When he was a teen, Vince Flores-Maldonado was drawn to gangs in the Yaqui community of Guadalupe, south of Phoenix. His mother raised her son with morals and values, but he put those teachings aside ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Traditional healing practices used for generations to treat the body and mind are now being recognized as ...

On any Tuesday night, 13 women fill the main area of South Dakota Urban Indian Health’s downtown community center to see Shaina Yellowback. Yellowback, 34, is one of two who lead a culturally based ...

Many traditional Native American healing practices have proven health benefits. Sweat lodges, for example, have been documented as being helpful in ridding infections from the body, helping with pain ...

New Mexico is now one of the first states in the nation to cover traditional Native American healing practices under Medicaid. The coverage was approved in October 2024 by the federal government for ...

In October, the Biden Administration expanded both Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for practices that could include sweat lodges and drumming in Oregon, California, New ...

The desert has been regarded as a place of spiritual healing for centuries; the dry climate, natural springs, cavernous valleys and immense mountains attract yoga gurus, landscape worshipers and ...

Castro is a retired charter driver and lives in Cortez Hill. When I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes, and weighed 228 pounds at 65, I was referred to a pre-diabetes class held at San Diego American ...

Mental health care is experiencing a profound transformation as Americans increasingly embrace spiritual practices alongside conventional therapy. This evolution represents more than a fleeting trend ...

Spiritual healing is a healing process that uses the transfer of energy in order to help someone. According to one definition, "Spiritual healing can be defined as the direct interaction between one ...

Unlike conventional medicine, spiritual energy healing is holistic. It works on the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels to address all aspects of a particular issue or imbalance.

Former Cowlitz Indian Tribe chairman and spiritual leader Roy Wilson died early Tuesday morning at age 97, just days before the 25th anniversary of the tribe’s federal recognition on Thursday. Cowlitz ...