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

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    INEFFABLE: A visitation from a beautiful soul I’d never forget

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MIRROR, MIRROR: Relationships as reflections of the soul’s needs

Julie Lewis·September 23, 2020
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METTA MEDITATION: The power of loving-kindness

Forrest Rivers·June 1, 2020
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BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL: A meditation on freedom during COVID-19

Forrest Rivers·May 22, 2020
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CHALLENGING TIMES: Forgiveness can ease stress and boost immunity

David Lusch·April 22, 2020
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MEDITATION RETREAT: My experience at Musanga Zen Buddhist temple in Korea

Diana Turner·April 5, 2020
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A 3-DAY SILENT MEDITATION RETREAT: Not what I wanted, but what I needed

Selena Templeton·February 23, 2020
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MEDITATION MINIMUM: What amount of time makes a ‘true’ practice?

Loren Walker·January 22, 2020
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MEDITATION TO FREEDOM: A guided meditation to help you discover your essential nature

Stan Lipkin·January 19, 2020
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MEDITATION THROUGH FLOATING: Exploring new depths through sensory deprivation therapy

Ajay Ghuman·September 23, 2019
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I FOUND MYSELF THROUGH MEDITATION: Taking time to be with my Inner Self has brought me closer to peace

Tejas Yadav·August 13, 2019
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LOVE ON EVERY BREATH: A Tonglen meditation for transforming pain into joy

Contributor·June 24, 2019
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IMPROVE YOUR LIFE IN JUST A MONTH: 7 ways meditation can help

Kate Harveston·June 19, 2019
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MEDITATION CLUB: A guide to starting an in-school meditation group for students and faculty

Contributor·May 6, 2019
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A 10-DAY VIPASSANA COURSE: I thought I would die, but I learned this instead…

Dena Moes·April 2, 2019
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MEDITATE ON YOUR PAIN: Our pain’s connection with the Buddha’s 4 Noble Truths

Contributor·February 10, 2019
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THE 4 BASIC STAGES OF MEDITATION: And their relationship with Patanjali’s 8 limbs of Yoga

Contributor·January 17, 2019
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MY WAY OF COPING WITH GRIEF: “Is this one of those Buddhist meditations?”

Kyle Thomas Smith·October 25, 2018
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THE BENEFITS OF MEDITATION: How meditation helps you live in the moment

Angela Ward·May 15, 2018
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MEDITATION BONUS: 6 positive ways meditation can change you physically and mentally

Contributing Writer·December 23, 2017
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LIFE LESSONS: 12 short meditations from Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way

Contributor·August 20, 2017
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BORIS’S STORY: How an academic merged scientific and spiritual belief to find peace within

Contributor·August 12, 2017
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HEART SURGERY: An epiphany on day 6 of silent meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh

Contributing Writer·August 7, 2017
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TO RIDE IS TO MEDITATE: My week as a cowboy on a ranch

Finn Janning·July 28, 2017
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PHILOSOPHER OR MEDITATOR?: How meditation can help us resist the fantasies and ideas that control our lives

Finn Janning·May 17, 2017
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