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Krishna Das on Mantras, Chanting, Music, and Love
Music's value is that it calms the mind, soothes the savage beast, but it doesn't plant any seeds that will eradicate

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Love Medicine: A Conversation with Dr. Rachel Abrams
Dr. Rachel Abrams is a family practice physician who is board certified in Integrative Medicine. Founder of the award-winning Santa Cruz Integrative Medicine Clinic, she has...

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Make the Time to Go Deep: The Value of 5 Days
Your time is precious. Taking five days to participate in a retreat or immersive learning experience can feel like a lot to ask. But there's...

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Redefining Nutrition: An Interview with T. Colin Campbell
Most of science is reductionist, meaning we isolate one thing down to the smallest level and then study it. But oftentimes how it acts on its own can be the opposite of how it acts when it's in a whole food or when it's ingested into the body.

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Using Daily Mindfulness to Enhance Your Brain: An Interview with Dan Siegel
Dan Siegel, MD, is an internationally acclaimed author, educator, and child psychiatrist who has published extensively for both professional and lay audiences. The executive director...

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What Death Teaches About Life: An Interview with Frank Ostaseski
Frank Ostaseski, an internationally respected Buddhist teacher and pioneer in end-of-life care, has accompanied over 1,000 people through their dying process. Acclaimed author of The Five Invitations, Frank cofounded the first Buddhist hospice in America-the Zen Hospice Project. In 2005, he founded the Metta Institute, through which he has trained countless clinicians and caregivers, building a national network of educators, advocates, and guides for those facing life-threatening illness.