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Meditation Quote 85: “May you live every day of your life.” – Jonathan Swift
How do you spend your days? Fully alive and appreciative of all the moments you’re experiencing, or at fast pace glued to your phone, tablet or TV? Don’t get me wrong… It’s all too easy to get distracted these days, and we can’t be 100% present all the time. But I am sure you can agree that…
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How Do You Stop The Fight?
There is only perfection. Let your basic goodness guide you. I was recently uplifted by words from my teacher, Reggie Ray, whose meditation lineage I’ve studied and practiced for the past several years. In one of his recorded talks, Reggie discusses how there are no mistakes on our path. There is only perfection. This is…
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How To Meditate – Leo’s No-Bullshit Guide
This guide on how to meditate is by Leo at Actualized.org, and was released just about a week ago. He spends the first part talking about some of the numerous benefits to meditation, and even mentions enlightenment as a possible outcome. He then briefly gives a definition of what meditation is, before he teaches us…
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What’s One Thing You Can Do Today To Feel More Free?
Don’t wait. Today is the very best day, now is the very best moment, to chill out and breathe. Talking with friends this week, I realized that many of us are waiting. We’re waiting for some other day to give ourselves a break. We’re waiting until our next vacation to really let our hair down…
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96-Year-Old Holds Yoga World Record
Watch this video to see how a 96 year young woman holds the yoga world record for oldest living yoga teacher. This video REALLY inspired me, and made me rethink some of my lifestyle and attitude choices. Amazing how she both teaches yoga, practices ballroom dancing, has such a positive glow and attitude, and smiles…
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How To Know If You Work Too Much
If you were own boss, how many hours would you choose to work? My message today is simple: Stop working so hard. Treat yourself with the gentleness you reserve for a small child (you wouldn’t yell at a 3-year-old because they don’t know algebra, would you?) Take ample breaks. Leave your work at work. Tap…
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9 Tips For Child Meditation And Quiet Time
Do you remember lying in the grass as a child, watching the clouds move by and not having a care in the world? Only as adults, we often find ourselves longing back to those times where we could really be in the moment, not thinking about anything else but being in the here and now.…
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7 Steps To Shake Off Work Stress
Do you suffer from work stress? Take these steps to make today and the rest of the week even better. Work stress can be a drag. Especially when it continues day-in, day-out, right? We’re not alone in thinking so either. In a recent Gallup poll, 80% of those polled reported some form of workplace stress.…
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Meditation Covers Scientific American November 2014 Issue
Who would have thought that a science magazine would feature mindfulness, and in a positive light? Science American did just that! Great news for mindfulness as a whole, and for further bridging the now-not-so-big-gap between science and mindfulness. Huffington Post reports: In 2013, the New York Times declared that mindfulness was “having a moment” (pun…
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How To Relax Into The Rightness, Right Now
Let your guard down today, relax your defenses. Don’t fret, the peace abounds. After having a dull headache for a few days this past week, I had to admit that I was tense. I felt tightness in my shoulders and neck, and even my jaw one day. This, despite my daily meditation practice. Why the…