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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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“Community: This ‘life structure’ is about conscious recognition of our interconnectedness with all...

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I’m Ed Zaydelman, founder of Experience VIDA Events and the VIDA Retreat Center in Costa Rica which...

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

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

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How innovative is it to be present to someone?

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