Joan Stamm on how the Japanese art of flower arranging taught her to appreciate her mother—and the seeds she planted in Stamm’s heart.
Oak and maple, palm and pine—trees are our closest neighbors and most patient teachers. Henry Shukman on the common roots of people and trees.
Tree meditation, says Lin Wang Gordon, is a way to strengthen our connection with nature and deepen our understanding of difficult emotions like grief.
Reflecting on the second anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd, Buddhist practitioner and beekeeper Marcella Prokop shares her account of working with the stickiness of suffering.
From paleontology to astrophysics, four scientists talk to Andrea Miller about their search for truth — scientific and spiritual.
Valerie Brown returns to gardening to recover her broken spirit, and discovers what really grows in a garden is love.
“How many times have I felt that I couldn’t bear the heartbreak,” says Barbara Gates. “But here I am still hiking strong.”
Zen teacher John Tarrant on Climate Change, the Australian Fires, and the Magic of the Primeval Forest.
Hilary Smith isn’t keen about Zen, but she does need company. Isolation and depression are the wolves at the door of her mountain cabin.
LionsRoar.com’s digital editor Lilly Greenblatt looks at the bittersweet lessons of winter.
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