Gifts and Graces

The Main Thing

Attention Is Devotion

ECOLOGIST B. RATHINASABAPATHY connects the Indian chameleon’s way of being at Kanha Shanti Vanam to spiritual practice—cultivating harmony with place,

A Lightning-fast Tongue and the Art of Camouflage

Life Is Meeting

Kindness Begins at Home

Life's Sacred Trust

Infinite Creativity

Meeting in Transformation

Listening with Intention

What Lies Within

The Source Within

B. RATHINASABAPATHY and VIJAYA NARESH JUTURU share how the Heartfulness Institute is preserving a tree steeped in legend and ecological significance.A

The Krishna Buttercup Tree

The Whole and Its Part

What Is Essential

ALANDA GREENE reflects on beauty’s surprising power to shift perspective, open hearts, and call us into reciprocal relationship with the world, beginn

Beauty. Yes. Wow. Thanks.

They crawl, fly, wiggle, and buzz—but we barely notice them. Yet, without invertebrates, life on Earth would come to a standstill. As ecologist B. RAT

Invertebrates: The Silent Majority in Need of Conservation

Love of Nature

The Beloved is All 

Mastery of Fear

Find Your Eternity

Follow Your Heart

Reflect Goodness

We Have Only Today

True Wisdom

Devotion

Observation

Hope Versus Action

ASHRAF NEHAL speaks to the centuries of correlation between faith and climate, and how, now more than ever, it is critical to reconnect with the Earth

Reuniting Soul and Soil

Choose Joy

Meditation for centeredness

Attention inward

Restlessness to calm

Adventure of consciousness

Elements of the practice

Changing lifestyle to design destiny

A rightful meditation 

B. RATHINASABAPATHY and DR. ANANTHANENI SREENATH, Heartfulness Institute, Forests by Heartfulness.Planting a tree is not just about placing a sapling 

Greening the future: science, care, and sustainability

Only this love

The earth laughs

The Universe

Dr. SREENATH ANANTHANENI is a conservation scientist and taxonomist at Forests by Heartfulness. Here he introduces the Butterfly Ginger Lily, and some

War over a fragrant flower

Anchored in His love

The silence within yourself

I bow my head in humility

If you can dream, it, you can do it

B. RATHINASABAPATHY, Ecologist at Forests by Heartfulness, describes the building of the Asana Mandala Garden, which blends Vedic wisdom, sacred geome

A sacred confluence of nature and spirituality: Asana Mandala Garden

MIRA MADHAV is an inspired writer from Austin, Texas. Here, she writes about Kanha Shanti Vanam from a very different perspective, bringing new unders

Awakened soil

The attitude you bring to life

Nothingness

Trust is the glue of life

My mother

Soils make life possible

Books are like people

Music

B. RATHINASABAPATHY, ecologist, Forests by Heartfulness (FBH), shares a heart-warming tale about a rare rainforest tree species that has been brought 

The Palani Hill Rudraksha's revival is a beacon of conservation.

A journey of conservation and hope

Stories

The final achievement

In his sight

Unfinished energy pattern

Have few desires

Principle of purity

The waters of purity

Intention

There is only one of you

Focus

You are energy, made of love

Inspire others to dream

MONICA VERMA-VACHERY has worked with subtle energies for 20 years. Here she describes the experience of measuring the effects of a Heartfulness Medita

Measuring the Impact of Heartfulness Meditation on Energy

How heartfulness meditation shifts our biofield and the energies in a room

B. RATHINASABAPATHY is an ecologist who works at Forests by Heartfulness at Kanha Shanti Vanam. He shares some information on the various endemic Indi

Jamun Health Benefits: A Superfood for Diabetes & Wellness

A rich legacy of taste and health

Love is immortality

The pursuit of nothingness

The best and most beautiful

A course of action

Become prayer

ALAIN DESVIGNEGingko bilobaThis leaf from a tree in the East,Has been given to my garden.It reveals a certain secret,Which uplifts me and thoughtful p

Gingko

SARAVANAN SUBRAMANIAM, Director of HeartyCulture Natural Products, India, introduces us to a new type of grafted mango at the nursery in Kanha Shanti 

5-in-1 Mango Tree: A Symbol of Unity and Sustainable Growth

The joy of unity

Integrity

The greatest gift to a family

Becoming a mother

DR V. RAMAKANTHA, retired forest officer, who raised a family and worked in forests for most of his adult life, returns to our pages in 2025 to share 

Discover Saptaparni: Medicinal Tree with Spiritual Significance

The devil’s tree

The meaning of life

Exploration

REDISCOVERING AYURVEDA'S NATURAL SECRETSSRAVAN BANDA presents a natural herbal tooth powder, offering a holistic approach to oral hygiene, harnessing 

Herbal tooth powders

Reaching hearts

LESSONS FROM THE DOLOMITESALAIN DESVIGNE explores the Dolomites, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009. This stunning mountain range in the n

Lessons from the Dolomites: Nature's Spiritual Wisdom

The dance of light and shadow

Don't forget love

Perfection and imperfection

Inner potential

Trauma as disconnection from the heart

Be a rainbow

Circle of compassion

Still mind

EDITOR’S BOOK AND FILM REVIEWELIZABETH DENLEY reviews the book, Amphibious Soul, and describes how Craig Foster’s experiences in the natural world, pa

Denley explores Amphibious Soul, where nature meets spirit.

Ropes to God

The destiny of humankind

Facing our wounds

We must work at peace

Allow nature to teach you stillness

DAAJI explains why a plant-based diet is good for your health and well-being, and for the planet. Some of the reasons may surprise you. Yogic science 

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