“It is a general sense of the poetry of existence that overcomes me. Often it is connected with the sea,” the young Virginia Woolf wrote in her diary a century ago as she reckoned with the “extraordinary emotions” that often overcame her — the source from which some of humanity’s greatest literature was about to … Read more
mbg Associate Food & Health Editor By Merrell Readman mbg Associate Food & Health Editor Merrell Readman is the Associate Food & Health Editor at mindbodygreen. Readman is a Fordham University graduate with a degree in journalism and a minor in film and television. She has covered beauty, health, and well-being throughout her editorial career. … Read more
In 1921, D. H. Lawrence was staggered by a “strange and wonderful” book bursting with “primary, elemental forces, kinetic, dynamic — prismatic, tonic, the great, massive, active inorganic world, elemental, never softened by life, that hard universe of Matter and Force where life is not yet known, come to pass again.” That book was Legends … Read more
mbg Spirituality & Relationships Writer By Sarah Regan mbg Spirituality & Relationships Writer Sarah Regan is a Spirituality & Relationships Writer, and a registered yoga instructor. She received her bachelor’s in broadcasting and mass communication from SUNY Oswego, and lives in Buffalo, New York. Image by Mait Pons / Stocksy Our editors have independently chosen … Read more
“We call it ‘Nature’; only reluctantly admitting ourselves to be ‘Nature’ too,” Denise Levertov wrote in her stunning poem “Sojourns in the Parallel World.” When exactly the split happened is difficult to discern — this crossing-point at which human nature reached its higher potential and downward to its darkest depths at the same time; this … Read more
Wat zeggen je handen over wie je bent? Handlezer Sandrijn Ekkel deelt zes tests waarmee je zelf aan de slag kunt, om je zo een voorproefje te geven van alle informatie die jouw handen over je kunnen geven. De testjes voer je uit met je rechterhand. Deze geeft informatie over hoe het nú met je … Read more
mbg Contributing Writer By Brittany Loggins mbg Contributing Writer Brittany Loggins is a freelance writer covering health, wellness, and all things lifestyle. Image by jamie grill atlas / Stocksy Our editors have independently chosen the products listed on this page. If you purchase something mentioned in this article, we may earn a small commission. June … Read more
This is the great and terrifying truth about the creative life: Anything we make — all this longing for beauty and meaning, all these reckonings and raptures, these most passionate and personal fragments of being — is just a tiny seed compacting everything we are, blown into the wind that is the world. Seeds are … Read more
In literature, when a storyline involves a victim and a persecutor, we call it a drama. In life, most acts of aggression or complaint (which are two sides of the same coin: the emotional currency of existential malcontentment), most tantrums thrown by otherwise reasonable adults, most blamethirsty fingers pointed at some impartial reality, involve the … Read more
What is hematite? Hematite is an iron-based mineral that’s actually chemically the same as common rust, according to crystal expert Yulia Van Doren of goldirocks. It’s originally a rusty-red color and gets its distinctive metallic gray sheen when polished, and is found in Brazil, Canada, England, the US, Venezuela, and more. “Hematite’s name literally means … Read more