by Lisa Moore

Some of my earliest memories are of my mother, Rose Beebe, 88, singing to me: nursery rhymes, patriotic songs, Christmas carols, church hymns, advertising jingles.

Mom wasn't always on key, but her enthusiasm was infectious and I followed her lead...

Editor's Note from Bernice Chu: Lisa Moore shares a touching story of her Mom's personal journey and relationship with music. She shares the challenges and healing one may experience in caring for a parent and a child.

Music Therapy & Sound Healing

by Francesca Simon

We choose our screensavers as tools for transmutation. They transmute our being and raise our vibrations a little higher by evoking fond memories or engaging our hopes and dreams. They help us reconnect to people, places and feelings that bring us joy. They are our modern-day tarot cards...

Tarot

by M.J. Plaster

Nothing turns a commonplace, ho-hum room into a radiant, inviting setting faster than the flicker of a few ordinary candles scattered strategically throughout the room. Add scented candles and you can quickly evoke childhood memories, transport your imagination to a tropical island, or infuse the room with the crisp scent of a pine forest. Aromatherapy candles add yet another dimension to the equation...

Aromatherapy

by Sandra Miniere, MEd
ATH Asst. Editor of Sacred Living

Moving to Chalfont, PA, in the early 1970's (population 3,846 - 2000 census) introduced me to a simpler way of life and the true meaning of community...

Editor's Note from Sandra Miniere: Loving relationships and special connections make life feel sacred even when these people are no longer a part of your life. Because you took the time to care and connect, they are part of your cherished memories. If you make people a priority, you will have an abundance of special relationships throughout your life to fill your heart and uplift your soul. Be willing to reach out and connect!

Sacred Living

by Major Wellesley Tudor Pole O.B.E.

“The Sphinx at night! It is the wonder of the world. Travellers speak of it as an inscrutable monument hewn from rock, expression unchangeable...

Editor´s Note from David G. Arenson: Fascinating and historic prose describing the author's experience in Egypt gazing at the Sphinx.

‘Those who attain true inner peace become God’s messengers in a world at war. Shed forth the light from your secret sanctuary until it is caught up and reflected everywhere. Then will a world at war become a world at peace.’ ”

Sacred Living

by Brooke Nisbet, MA, RYT,
ATH Co-Editor of Yoga

When wild elephants are domesticated as babies, they are chained to a huge tree or to a thick iron stake driven deep into the ground.  This stake/tree is physically able to hold the young elephant, despite the elephant’s repeated attempts to pull free and escape...

Editor's Note from Brooke Nisbet: Yoga is a full-time life. Yoga happens beyond the yoga mat. It happens as you close your eyes at night, while you're driving, when you're interacting with others, when you're silently sitting with yourself. One of the ideas in yoga is to practice non-attachment. Not being stuck to a fear,anger, sadness, joy, excitement, expectation and so on. That takes you away from living in the present moment. Being tied down to your past fears and memories can also become debilitating and depressing. Don't allow yourself to be tied down to old beliefs like an elephant tied to a simple stake in the ground. He has the strength to easily pull free at any moment, but his mind keeps him bound. How about you? What's tying you down?

Yoga

by Teza Zialcita

The space of unconditional love is where we want to be but it takes a lot of understanding,wisdom and growth to be in this lovely space. When we are growing as children, most of us have experiences that are abusive and detrimental to our emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of our being. We then carry these wounds of our souls into our cellular memories and consciousness...

Intuition & Symbols