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10 Retreat Centers: Serene Or Obscene?

Huffington Post | Jessica Kapadia | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Mohonk Mountain House, Kripalu, Slidepoll, Omega Institute, Spiritual Retreat, The Inner Life, Retreat Centers, Spirituality, Retreat Center, Wellness, 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 09.14.2009 | Green

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 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Gloria Steinem, Women, Ana Nogales, Courtney Martin, Feminism, Helen Thomas, Omega Institute, Elizabeth Lesser, Feministing, 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 08.15.2009 | Green

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 07.04.2009 | Living

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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 01.06.2009 | Living

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, 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 11.14.2008 | Living

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, 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 10.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Shambhala Mountain Center, Personal Health, Omega Institute, Meditation, Ala Kukui, Esalen Institute, Forbes Traveler, Meditation Retreats, 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 08.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Asana, Omega Institute, Anusara Yoga, Green Living, Health, Benefits of Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Balanced Life, The Balanced Life, 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 08.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Isabel Allende, Women, Cambodia, Loung Ung, Media, Women and Media, Feminism, Omega Institute, Darfur, Khmer Rouge, 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 07.17.2008 | Living

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, 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 07.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Path to Enlightenment, Spiritual Workshop, Kripalu Center, Enlightenment, Omega Institute, Yoga Workshop, Kripalu, 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 06.20.2008 | Living

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