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Smoky Quartz: Earth Connection in Aegiali
Connecting with external elements, like stones, helps us to internalize positive energies and eliminate negative ones. When we arrived at 1:44am on April 6th by ferry onto the island of Amorgos,...
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Home Space Sanctuary
“Transform your home into a sacred space.”― Marie Kondō, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing By foot, planes, and trains, I finally arrived at...
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Fire in Kathmandu
"Besides heat and comfort, the energy of fire has to do with ripening and maturing. Fire purifies through burning negativites." Healing with Form, Energy and Light Many of us pause to reflect on life...
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Aarti: Natural Connection
Sarve bhavantu sukhinahSarve santu niraamayaahSarva bhadraani pashyantuMaa kashchit duhkhabhaag bhavetOm shaantih shaantih shaantih“May all be happy. May all be healthy. May all see the divinity in...
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Reach for the Light: 108 Sun Salutations
What does Light mean to you?When I was a young child, my dearest memory was a bright white light. It was the first thing that I knew. Whenever I needed a reference of time at ages 2, 3, and 4, I would...
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Learn How to See at Wonderspaces
This summer in San Diego, contemporary artists from around the world gathered to create an interactive experience called Wonderspaces. Through multimedia installations, previously only viewed at...
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Cats and Enlightenment
Photo Credit: JoAnna George “MMMEEEOOOWWW! NOO! Not again!"Why are you packing your duffel bag and backpack? Anxiety envelops me as I start pacing back and forth. I jump on the bed, then on the table...
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Why I am Becoming Vegan: Ahimsa, Health, and the Process of Letting Go
When I arrived in India in late February 2017, I was standing in the currency exchange line at New Delhi airport when a turbaned gentleman behind me asked what I was doing here. I told him that I...
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Pilgrimage: A Journey for Your Spirit
A Pilgrimage is a journey for your spirit. Many religions attach spiritual importance to traveling to particular places: the place of birth or death of founders or saints, or to the place of their...
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Eclipse: Sun, Moon, & Field of Stars
" At once this disk of sky slid over the sun like a lid…It materialized out of thin air –black, and flat, and sliding, outlined in flame.”- Total Eclipse by Annie Dillard Photo Credit: Collective...
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Perspective and Balance of Soaring Storks
“Birds! Birds!”Two-year-old Stephen pointed and stumbled closer to these flighty creatures. Only stopping for moments to chirp, the birds at the ruins of Herculaneum, in Italy (April 2017), would...
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Animal Whisperer
The other day a friend, Ashlee, told me that I must have been a cat in my previous life. She was trying to make sense of the phenomenon of why animals, and often times cats, are so attracted to me....
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Legs Up: Restorative Yoga as Peaceful Living
After a long day on my feet, the first thing I want to do is to rest them. Whether I’m trekking 10-20 miles a day with a heavy backpack, teaching, serving tables at a restaurant, or even sitting and...
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Humble Stones from Home
Tiny hot fragments massaged the heel of my foot, then the arch, ball, and in between my toes. My calf muscles extended and tightened with each step. Suddenly, the refreshing edge of the vast sea snuck...
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Bells and Bowls: Sacred Sound
Diiiinnnnnnggggg, Ding, Doooooonnnnongggg, Dong, Diiiiiinnnng, Doooooooonnnnnnng...Rings of purple and gold outlined a bright white glowing circle. The white light grew, expanded, and faded out as a...
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Leadership: The Great King and The Way
As my flight arrived into Krabi, Thailand (March 28, 2017), I was surprised to hear an announcement, through the intercom, advising tourists to respect the feelings of the Thai people, following the...
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Mosaic: We're Better Together
Mosaic:A combination of diverse elements forming a more or less coherent whole, perhaps as piece of art or picture produced by arranging together small pieces.It is often used in decorative art or as...
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Ujjayi Shells
We carefully tied the scallop shells to the backs of our packs. When pilgrims carry the scallop shell it represents our personal journey, the sacred path that we must take within. Starting on the outer...
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Monsters of Your Mind
A monster is a threatening force, usually found in legends or horror fiction, that is often a creature of strange or terrifying shape, and may produce fear or physical harm by its appearance or its...
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Juice Fasting
"In time and with water, everything changes."-Leonardo da Vinci “You’ve lost weight!”I’m surprised at how many people notice and comment. I’ve always been pretty comfortable with my weight and size....
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