Touching the Stillness

Let's use the Smiling Meditation in this episode to start a 'smile' practice, on and off the mat. Even when it feels as though there's very little to smile about then, if nothing else, at least we'll have exercised a few facial muscles.

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As life outside the home gradually resumes, our host makes the case for taking a brief pause before rushing into our new normal where, as part of our practice, we can use those cloudy thoughts as a way to become still—like a mountain.

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There's an idiom that says "money talks". If that's the case, what would it say to you right now? Energy coach Sarah McCrum tenders spiritual practices to help decipher money's message and change our relationship to it.

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Longtime Touching the Stillness listener turned meditation teacher, Kumbi Mukaro, joins our host to explore why some soul friendships seem to wilt and others bloom once we adopt a spiritual path.

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We're setting an intention to stay healthy in times of contagion with our host's popular "In the Pink" healing meditation. Together with healing music and aspirational affirmations, it may be just the tonic needed right now, to soothe our pandemic-weary souls.

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If you're hunkered down at home on lockdown, or are public distancing, step away from the screeching headlines and come hang out with us for a time of drama-free inspiring reflections, calming meditation, good music, and decisive affirmations.

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Dealing with pre-Birthday blues and an acute sense of loneliness, our host was guided to an unexpected solution that led to one of the deepest meditations she'd ever had and a new intention to share.

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While meditating at Gandhi's Ashram in India, our host had a vision that gently shook her world. Part three of her 3.0 Retreat trilogy, describes the events behind this serendipitous call to love from the heart of the ashram.

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In part two of her trilogy, our host reminisces on the aspects of a cultural and spiritual immersion that heightened her Gandhi 3.0 Retreat experience in India, and culminated in three steps and a bow.

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In part one of a Gandhi 3.0 trilogy, our host unpacks anecdotes from her first trip to India—beginning with what it was like to be on the receiving end of sheer acts of kindness, inspired by a "gift economy".

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