For years I have been meaning to get to James Baraz's meditation group here in Berkeley. I am reading his book Awakening Joy now and loving it. (And can't believe that this amazing course has been going on only blocks away from my house...
The nature of emotions is flow... I heard this the other day on a book on tape. And like a song that gets stuck in your head, it keeps coming back to me again and again. The nature of emotions is flow... And so I have been noticing how...
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Finding Your Voice: My pal Jen Lee sent me a copy of her incredible workbook, Finding Your Voice. I read it cover to cover in one day, not able to put it down. This topic of finding our voice, where we lost it along the way and how we can...
Just a quick note to let you know that SARK is leading a *free* teleclass tonight! (6pm PST) I'm hoping to listen in myself! You can register for it here.
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