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Don’t believe the hype about new zodiac signs and Opiochus

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Ignore this bunk about a new 13th zodiac sign and that you are no longer the sign that you thought you were! Nothing has changed about your sign. There is no 13th zodiac sign. Let me explain: The 12 traditional signs of the zodiac are based on the Sun's relationship to the earth as we go throughout the solar year. The symbolisms of the 12 signs were developed based on the four elements -- Fire, Earth, Air and Water -- and the three modes of action -- Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable. Each of the … [Read more...]

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Tri Hita Karana: A Balinese philosophy of life

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I was raised by my Indonesian grandmother in the San Francisco Bay Area. Growing up in an Eastern household, while living in the West, gave me a great opportunity to blend two worlds. One world offered a more internal reflection of life, and another world had an external expression of living. What I really wanted to know, experience and see with my own eyes was a life filled with grace and ease, one that blended the East and West. I didn't find too many models, so I found myself making up … [Read more...]

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7 Ways to Get Yourself Grounded

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When we're feeling nervous, anxious, worried, moving too fast and thinking too much, all our energy is focused in our minds and we're not really in our bodies. We may feel harried, frantic and even panicky. If we're having this kind of experience, we can be pretty sure that we're disconnected energetically from the earth, and the various energies that are flying through our systems are not grounded. Our bodies and energy systems need a strong, reliable connection to the earth, just as a house … [Read more...]

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The Gift of a Dead Body

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Looking back, I never thought that a brief encounter with a dying man in India would have shaped the foundation of my career, and lay the groundwork for my spiritual journey. After 20 years, I now see how everything fell into place. "Why don't you sit with that man over there -- he's dying." I heard these welcoming words from a man who motioned me to a cot at Mother Teresa's Home for the Destitute and Dying in Calcutta (now Kolkata). While backpacking in India as an impressionable 24 year … [Read more...]

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A Resolution to love yourself just as you are

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A new year has begun. You think, with a sigh, that you haven't lost those 20 pounds, you're still working at the same unfulfilling job and you are still in the same power struggle with your wife/husband/lover/child/yourself. Where did the possibilities go? A client recently said to me, "I have to make a New Year's resolution to stop procrastinating, but I'm better at breaking them than making them. Is there a trick to making a good New Year's Resolution? There is no trick, except in the … [Read more...]

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The Not-So-Busy Life: Back to Basics with Feng Shui

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Remember the days when you went home from your job on Friday afternoon and didn't think much about it until Monday morning? Remember when reading novels was a regular part of your life? Remember when the word "unplugged" was part of your vocabulary only when you were moving a lamp to another part of the room? Remember when a proposal or a check would slowly find its way to you through the mail while we patiently waited for its arrival? These days I feel like I'm ripping month pages off my … [Read more...]

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Flow is the Way Forward

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From the Editor Decades from now, textbooks describe the early 21st century as a time of unparalleled earth changes, widespread collapse of global financial markets, as well as incredible technological innovations in social networking and medical science. The texts inform students that there were mass casualties due to war and natural disaster, and topics of the day ranged from terrorism to safe food and drinking water. But teachers, knowing full well that history books only tell part of … [Read more...]

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Healing center offers guided silent retreats

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All About the Journey....a healing center, based in the Twin Cities, is now offering Guided Silent Retreats several times throughout the year, only 1.5 hours from the metro area. "The need for stillness and silence in these hectic times is great," says Harmony Green, an intuitive healer, spiritual doula and nature lover who leads the retreats. "Participants are provided a beautiful, still, peaceful space so they can hear their own voices." The retreats take place in a private cabin situated … [Read more...]

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The Awakening To Inner Stillness

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My own journey, like so many others, was forged through a myriad of obstacles, the largest of which was dealing with a mental illness. I was diagnosed 20 years ago with Bipolar Disorder. I am not unique with a mental disorder, as current statistics by the National Institute of Mental Health state that in any given year, one in four adults are stricken. One in 17 adults suffers from serious mental illness. In addition, mental illness is the leading cause of disability in the United States and … [Read more...]

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Star Wisdom | February 2011

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February should be a much mellower month than January. The emphasis is on creativity, friendship and community. Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 19)...Pay attention to your changing goals, because you're rewarded this year when you reach for the highest and best. Make a long-range plan and start taking baby steps to get there. (If you need help, by all means spend the money on a coach, career planner or other professional.) Now is so not the time to sell yourself short. Taurus (Apr. 20-May 20)...A new … [Read more...]

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