Creating Healthy Communities One Person at a Time

by Dr. Steven Johnson Health Creation represents a new multi-cultural health paradigm for creating resilience in our time, both for ourselves and for our planet. “Resilience” refers to the capacity to unfold our fullest potential for physical, mental and creative well-being while simultaneously becoming more resistant to infection and disease. “Health Creation” represents a … [Read more...] about Creating Healthy Communities One Person at a Time

The Medicine of Love (Within the Pandemic of Fear)

by Ben Cherry originally published by socialinitiativeforum.org What is clear is that a hard road lies ahead. I imagine we can all agree on that. But inner change rarely takes place without pain, and our fear today can be seen as a symptom of awakening to realities that we had not had to face so consciously before. Like a comet bringing panic and awe to people of old … [Read more...] about The Medicine of Love (Within the Pandemic of Fear)

Leading the Child to Love the World

by Ronni Sands Gardening teacher Ronni Sands asks: How do gardening teachers relate the practical work of the garden to the growing child? article originally published in Biodynamics, May/June 1996 … [Read more...] about Leading the Child to Love the World

Breathing in the Time of Covid-19

by Tonya Stoddard, LCSW When I first heard the term “social distancing” I thought it was a joke. I was getting ready to take my 11-year-old son, a ballet dancer, to his very first “real” ballet in the city. Though our seats would be jammed together in a very small space with little ventilation, our excitement was mounting by the minute. Then I received the email. The city … [Read more...] about Breathing in the Time of Covid-19