. From what I hear, neither is being one— but let me stick to what I know.…
The Great Way
Filmed and produced by photographer Sam Forencich, with music composition and production by Travis Forencich, this beautiful time-lapse meditation is my adaptation…
Authority vs Power: Exclusive Preview with Daniel and Gabor Maté
Imagine we are all planets orbiting each other and the sun. We revolve based on our own momentum. But sometimes,…
The Deeper Purpose of Pets
The process of placing our energy within a body, and in so doing forgetting that we are vast, majestic, Divine…
Alive, Authentic, Spontaneous: Videos
I believe we are here to heal each other. I believe most humans, given the opportunity and tools, will rise…
Anger and the Liver
Our article was originally published on Farah’s website DrishtiPoint.ca F*** off! Stop texting me you moron. You have no respect…
As Within, So Without
[mk_blockquote font_family=”none”]“As within, so without, as the universe, so the soul . . . “ – Hermes Tresmegistus[/mk_blockquote]Hermes Tresmegistus is…
Whole Human Health
This article was originally published on my website drlawrencecheng.com Ultimately, what is health? The WHO (World Health Organization) defines it as…
The Path of Love
Love is something we all want to experience, to enjoy and rest into. Yet it often seems elusive, disappointing and full…
Thriving Relationships
There’s the noun of relationship, then there’s the verb of relationship and that’s the essence of relationship, relating with each…
Portrait Of A Marriage. (Yes, It’s Mine.)
This article was originally published on my website carmenspagnola.com. As is often the case for therapists and healing practitioners, we specialize in…
Learning to Find Love
This except was originally posted on my blog at learningtofindlove.com In our culture there’s a huge assumption that relationship takes hard…
Breast Cancer Prevention: Lymphatic Drainage
Did you know that the body contains 6 to 10 litres of lymph fluid? In comparison, the circulatory system has only 3…
Beyond Hope: Leaning into Pandora’s Legacy
This article is a transcript of a speech I delivered in May 2018, at the Tending The Threshold event in Ashland, Oregon,…
Stoned Ape & Fungal Intelligence
In this quirky animation by After Skool renowned mycologist, author, and advocate of bioreditation and medicinal fungi, Paul Stamets describes the…
Tap Your Way to Health, Happiness, and Abundance
What are you up against? To get right to the point, the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is the easiest way…
How Much Power
How much power do you have, how much power do you need? In the body we may feel weak or…
The Healing Highway
When we are young we learn from our parents, when we are older we learn from our teachers and when…