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The Secrets of Powerful Women

Monika Mitchell | Posted 05.01.2012

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Monika Mitchell

Do you see yourself as forceful, controlling and competitive? Or powerful, capable and driven? Words matter, beliefs matter. Take care what you say; it shapes the way you think.

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Metro Is A Strawberry, And Other Stories From Open-Mic Meditation

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Open-Mic Meditation, Dc Around Town, Meditation, Sachin Iceguy, Omega Institute, Rachel Sillman, District of Columbia, Rachel Sillman Open-Mic Meditation, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Behold the strawberry. If you look at it closely enough, under the right circumstances, it may resemble a Metro station. The right ci...

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On Love, Loss, and Hot Dogs

Kathy Stevens | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Hotdogs, Food, Vegetarian, Pets, Animals, Cows, Animal Compassion, Dogs, Vegan, Animal Rescue, Field Roast, Animal Communication, Human-Animal Bond, Farm Animals, Omega Institute, Pia Salk, Bruce Littlefield, Impact News
Kathy Stevens

Last Sunday was fun. I was one of three judges at Go Dog Go, a fundraiser held by Pause Dog Boutique to support dog rescue efforts.

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Mae Jemison: Insights from a Barrier-Breaking Astronaut

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Aauw, Nasa, Omega Women and Power Conference, Women in Math, Role Models for Girls, Women in Engineering, Women in STEM, Women in Science, Women in Technology, Omega Institute, Green Energy, Mae Jemison, Sexualization of Girls, Statistics, Healthy Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

Dr. Mae C. Jemison is a dynamo with a great sense of humor and a long list of creds, including first African-American female astronaut to travel in ...

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Buildings Come to Life And The Challenge of Existing Ones

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Living Building Institute, Jonathan-a-Schein, Greenhouse Gases, Omega Center for Sustainable Living, Rhinebeck, Scheinmedia, LEED Certification, Usgbc, Omega Institute, metrogreenbusiness.com, Living Building Challenge, Carbon Neutral, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

A living building supplies its own energy needs through geothermal and photovoltaic energy and is carbon neutral.

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Omega Institute Comes to NYC for a Weekend of Renewal

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Allice Walker, Phoenix Process, New Age, Omega Institute, Steven Pinker, Claude Anshin Thomas, Elizabeth Lesser, Spirituality, Byron Katie, Healthy Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

Elizabeth Lesser presented one of her resonant themes - the "Phoenix" metaphor and the concept of letting go of past issues that deter us from rising and regenerating. Introducing herself to the jam-packed room with the remark, "I'm a mystical, introverted kind of girl," she launched into the renewal philosophy.

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Blending Buddhism And Psychotherapy At Omega NYC 2010

Huffington Post | Clay Chiles | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Jack Kornfield, Vipassana, Omega NYC, Buddhist Psychology, Tara Brach Meditation, Omega Institute, Mark Epstein, Tara Brach, Buddhism, The Inner Life, Omega NYC 2010, Black History Month, Healthy Living News

Integrating Buddhist practices with western psychology is vital, Jack Kornfield says, because the latter is traditionally pathology-oriented whereas Buddhism offers a positive, wellness-oriented science of the mind.

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Loving Our Shadows At Omega NYC

Huffington Post | Koa Beck | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Shadow Work, The Shadow Process, Omega NYC, Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Omega Institute, The Shadow Effect, Elizabeth Lesser, Debbie Ford, Healthy Living News

Twenty minutes before Omega NYC's keynote speakers Elizabeth Lesser and Byron Katie are scheduled to take the stage to address the topic of spiritual ...

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The Power of Resiliency

Vaishali | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Comedy and Satire, Consciousness, You Are What You Love, Ellen Degeneres, Omega Institute, Love, Humor and Satire, Wisdom Rising, Vaishali, Healthy Living News
Vaishali

Why don't we focus the lens of our perspective on the same mastery of resiliency that cartoon characters seem to have, and by which they seem to mock our very existence?

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10 Retreat Centers: Serene Or Obscene?

Huffington Post | Jessica Kapadia | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Slidepoll, Mohonk Mountain House, Yoga, Kripalu, Omega Institute, Spiritual Retreat, The Inner Life, Retreat Centers, Wellness, Retreat Center, Healthy Living News

Are you a rustic meditator or a posh yoga queen? Vegetarian nudist or chronically stressed soccer mom? Whatever your proclivities, there's a retreat ...

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A Triumph in Ecological Design: America's First "Living Building"

Lauren Yanks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainable Living, Water Resources, Ecological Design, Omega Institute, Sustainable Energy, Green Living, Sustainability, Green Technology, Green News
Lauren Yanks

Last month I attended a pivotal event: the opening of the Omega Center for Sustainable Living, a progressive environmental center slated to be the first certified "Living Building" in the United States.

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Women Connecting Across the Generational Divide: From Gloria Steinem to Courtney Martin

Marianne Schnall | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gloria Steinem, Women, Ana Nogales, Courtney Martin, Feminism, Helen Thomas, Omega Institute, Elizabeth Lesser, Feministing, Healthy Living News
Marianne Schnall

This Omega Institute conference sets out to build bridges across generations that inspire and empower women to change the world.

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Planet Earth: Difficult Times, Insatiable Appetites ... Doomed?

Janice Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Earth, Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help US Grow, Wendell Berry, Janice Taylor, Middle East, David Kessler, Omega-Institute, An End to Overeating, United States, Colorado River, Sustainability, Bottled Water, Elizabeth Lesser, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Green News
Janice Taylor

We human beings are pretty crude creatures. We want more, more, more. We have insatiable appetites. We do everything in excess, in both our personal and collective lives.

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Nature-Deficit Disorder

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tabby Biddle

The alternative to starving my soul of Mother Earth magic was to take the train from Grand Central up to Cold Spring and spend the day in the woods.

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Wanna Check out Buddhism? Top 10 Buddhist Teachers Living in America.

Waylon Lewis | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Zen, Buddhist Meditation, How to Meditate, Dalai Lama, Shambhala Mountain Center, Tibet, Pema Chodron, Compassion, Religion, Sharon Salzberg, Buddha, Buddhist, Meditation, Omega Institute, Karme Choling, Buddhism, Meditation Practice, Kripalu, Tibetan, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Spirituality, Shambhala, Healthy Living News
Waylon Lewis

Get thee to an eco meditation cushion, if only for a few minutes each morning before the day's madness ensues, and if you need a jump-start of inspiration or a little training, check out one of these Buddhist teachers.

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Interview with Omega Institute Co-Founder Elizabeth Lesser

Marianne Schnall | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Feminism, Oprah Winfrey, Women, Meditation, Spirituality, Omega Institute, Eckhart Tolle, Elizabeth Lesser, Feministi Throught, Aging, Social Consciousness, Mortality, Healthy Spritual Living, Social Revolution, Sprituality, Collective Consciousness, Technology, Healthy Living News
Marianne Schnall

Everything about life is mysterious and beautiful and touching and tragic and lovely and mystical. And we waste so much time -- almost every minute -- on swimming against the river.

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Searching For Silence: America's Best Meditation Retreats

ForbesTraveler.com | Lynn Parramore | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Shambhala Mountain Center, Personal Health, Omega Institute, Meditation, Ala Kukui, Esalen Institute, Forbes Traveler, Meditation Retreats, Healthy Living News

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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Returning to the Mat

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yoga, Asana, Omega Institute, Anusara Yoga, Green Living, Health, Benefits of Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Balanced Life, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News
Alison Rose Levy

As a teen, I first learned yoga from the classic Yoga in 28 Days, which 35 years after its original publication, is still in print. After a decade of ...

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Isabel Allende, Loung Ung and the Power of Memoir

Marianne Schnall | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Isabel Allende, Women, Cambodia, Loung Ung, Media, Women and Media, Feminism, Omega Institute, Darfur, Khmer Rouge, Healthy Living News
Marianne Schnall

At an upcoming Women & Courage conference Isabel Allende and Loung Ung will demonstrate that the most direct and powerful way to comprehend human suffering is through compelling, first-hand accounts.

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My Spiritual Journey: In Which I Go To A Yoga Retreat

Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yoga, Suzanne Sterling, Off the Mat in to the World, Hala Khouri, Omega Institute, Yoga Retreat, Off the Mat, The Inner Life, Seane Corn, Healthy Living News
Verena von Pfetten

You will never guess where I am right now. I'm not even sure I believe it. I am on the 6:51 train heading back to NYC, having just left a yoga retrea...

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How To Pick Your Path To Enlightenment

nytimes.com | Andy Newman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yoga, Path to Enlightenment, Spiritual Workshop, Kripalu Center, Enlightenment, Omega Institute, Yoga Workshop, Kripalu, Healthy Living News

On the last Tuesday in June, the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health was a New Age encyclopedia come to life. A roomful of seekers pursued "Total Imme...

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Ram Dass, I've Got Your Number: Musings Of A New Age Neurotic

Kay Goldstein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Humor, Inner Life, Keywords:Ram Dass, Spiritual Satire, New Age, Omega Institute, Gurus, Spiritual Path, Living, Spirituality, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Kay Goldstein

I've got Ram Dass' phone number. I was researching an article and a longtime student of his casually gave me his number and told me the best time to ...

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