Admirable friend

Alexa Mergen learns that an admirable friend shines a light on the wonder of compassion and that compassion requires awareness to be received.

The Buddha and Suze Orman

There are surprising parallels between the noble truths of Buddhism and money guru Suze Orman’s advice on getting real financially.

The Mindful Society: Walking the Talk

Barry Boyce's Mindful Society column from the May 2009 issue of Lion's Roar Magazine.

The Wall Street Journal now espousing “The Dharma of Capitalism”?

Everyone's getting so spiritual now, with the economic downturn. Why? Rod Meade Sperry looks into the recent phenomenon.

The Miracle of Downward Dog: A Buddhist Discovers Hatha Yoga

A Buddhist practitioner finds that the best way to begin yoga is with a beginner's mind.—Mark Epstein, M.D., is author of Thoughts Without a Thinker, Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart and Going on Being: Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and Psychotherapy.

The Goddess Pose

Andrea Miller sits down for a Q&A with celebrated yoga teacher Shiva Rea about the true and transformative nature of yoga.

Lion's Roar

Commentary: Looking Under the Bed

Karen Maezen Miller on being a Zen priest and a mother in a modern world that won't confront the "Zen under the bed".

Street Yoga

Street Yoga founded in 2002 and offers free yoga, meditation, and wellness classes to homeless youth and to youth at risk of being homeless.

Q & A: Alice Waters

An interview with celebrity chef Alice Waters about healthy food, ethical ingredients and how to change the world with our eating choices.

The Mindful Society

Not long ago seen as fringey and foreign, mindfulness practice is going mainstream. Andrea Miller looks at five fields with mindful living.