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		<title>Wake Up Get Up</title>
		<link>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-tips/wake-up-get-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>YeShey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like any positive change, getting to the cushion, waking up a bit earlier - requires effort. At first it may require a lot of effort until it becomes a new habit, a new behaviour, a new way of being.]]></description>
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		<title>Is &#8220;patience&#8221; a state of mind?</title>
		<link>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-tips/is-patience-a-state-of-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 21:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I struggle with patience.  Two phrases make me cringe, &#8216;be patient&#8217; and &#8216;have faith.&#8217; I don&#8217;t know why. Is it because I am immature or childish and I just want what I want now? Does one have patience because they have faith and trust or is patience something that transcends the content of thoughts and better understood in the context of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why are you meditating? What&#8217;s your motivation?</title>
		<link>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-tips/why-are-you-meditating-whats-your-motivation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-tips/why-are-you-meditating-whats-your-motivation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Meditation Journey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “Why am I meditating?” is the single most important question to ask and answer for yourself as you begin. Honestly, some early mornings, my motivation or goals, or hopes for some future state of mind are the only reason I meditate.  Knowing, honestly why you are meditating will help you get onto the cushion when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guilt &amp; Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-journey/guilt-meditation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-journey/guilt-meditation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day a gal who is meditating with us came to me and apologized profusely for not meditating as often as she hoped, “I am so sorry, I have been so busy, I will start again soon, I feel so guilty, I will get back to it, I promise.”  I could literally feel her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Seven Mindfulness Tips</title>
		<link>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-journey/top-seven-mindfulness-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-journey/top-seven-mindfulness-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In becoming more mindful we create more presence, peace and joy for ourselves and the world around us regardless of what is happening ‘out there.’ It is not just a tactic to reduce stress in the moment, but mindfulness creates a stable foundation to our lives and a more effective way of being in the world. How do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is mindfulness? Why does it matter?</title>
		<link>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-tips/what-is-mindfulness-why-does-it-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-tips/what-is-mindfulness-why-does-it-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to our inner world and the world around us.     Here is a little exercise we sometimes give to gain an understanding of what mindfulness or meditation is and why it is vital in creating an inner world by your own design and an outer world that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children, meditation and world peace</title>
		<link>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-tips/children-meditation-and-world-peace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-tips/children-meditation-and-world-peace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.meditationvillage.ca/?p=421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[    Last year the David Lynch Foundation along with the Transcendental Meditation Program launched a campaign to “Teach One Million At-Risk Youth to Meditate.” The goal of their global peace initiative is to bring meditation to youth, parents and staff in schools around the world in hopes of reducing the effects of stress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too busy to meditate?</title>
		<link>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-journey/too-busy-to-meditate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-journey/too-busy-to-meditate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.meditationvillage.ca/?p=402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s ironic that the #1 reason (we hear) people don’t’ meditate is “I am too busy.” “I will start meditating when things calm down a bit,” “I will start my meditation practice when things are less hectic, when my children get a little older and there is more peace and quiet in the house.”  Hey, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is one recurring thought keeping you fat?</title>
		<link>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-journey/is-one-recurring-thought-keeping-you-fat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-journey/is-one-recurring-thought-keeping-you-fat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.meditationvillage.ca/?p=366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Confession: I love the Biggest Looser. I know it totally manipulates our emotions and the product placement/commercials within the show are atrocious. But as I watch their journey’s; the hard work and the personal vulnerabilities and realizations they share with the world, it confirms for me that with access to, an understanding of, and ability to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Brings Us To Meditation?</title>
		<link>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/yesheys-blog/what-brings-us-to-meditation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/yesheys-blog/what-brings-us-to-meditation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>YeShey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.meditationvillage.ca/?p=342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of us come to the spiritual path because we are experiencing something in life that we don’t like, something that we want to overcome.  At some level we have a dissatisfaction, a pain, some form of suffering. Perhaps we have already tried various ways of overcoming the suffering. We found that some methods helped [...]]]></description>
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