Many of us have heard the Gyuto Monks of Tibet. With their extraordinary chanting and low throaty drone of ancient sacred texts, they have kept audiences in the West spellbound with their long, careful and accurate recitations of potent Tibetan Buddhist texts. Sitting in their presence you feel a clarity, and a potent spiritual transference […]
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To sustain happiness, we must focus our attention on the right things, in the right ways. Every growing human being (that means all of us) has resource constraints: limited time and energy. It is critical that we spend our resources effectively. Here are 10 ways to prioritize your life and your to-do lists for increased
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Effective and authentic communication takes a whole truckload of bravery and courage to practice regularly. It’s easy to instead fall into making assumptions, projecting our fears, anxiety and shame onto others, and shielding ourselves from our own truth! This happens so easily because to see our truth would force us to go into our depths,
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This practice, inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh’s ritual “Beginning Anew” for resolving friction between community members in Plum Village France, is excellent for any relationship where difficulty and challenges or even just some small resistance or tension has crept in. I have used this practice for couples who aren’t speaking to each other, and it has
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Ho’oponopono can help restore harmony within, and with others When I first encountered the practice known as Ho-oponopono, it was in an interview with Heleaka Hew Len PhD, a Hawaiian psychologist and shamanic practitioner. I took on the simple yet profound forgiveness practice and found immediate benefits in my personal life. Ho’oponopono: I’m sorry, please
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Inscribe the Name of the Divine on Your Heart Sufism is the esoteric path within Islam, where the goal is to purify oneself and achieve mystical union with the Supreme (named Allah in this tradition). The practitioners of Sufism are called Sufis, and they follow a variet of spiritual practice, many of which were influenced
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Contemplate Softness It’s the hard things that break; soft things don’t break… You can waste so many years of your life trying to be come something hard in order not ot break, but it’s the soft things that can’tbreak! The hard things are the ones that shatter into a million pieces! ~ C. Joybell C
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Winter is that lovely time of year where everything seems to slow down and go within. In the natural world some animals go into hibernation, the growth of plants is slowing right down, the veggies in our garden seem to take their time, the days are short and nights are long. Also, one can experience profound stillness and
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Surrender Your Stress Anxiety can be overwhelming. If you often feel like the stress of daily life is just too much, you are not alone. With the complexity and pace of our modern existence, millions of people struggle with stress and anxiety every day, which can eave you feeling hopeless and powerless. It’s extremely helpful
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My Dance and Art practices are breath to me. Enlivening and enriching, they provide wild exciting sustenance for my experience of being alive. Each time I step on the open dance floor I am reminded how really good it feels to just move and be. Allowing my busy mind to settle into the background,
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