Meditation Retreats

10 Ways Meditation Can Change Your Life

MeiMei Fox | Posted 05.05.2012

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MeiMei Fox

I'm just an ordinary person who couldn't sit still for an hour when she first signed up for a Vipassana retreat yet has benefitted tremendously from the simple and challenging practice.

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Be Inspired: Live Your Life With Awareness

Larry Yang | Posted 04.13.2012

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Larry Yang

Mindfulness and meditation are about deeply changing ourselves so that we can be the change that we see needed for the world.

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Longing For Silence And Solitude

Elizabeth Cunningham | Posted 01.11.2012

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Elizabeth Cunningham

In most places in our industrialized world it is impossible to be out of range of machine noise. I am homesick for a place that may not exist any longer.

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7 Vacation Retreats To Rejuvenate Body and Mind

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Dolan | Posted 04.16.2012

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With the surging popularity of glamping, and the smooth pop melodies of luxe all-inclusives haunting our dreams, getting away these days seems to be a...

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Making Love Not War

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.17.2011

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Ed and Deb Shapiro

Learning to open the heart, to listen to, respect and trust what we feel, is one of life's most powerful teachings.

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Want A Paradigm Shift? Meditate

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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Sharon Salzberg

The meditation traditions I started and have continued practicing have all emphasized inclusivity: anyone can do this who is interested. You don't have to believe anything, adopt a dogma in order to learn how to meditate.

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Refuel With A (Cheap) Meditation Getaway

The Huffington Post | Grace Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Long work hours, holiday stress, excess eating and generally "over doing it" can leave you feeling completely fried by the New Year. Practice being...

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8 Survival Tips for Your First Meditation Retreat

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 11.17.2011

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Marguerite Manteau-Rao

I just came back from my first mindfulness meditation retreat in years. While I am very glad for the experience, and would repeat it in a heartbeat, I...

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Will Spirituality Ever Be Serious?

Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jay Michaelson

All too often, however, spirituality reinforces rather than transcends conventional limits, boundaries, and notions of the ego. Sandwiched in between manicures and lunch dates, the quickie yoga class becomes just another way to augment and reinforce the self.

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Tranquility Through Anger

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Michael Sigman

The agitated mind, if allowed to fully run its course without suppression of any thought or emotion, may simply exhaust itself and give up, revealing an underlying, more equanimous state.

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Why You Should Be Outraged About AIG's Bailout-Funded Spa Retreat

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brett Ashley McKenzie

How about an all expenses paid retreat for you and your colleagues to a ritzy southern California spa? After all, you're not paying for it; taxpayers are!

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Searching For Silence: America's Best Meditation Retreats

ForbesTraveler.com | Lynn Parramore | Posted 11.17.2011

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Face it. Your brain is dirtied with deadlines, sullied with schedules and clogged with responsibilities. You need a psychic bath. It's time to manage ...

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