Travel articles:

Make Space in Your Luggage for Gifts

Needy destinations value pencils and soccer balls more than candy and coins By Teresa Bergen Well-meaning travelers have long doled out coins, candy and pens to economically challenged local kids in foreign countries. When faced with a population that may lack electricity, clean water or other 21st century basics, it’s natural to want to give […]

Tough Love in India, Ayurveda Style

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Not satisfied with an anti-aging day treatment at a Beverly Hills spa, I journeyed from California to Kerala, birthplace of one of the world’s oldest medical systems, to immerse myself in the real deal for a month.

Falling in Love with Portland

Fresh energy, great outdoor access and sunny summers By Teresa Bergen Portland is one of those cities visitors fall in love with and immediately start packing to move, with or without a job in sight. Artists, musicians, bike culture enthusiasts, yoga teachers, writers and idealists all are magnetized by the Rose City. When they can’t […]

Film: The Highest Pass

Directed by Jon Fitzgerald The path to deeper self-understanding and spiritual fulfillment can take many forms. So why not on a white-knuckle motorcycle trip at an elevation of 18,000 feet? The Highest Pass follows the journey of seven people, each on his own spiritual quest. Their guide—a 27-year-old bike-riding, iPhone-wielding yogi named Anand Mehrotra, whose […]

Healthy Hawaii

10 ways to gently nourish body & soul on the Big Island

The Yoga of Not Transcending

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Suzanne Morrison’s account of her quest to conquer skepticism, cynicism and cigarettes on the path to enlightenment