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The Subversive Message of Recovery

By Rita Berger

What is the promise of recovery, if not to become more solid, more okay, more peaceful inside no matter what?

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Forgiving Yourself

By Rita Berger

Forgiveness is a topic that comes up constantly, especially for people who struggle with addiction.

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Exploring Wisdom: The Role of Yoga in Addiction Recovery

By Tommy Rosen

By definition, addiction is disconnection. T.S. Elliot once wrote that “Hell is the place where nothing connects.” That’s addiction. Nothing is connected. One feels separate from everything. There is no cohesion between mind, body, spirit; between self, other, and the relationship with the Divine. All of this is skewed and confused and difficult and

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Exploring Wisdom: The Nature of Addiction

By Tommy Rosen

When most people hear the word addiction, they think about drugs and alcohol. We have these ideas in our mind about what addicts look like and how they behave, but addiction is actually an underlying condition, and we are compelled to try to fix that condition by reaching outside of ourselves for some kind

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Exploring Wisdom: Nikki Myers on Overcoming Addiction

By Lisa P.

Recent Art of Living Retreat Center retreat host Nikki Myers has created a revolutionary, holistic approach to addiction recovery that combines yoga philosophy and the tools of the traditional 12-step program. We recently spoke with Nikki about how these two philosophies work together, the role of sacred transformation, and her own road to recovery.

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