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How to Explain Basic Meditation to Beginners.

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Morning Decaf with a Big Surly Biker.

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Animal Crushing: What it Is & Why We Have to Look. ~ Stephanie Vessely

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Out of Pain, into Power. ~ Maiga Milbourne

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6 Ways to Get the Love We Deserve.

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Getting Lost Helped Me Find Myself.

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The Power of Words.

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Real Giving is Real Receiving: 5 Ways to Help Others While Supporting Yourself. ~ Jon Schreiber

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A Yoga Body. ~ Meghan McCracken

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Finding Empowerment Through Vulnerability. ~ Jenn Falk

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Climate Change. ~ Jenna Penielle Lyons

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The Magic of Yoga, Breathing & Meditation.

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Reporting from the Front Lines of Human Experience: Meditation, Media & the Monkey Mind.

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Quote of the Day: From Molten Ball to Opera—This Earth Now Sings.

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Do not kill Buddha; thou would Bury the Dead. ~ Enver Rahmanov

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What if I Forget How to Write?

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The Foundational Trinity: Grounding, Orienting & Resourcing.

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PTSD is a Natural, Human Response to Disordered Events: An Interview with Chris Eder.

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Soul Connection: The Deepest Kind of Relationship.

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How Do You Know It’s Time to Let Go?

via on May 20, 2013

Why do patterns hold on? The patterns of identification that limit us weren’t always limiting. They were adaptive. If you grew up in a threatening environment, learning how to fly under the radar was adaptive. Playing small and keeping quiet protected you. The pattern protected you. But your life has changed. You’ve matured. The world [...]

What Warrant? FBI Demands ‘Wire Tap Ready’ Social Media Websites.

via on May 19, 2013

Think your online information is safe with a password? Think again. Under newly disclosed documentation obtained under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, government officials may not always require a search warrant to sift through your most private emails, voice mails or even your most personal Facebook messages. In fact, it appears that some [...]

Morning Decaf with a Big Surly Biker.

via on May 19, 2013

“I like my coffee black, my beer from Germany, wine from Burgundy, the darker, the better. I like my heroes complicated and brooding, James Dean in oiled leather, leaning on a motorcycle. You know the color. (“Ode to Chocolate”)” ~  Barbara Crooker I had decaf with a biker this morning—an ominous and quite surly sort [...]

Animal Crushing: What it Is & Why We Have to Look. ~ Stephanie Vessely

via on May 19, 2013

We don’t show up on our mats and cushions so we can stay asleep, we do it so we can look at what arises. This week Houston Press ran a cover story entitled, “Open Season: Do Laws Against Animal Crushing Videos Violate Free Speech?” It details the recent story about Ashley Nicole Richards and Brent [...]

Date a Boy who Serves.

via on May 18, 2013

In Defense of Boring Boys. Date a Boy who Travels? That’s nice if your life is about pleasure. But there’s a more exquisite joy. A dear friend of mine just shared an article “Date a Boy who Travels” on her Facebook Wall: “Love this.” I didn’t love it. But I do get it. We all [...]

Attitude is More Important than Action. ~ Lama Thubten Yeshe

via on May 18, 2013

These days, even though many people realize the limitations of material comfort and are interested in following a spiritual path, few really appreciate the true value of practicing Dharma. For most, the practice of Dharma, religion, meditation, yoga, or whatever they call it, is still superficial: they simply change what they wear, what they eat, [...]

Notes Toward a Politics of Forgiveness.

via on May 18, 2013

Ultimately, forgiveness means letting go of this world, a darkened, fractured glass through which we see love only dimly. As our frightened grip on all that is temporary relaxes, we will increasingly find our authentic strength in that which is timeless, boundless, inexhaustible, and omnipresent. Heaven is learned, not simply entered with religion’s passport.

Joy & Pain: Learn to Feel Again. ~ Dusty Ranft

via on May 18, 2013

If we try and circumvent or avoid the storm, if we always sail around the rising waves, we remain unskilled sailors in an ocean of troubled waters. Our journey will leave us wet, battered, and salty. Unmarked—but asleep.

6 Ways to Get the Love We Deserve.

via on May 17, 2013

Ain’t nuthin’ gonna change unless we realize we’re feeding our perception of reality and change our actions that support what we don’t want our lives to look like. Huh? If I want someone to always look like an asshole, then I’m going to treat them like an asshole. I’ll make sure I do and say things which [...]

7 More Ways for Yogis to Enjoy Summer. ~ Josie Huang

via on May 17, 2013

Enjoy summer’s abundance with a yogic mind. When we think of yoga, we usually associate it with practicing on the mat and asanas. While this is an integral aspect of yoga practice, there are many other ways to incorporate different elements of yoga practice, which are often neglected or due to lack of supportive opportunity. [...]

Getting Lost Helped Me Find Myself.

via on May 17, 2013

Your weakness is your strength. I woke up this morning with eyes practically swollen shut from all the crying I had done the night before, when I had gone through the oddest experience. I’ve moved around a little bit in my life, but this is the first place that my husband and I really have ever [...]

The Power of Words.

via on May 17, 2013

“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.” ― John Greenleaf Whittier I read through some of my older blog postings just the other day—and was amazed at what I had found. You see, some many months back I had created a ‘bucket list’ of sorts—a few [...]


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