by Matthew Segall

The universe is a body, according to Plato-- a Living Thing. It is unlike our own animal bodies, because it has no arms or legs to move around, since it is everywhere at once... 

Cosmology

 by Hal Mosher

Animals are an integral part of our lives as they serve as reminders of our deep connection to nature. The animal mind has not been tainted by societal conventions, and more importantly neither has its instincts. In martial arts practice, we try to cultivate the sense of ourselves we had before our societal conditioning...

by Hal Mosher

Meditation on the five elements of the body is an old tradition which is used primarily to loosen the grasping at the self. In Tai Chi these elements take the form of animals and their corresponding organs.

Editor's Note from Cathy Alinovi: Spring in the air means babies in the trees, and on the ground when they fall out, or get pushed out, of the nest. Dr Karen Becker shares her experience with baby bird foundlings.

Animals & Pets

by Norman Shealy, MD, PhD
ATH Guest Editor of Integrative Medicine

There is no greater controversy than that over nutrition. Some claim that virtually every food is harmful and a remarkable variety of fad diets exist, from all raw to vegan. Interestingly vegans eat yeast, a member of the animal kingdom; and most wear later shoes and belts. So much for their purity. Meanwhile all of them eventually suffer B 12 deficiency and usually are deficient in one or more essential amino acids...

Integrative Medicine

by Alissa Wolf

This psychic doesn’t wear a turban and gaze into a crystal ball, or predict the meeting of tall, dark, handsome men.

This rather angelic-looking strawberry blonde prefers business suits, and her clients usually have four legs and a tail...

Editor's Note from Cathy Alinovi: There are many paths to animal communication, just as there are many paths to each of our career choices. When we get where we are meant to be, the match is clear to all those around us. The beauty of Emerald DuCoeur's match as an animal communicator is pet parents understand their pet and work for a better life, or afterlife, together.

Animals & Pets

by Kathy Warnes

Although the elderly couple wore anxious expressions as they carried their burden into the waiting room of the veterinary clinic, they managed to project an air of desperate optimism. Their story had to have a happy ending. If it didn't, what would they do...

 Editor's Note from Cathy Alinovi: Soul mates come in many shapes, many species. This soul mate to an elderly couple did not spend enough time in his cat body, carried to the vet in a laundry basket.

Animals & Pets

by Cindy Huff

We’ve become much more aware of relationships in the last few months at home – relationships that are developing and changing – between various members of our animal family...

Editor's Note from Cathy Alinovi: Why can't we just get along? Perhaps how our pets learn to communicate can help humans in their relationships? What can we learn?

Animals & Pets