How to use mindfulness when you can’t sleep
Suddenly I was wide awake. With dread, I looked over at the clock on the nightstand, hoping I wouldn’t see what I
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I can’t tell my partner how I’m feeling: How honest communication saved my relationship
“I’m sleeping somewhere else tonight.” As I spoke those words, my eyes locked on the road and my mind scrambled to figure
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How I Stopped Listening to Negative Self-Talk
What we learned from people coming here to do meditation retreats People often come here for a few days or a week
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Five reasons your meditation or spiritual practice might not be going the way you’d like – part 2
You can find Part 1 of this blog here. [Quick Recap – we’re looking at areas that can make our whole life
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Five reasons your meditation or spiritual practice might not be going the way you’d like
(Part 1) I don’t know about you, but I’d say my spiritual progress has had both ups and, well I won’t say
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Too busy to eat healthily or cook for yourself?
Cooking for yourself seems like a lot of energy out sometimes. I mean, a meal’s over just like that, and then you’re
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Wishing you a wonderful 2018
As we draw near the end of the year we’d like to take this opportunity to wish you the very best for
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Ignite My Spiritual Life? Really?
Lately, you’ve been hearing from us about our online course and Five Principles, and we have a question for you: Do our
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A question of compassion – what would you do?
It’s not always easy to know what compassion looks like I got an opportunity to practice compassionate speech when I was in
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Concentration vs Awareness
Concentration vs Awareness Awareness and concentration are key to mindfulness and meditation. So what’s the difference between awareness and concentration, and can
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Is this why you can’t get it off your mind?
My first meditation retreat was going really well. The whole space – a complex below a temple – was set up to
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Don’t control me!
Getting back in control, when the four-year old in you has taken over My heart rate jumped. I scowled, and my whole
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How I kept from missing years of meditation
How I kept from missing years of meditation When I first started meditating, it felt great. I’d had a little instruction and
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Why am I obsessing over this?
What I did next was from a meditation I’d recently been taught. For the purpose of this short blog, I’ve broken it down into ‘Four steps to change the tune and get someone out of your head:”
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