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Retreat
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on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 As wonderful as it is to meditate every day, you will find that it is very helpful to do meditation retreats now and again. They help you to strengthen and deepen your practice by being completely immersed in meditation and only meditation all day long. There are all sorts of mediation retreats [...]
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Why meditation doesn’t work
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on Friday, October 23rd, 2009 From The Bible to The Secret (not that I have put them in the same category) there is a huge breadth and depth of spiritual programs, people and practices teaching us how to live our best lives, be happier, more successful, fulfilled and realized. Without fail, they mostly all tell us, usually in Chapter One, that we must [...]
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Are we addicted to thinking?
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on Friday, October 16th, 2009 I talk to lots of people about meditation. We were just at the Yoga and Pilates Conference in Vancouver where I heard about participant’s experience with meditation. Interestingly, the thing we heard most was ”I can’t meditate because I can’t stop thinking …” Imagine that, the very thing we are trying to get a little control over, a little respite from, [...]
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Waking Up
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on Saturday, October 10th, 2009 One of my teachers always gives a short but clever talk about observing the first breath you take after you sleep has ended and the waking state begins. At first I took it as a challenge, but now I see it as a gift. Waking up and observing the first breath brings [...]
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Welcome To Our Village
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on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 A very warm welcome to Meditation Village.
We are here to offer you the tools that will enhance your experience of life; to learn how to live conscious (as opposed to living through a haze or by habit), connected (we do so much better when we are a meaningful and contributing member of a group – [...] -
Why so early?
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on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 The thing I hear most is “Why so early?!” and sometimes the words are not that kind…This is the single biggest challenge for most of us, certainly for me, getting my bum on the cushion every morning. What I know for sure [thanks Oprah] is that if I don’t start my day with meditation, if [...]
