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Episode 23: Abbie Galvin

Practice You

On ritualizing your practice, developing your interior world, and measuring up for joy, with Abbie Galvin, author of ‘Home Practice’ and founder of The Studio.

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Humankind: A Hopeful History

The “lively” (The New Yorker), “convincing” (Forbes), and “riveting pick-me-up we all need right now” (People) that proves humanity thrives in a crisis and that our innate kindness and cooperation have been the greatest factors in our long-term success as a species.

Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore (translator), Elizabeth Manton (translator)

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Yoga & Cultural Appropriation (& Why We Can Heal the World with Kindness)

Yoga has been misunderstood and misrepresented. We can improve this while carrying compassion, love, and respect for everyone.

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FindCenter Quotes Image A bird was lying on his back in the road with his feet in the air. A horse saw him and asked, “What’re you doing?” The sparrow said, “I’m helping hold back the darkness.” The horse sneered and said, “Yeah, right,” and the sparrow said, “One does what one can.”

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Happy Hour: Loving Care for This Body, with Nikki Mirghafori

Dharma talk from the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.

Nikki Mirghafori

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The Spiritual Practice of Kindness

I wonder how the world would be, how we would live, how children would learn if we intentionally cultivated the spirit of being kind each day. In a world filled with fear and cruelty, we are itching for an outbreak of this characteristic.

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Be Kind to Yourself: Releasing Frustrations and Embracing Joy

When we experience frustrations in daily life, many of us hold ourselves to blame. Self-criticism is often our default setting. But we can have a more gracious posture toward ourselves. We can practice disciplines of self-kindness.

Cindy Bunch, Ruth Haley Barton (foreword)

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Kindness: Change Your Life and Make the World a Kinder Place

When you step out of your own life and take more notice of what's happening in other people's lives, you realise that you have the power to make a difference – a positive difference – in their lives and your own.

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Yoga for Cultivating Willpower

Ask how to break a bad habit and just about everyone will tell you to use willpower. Let’s call it the “just say no” response.

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Community Transformation and Healing