2016
A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.
124 min
CLEAR ALL
During the global pandemic and racialized unrest, we all need pathways to calm, clarity and openheartedness. While it’s natural to feel fear during times of great collective crises, our challenge is that fear easily takes over our lives.
A discussion of the Resilient Warrior course offered to veterans, which uses mind-body techniques in order to increase resilience to stress and find positive ways to cope with difficult emotions and situations.
Sacred Sundays is a monthly consciousness-raising salon featuring some of today's leaders in self-help, healing, meditation, and modern spirituality. The event is hosted by mindfulness meditation teacher and Author Ora Nadrich.
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Roche answers questions and debunks meditation myths, and gives three easy-to-follow techniques for getting started; "The Do Nothing Technique," "Salute Each of the Senses," and "Feeling at Home Exercise.
Through the practice of meditation, there are certain changes that happen in the mind. One of the most important changes is that you become master of your mind.
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Anxiety, conflict, self-doubt, disconnection, lack of purpose or fulfillment—if we’re honest with ourselves, for many of us, these are common experiences.
We are not separate from each other. But we don’t always believe it, and we certainly don’t always practice it. In fact, we often practice the opposite—disconnection and domination. From unconscious bias to “cancel culture,” denial of our inherent interconnection limits our own freedom.
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When Oxford published Emotion and Adaptation, the landmark 1991 book on the psychology of emotion by internationally acclaimed stress and coping expert Richard Lazarus, Contemporary Psychology welcomed it as "a brightly shining star in the galaxy of such volumes.
Meditation broadens our perspective and deepens our courage. The spaciousness of mind and greater ease of heart that arise through balanced awareness and compassion are fundamental components of a resilient spirit.
We all know that unmanaged stress can be destructive. But are there positive sides to stress as well?