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Another Birthday on Death Row

By Rebecca Solnit — 2018

Jarvis Jay Masters has spent almost 30 years on death row for a crime many think he did not commit. Rebecca Solnit celebrated his 56th birthday with Masters as he seeks freedom through meditation until the day his conviction is overturned.

Read on www.lionsroar.com

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Misty Copeland Says Ballet Industry Is ‘Extremely Behind’ on Racial Equality, Justice

Misty Copeland is speaking out about racial injustice and inequality in ballet.

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Claudia Harmata
2020
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How to Start Meditating in 21 Steps

Consider doing something nice for your poor, flustered brain. Don't know how to meditate? Neither did we! So we asked Andy Puddicombe, the cofounder of Headspace and the voice on its app, to write this basic script. Have a friend read it to you slowly, setting a timer for 10 minutes.

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Esquire Editors
2019
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10 Top Tips for Establishing a Daily Meditation Practice

Training the mind, meditating, being mindful, or whatever else we choose to call it only works if we actively engage with it. More than that, it only works if we practice it regularly, preferably on a daily basis with a considered, gentle discipline.

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Andy Puddicombe
2013
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Softening the Belly… of Sorrow

We hold our grief hard in the belly. We store fear and disappointment, anger and guilt in our gut. Softening the Belly… of Sorrow Our belly has become fossilized with a long resistance to life and to loss.

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Stephen Levine
2013
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Teaching and Learning About Martin Luther King Jr. with the New York Times

How do you celebrate and teach the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., both on the holiday that celebrates his birth, and all year long?

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The Learning Network
2020
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Interview with Marshall Rosenberg: The Traveling Peacemaker

Whether he’s working in a war-torn area or an inner-city slum, Rosenberg’s goal is the same: to teach and encourage compassionate communication.

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Margaret Cullen, Ronna Kabatznick
2004
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A Conversation with Marshall B. Rosenberg

People can change how they think and communicate. They can treat themselves with much more respect, and they can learn from their limitations without hating themselves.

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Michael Mendizza, Marshall Rosenberg
2000
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How to Hardwire Resilience into Your Brain

We’ll be better prepared for life’s challenges if we cultivate these 12 inner strengths.

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Rick Hanson, Forrest Hanson
2018
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Was 2017 the Beginning of the End of Social Injustice in America?

It’s so ironic. A country that was established by white immigrants and refugees continues, year after year, to debate whether refugees and immigrants from other countries should be allowed to cross onto our sacred soil. - Chelsey Luger

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Chelsey Luger
2017
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From Radical Dharma to All About Love, a Look at Queer Black Buddhist Perspectives on Spiritual Practice in Contemporary Texts

Several queer Black Buddhist authors have showed me how spiritual practice can be a liberating force in the face of challenges as huge as racism, sexism and queerphobia.

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Chintan Girish Modi
2020
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