contentment in life & laundry; rumi’s divine intoxication; gross national happiness; bliss in a bookshop, selfless service as drug rehabilitation, ascent’s first children’s story, poetry by susan musgrave, mantra vibration transformation…

karen armstrong return to compassion; the dalai lama creating a place for peace; HIV/AIDS activism the healing balance of hatha yoga; plus: sourcing food within 100 miles of home, hermit poets face the world, a lesson from the skunks…

patricia walden, john friend, sharon gannon contemplate the essence of yoga; alice walker inner light in a time of darkness; a peek into sparrow’s dream diary; 3 visionaries: new ways of seeing & the winners of our writing contest

how a former nun is revisioning sexuality & inspiring social change; mark whitwell on the intimacy of hatha yoga; does spiritual life require celibacy? noah levine wrestles with desire, redefining beauty with siva & sakti…

yoga teachers serve their communities; matthieu ricard on metaphor, pure vision & happiness; the human right to water, a global activist thirts for justice; plus: a roadtrip through the elements and could you live in a zero waste home?

yoga’s inner language; can metaphor deepen our practice?; the sublime qur’an; a poet & linguist enconters an ecosystem of stories; a treasure hunt through india’s ashram libraries.

can we sustain hope & possibility?; joanna macy transforms despair into joyful rebellion; urban artists re-imagine the spirit of place; derrick jensen asks, what are you willng to do?

what is the work that bridges heaven & earth?; geeta iyengar, roshi joan halifax, & margaret wheatley; 3 influential voices on the place of karma yoga.