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Gabrielle Bernstein: How to Release Pain

After reading Nick Ortner’s new book, The Tapping Solution, I became passionate about tapping and started to apply the technique to every area of my life. Tapping, otherwise known as Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), is a psychological acupressure technique that supports your emotional and physical health. By tapping on specific energy meridians on your body, you [...]

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What The Buddha Might Say To Deepak Chopra

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. -The Buddha Many years ago we were teaching a meditation weekend in Plymouth, England. On the Saturday after the program was over for the day, Carole, one of the attendees, told us she had just been with Deepak Chopra, that he had walked out of the [...]

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Setting Intents 101: Ten Intentions for Higher Consciousness

I intend to manifest a world where war is a fictional concept than reality. I intend to choose respond over reactions. I intend to witness God in everything and everywhere. I intend to live a life of example. I intend to receive abundance from known and unknown sources. I intend to take myself lightly. I [...]

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Playing With Monkeys as a Metaphor for Mindful Living

One of my favorite stories took place a number of decades ago when the English had colonized India and they wanted to set up a golf course in Calcutta. Besides the fact that the English shouldn’t have been there in the first place, the golf course was not a particularly good idea. The biggest challenge [...]

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How To Transform Anger Into Creativity

Anger is a good thing…when we know how to be the master, and not the servant, of this powerful energy. How can we be in mastery of our anger so that we use this strong energy in the most creative way possible for positive outcomes? Awareness is the solution. Awareness gives us choice. How do [...]

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Meditate Your Way Through Anger

Anger can be an effective expression of passion for justice and fairness, for basic rightness, for what is appropriate and humane. But anger can also be like a single match that can burn an entire forest, causing tremendous damage and hurt. It causes wars, leads to greed and self-deception. The fallout can be huge and, [...]

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Gabrielle Bernstein: A Meditation to Help Treat Addiction

Let’s face it: in some form or another we all suffer from addiction. These days we often turn to drugs, alcohol, food, sex, work, the Internet, and many other addictive obsessions in efforts to avoid feeling our discomfort. If we’re not addicted to drugs, cigarettes, or the typical vices then we are subconsciously addicted to [...]

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“I realized I don’t have to believe my thoughts.”

Our mindfulness practice is not about vanquishing our thoughts. It’s about becoming aware of the process of thinking so that we are not in a trance—lost inside our thoughts. That’s the big difference. To train in becoming mindful of thoughts can help us to notice when your mind is actively thinking, either using the label [...]

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Boston: Live in Hope, Not Fear

“The world is incomprehensible. We won’t ever understand it; we won’t ever unravel its secrets. Thus we must treat the world as it is: a sheer mystery.” ~ Carlos Castaneda Yesterday, after an absolutely lovely and peaceful afternoon walk through the Conservatory Gardens in Central Park, Peter and I returned home, turned on our respective [...]

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Calming Meditation with Gabrielle Bernstein

April is National stress awareness month. I recently visited Good Day New York to share ways to reduce stress. In this video I offer a stress-free way to start your day, as well as two Kundalini meditations that will calm you down. Enjoy! New York News | NYC Breaking New

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