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Let’s Not Forget the Joy of a Spontaneous Phone Call

Mindfulness, Self-Discovery / By Mari Andrew

My grandparents used to make spontaneous phone calls. They were also people who stopped by the neighbors’ house unannounced — something I can’t imagine anyone I know actually doing.

Finding the Courage to Create

Wellness / By Stewart Cubley

Process painting gifts us with many insights and understandings that become landmarks in our own personal journey. It’s not a narcissistic activity, as some might think, because by working on ourselves, we are working on the world. In the mirror of painting, our narcissistic tendencies are revealed as creative blocks, and we must emerge from …

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Ayurveda Recipe: Sesame Cookies

Ayurveda, Food & Recipes / By Art of Living Faculty

Getting creative in the kitchen can be a wonderful way to ground and nurture yourself as we move inside for the season. Read on for a delicious Ayurvedic sesame cookie recipe, perfect for giving as gifts or dunking in those warming teas as you snuggle on the couch. Sesame Cookies Sesame is a special seed, …

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YAYBOO Your Life

Creativity, Self-Discovery / By Ann Randolph

Everyone has a story and every story matters. Ann traveled around the country inviting people to share their yayboos during her solo show, Inappropriate in All the Right Ways. Here, she shares some of those stories.

How to Find Your Passion and Purpose and Shift Your Life

Spirituality / By Tracy Latz & Marion Ross

Wouldn’t you just love to jump out of bed every morning filled with fire and enthusiasm for something? Perhaps you have been searching for that something for years or have just settled for a more mundane life out of not knowing any better way. Perhaps you feel that you have too many responsibilities to change …

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The Spiritual Power of Routine

Wellness / By Julia Cameron

Recent retirees tend to speak of having mixed feelings about routine. On one hand, they enjoy being free from the externally-imposed schedule of their work lives— they may choose to sleep later, to travel during the week, to eat meals when they fancy them instead of hewing to a strict timetable of meetings and business …

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Writing Beyond the Block

Wellness / By Julia Cameron

Writing begins with enthusiasm. We launch into a long project with optimism. We have an idea, we trust our idea, we set about putting it to the page. All goes swimmingly for a time— until we hit The Wall. The Wall occurs, in most writing, about two-thirds of the way into our work. Put …

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Exploring Wisdom: Bringing Joy into the Body

Creativity, Meditation, Nature & the Outdoors, Shamanic Healing / By Jody Weber

Dance has always been a part of my life. After years of rigorous training, I became a performer in New York City, Washington D.C., and later Boston. For the past 26 years, I’ve also been a choreographer making dances that ask questions about our fundamental relationship with ourselves, and with our beautiful blue planet. …

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Creativity, Spirituality, and Morning Pages

Mindfulness, Wellness / By Julia Cameron

The main message of my work is that creativity and spirituality are intertwined. They each support the growth of the other. The basic tool of a creative recovery is something that I call morning pages. You’re probably familiar with them–they’re three pages of longhand morning writing that you do first thing upon awakening. …

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The Importance of Arts Education

Wellness / By Neve Spicer

It’s no secret that learning and experiencing the Arts benefits us in a profound way. Indeed, 93% of parents consider Arts Education to be a vital ingredient in the healthy development of their children. It’s easy to see why with this visual guide by WeTheParents.org. So why then are the Arts being squeezed …

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Let’s Not Forget the Joy of a Spontaneous Phone Call

Finding the Courage to Create

Ayurveda Recipe: Sesame Cookies

YAYBOO Your Life

How to Find Your Passion and Purpose and Shift Your Life

The Spiritual Power of Routine

Writing Beyond the Block

Exploring Wisdom: Bringing Joy into the Body

Creativity, Spirituality, and Morning Pages

The Importance of Arts Education

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