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Well Being Blog

What is Ayurveda?

Ayurveda is a very deep topic, a vast, ancient, body of knowledge divined long before any other known health system. But it’s more than a health system. I’ve been studying this subject a bit here

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TWO TREES

Two trees, strong and firmly planted, could only travel through the experience of their roots and leaves For a few short moments the leaves of the two trees, anchored far apart, lifted in the wind

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Looking for Thank Yous Revisited

20 years ago, as a stockbroker, I had a client that was very demanding. In an effort to satisfy her requests, I went above and beyond my normal responsibilities, spending an inordinate amount of time

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A Better Way

So many angry people. So many fearful people. It matters not what political view one has, there is plenty of vitriol flowing on every side. Anger is a step up from powerlessness. Anger gives us

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On Courage

Courage is a force that is willed, and will isn’t from our ego, our personality or our logical mind. It is from our heart and soul. It rises up from deep within us. I haven’t

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About Women

I wrote this last night after watching the news. Instead of railing against how the news is presented, I write. I like hearing about women who ignore the idea that the world is stacked against

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Inviting Peace In

What do you do when you’re stressed out, fed up, feeling as if things are way out of control, and you can’t do anything about it? What is really going on? Let’s see, and learn

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Benefiting from Retreat

  It was an extremely enjoyable and refreshing time, going on my annual silent retreat in the Monterey Peninsula with the Chopra Center. Not the huge revelations that I had on my first venture into

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Why sign up for this Chopra Course?

A SPECIAL MESSAGE about this course (reprinted from a previous newsletter. We received so many positive comments we thought it should be in our blog.) We are offering the Chopra Center Meditation program next month,

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Author’s Note

I’d like to tell you that this whole story was completely written by me, from my brain, my own imagination, but I tell you, while writing this book, more often than not, when I sat

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Extreme and Extraordinary Times*

  Everyone would probably agree that we are experiencing unusual times, scary times you might say. Times filled with fear of the future. Where are we headed? Will the current administration’s plan work?  They are

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The BIG Announcement

You know when you’ve been working on a project for what seems like forever, and you are nearing the end, how you wonder if it is really done, if anyone will like it, etc. etc?

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It’s All About Consciousness

I saved an article* I read a few years ago by a man who had spent his life traveling the world to solve humanity’s problems. For 40 years, Thomas Dichter worked for such organizations as

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A Lighter Suitcase in 2016

One of my friends wrote a beautiful piece upon returning home from a conference entitled, Journey to a Lighter Suitcase, which she has generously given me permission to share with you. In it, she confesses that

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When Those we Admire Disappoint

Eventually those we admire will disappoint us. It happens to everyone; when our leaders or teachers voice something so divergent from our own beliefs that we shrink away. It’s normal. It is a sign we

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The Force of Love

We are horrified by something tragic like the attacks in Paris. How can we not be? Seeing those who would slaughter innocents is beyond our comprehension. Trying to make rational sense of it, trying to

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To All Facebook Users

All too often I hear from someone who is discouraged because he or she thinks so many other people on Facebook have sweet, perfect lives, filled with perfect relationships and endless opportunities for fun. So

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Declaration of Freedom

What holds us back from the complete freedom we crave? One of the reasons we tell ourselves is that we can’t because we don’t have enough money, which represents security to most of us. As

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Reclaiming Your Kingdom

Envision a beautiful castle surrounded by lush green undulating land. There is a clear, clean bubbling brook running through the property. Tall, majestic trees line the fields. Flowers grow along the drive to the castle

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