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Welcome to “Przekrój”!

In case you’re wondering where you are, and especially since you probably can’t pronounce the name of this website, here’s a little help—“Przekrój” (pronounced “p-SHEH-crooy”) is the oldest society and culture magazine in Poland, now available in English.

“Przekrój” Magazine brings English-speaking readers some of the best journalism from across Central and Eastern Europe, in the fields of wellbeing, art, literature, science, ecology, philosophy, psychology, and more. Take a break from the speed and intensity of the daily news and join us!

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Magazine
Magazine
Magazine / society
Like Stroking a Butterfly’s Wing
Like Stroking a Butterfly’s Wing
Magazine / society

The Butterfly Touch method developed by Eva Reich shows how less means more and how power lies in gentleness.

Agnieszka Rostkowska

Magazine / society
Shake It Off
Shake It Off
Magazine / society

Krzysztof Karauda—a trainee Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE) trainer—explains how the body uses movement to release tension after stressful experiences.

Maria Hawranek

Magazine / science
A Recipe for Death
A Recipe for Death
Magazine / science

The ageing process in the human body is the sum of various symptoms, each of which can affect living cells.

Tomasz Sitarz

Magazine / society
The Body as a Whole
The Body as a Whole
Magazine / society

Traditional Chinese medicine takes a holistic approach to preventing disease and treating the body.

Aleksandra Woźniak-Marchewka

Magazine / society
Trembling Bodies
Trembling Bodies
Magazine / society

Alexander Lowen – the creator of bioenergetic analysis – developed a psychotherapeutic technique that placed equal focus on the importance of both mind and body.

Sylwia Niemczyk

Reading / science
Sound of Body, Sound of Mind
Sound of Body, Sound of Mind
Reading / science

From free jazz to Bach, both music therapy and self-directed listening can have multiple health benefits for the human brain and mind.

Enis Yucekoralp

Reading / culture
Nobody Home
Nobody Home
Reading / culture

In her latest book “The Next Great Migration”, American science journalist Sonia Shah presents an evidenced picture of how migration has always been with us – for the better.

Paulina Wilk

Magazine / culture
The Body and Its Trace
The Body and Its Trace
Magazine / culture

The work of the Cuban-American performance artist Ana Mendieta still resonates today, more than three decades after her untimely death.

Marta Ziółek

Reading / literature
Captain Nobody
Captain Nobody
Reading / literature

We imagine how Captain Nemo might have looked, had he been a Polish aristocrat fighting Russian tyranny, as Jules Verne originally intended in “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”.

Adam Węgłowski

Magazine / society
Everybody Knows
Everybody Knows
Magazine / society

In this edition of “Conversations from the Playground”, the discussion is a little different – owing to everybody knows what.

Ewa Pawlik

Magazine / science
In Rhythm with the Sun
In Rhythm with the Sun
Magazine / science

The human body has adapted to function in cycles of light and dark. Here’s what goes inside your organism during one 24-hour shift.

Tomasz Sitarz

Magazine / science
Keep Your Fasciae Healthy!
Keep Your Fasciae Healthy!
Magazine / science

Fasciae, the connective tissue that envelopes all of our internal organs, is one of the body’s last mysteries. Slowly but surely, its importance to our health is becoming clearer.

Marcin Kozłowski

Magazine / society
Connecting the Dots
Connecting the Dots
Magazine / society

Traditional Chinese medicine teaches of the meridian system – a series of pathways that connect the human body and mind, and through which ‘qi’ life energy flows.

Monika Waraxa

Magazine / society
High on Our Own Supply
High on Our Own Supply
Magazine / society

Endorphins – or, to give them their full name, endogenous morphines – can give the human body a natural high during exercise. But how exactly do we access this secret stash of opioids?

Piotr Żelazny

Magazine / society
Thought Took Wing from the Body
Thought Took Wing from the Body
Magazine / society

Psychologist Bartłomiej Dobroczyński talks about the limits of thinking, how we might think less, and why thinking is analogous to sex.

Katarzyna Sroczyńska

Reading / society
In Praise of Nudity
In Praise of Nudity
Reading / society

Poland may be a Catholic country, but it has its fair share of nudists. You might find them at the infamous beach at Chałupy, or even further afield in Bulgaria, whose Black Sea resorts have long attracted regional naturists.

Stasia Budzisz

Magazine / science
Everybody Burns
Everybody Burns
Magazine / science

Right now, there are over 10,000 active fires worldwide. In fact, you, Dear Reader, are burning too, and it might not be such a bad thing...

Łukasz Lamża