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		<title>Is my priority peace of mind?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s easy to live in the moment, when most of your moments take place in Maui.&#8221;    Sometimes the stresses of the day can be too much. I realized that I brought home with me and allowed stay for the evening thoughts of the day; conversations real and imagined along with all of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why are you meditating? What&#8217;s your motivation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[being present]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[breathing long and deep]]></category>
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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>
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		<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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		<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>The Breath in Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/yesheys-blog/the-breath-in-meditation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/yesheys-blog/the-breath-in-meditation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>YeShey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.meditationvillage.ca/?p=382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When we are meditating we do not alter or change the breath in any way.  One of the greatest reasons to meditate is to see things just as they are, same with the breath during meditation – we just observe it, we do not change it.    During the first two steps of [...]]]></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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		<title>Resistance, a most common approach to life</title>
		<link>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-journey/resistance-a-most-common-approach-to-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meditationvillage.ca/meditation-journey/resistance-a-most-common-approach-to-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched as my brother started the process of putting his son to bed. His then two and half year old screamed and cried – seems he really didn&#8217;t want to go to bed. My brother inquired without judgment, &#8220;you can do this the hard way or you can do this the easy way, it is [...]]]></description>
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