By Chelsey Luger — 2017
A cannabis company believes the pot industry could save tribal nations from poverty. But many argue it would only make a drug problem worse.
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This is a meditation meeting for people of color and their allies interested in using the Buddhist principles of mindfulness and compassion to help work with and understand how to be AntiRacist. JoAnna will share wisdom and experience on topics that are pertinent and immediate in the country today.
How have Black women elders managed stress? In Black Women’s Yoga History, Stephanie Y.
Our fear management strategies - versions of fight/flight - contract our body and mind, and separate us from others. As we learn to pause and contact the bodily fear with a gentle, mindful awareness, our sense of being enlarges. We rediscover our belonging to presence, love and life.
White supremacy in the United States has long necessitated that Black rage be suppressed, repressed, or denied, often as a means of survival, a literal matter of life and death.
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“Racism is a heart disease,” writes Ruth King, “and it’s curable.
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Resilience is the ability to face and handle life’s challenges, whether everyday disappointments or extraordinary disasters. While resilience is innate in the brain, over time we learn unhelpful patterns, which then become fixed in our neural circuitry.
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Awakening Joy is more than just another book about happiness. More than simply offering suggested strategies to change our behavior, it uses time-tested practices to train the mind to learn new ways of thinking.
As more and more people are coming to realize, there is far more to living a truly successful life than just earning a bigger salary and capturing a corner office.
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