Alternative and Complementary Medicine

January 9, 2024

To Prepare for Psychedelic Therapy, Doctors Breathe Their Way to an Altered State

The instructions were simple: Lying on cots while wearing eyeshades, participants were directed to take deep belly breaths without pause to the beat of fast-paced music […]
October 2, 2022

My Year of Stress and Constipation

After her bowels stop working, a writer begins the search for a solution. To maintain continence, the puborectalis muscle chokes the anal canal. The sling of […]
May 6, 2022

A Psychedelic Trip to Timothy Leary’s Catalina Resort in Mexico

Most travelers descending on Zihuatanejo are unaware of the resort city’s storied past with the apostle of psychedelic drugs, and his experiments in consciousness expansion. Everyone […]
January 8, 2021

As an Intense Winter Unfolds, Some Lessons From Herbalists

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July 3, 2020

The Shaman of Instagram

Shaman Durek was singing in an ancient language into his computer screen. His voice was deep and soothing. “Breathe,” he said slowly, cupping his hands in […]
December 16, 2019

Is Palo Santo Endangered?

Palo santo — the aromatic wood that has been used for traditional healing and in spiritual ceremonies in indigenous and mestizo Latin American cultures for centuries […]
December 22, 2017

Glitter Bombs, Past Lives and Ovary Tattoos at Bust’s Craftacular

Advertisement As snow fell on the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn in mid-December, a dozen or so people gathered inside a room at the Brooklyn Expo Center […]