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    Man relaxing and looking out window while sitting at office desk - Why Mindfulness Matters Greatly in the Modern Workplace

    MENTAL HEALTH AND MINDFULNESS AT WORK: Building healthier, more resilient teams

    Wooden gates floating in clouds above trees - Energy Gates: 3 Helpful Ways to Control What Passes Through

    ENERGY MANAGEMENT: How to control the flow of your energy—even as a sensitive person

    Two young female friends drinking coffee on chairs outdoors - Healthy Self-Alignment: How Mindfulness Can Lead You There

    MIND THE GAP: Mindfulness as the practice of living in one piece

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    Greyscale landscape - “After Love” and 3 More Evocative Poems

    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: I Think Now of Shelters, After Love and more

    Bird footprints in snow - 4 Soothing Poems, Including ”Sacred Heart, Sacred Light”

    POEMS BY JIM JOHNSTON: For Larry, Tracks and more

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

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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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    Hands against background of a heart - Travelling With Intention: Why Is It So Important?

    NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH: Moving through the world with intention

    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]

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Two female participants - Five Tibetans Yoga excerpt

TONE AND TRANSFORM: Master the Five Tibetans yoga poses

Contributor·August 13, 2014
Excerpted from The Five Tibetans Yoga Workshop: Tone Your Body and Transform Your Life by Susan L. Westbrook, Ph.D.  The rest...
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Magnetic words - Opinion piece on spirituality

REJOICING IN PURE FREEDOM: It’s simpler than we think

Contributor·August 11, 2014
Words Words are confusing—they demand time and space. Think about it; what makes a tree a tree? In other words, how...
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Young girl on bench - Volunteering abroad

GET OFF THE TOURIST BUS: 6 ways volunteering abroad will change your outlook

Contributor·August 4, 2014
The only way to truly know another culture is to get off the tourist bus and be a part of...
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Young man walking path - Living in sync with nature

THE MIDDLE PATH: How our desires and aversions make us suffer

Contributor·July 23, 2014
What if spirituality could be reduced to the knowledge of a pair of simple rules promulgated by nature itself? To live...
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Hands holding lit-up lotus - The Mystery of Authenticity

THE MYSTERY OF AUTHENTICITY: Who are we, really?

Contributor·July 2, 2014
I’ve been around a while, 58 years in fact. As many of us have come to realize, there’s more to...
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Black marker on paper - Making Marks excerpt

MAKING MARKS: Open your imagination’s floodgates with “stream drawing”

Contributor·June 19, 2014
The following is an excerpt from Making Marks by Elaine Clayton. Reframing: A new way to look at drawing Drawing is a pathway...
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Red hibiscus flower and clouds - Kufre Udeme poetry

POEMS BY KUFRE UDEME: From the Insight Garden, Sweet Dreams

Contributor·June 8, 2014
From the Insight Garden When my eyes rest on youflower from the Insight Garden,My heart glows like a live charcoal,When...
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Women on isolated bench - Susan Ksiezopolski poetry

POEMS BY SUSAN KSIEZOPOLSKI: The Bench of Solitude, Coming and Going, Gap Year

Contributor·May 21, 2014
The Bench of Solitude The bench holds A view to nowhere Looking outward But drawing you in To sit in...
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Zen garden - Lessons from Zen garden

LESSONS FROM A ZEN GARDEN: What’s holding you back?

Contributor·May 17, 2014
Excerpt from Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden, in which Karen Maezen Miller uses the metaphor of...
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Colorful - Hold fast to your dreams

HOLD FAST TO YOUR DREAMS: 30 inspirational quotes about life

Contributor·May 11, 2014
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. – Langston Hughes Find...
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St. Francis statue - The Love Letters Excerpt

A CATHOLIC LOVE STORY: Finding God in both words and silence

Contributor·April 26, 2014
Excerpt from The Love Letters, a fictional account of what the revered Saint Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi may...
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Tofu burger - Tofu patties recipe

TOFU PATTIES: A delicious vegan dinner choice

Contributor·April 23, 2014
There are a multitude of health benefits that can be derived from eating a vegetarian or vegan diet. Vegetarians and...
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Eco Environment - Save The Planet

CELEBRATE THE PLANET: 30 eco-friendly quotes in honour of Earth Day

Contributor·April 19, 2014
The Earth is what we all have in common. – Wendell Berry There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We...
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Super Antioxidant Smoothie

SUPER ANTIOXIDANT SMOOTHIE: Drink to your brain health

Contributor·April 9, 2014
The population of the “oldest old” is expected to triple soon, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. So what really...
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backlit dark dawn - always do your best

ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST: 35 free motivational quotes that will get your mojo going

Contributor·April 7, 2014
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. – Og Mandino You are never too old...
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Woman meditating - The Mindfulness Diaries book review

THE MINDFULNESS DIARIES: How I survived my first nine-day silent meditation retreat [book review]

Contributor·March 30, 2014
THE MINDFULNESS DIARIES:How I survived my first nine-day silent meditation retreat Jennifer Howd [Howd Media, 136 pages] When you ask...
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Lone man - Poems by R. Gerry Fabian

POEMS BY R. GERRY FABIAN: Dated Evidence, Mistaken Identity

Contributor·March 23, 2014
Dated Evidence Spider plants hang everywhere;they are badly in need of water.Half a mug of cold coffeewith lipstick stainsrests atop...
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Smileys - Humor and Ingenuity

HUMOR AND INGENUITY: 25 artful witty quotes

Contributor·March 22, 2014
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder...
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galaxy art - follow your bliss

FOLLOW YOUR BLISS: 30 hippie quotes about peace, freedom and love

Contributor·February 22, 2014
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed individuals can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that...
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Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva - Vitality Fusion excerpt

SCIENCE OF LIFE: A brief history of Ayurvedic medicine from mythology to modern day

Contributor·February 19, 2014
Similar to the origins of Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine has both mythological and historical beginnings. According to myth and religion,...
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Albert Einstein - Brain Neuroplasticity

BRAIN NEUROPLASTICITY: Our body’s backup system [infographic]

Contributor·February 13, 2014
Screen reader version: The human brain is a marvelous thing. It helps us learn and adapt. Central to these abilities...
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forest - epic quotes

EPIC QUOTES: 25 profound quotations from epic poetry and literature

Contributor·February 7, 2014
This above all: to thine own self be true, / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou...
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Fireworks over river - The Combination poem

POEM BY KATYA BITAR: The Combination

Contributor·February 5, 2014
The Combination I am absolutely positiveThat in absolutely every dimension,In every alternate universe my energy ripples through,It is alwaysWith you...
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DON’T TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY

DON’T TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY: 30 funny inspirational quotes

Contributor·January 24, 2014
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. – Elbert Hubbard If the facts...
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