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Maggie Lyon is a writer on wellness and spirituality, and the founder of Lyon Lifestyle. A student of Zen Buddhism and an Iyengar yoga practitioner for the past 20 years, Maggie is committed to supporting her readers in connecting inwardly and cultivating their unique personal practices.

Maggie also draws on her training in intuitive healing and natural health to share her belief in living in tune with spirit as means for empowerment and self-transformation. In addition to her weekly blog, Maggie writes regularly for feminist.com and for Donna Karan’s Urban Zen Foundation. Maggie lives and practices quietly in New York City.

Visit Maggie at her website, friend her on Facebook or follow her on Twitter @LyonLifestyle.

Blog Entries by Maggie Lyon

The Five Healing Benefits of Breath

10 Comments | Posted February 5, 2012 | 02/05/12 11:06 AM ET

What's your relationship like to your breath? Do you have one?

There are days that go by when I think I take about two full breaths. Sound familiar? I have a magnet on my vision board that reminds me to breathe, and a huge "Inhale, Exhale" card obviously doing the...

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The Top 10 Benefits of Spiritual Practice

35 Comments | Posted January 27, 2012 | 01/27/12 08:10 AM ET

What is spiritual practice? Furthermore, do you have one?

Simply put, I define spiritual practice as something you do every single day that draws you deeper into who you really are by connecting you with your divine self.

Please don't be put off by the word spiritual here!...

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6 Simple Steps to Find Peace Within Yourself

Posted November 19, 2011 | 11/19/11 08:37 AM ET

We all ultimately wish for peace. The trouble is that we are taught to believe that battles need to be fought and won to earn it. But what if our steps towards peace were instead steps of studying and dismantling those battles? To do this, it is best to start...

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5 Simple Steps for Handling Emotional Pain

Posted October 12, 2011 | 10/12/11 09:44 AM ET

What do you do when it feels like your life is falling apart? How do you handle emotional pain?

Crises happen. When life gets messy, and it most reliably does, it is at times harder than hard to keep ourselves upright and unified in the middle of the craziness. Our...

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