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the power of intentional thinking

You can literally move a mountain with your efforts, but if your mind still can’t find peace or happiness when you sit down to rest then it is all wasted effort. If you can tap into the power of intentional thinking you start living your life instead of life living you. This is because how you

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the transcendent power of yoga

the alchemy of breath, focus, and movement I’ve had a transcendent experiences while practicing yoga. a transcendent experience is one that allows me to experience life outside of my normal operating system. These transcent experiences are different in length, sensation, or and vary in intensity. Let me tell you that they have all been sot

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soak your almonds

Did you know that if you soak your raw almonds in water, you get way more nutritional benefits from them? The brown papery coating on raw almonds contains tannin, which is great if you’re an almond because it protects the nut from oxidation. Tannins act like almond bodyguards, locking in their nutrients – protein, magnesium,

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is that a penis mushroom in my backyard?

Disclaimer: This post was written when I first began my blog and I wrote about anything and everything. I’d take it down because it has nothing to do with this site anymore, but a lot of freaked out people just like you come here in a penis mushroom panic and I feel like I don’t want

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prickly pear margaritas

My friend Michelle finds prickly cactus pears at her farmer’s market, peels them, and infuses them in white tequila for a week. She uses the prickly-pear-infused tequila to make these kick-ass margaritas, which she served to our book club last year while playing Gerry Rafferty Radio on Pandora …and just like that our book club

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Me, myself, and transcendental meditation

my introduction to meditation Do you remember that powerful scene, in the movie What’s Love Got To Do With It? which chronicles Tina Turner’s life, that shows her introduction to meditation from a friend? I was intrigued with not only the beauty of this chanting meditation practice but how the movie posits Tina’s spiritual resurrection from defeated

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