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Text LinkConversation, reflections and insights from artists, thinkers, healers, peacemakers and pathfinders shaping this moment.
In the Andean worldview, there are three fundamental powers or energetic centers:
As the sun reaches its zenith for the summer solstice, there’s an invitation to pause, reflect, and recalibrate. For renowned yoga teacher and spiritual leader Sianna Sherman, this season is not just a planetary shift—it’s a personal remembrance of the path she chose, the liberation she claimed, and the healing tools she now shares with others.
Long before she became a beacon in the global yoga community, Sianna stood at a life-defining crossroads: the pursuit of medical school or the path of yoga. The decisive turning point came in the pages of a transformative book: The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy.
“That book cracked something open in me,” she recalls.
“It awakened the knowing that there was a deeper freedom available—one that couldn’t be accessed through the linear path I was on.”
That freedom wasn’t theoretical.
It was visceral. It was spiritual. And it called her home to herself.
In 1948 the United States immigration service deported twenty-eight Mexican workers from Oakland California to the San Diego border, by air. They were an hour into the flight when the left wing of the plane caught fire. The aircraft spiraled down into Los Gatos Canyon in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. Thirty-two people were killed, including the twenty-eight deportees.
Newspapers reported the accident. The American crew members were honored by name. Their remains were sent home to their families. The “deportees,” on the other hand, were all pushed into a mass grave, unmarked and unnamed.
When Woody Guthrie learned of this incident, he was moved to write a poem. In an attempt to restore dignity to the twenty-eight, he assigned them fictitious names. The voices of Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan…and so many others made those names famous in the classic American folk song…
Paul Zolbrod taught humanities at the Crownpoint, New Mexico Campus of Diné College–the Navajo Nation Tribal College. He also taught Native American Mythology at Pacifica Graduate Institute. The latter is where I met him. I was a wide-eyed graduate student, hanging onto every word as he recounted the story of Changing Woman and her lover, the Sun. I am thrilled to catch up with him for this interview and chat about Diné Bahane’, the Navajo creation story. Paul’s translation of the work (his most popular book to date) provides the most complete English version of the epic. It celebrates the oral tradition through the written word and offers a vibrant introduction to Diné culture.
In a world where sound – vibration – is the origin seed of devotion, kirtan leaders and spiritual singers point to your heart as the source of your creative freedom. They remind you of the diamond that shines within.
Natalie Karpushenko has a morning routine. She jumps up and down for lymphatic stimulation, then she does her "mirror work." She looks in her right eye. She looks in her left eye and she says, "I am Natalie Karpushenko, I am a known photographer..." Her affirmation is working. Her vision of being a widely known photographer is coming true. We know her. And we are obsessed. Gretchen connects with the Photo Artist responsible for our ORIGINS cover to chat about the inspiration behind her work.
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Masood Ali Khan is generous.He is generous with his origin story. Generous of heart.
In our interview, he shares freely from his earliest memories – feeling silenced in a world of racism and prejudice – and how he cultivated the courage to use his voice. Sound became the medium to change the energy around him. Through the power of music and mantra, Masood discovered the source of his creative energy and expansive Love. He healed from a world of segregation and isolation to share a message of profound peace and social unity.