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		<title>Meditation: Tips for Beginners &#8211; Use a Singing Bowl Meditation Timer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Go Easy on Yourself Let go of the idea that the goal of meditation is to stop thinking. &#8220;If you go in with that agenda, you&#8217;re in for a lot of frustration,&#8221; says Summers. The experience of meditation is different &#8230; <a href="http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/05/meditation-tips-for-beginners-use-a-singing-bowl-meditation-timer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/05/meditation-tips-for-beginners-use-a-singing-bowl-meditation-timer/</link>
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		<title>Feel More Compassionate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maitryadisu balani The cultivation of friendliness creates inner strength. (Yoga Sutra III.24) We typically think of our emotional range as something that is fixed and unchanging—a reflection of the personality we&#8217;re born with. But research is revealing the possibility that &#8230; <a href="http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/03/feel-more-compassionate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/03/feel-more-compassionate/</link>
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		<title>tranquillity of the body</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Buddhism, passaddhi refers to tranquility of the body, speech, thoughts and consciousness on the path to enlightenment.  As part of cultivated mental factors, passaddhi is preceded by joy (pīti) and precedes concentration (samādhi). adapted from wikipedia.org]]></description>
		<link>http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/03/tranquility-of-the-body/</link>
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		<title>Mindfulness Meditation By Frank Jude Boccio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Put it into Practice. Mindfulness requires concentration, but rather than concentrate on any one object, we concentrate on the moment and whatever is present in that moment. To begin, take a comfortable seat.  Set your Zen Timer for 20 minutes. &#8230; <a href="http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/01/mindfulness-meditation-by-frank-jude-boccio/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/01/mindfulness-meditation-by-frank-jude-boccio/</link>
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		<title>Healthy thinking: Praying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Praying has a healing power. A study by the Californian cardiologist Randolf Byrd helped inspire Larry Dossey to get involved in the healing power of prayer. In 1988 Byrd studied 393 heart patients. They were randomly divided into two groups using &#8230; <a href="http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/01/healthy-thinking-praying/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/01/healthy-thinking-praying/</link>
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		<title>Pamper yourself with a Watsu Treatment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watsu, a portmanteau of water and shiatsu, is a form of body massage performed while lying in warm water (around 35 °C or 95 °F). The receiver of Watsu treatment is continuously supported by the therapist while he or she &#8230; <a href="http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/01/watsu-treatment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/01/watsu-treatment/</link>
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		<title>Buddhist Alarm Clock</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have been browsing on-line you may have seen a Google Ad-words for the search term &#8220;Buddhist alarm clock&#8221; that leads to our website www.Now-Zen.com. “Buddhist Alarm Clock” is not a product name or search term we created, but &#8230; <a href="http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/01/buddhist-alarm-clock/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/01/buddhist-alarm-clock/</link>
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		<title>Exhaustion Cure #2:  Extend Your Exhalations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well-being Exhaustion Cause: Shallow Breathing Breathing is our most elemental and immediate need. But there&#8217;s a big difference between breathing to survive and breathing to thrive. &#8220;Most people I meet take shallow, rapid breaths, using only about a third of their &#8230; <a href="http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/01/exhaustion-cure-2-extend-your-exhalations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/01/exhaustion-cure-2-extend-your-exhalations/</link>
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		<title>Mindful Walking, a Spiritual Practice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you apply a few simple techniques, you can turn your daily walk into a rewarding practice. What is mindful walking? It&#8217;s a technique that uses awareness of the mind/body connection to improve the quality of your walking experience on &#8230; <a href="http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/01/mindful-walking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/01/mindful-walking/</link>
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		<title>The Wabi-Sabi Garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago, I heard Diane Ackerman, who writes beautifully about gardens and gardening, discussing her ­passion on National Public Radio. She and the host agreed that our gardens reflect ourselves, our way of looking at life. I &#8230; <a href="http://www.now-zen.com/blog/2013/01/the-wabi-sabi-garden/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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