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Surrender The Struggle, Enter The Flow
What do you do when the pathway becomes thorny? When the underbrush is too thick to pass? Do you keep pushing, tensing, bracing yourself against the pain, hoping that the end is near? Or do you practice an easier way? Our organizations praise hard work. Long hours are applauded. Productivity is a buzzword. And even…
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7 Famous People On Meditation
People from all walks of life meditate, even famous people. And quite a few! To give you a glimpse of some of the stars that have made meditation a part of their lives, we’ve compiled a list what 7 famous people are saying about meditation and what it means to them. And it’s no “small talk”…
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What To Do, And When!?
If you’re anything like me, you have a thousand things going on. So many things that it sometimes seem like the full-time job is background noise, and then we’re off to the races! No time to delay, it’ll be bedtime before you know it! Inundated by a laundry list of tasks for completion, it can…
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How Meditation Can Improve Your Relationship
Like life itself, relationships have natural ups and downs. While some weeks you’re both on cloud nine, other weeks it might feel you’ve grown apart. At least for the moment. It’s perfectly normal that relationships are not like a straight line. They are supposed to feel like a gentle roller-coaster ride, with peeks of joy…
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Open To The Moment, Open To Joy
Is the tune you sing a happy one? Are your days spent enjoying the silver linings? Does the sun shine on you, even if the sun doesn’t shine today? We all know someone who is always cheerful, always ready with a positive comment or a smile, always looking on the bright side. Sometimes its hard…
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Meditation Quote 82: “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
I’m soon gonna go and visit my extended family and old friends, most of whom I haven’t seen in about 9 months or more. Circumstances have made it so that I can not see them more than once or twice per year, which makes me even happier to meet and spend some quality time together. Fast…
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Embracing Change, Embodying The Moment
We have an inherent fear of change. This fear has evolved in order to protect us. Change, at times in human history, has meant great hardship. Think of how our early ancestors needed to respond to the coming winters. If the changing of the seasons weren’t taken seriously, it could easily spell death for the…
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From Sick Care To Health Care
I just watched a new Ted Talk today, and I was stunned at it’s vision and wisdom. It was held by Rishi Manchanda, on the topic of how health care professionals need to be more “upstream” and focused on finding the root cause/causes of their patient’s diseases. Simply prescribing pills won’t necessarily cure the patient…
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Meet The Resistance And Win
We all procrastinate at some time or another — even the overachievers. But not all of us see our tendency to do it. Or understand why we do. It just sort of happens, right? We have the best intentions. We’re going to get up and work on the project we’ve been putting off — we’ve…
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Meditation Quote 81: “Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.” – Sharon Salzberg
Ever wondered how to be more mindful throughout the day, always doing your best to be present in the moment and just let go? You just need to remember to be mindful! Simple, eh? That’s what I LOVE about this quote from Sharon Salzberg. But it ain’t all that easy to remember to be mindful…