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    REDUCE YOUR BRAIN’S BLIND SPOTS: How cognitive training enhances self-awareness

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    EXERCISE AS PLAY: Movement, mindfulness and mental health

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    COMPLICATIONS, CONTRADICTIONS, CONFUSIONS: 3 words that became markers on a mindful path

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    Glass jar full of blue paint next to paintbrushes on table - Take Stock of Your Precious Life: An Inspiring Fiction Story

    TSYPL: The best—and most mindful—stock to invest in right now

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    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Sturgeon Moon, That Morning In Athens and more

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    ALASKA WINGS: Soaring across the mountains while releasing fear and doubt

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    MINDFUL LEADERSHIP IN STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: Empowering leaders to create positive change

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    HANAMI DREAMING: The start of spring in Japan

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    REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S POLITICAL REALITIES: We can prevail over ignorance, lies and Trump

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    Malecon in La Paz, Mexico - Back on American Soil: A Safe Return Home From La Paz

    IMPEDIMENTS FACED: A safe return home from La Paz, Mexico

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    TYING UP LOOSE ENDS: One last—and glorious—day in La Paz, Mexico [Part 7]

    Facebook on laptop in La Paz hotel room - NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico

    NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico [Part 6]

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A FRESH START: Removing negative energy from your home with a house clearing

Contributing Writer·January 19, 2013
As we move further into a new year we may be thinking about making our homes “new” by doing some...
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FIRST LANGUAGE: A journey into animal communication

Contributing Writer·January 18, 2013
I first made the acquaintance of Queen, a brown tabby cat with yellow eyes and a tiny orange spot on...
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LETTER FROM CHINA: An NGO worker tells her story of the limitations she encountered

Contributing Writer·January 17, 2013
My job takes me to the non-touristy parts of the countries where my NGO works. One of those places is...
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FOOD WITH PRANA: 12 principles of Ayurvedic food

Contributing Writer·January 16, 2013
The path of meditation requires a moderate, regulated life, avoiding too much or too little food, work, and sleep, or...
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BE OPEN TO WHAT EMERGES: Redefine goals to flow with changing circumstances

Contributing Writer·January 15, 2013
“A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.”—Lao Tzu One of the things we’re told...
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MINDFUL TEACHING: Realize your teaching potential through increased awareness

Contributing Writer·January 14, 2013
How you see yourself has a tremendous impact on how you teach your students. If you see yourself as free, then...
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ZEN IN THE KITCHEN: Silence, Susan Boyle and soup

Contributing Writer·January 13, 2013
A quiet kitchen this morning. The man of the house has gone off to build a tool shed with a...
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CITIZEN/SLAVE: A poem by Vanessa Bronson

Contributing Writer·January 12, 2013
Citizen/Slave Judicial System Blood vs. Wisdom Show me vanity Plead insanity Disingenuous me Rea-L-ity T.V. Fifteen minutes of fame Downward...
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THE AWAKENING: Richard Heinberg explores the creation and maintenance of Earth

Contributing Writer·January 11, 2013
Imagine yourself in the following situation: suppose you’re an invisible god-being, an eternal personification of creativity and intelligence without physical...
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BREAK ALL THAT WHICH DIVIDES: Overcoming religious intolerance in India

Contributing Writer·January 10, 2013
  In a world afflicted with the rapidly spreading cancer of religious intolerance, this story of a Hindu man adopting...
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VIPASSANA: Through pain and discomfort to peace

FROM PAIN TO PEACE: A Vipassana meditator’s experience doing a 10-day retreat

Contributing Writer·January 9, 2013
In 2009 I completed a 10-day Vipassana meditation course in Nepal. Also known as insight meditation or “clear seeing,” Vipassana...
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WATER WISE: How water gets wasted and how to conserve it [infographic]

Contributing Writer·January 7, 2013
Screen reader version: Only 2.53 percent of all water in the world is fresh water. 69.56 percent of all fresh...
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A QUAKER LIFE: Simplicity, unity, worship, justice, community

Contributing Writer·January 6, 2013
In relationship with myself, simplicity manifests as integrity, the willingness to choose wholeheartedly instead of compartmentalizing my life and my...
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SPIRITUAL HEALING: Experiencing John of God in Brazil

Contributing Writer·January 4, 2013
I had already discovered that I had a certain gift for connecting to people and had been teaching natural healing...
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LIVE SUSTAINABLY NOW: How to garden using techniques that mirror the natural world

Contributing Writer·January 3, 2013
I have great respect for people who spend their lives working for laws, policy changes and new technologies that will...
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THE GLOBAL TREE NETWORK: Reconnect with nature at Damanhur eco-society

Contributing Writer·January 1, 2013
Damanhur, an amazing intentional community located in the Italian Alps, has begun an international network to activate the connection between...
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THRIVE: What on Earth will it take [documentary]

THRIVE: What on Earth will it take

Contributing Writer·December 31, 2012
THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what’s REALLY going on in our world by following the...
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GOD WILLING: Experiencing the faith in Haiti

Contributing Writer·December 30, 2012
“A demen, si dyè vle!”  See you tomorrow, god willing. It took me a long time to get used to...
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USE IT OR LOSE IT: Brain plasticity and how to improve cognitive performance

Contributing Writer·December 28, 2012
It was once thought that any brain function lost was irretrievable. Today, research into what’s referred to as “brain plasticity”...
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CHANGE THE FIELD: Enter into a fundamental state of relaxation

Contributing Writer·December 27, 2012
Those on an ascending path to mastery want to discover and manifest miraculous truths about themselves as they enjoy living...
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GRANDMA: A short story by Riley H. Welcker

Contributing Writer·December 26, 2012
“Everyone does it. It doesn’t matter if it’s a red zone. Just pull the Rolls up to the store and...
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THE 21/12/2012 MESSAGE: Reconnect, create, build and nurture

Contributing Writer·December 24, 2012
December 21, 2012, is a date that has become emblazoned in the cultural consciousness for the last several years. It...
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WHAT IS ENERGY HEALING?: An excerpt from Dr. Ann Marie Chiasson’s book Energy Healing

Contributing Writer·December 24, 2012
Energy healing, or energy medicine, is based on the ancient concept that there is a vital force, an underlying flow...
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START A SCHOOL: State-funded Free Schools in the UK

Contributing Writer·December 21, 2012
The first Free Schools in the UK opened in September 2011, just 15 months after the Secretary of State, Rt...
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