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Create a Nurturing Nest

Mar 31, 2021 09:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Home is a harbor of habit, and breaking out of the usual routine can be transformative. Here are some activities to transform living spaces into nurturing sources of inspiration.

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Healing from Grief: Four Ways to Find Peace

Feb 26, 2021 09:30AM ● By Jasmin Jenkins

How to discover the light side of grief and identify and embrace the invitations that lay within its deep layers to find inner peace and healing.

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Getting to the Heart of the Matter

Jan 30, 2021 08:00PM ● By Meg Reilly

We have certainly come through a challenging year with a worldwide pandemic and, in the U.S., the tumult of a presidential election season for many months before and the period after.

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Becoming Heart-Minded

Jan 29, 2021 09:30AM ● By Sarah Blondin

Meditation teacher Sarah Blondin explains how drawing our attention inward and focusing on our heart center can help us become more kind, calm, loving, accepting, inspired and creative.

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Southwestern Art and Gifts Abound at Touch of Sedona

Dec 30, 2020 01:50PM

Located in the heart of Ridgefield, Touch of Sedona is a spiritual boutique that brings the warmth and energy of the American Southwest and its Native American culture to Connecticut.

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Twelve-Month DNA Activation Series Starts Soon

Dec 30, 2020 01:50PM ● By Erica Mills

The Academy for Soul Healing will present a 12-month, Zoom-based DNA Activation series, starting on January 21, from 7 to 8:30pm.

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House Blessings for Clearing and Protecting Spaces

Dec 30, 2020 09:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Ways to bless and welcome positive energy into a new house, office or other space with smudging sage, prayers, seasonal flowers, essential oils, crystals, singing bowls and more.

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What is Love?

Nov 28, 2020 03:51PM ● By Eilis Philpott

Most of us believe we know what love is and its various expressions. There’s romantic love, family love, love of friends, love of animals and nature and so on.

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Healthy Society for All
A New Story for the World: Re-Visioning the Script for a Healthier Society and Planet

Nov 27, 2020 09:30AM ● By Linda Sechrist

A revolutionary new way of viewing the world and our place in it points to a future that regenerates the natural environment and reinforces our essential interconnectedness.

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Meditation welcoming in the new year
Fresh Rituals for a New Year

Nov 27, 2020 09:30AM

Here are several New Year’s rituals to help us connect more deeply to our loved ones, to ourselves and to a richer sense of purpose as we embrace the promise of 2021.

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Meditating on Gratitude
Giving Thanks: Meditation on Gratitude and Joy

Oct 30, 2020 09:30AM ● By Jack Kornfield

Bestselling author, Buddhist practitioner and mindfulness practice teacher Jack Kornfield offers a meditation that opens our hearts to gratitude and joy this holiday season.

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Staying Connected Virtually During the Pandemic
Coronavirus as a Calling

Sep 30, 2020 09:30AM ● By Gregg Levoy

The pandemic can be transmuted into golden opportunities if we look for purpose and meaning in it. Here are four ways to respond to the call of these turbulent times.

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Happy Trails to You (Until We Meet Again)

Sep 29, 2020 01:59PM ● By Carrie Brady

For many people, the image of a horse and rider walking down a beautiful trail inspires bliss. There is freedom embedded in that image, as well as a sense of curiosity and wonder.

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Happiness Helpers: Five Ways to Be More Positive

Aug 31, 2020 09:30AM ● By Brad Aronson

We can choose to see things in a more positive fashion by taking these 5 steps to train our brains to look for the good more often, leading to increased levels of happiness.

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Man standing in flower field with arms raised to sky
How Awe Can Transform Our Lives

Jul 31, 2020 09:30AM ● By Jonah Paquette

Feeling a sense of awe provides many physical, mental and spiritual health and wellness benefits. Here are some ways we can find and elicit more awe-inspiring moments in our daily life.

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Buddha in the Weeds

Jul 29, 2020 01:37PM ● By Liz Driscoll Jorgensen

For three years or so I had completely neglected my garden, as I stretched my limits of endurance with work and family duties, including caring for elders. I did only the bare minimum maintenance so that my much-loved plants and trees did not die.

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Content Man Feeling Joy
Cultivating Contentment: The Spiritual Discipline of Evoking Joy

Jun 30, 2020 09:30AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Tending to our own happiness begins by seeing joy not as a mood dependent upon circumstances, but as a spiritual discipline like any other. Here are ways to create more joyous moments.

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Dads Father's Day Wisdom
Fathers Know Best

May 29, 2020 09:30AM ● By Neal Allen

Dads have a habit of imposing their own success goals on their kids, but letting go of this can lead to a greater emphasis on what children really need—love, kindness and strength.

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The Art of Seeing: Appreciation of Art Encourages Living Slow

May 28, 2020 12:27PM ● By Patricia Staino

Before we can see, we need to look. But what does it mean “to look”? Think back to your last art gallery visit.

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Happy Trails! Success Stories at Rising Starr Horse Rescue

Apr 24, 2020 07:36PM ● By by Debby Stein

Rising Starr Horse Rescue has helped many horses since its inception. Here are a few of the any happy and successful rescue stories at.

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