Debates over whether or not animals are self-aware beings can get heated, and deciding that they are would require major legal and ethical changes in how they are treated. In "The Soul Life of Animals", Hanne Jahr takes a metaphysical... Read More

Spiritual wanderer, mystic, and ordained minister Gretel Van Wieren’s memoir of her stint as writer-in-residence in Oregon’s Cascades covers her quest to rediscover her connection with the natural world, which is her main source of... Read More

A hunt for both literal and metaphorical treasures, Sandra A. Miller’s memoir "Trove" is a personal search to answer a lifetime’s worth of deep and difficult questions. Since she was a child, Miller’s eyes have always searched the... Read More

“Yin Yoga practice gives us the peace that we so urgently need in this noisy world,” writes Stefanie Arend in "Be Healthy with Yin Yoga". The long, gentle poses of Yin Yoga, she says, allow for time to experience the self in all of... Read More

When she was twenty-nine, a total hysterectomy left Ashley Leavy feeling bereft, grieving, and needing the comfort of feminine energy. Bringing together her love of crystals and of the moon, she created a spiritual practice that fostered... Read More

Carla Marie Manly’s inspiring "Aging Joyfully" recognizes that, from birth, people are pushed to let go and move from one developmental stage to the next. While adulthood is met with eagerness, she says, later years are regarded as... Read More