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Co-creating a retreat center, running it and learning how to build community was a skin I learned...

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The practice of Buddhism has become widely understood through popular media and literature as an...

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So let’s imagine the beautiful, lush landscape of Bahia, Brazil. Hear the birds? Feel the humid...

It seems like the last fifteen years have seen an explosion of yoga. Every college, every small...

It’s really only the glamorous, miraculous stories that come across our awareness these days, isn’t...

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It seems that no matter how mindful we are in our practice - on the cushion, the yoga mat, or...

When you arrive at Tambo Ilusion, just outside of Tarapoto, Peru, you wouldn’t guess that 33 years...

If you have contemplated going on retreat at a monastery or abbey, you’ve likely heard of the...

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“This is the first time in history, where because of what’s been going on politically, and also on...

Creacon Wellness Retreat specializes in services that balance and revitalize your entire being -...

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“I don’t call the 5Rhythms practice a dance practice because we often associate dance with certain...

What comes to mind when you hear the word “lazy”?

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For many people starting on their spiritual journey, concepts such as “consciousness” and “mind”...

Swami Shivabhaktananda, director of the Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Val Morin Quebec, allowed us the...