New York Spirit : Resources for Natural Living

Features

Salsa - Dance as Prayer

by Jena la Flamme

As odd as it may sound, one of the best things that ever happened was being stood up at a salsa club.
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Eating is not just about trying to get in your fruit and vegetable quota for the day. Today, more and more individuals are eating foods that are not just beneficial for their health but to the health of the earth as well.
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Love, Compassion & Tolerance

by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The essence of all religions is love, compassion, and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. No matter whether you are learned or not, whether you believe in the next life or not, whether you believe in God or Buddha or some other religion or not, in day-to-day life you must be a kind person.
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Columns

[Integrative Nutrition]

Primary Foods

by Joshua Rosenthal

Everything we consider as a source of nutrition is really just a secondary source of nourishment. The foods you eat are secondary to all the other things that feed you—your relationships, career, spirituality, and exercise routine. » Read more...

[The Milk Papers]

Pt.2: How Raw Milk Got A Bad Rap

by Nina Planck

Pasteurization has little to do with health and everything to do with practical matters. Without pasteurization, the transport, distribution, and sale of industrial milk and cheese as we know it would be impossible. This is a brief history of pasteurization in the U.S. » Read more...

[Thought on Food & Health]

Intentionality & Food

by Annemarie Colbin, Ph.D., Ches

“Made with love” is an ingredient I have often seen on home-made packaged cookies and other home-made foods in health food stores. It always seems like a sweet and nice thing to say, but without real meaning... Turns out it’s quite real, and measurable. » Read more...

[Yoga in the City]

East West Yoga

by Danielle Winston

Enter an eclectic yoga world,
with almost as many types of
classes as there are assanas.
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[Enlightened Sex in the City]

Beyond Monogamy

by LiYana Silver

When Marc’s girlfriend of 10 years, Tina, started mentioning marriage and kids, he realized he’d been sleep-walking through his life and wasn’t sure who it was he’d be bringing to a marriage, let alone if he wanted one at all.
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[Poetry]

Illuminated Ink

Edited by Susan Brennan

The Split This Rock Poetry Festival took place this past March in Washington DC and I’m proud to feature STR organizers, Sarah Browning, Regio Cabico and Melissa Tuckey.
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