Spirituality & Health Magazine

Spirituality & Health is for people who wish to explore the spiritual journey-the journey to self knowledge, authenticity and integration. It offers you inspiration for the practice, people and ideas of the current spiritual reawakening. We cover all points of view on spiritual questions, drawing on the world's wisdom traditions as well as science, psychology, sociology and medicine.

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FROM THE EDITOR

Spirituality & Health • volume 26, number 1

Diana Sudyka • S&H editor Ben Nussbaum spoke with Diana Sudyka about taxidermy, clayboard, and combining words and images. Look for her art throughout this issue.

Becoming Enlightened

Amusing Grace, How Sweet the Sound

HIPS • Your hips are the source of most of your ability to move around in the world. These joints are comprised of many different muscle and bone structures, including the glutes, the inner thighs, the sacrum/tailbone, the pelvic floor, and the whole pelvic structure.

Great books from our S&H contributors!

CONNECTIONS

THE HIDDEN COST OF DOMESTICATION • Animal trainer REN HURST lost everything when she discovered a new way of being with animals. What she gained made the loss worthwhile.

MOVE FOR RECOVERY • STEVEN WASHINGTON, author of Recovering You, shares his recovery journey and how movement was the key to success.

WAKE UP TO THE DARK • CLARK STRAND walks the path toward a new appreciation of the night.

TOWARDS JOY • Ben Nussbaum spoke with CYNDIE SPIEGEL about her latest book, Microjoys.

running on gentle power • Life is an ultramarathon. The best path is to access your sisu and keep your heart open.

23 Great Places TO PAUSE, REFLECT, AND RENEW

10 Tips for the First-Time Retreat Goer

SPREADING GRATITUDE • The start of the year is a time to celebrate our growth and our power to endure changes and difficulties. Giving gifts to others can express our own gratitude and inspire a steady stream of goodwill the whole year through.

REVIEWS • books //music //film

Ready, Set, Go

In Happiness and Suffering

Aging With Cats and Dogs

Introducing Nagomi

ONE MORE THING • A FLOWCHART FOR GETTING TO SLEEP: A PLAYFUL TAKE ON SLEEP HYGIENE