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When To Pull The Weeds
I invite you today to “let go” and release that which no longer serves you. Have you ever stopped to look around your home to realize, wow! I’ve accumulated a lot of stuff! Then you go around and collect what you never use or doesn’t match your style anymore, and you have a big garage sale or you send it…
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Relaxing Piano Meditation Music
Known as “the king of instruments”, the piano plays a part (pun intended) in everyones life, however small or large. For some it evokes great emotion in classical music pieces, for others it’s a not so welcome reminder of painful piano lessons as a child, and for some it’s just an instrument that they hear in songs on…
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How To Stop The Struggle In 5 Steps
If you could let something go today for more peace and happiness, what would it be? There’s a nasty habit going around. It’s something that you’ll probably do today, without even knowing it. Maybe you’re guilty of giving in-to this habit already today. It’s the habit of thinking that you have to struggle to get ahead.…
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Prisoners And Guards Meditating Together
Member of the UK Parlament Chris Ruane said ‘mindfulness’ should be introduced into prisons to help inmates become better citizens, The Telegraph reports. In his article, Bill Gardner explains: Prisoners and their guards should meditate together to reduce violence and improve behaviour, an MP has suggested. Mindfulness is said to change the way people think…
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How To Take Action While Doing Nothing
You’ve heard me say it before, but it’s always a good time to be said again: With Awareness we can take Action! Did you know that just 5 minutes of mindful breathing can calm the mind, relax the body, and leave you feeling refreshed? Maybe this is a reminder for you. Maybe I’m preaching to the…
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3 Quick Meditation Pillow Facts
My first encounter with a meditation pillow was in a spiritual shop in Paris where the clerk told me that “this one is very good for levitation”. I tried to keep a serious face, but my friend giggled in disbelief. About a decade later I still haven’t been able to levitate on my pillow. Whether it…
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Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer’s Day?
This post is inspired by my daughters and how, even at their tender ages of 10 and 12, they already have a very keen sense of how they compare to the world around them… and to each other. Who is taller? Who has shinier hair? Who has the better grades? Who is more popular at school?…
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Meditation Quote 90: “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” Og Mandino
We all have things we know could improve our lives, and we sort of want to do, but never have taken action on. Dreams that seem unreachable, goals that seem impossible and tasks as big as mountains. But it all boils down to one simple thing … … one common place of origin … … one…
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A Timeout In Paradise
When was the last time you took a time-out? Aloha! This is Dana writing from the lush island of Oahu. As I sit here on white sandy beaches, gazing out into the crisp clear waters of the Pacific, soaking in the warm, serene beauty of the island, I am overwhelmed by the unconditional support and love…
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Guided Zen Meditation
Did you know Leonard Cohen is an ordained zen monk? Discover more about that in the second video below… But first, let’s talk about zazen (zen meditation). What I love about the zazen practice is that it at it’s core is very simple, and mindfulness based. This means that it is best practiced by focusing on nothing…