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Life is easy. Don’t get me wrong—I know full well that this is not the experience that people are having. I get that. But the mechanics of life, essentially, are easy. We’re Great at Making Easy Things Hard Relationships are basic. We’re human beings, and therefore we must engage in relationships. These relationships become better, […]
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This past May, the Art of Living Retreat Center hosted Dr. Margaret Paul for Inner Bonding, a weekend of transformative healing. Here, she speaks about how your diet is an essential ingredient to happiness. There’s so much unhealthy food that is normalized in our culture, and people don’t realize that it lowers their vibrancy.
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I have recently become aware that I have been committing violence. Yes, me. Violence. But wait a minute…I am the most un-violent person I know. I love peace. I am a meditation teacher. I TEACH peace. Power to the peaceful! It wasn’t until I read the words of Thomas Merton that I realized the truth:
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We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds.” —Swami Satchidananda, The Yoga Sutras What is being free? How do you experience freedom? This is a question I often ask our retreat participants. Are you aware of how freedom feels in your body, mind, and
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Founder of the My Authentic Self-Care™ (MASC™) Retreat Marcelletta Miles sat down with Andrew Keaveney to discuss the inspiration and goals of her program. Having lost her uncle, aunt, grandmother and grandfather within a two-year period, Miles was forced to come to terms with a personal truth. Despite 22 years as a nurse, she did
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There are so many benefits to the practices of meditation and mindfulness. Peace, joy, and wisdom are all natural rewards of the methods and techniques taught in the Art of Living Retreat Center’s weekly Happiness Retreat, but perhaps two of the most powerful, unexpected qualities we foster in meditation are confidence and compassion. We recently
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Before joining us at the Art of Living Retreat Center for our weekly Happiness Retreat, Denise felt as though she was stuck – in an unhappy marriage, in unhealthy patterns, in the darkness. But after a weekend of lessons, love, and light, she found her own light at the end of the tunnel. We
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Anger can be a useful tool when used with awareness and a purpose. However, most of the anger is useless and harmful. Remembering and practicing the following may be helpful. Others are not responsible for your anger. When you are angry, mostly it is because of the accumulated anger that is already present in you.
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Faith. We hear this word so often in a spiritual context that we’ve begun to take the meaning for granted. What is faith, exactly? And on our own individual journeys, what do we put our faith in? Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar spoke recently about the role of faith in the path
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Summer is fun—lots of fresh air, sunshine, outdoor activities, and socializing abound! But unless we maintain balance, we may find our energy sapped and tapped from excesses when we overindulge or work hard out in the heat. In spring and the onset of summer, we see lots of vibrantly colored, hearty plants and flowers. Having
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