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

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STONEHENGE SOLSTICE: Celebrating the summer solstice at Stonehenge

Kiva Bottero·July 17, 2012
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3 PEACOCKS & A MONKEY: Meeting sattva and rajas at Ramana’s ashram

Kiva Bottero·May 26, 2012
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BANGALORE: One foot dangling in the future, one hoof rooted in the past

Kiva Bottero·April 25, 2012
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LIVING IN THE MOMENT: A lesson in the desert

Contributing Writer·April 10, 2012
Sri Pada or Adam's Peak mountain

SRI PADA PILGRIMAGE: Christmas on Sri Lanka’s most sacred mountain

Kiva Bottero·April 3, 2012
Thiksey monastery, Ladakh, India

THIKSEY MONASTERY: Ladakh offers respite from India’s busyness

Kiva Bottero·January 23, 2012
Village of Turtuk, Ladakh, India

BORDER WALK: The tense Indo-Pak border is opening up to a brand of tourism that’s unexpectedly calm

Kiva Bottero·December 21, 2011
Leh, India

CHECKMATE: Play the game with mindfulness and equanimity

Kiva Bottero·August 7, 2011
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Aimless in India

Kiva Bottero·July 19, 2011
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TRIP OF TRUST: Hitch hiking across Canada

Kiva Bottero·December 10, 2010
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ALBERTA: Politics and Preconceptions

Kiva Bottero·October 19, 2010
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A SURPRISE OF SYNCHRONICITY: Meeting Charlie Russell

Kiva Bottero·October 16, 2010
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TORONTO TO COLORADO: A reflection on the open space of the great plains

Kiva Bottero·February 1, 2008
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