Veteran Phil Yates returns to Vietnam after 54 years on a volunteer mission, providing wheelchairs and finding healing, closure, and peace.

A raw firsthand account of Ayahuasca ceremony culture, purging, pain, ego death, laughter, and healing—told through the unfiltered lens of a Honeysuckle writer navigating the jungle medicine for the first time.

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For a long time, I kept going after the things I believed I wanted — and somehow kept executing in the opposite direction. I'd get close to a goal and find a way to undo it. I'd call my anxiety excitement, and ride it into another decision I couldn't explain. Underneath all of it was a baseline feeling I didn't have a name for at the time, but I can name it now: unsafe. With myself. With my…

_This article was written by Daniel Max,__co-owner of JP Centre Yoga_

Yoga is often marketed through images of boutique studios, designer mats, and luxury wellness retreats. But in Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi on the continent of Africa, home to more than 60,000 people disrupted by war and political violence, yoga looks very different.

There are no spa packages or high-end memberships.…

Researchers have successfully regenerated skeletal and connective tissue, although the new tissue was not perfectly formed. The result demonstrates a critical step forward in limb regeneration. For centuries, scientists have viewed the inability to regrow lost body parts as a major biological limit for humans and other mammals. Salamanders and some other animals can regenerate [...]

For Army Veteran Jeffrey Brunnelson, Virtual Reality technology has assisted in improving his mental and physical health.

A volunteer reads to a Navy Veteran, offering comfort and connection through Healing Words, a program that supports Veterans during hospital stays.

I’m a trans man who performs as a drag queen — and pink has always been my favorite color. I was born a girl and shoved into frilly pink princess dresses before I could walk. You might expect me to say I hated it, that I always felt uncomfortable in my own skin. What is true for cis men is also often assumed of trans men — that we only like masculine things. But the truth is, being…

Banafsheh Sayyad chatted about her book "Dance of Oneness," being a part of the digital age, and the importance of movement as it awakens consciousness and helps heal the body.

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Israeli-American artist Tomer Peretz transforms trauma into practice through The 8 Project, using art as a structured path toward resilience, routine, and recovery after October 7.

Yoga and meditation, journaling, breathwork–all such simple tasks, but they make all the difference for our wellbeing. In recent months, there has been a shift in the way individuals are taking control of their mental wellbeing and processing emotions and trauma they have experienced. Rather than prioritizing therapies such as psychotherapy, or ‘talk therapy,’ individuals […]

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_James Van Der Beek_, best known for his roles in __Dawson's Creek__ and __Varsity Blues__ , has died at the age of 48 after a journey with stage 3 colorectal _cancer._

Since November of 2024, the actor has been open about some of the struggles he’s faced with the diagnosis, including having to _sell off_ much of his iconic memorabilia to pay off his _cancer_ treatment.

And yet, Van Der…