Is a trip to Burning Man a spiritual game-changer, or can that change only occur within? Be careful out there – there’s no fast track to enlightenment, says David H. Wagner

Here it comes…the countdown to BURNING MAN 2014 is on! As the final preparations take place, we canvassed the most seasoned Burners of the Numinati to compile the ultimate pre-playa check-list…Images: Reka Nyari and Michael Chichi :: JANA PINCHBECK, CREATIVE DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR PLANETARY CULTURE :: Friends. I am coming with my two best girlfriends from London […]

Meet Yogi Vegan Lez, a.k.a. Alexandra Roxo and her girlfriend Orian. In the first chapter of a new series on the challenges of conscious modern coupling, is a road trip actually the best kind of couples therapy?

How do you remember camp? When Michelle Goldblum was asked to recreate a summer camp for grown-ups, it made her confront age-old feelings of sadness and un-belonging.

“I knew that meditating in silence for hours every day, for 10 days in a row, would be like learning to swim in the deep end…” Sarah McKinney shares the experience that left her “more integrated, and whole.”

You want to get the most out of your yoga retreat, right? Heather Lilleston and Kumi Sawyers from Yoga For Bad People lay down their guidelines for less freaking out, and more F.U.N.

As the music and culture mash-up that is SXSW festival rolls into town, here’s our recipe for a weekend of self-discovery and spiritual hi-jinx in the Portland of the South…

Sun, sand, palm-trees and organic produce as far as the eye can see… yep, it’s L.A. baby…and we’re hitting it fast & hard. Welcome to 36 hours in L.A. Numinous style. By Raquel Griffin. Okay before we even get started with our Los Angeles travel guide: TIP #1. As lovely as L.A. is her traffic is […]

I’ve always thought astrology was the coolest thing. The idea that my soul chose to be born at a particular time, so that in this life I would embody certain personality traits to help me on my karmic journey. And as a believer in what’s meant-to-be, isn’t the circumstance of your birth the ultimate?

I’ve done a lot of change-your-life-type workshops from bootcamps to spas and goddess weekends, but  something called a ‘Vision Quest’ has had the most massive and long-term effect on me. A Vision Quest is like camping-meets-Carlos Castaneda, and is the only thing that’s ever really ‘re-booted’ my life.

YOU’VE got Ibiza, Glastonbury, and…Hollywood? Certain global locations just seem to rob people of their inhibitions and inspire the kind of semi-naked, joyous hands-in-the-air dancing photographer Brad Elterman captured at this 1977 pool party at a mansion behind the Beverly Hills Hotel. Maybe it was just the 1970s (“back then it wasn’t too much of […]