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KEEPING SCORE: A mindful way to watch baseball

Contributing Writer·September 11, 2018
I was in my twenties the first time I saw someone keep score at a baseball game. Two seats away...
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TO BRIDGE THE GAP: Magic happens when we listen to those nagging voices

Contributing Writer·August 20, 2018
I lost it at the dentist’s office the other day. I was there with my mother and had been flipping...
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A METAPHOR FOR LIFE: Adam and Eve in the garden of mindfulness

Nicholas Arnold·July 29, 2018
A friend and I sat on the boardwalk one evening, enjoying the warmth and sunset as joggers ran past and dogs...
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What Is Freedom? – Inquiry with Stan Lipkin

Stan Lipkin·July 5, 2018
If you’re on a spiritual search for “Freedom-Awakening,” join us for an inquiry into “What Is Freedom?” This inquiry with...
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BEING PRESENT: Cultivate a Peaceful Mind through Spiritual Practice [book review]

Jennifer Holmes·June 29, 2018
BEING PRESENT: Cultivate a Peaceful Mind through Spiritual Practice Darren Cockburn [Findhorn Press, 224 pages] Being Present: Cultivate a Peaceful...
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Who Am I? – Inquiry with Stan Lipkin

Stan Lipkin·June 28, 2018
With this guided mindfulness meditation we explore “who” we think we are and discover “what” we really are! During this...
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THE POWER OF NOW: 4 ways Eckhart Tolle and mindful living helped me recover from addiction

Contributor·June 3, 2018
[su_quote cite=”Eckhart Tolle, German writer and webinar speaker”]Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not ‘yours,’ not personal. They are conditions...
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THE ROAD TO ZEN: The art of motorcycle maintenance in Southeast Asia

Contributing Writer·April 24, 2018
[su_quote style=”flat-light”] You see things vacationing on a motorcycle in a way that is completely different from any other. In...
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FAST-PACED AND FRENETIC: 7 signs you may be too busy to find happiness

Contributor·March 29, 2018
We all desire to be happy. However, in the race of life, we’re all so busy competing for a position...
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FIND YOUR HEART CENTRE: 14 simple ways to open up your heart chakra

Contributor·March 28, 2018
Recently, I was working with someone who’s deep into their spiritual journey; a highly intuitive, empathic individual and an amazing...
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SURVIVAL OF THE COMPASSIONATE: We’re all accountable for our cultural issues

Finn Janning·March 19, 2018
She called at night. I took the phone as if I was expecting the call. She told me that her...
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MEDITATION BONUS: 6 positive ways meditation can change you physically and mentally

Contributing Writer·December 23, 2017
While meditation is known to make you feel relaxed and at peace with the world, did you know that your...
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PAINTINGS BY MOLLY CRANCH: How mindfulness positively impacted her work

Contributor·December 22, 2017
Interplay among mindfulness, art and nature Mindfulness is a state of gentle awareness. It’s observation, attentiveness and tuning inward. It’s...
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THE LESSON OF NOW: Alzheimer’s and making peace with new limitations

Contributing Writer·October 3, 2017
“To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times...
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I’M A SOUL AND I’M PERFECT: An illuminating past-life regression exercise at Deepak Chopra’s meditation centre

Contributor·September 18, 2017
The following has been excerpted from The Ken Commandments: My Search for God in Hollywood, in which E! News journalist...
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PRESENT-MOMENT ACCEPTANCE AND WAKING-UP-NESS: Notice yourself as a spiritual being in the here and now

Mike Larcombe·August 4, 2017
Life is unconditional acceptance A n alignment with the present moment allows us to feel the neutrality of stillness, the...
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THE ENERGY OF YES: Listen to your intuition as it guides you towards your dreams

Contributor·July 24, 2017
[su_panel background=”#d5c38b” color=”#000000″ border=”0px none #ffffff” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #ffffff”]The following has been excerpted from The Fearless Path: A Radical...
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TAKE TIME TO BE HAPPY: 100 ideas that’ll help you build your emotional buffer

Leanne Hoffman·June 17, 2017
When it comes to our own happiness, we often find it difficult to carve out time for activities we consider...
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GO ASK THE OAK TREE: Mindfully reconciling the paradox of believing in not believing

Mike Larcombe·April 23, 2017
All ideas are mind-made concepts All our thoughts and ideas about mindfulness are mind-made concepts and ideas that have nothing...
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THE PUZZLING MIND: How doing jigsaw puzzles can help us focus on each moment

Angelica Pajkovic·April 19, 2017
As a child, one of my greatest secrets was my post-bedtime routine. I’d strain my ears listening for the click...
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CONFRONTING REALITY: Do the media, scientists and politicians misrepresent facts for financial gain?

Jack Surguy·April 14, 2017
I t’s been asserted that psychologists, psychiatrists and some therapists are … weird. I can’t deny the kernel of truth...
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YOU ARE THE MOMENT: The only place to be is “here” and the only time is “now”

Mike Larcombe·April 12, 2017
We’re both nothing and everything in the “here and now” Whatever you’re experiencing right now is neither right nor wrong,...
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MINDFULNESS AND THE ART OF DRAWING: A full-body sensory experience

Contributor·April 5, 2017
[su_panel background=”#d5c38b” color=”#000000″ border=”0px none #ffffff” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #ffffff”]The following has been excerpted from Mindfulness & the Art of...
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QUESTIONING RAPE CULTURE: Why are we, as a society, so obsessed with victimization?

Jack Surguy·April 4, 2017
I’d like to suggest a mindfulness practice for you to use as you read. The topic is a rather controversial issue...
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