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The Endless Practice of Going Deep

By Angie Olson

Mark Nepo describes the process of leaning in, saying yes to all of life (both the joy and the pain), and keeping his heart wide open to all of it.

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Cultivating a Fierce Heart in Fierce Times

Three ways to find strength, courage, and wisdom when the going gets rough.

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Spring Washam
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Why Spiritual Practice Is Essential in Crazy Times

Saying you’re too agitated to meditate or pray is like saying you’re too sick to see a doctor or too tired to take a nap.

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Philip Goldberg
2018
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9 Lifestyle Changes that Happen After You Start Meditating

Once you begin meditating daily, life as you knew it will begin to take on some interesting twists and turns.

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Light Watkins
2020
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This Meditation Teacher Has an Amazing Explanation—and Solution—for Why So Many of Us Can’t Escape the Voice in Our Heads

Nichtern, who's a senior teacher in Shambhala Buddhism, uses "the commute" as a metaphor for how people approach their lives — schlepping from job to job and relationship to relationship, hoping for something better to happen.

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Drake Baer
2015
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Regaining Personal Authority in Your Life

I suggest that the single most important task of the second half of life is the recovery of personal authority, and mobilizing the courage and resources to live our truth in the world.

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Dr. James Hollis
2010
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By Traveling Back into My Past Life, I Rediscovered My Love for Books and Writing

Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard once said, “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

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Michelle Darrisaw
2019
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The 3 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself Before Criticizing Someone

If you’re constantly castigating friends and family, you may be overlooking a truly tragic flaw.

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Martha Beck
2020
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What Oprah Knows About the Power of Meditation

Oprah knows what disconnectedness feels like. Here, she talks about how meditation has changed her life—and why she's striving to be even more mindful in her daily life.

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Oprah Winfrey
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Rabbi Rami: My Morning Ritual

Early each morning, often long before dawn, I chant. I chant in Hebrew and Sanskrit. I chant from the morning liturgy of my root tradition, Judaism, and I chant mantra from my adopted traditions, Buddhism and Hinduism.

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Rabbi Rami Shapiro
2017
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Dial Up the Magic of This Moment: Philosopher Joanna Macy on How Rilke Can Help Us Befriend Our Mortality and Be More Alive

Philosopher Joanna Macy on how Rilke can help us befriend our mortality and be more alive: “Death is our friend precisely because it brings us into absolute and passionate presence with all that is here, that is natural, that is love.”

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Maria Popova
2014
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