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Buddha’s Smile Guided Meditation
This is a wonderful short guided meditation, themed around smiling like the Buddha. It is only 6 and a half minutes long, with clear instructions and a soothing voice. Perfect for those short breaks when you want a quick guided meditation to listen to. The guided meditation ends by advising us to create a habit…
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Take Two Of These And Call Me In The Morning!
Searching for a diagnosis? It could be more simple… When I was in my darkest, most stressed-out days, I went to the doctor and got a prescription. I went to the chiropractor and got an adjustment. I asked a therapist what was wrong with me. I had headaches, backaches, stomachaches. Anger, frustration, and anxiety clouded…
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Guitar Music For Your Soul
How about some guitar music on a Friday (or whatever day you’re reading this)? And not just any guitar music… I came across this beautiful piece of music on Dr. Rich Hanson’s website, and wanted to share it with you all. It’s an instrumental piece by John Butler, called OCEAN. Here is OCEAN described in John’s…
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Clear Out The Old, And Call In The Abundance!
There’s no room for your bold vision of the future when all you see are old reminders. As the year draws to close and you look back, what do you see? Do you see the opportunities that you seized, the bold actions you took? Or do you see how you’d rather have things be? Either…
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Study Reveals Surprising Meditation Finds
It turns out meditation can result in parts of our brain becoming thicker, and help us become less depressed and more emotionally attuned. Mic reports in a fresh article: “It turns out meditating is good for more than just quiet time: It can actually help us fight the cripplingly high stress levels we experience during our…
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10 Tips For Taming Your Tension
Feeling a bit overwhelmed on the inside? A trip outside may be just what you need. When you immerse yourself in nature, what do you feel? How about when you get away from the city for a few days or just go for a quick hike nearby? Do you feel yourself relax? Are you uplifted…
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Meditation Quote 86: “Life is a song – sing it. Life is a game…” – Sai Baba
Why so glum, chum? Life got you between a rock and a hard place? At times, it can certainly seem like Murphy and his law are playing tricks on us, trying to take the fun away and replace it with stress and struggle. It’s a these dark times when everything feels hard and stressful, that we are in most…
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Break Free With A Little Foresight
You know you need to take a break, but when? There’s no time! I talk a lot about the importance of breaks. About how, without time for ourselves, the daily grind really does grind us down and leaves us feeling burned-out and tense. You’ve been there. The all-to-familiar reality is that, even when we know…
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Sex, Drugs and Meditation
There was a time I never thought I’d make it. The Criminal Investigation Bureau finger printed my apartment and took my sheets away as evidence. I couldn’t remember what had happened and they assumed the worst. What I could remember, and wasn’t going to tell them, was that I had shot up some heroin that…
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5 Ways To Stay On Your Game
Staying on your game is easier than you think, and a lot more fun. What does it feel like when you’re in the flow? On a morning when the birds are chirping, the air is crisp, and the sky is a sparking blue. One of those days when nothing can faze you. There is openness…