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maranda pleasant: When ben harper came on stage with you, i
thought, oh my godso natalie and ben are creating this together!
does he play on the album?
Natalie Maines: He plays on every song, he does harmony on
almost every song. And we co-produced it together, and we made it
at his studio. It was definitely a collaboration. We spent lots of
hours together with his band. Hes got the greatest spirit. He was
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free spirit. Hes very free with his emotions. Hes so enthusiastic.
I wish I could just have an ounce of his enthusiasm for anything.
Hes very childlike in the best ways. I think its easier for men to
hold onto that than women. We take on the rest so they can go
skateboard.It was great. The fact that hes playing with me live is
an honor, and I cant believe he wants to do it. I am so grateful,
because I dont know who else could take over all that he does. I
could have my dad play with me but then he couldnt sing all the
harmonies.
mp: please dont make me love ben more. Your dad is great, by the
way.
When i listen to ben, the thing i notice about both of you, i
feel like youreboth unmasked. You seem to be very raw and very
real. theres also a certain intensity. how did that translate when
you were working together?
NM: Hm. I dont know how that translates in particular, because
Ive never thought about that.
mp: Was it an intense experience or was it pretty laid back?
NM: Definitely laid back. There were musically moving times,
times where you really felt something click or connect. When we did
the Jeff Buckley song, Lover You Shouldve Come Overit was just an
interesting night. It was hard to get that song. Its a long song,
and there are also all these different levels it needs to reach.
You have to keep that energy going till the end. It took us the
longest to track that song, and
then when it was right we just all knew it. You did feel
something weird, an energy in the air. When I went home that night,
I got on Huffington Post just to check out the daily news, and saw
on there that it was the anniversary of the death of Jeff Buckley,
and I just had chills all over. I thought, Oh my godbecause I think
we all felt like he was there in some way that night. He and Ben
were friends, so I think it really surprised Ben when I came in and
said I wanted to sing this song. I think that was heavy for him.
Because he was friends with Jeff.
mp: What was the most personal part about this album? is there
something thats different about this one than anything youve ever
done?
NM: Its definitely a sole representation of me. The Dixie
Chicks, it was always me but it was also two others. You become the
master at compromise. Fairness and balance. This is definitely just
what I like, what I want to do, what I hear. This is one hundred
percent me, like it or not. It just is. And the most personal song
on there is probably the last one, Take It On Faith. Ben and I
wrote that.
mp: thats my favorite.
NM: Aw, thanks. Maybe mine, too. I switch favorites but its
definitely the one I feel most lyrically, emotionally attached to,
and a little vulnerable.
mp: i imagine thats one of the most personal songs. i listened
to your performance and was blown away last month.
NM: Thank you.
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maranda pleasant: What is something that you pull a lot of
energy from?
Sara Bareilles: Nature. I definitely get a little antsy when I
havent had a good fix!
mp: how do you process emotional pain?
SB: Definitely music. Music is catharsis for me.
mp: are there any important personal issues youve had to work
through?
SB: The earliest issue I can remember going through was body
image. I was a chubby little kid and I got made fun of for it. I
dealt with horrible, horrible self esteem issues, and I still
struggle with that. I think its what taught me a lot of empathy and
compassion, but there are those days where I look in the mirror and
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very much a part of the fabric of who I have become. I definitely
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and that feels like something that willIll just have that my whole
life, probably. Thats okay.
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women?
SB: Just speak your truth. Its an important cornerstone of how
your life ends up unfolding in front of you. Even if its painful,
if its honest, its going to bring you to the place you deserve to
be.
mp: is there a cause you feel passionate about?
SB: Absolutely. Rock n Roll Camp for Girls in Los Angeles.
mp: how does your new record chronicle your life?
SB: This last chapter of my life, really the last year of my
life, was a real metamorphosis for me. I am recently out of a very
long term relationship, and I moved from Los Angeles to New York
this January, and Ive been in LA for fourteen years. Its called The
Blessed
Unrest, and I got that phrase from a quote that I love, from
Martha Graham, that is about artistry, and why we feel dissatisfied
with what weve already created, because its us being pulled forward
into the new, and into the art that we havent made yet.
I was feeling so overwhelmed with stagnancy last year. I was
looking at my life and I didnt feel like I was alive. And so I made
some really big changes, and got really humbled by a lot of what I
was facing. Now I feel like Im on the
precipicejust seeing a better version of me coming out. And so
this isthis record is a big, big, big part of that.
mp: What are some of the highlights on the record for you?
SB: A song called Manhattan. Its really about me moving to New
York. Its a really tender, really naked place for me. The last song
on the record is about leaving Los Angeles, and its called
December.
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maranda Pleasant: How have you become such a confident woman?
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Lynsey Dyer: Well, skiing is an individual cutthroat sport. My
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and I missed the camaraderie of our soccer teams. We gained so much
confidence while challenging ourselves in nature. We were away from
mirrors and magazines. We wanted to offer this feeling of
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actresses. Jane Goodall was the closest thing I found to a woman I
wanted to be like. There are tons of amazing women out there for
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outdoors. SheJumps programs are designed to fulfill our promise to
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rarely recognized for their achievements.
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LD: I have struggled to be taken seriously as a female athlete.
I have struggled to find my worth outside of winning. I have
struggled to accept parts of myself. Now Im recognizing the beauty
in those parts as well as beauty in the times when things didnt go
my way.
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strong as men, therefore we cannot attempt the same physical
challenges. I can
tell you, with all certainty, this is not true. I have
accomplished things on skis no one thought were physically possible
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Top Athletes: How Do You Stay Focused?
Courtney Sanders. Professional Rock Climber.
i think pinpointing how i stay focused is a question that i have
tried to answer for a long time. For me, it has come with trial and
error. at first, i couldnt do anything other than rock climb, and
when i wasnt climbing i was thinking or dreaming about it. slightly
overwhelmed, i integrated yoga and meditation with my routine.
additionally, i integrated getting an education. no matter how many
endeavors i pursue, the important thing is to have discipline.
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Kevin Jorgeson. Professional Rock Climber. i maintain focus
through my breathing and a constant awareness of the larger goal. i
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During this time, ive learned that focus is about much more than
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Top Plant-based Athletes: How does diet enhance performance?
Georges LaraqueFormer National Hockey League. 13-year veteran.
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Veganism could have allowed me to extend my career in the nHl
beyond the eighteen-year mark. in 2009, i was suffering from
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food and lots of Vega products. thanks to my change to a
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David Dejesus Professional Baseball Player, MLB. Chicago
Cubs.
as a professional athlete, i need to be on top of my exercise
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Chadd KonigProfessional Surfer.
every body and mind has different needs. i personally perform at
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effort required to move my body against gravity. the burn in my
legs and the strong beating of my heart remind me that im alive and
working hard. i cherish the most simple things, like clean water
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Krissy Moehl. Ultraunner.Mountains. trails. Dirt. Vistas.
Working hard. breathing harder. Finding my limits and going a bit
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What drives you?
Ive completed 120 ultramarathons, with hopefully 120 more to
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Lets face it, life aint easy. In the emergency room I meet
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We can use emotional and physical triggers to lead us onto a
path of discovery. The unwinding and healing of the trauma trail
has many steps. Each step taken is an act of power, which also
builds self-respect.
The emotional charge of an unresolved experience is archived in
our cell tissue. When our trigger gets pulled in the present, the
reaction is often bewildering.
MORe Than jUsT back pain
A recent personal trigger example: My back tweaked from pulling
my luggage off the carousel. In the middle of the airport, tired
and irritable, I was in a hurry to get to my next destination and
not in the mood to stop. When it happened, all I had time to do was
breathe into the tweak and drive it away.
Later, as I was doing my practice, I concentrated upon the sore
place in my back. I focused on the triggermy back pain. I used the
stored irritable emotions as a doorway, and suddenly I was
revisiting a horrific experience from early childhood. I tracked
back through this familiar territory and, much to my surprise,
found the origin of my back tweak hidden amongst many other
injuries. The luggage incident helped point to a bigger trauma that
still needed some attention.
Make Use Of YOUR WisdOM and knOWledge
I started breathing into my back; that relaxed the muscles a
bit. Then I had an epiphany: As a child, I just had to be in pain
and endure it. That is the level of a childs ability to cope. But
Im no longer a little girl. I realized I needed to bring in who I
am now to heal the source of this triggerthe wise medicine woman,
injury specialist, and yoga teacher with many resources.
I gathered the gifts of wisdom from fifty-five years of life. I
ushered in the ways of healing, support, resourcefulness, and
self-esteem I now have, that the little girl did not. My back had
been holding this trauma for over fifty years. My self-respect for
who I have become formed into a visceral shining liquid. I poured
that respect for my own gifts through my back injury, filling it
with a lustrous energy. Then my back began to unwind and feel
good.
Understand, I could have just been irritable about being tweaky,
or tried to stretch it out. But instead, I brought this high
quality of attention and respect for my resourcefulness into my
injury, and a beautiful healing process unfolded.
discOveR WhaT gives YOU leveRage WiTh YOUR pain
The leverage was not applying a specific gift or tool. What
worked was applying the respect of who I have become directly to
the injury. I had discovered a toxic, frozen ball that entrapped
the damage. I poured my warm, liquified respect onto that frozen
ball and it melted, freeing up the child. She had been imprisoned
in that trauma for over half a century. As a result, the child
released the damage, grew up, and integrated with who I am nowthe
adult.
I am very grateful for the experiences of healing. They are part
of what inspires my aliveness. I love these mind-bending,
cellular-transforming experiences that happen through quantum
leaps.
sTep inTO your pOWeR
As you start to work with the stew of emotions and unravel the
shards of pain, you gain insight and power. The charge from the
trigger begins to disperse. An important step is to bring the
resourcefulness of the present-day self down the trauma trail to
the past experience. Deliberately apply the wisdom of who you are
now to the process of healing and resolution from that past event.
Include the old beliefs that accompany the event so that they too
can heal or change.
I know it sometimes takes a while to care enough about yourself
and believe you can heal. I am telling you that you can heal.
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healing sTeps fOR an injURY,
phYsical OR eMOTiOnal:
n Start breathing deeply into the injury and ask, When did i
first feel this pain? there may be a few
different times this injury has cropped up in your life
encompass each of them. its all useful information.
n bring a feeling of respect for who you are now into the
injury. Havent you grown a lot since then? Honor
that. use deep breathing to soak in the new truths and
fresh energy of your self-respect.
n Step out of the limited paradigm that you were living in when
you first felt this pain.
n take your wiser selfbuilt with the truths of who you are
todayand revisit the past self whos frozen
and isolated in the pain. use the tools of your wiser
self to free up that part of you. invite and welcome
this newly freed part of yourself into your present life.
n get curious about what unfolds. feel for the first shimmers of
change.
n reinforce the new paradigm in daily living: implement deep
breathing, active feet, and check
for boggy thinking and change it. Have compassion
for the wounded parts of you. Honor who you have
become and who your evolution will be.
now, take the action. Care enough to never waste a good trigger.
own that your life is precious.
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i was recently inspired to do my first-ever juice fast. after
years of digestive issues, i felt compelled to clean out my system
and rebuild my diet from scratch. i found my Juice guru in
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holistic healing experience that changed my life.
how it works: Each of the seven days focuses on a different
chakra, working from root to crown. I was provided daily with
fresh, raw juices blended from organic vegetables, fruits, herbs,
and spices to clear each chakra and cleanse the organs associated
with it. I received a daily email with a detailed explanation of
the chakra of the day, along with suggested mantra and meditation.
I also received CDs, crystals, teas, bath salts, and other
inspiring treats and ephemera. I chose to embody each chakra by
wearing its corresponding color and focusing on the healing that
was taking place in that particular energy center. I even went to a
kirtan on throat chakra day and made my voice heard by singing and
chanting at the top of my lungs.
how i Felt: At the end of the seven days, I felt so empowered, I
didnt want it to end. In fact, I spent three days easing back into
solid foods. I was vibrant and connected. During the program, I was
surprised to find that hunger and cravings were not an issue. I
felt so held and cared for, it was impossible to feel deprived.
With her support, I was taking care of myself on a deeper level
than I ever have.
lasting results: Two things permanently shifted for me.
1. I have a new level of oneness with my body. Giving it a rest
from the business of digesting allowed it to communicate more
clearly. The kind of acute clarity I experienced during the fast is
not sustainable on a long-term basis, but it certainly set a new
baseline of connection and partnership between body, mind, and
spirit.
2. If I could easily go seven days without solid food, I can do
anythingup my yoga practice a level or carve out an hour a day to
write. I am tougher and stronger and more disciplined than I had
given myself credit for. I am permanently empowered.
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aBout My JuiCe guru: Jacquelyn Richey received her yoga teacher
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q: arent humans biologically designed to be meat-eaters or at
least omnivores?
A: Considering the small number of vegans in the world today
versus the number of carnivores and omnivores, the statistics do
suggest that meat is the food of choice for humans. But the
anatomical and physiological facts suggest the opposite. We have
small flat mouths with small teeth. We dont have long, sharp
canines to tear flesh. We have incisors in the front to bite and
molars along the sides to chew and grind fruits and vegetables. Our
teeth arent strong enough to chew and crush hard things like bones,
whereas carnivores can. We have a rotating jaw that moves from side
to side, another useful feature for grinding plants. Carnivores and
omnivores have hinge-joint jaws that open and close. They dont
usually chew their food well before swallowing, and they dont need
to. Unlike us, they dont have an abundance of the enzyme ptyalin in
their saliva, which breaks down plant foods. Once we
have chewed and swallowed our food, it travels through a very
long digestive tract, although not as long as that of our herbivore
friendsthe cows, horses, and sheep. Meat-eating species have
comparatively short intestinal tracts, which allow them to move
food through their systems quickly, so as not to allow rotting
flesh to stagnate and cause disease. Because we lack sharp claws,
arent very fast on our feet, and arent exactly endowed with
lightening reflexes, it would be very difficult, if not impossible,
for us to run down an animal, catch it with our bare hands, and
tear through its fur and skin in order to eat it. Biologically, we
are designed to be frugivorous herbivores eating fruits, seeds,
roots, flowers, and leaves.
q: but isnt eating meat hard-wired in us?
A: No. It is a learned behavior. The fact that some human beings
are healthy eating a vegan diet is evidence that it is not part
of
our hard-wiring. Unlike other animals who cannot survive by
eating only vegetables, we eat meat out of choice. We have been
taught, conditioned, and coerced by the agents of our culture
(parents, grandparents, farmers, advertisers, food critics, etc.)
to eat the flesh and drink the milk of other animals. Because of
this conditioning, which has occurred over a long period of time
(thousands of years), we have developed addictive, unhealthy eating
habits and blinded ourselves to the facts of our biological system
and its true needs. The yoga teachings say that a human body is one
of the most conducive for spiritual evolution because with a human
body you have more opportunities to be kind to other beings.
Animals who are biologically programmed to hunt and to eat others
dont have such choice.
Sharon Gannon is the co-founder of the Jivamukti Yoga method and
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Pain is my biggest teacher. I breathe into it. I embrace it. My
teacher is my life. Its always good, even if it doesnt feel
good.
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Any individual or society that fails to honor or provide the
opportunity for women to fully exert their power can never truly
prosper. All creativity, growth, imagination, nurturingall
possibilities are born from the womb of the Divine Feminine. To
deny Her a rightful place, either within ourselves or in the world
in which we live, is to do irreparable harm and endure the loss of
countless joys.
rod stryker
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Seek the teacher that inspires you. Practice the yoga that makes
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As female leaders, our power is in our willingness to be
courageously vulnerable. The most radical act of self-love is to
show up exactly as we are, without shame, without judgement, and
without fear. As we liberate ourselves, we give others the
permission to be free. Freedom is a choice, and it begins as soon
as you decide to let go.
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With all of the doing in this life, the practice of yoga can be
our undoing the unraveling of our karmic, ancestral, and life loads
we lug around with us, which have very little to do with the
current moment we stand in. Yoga makes me aware of the suffering
that comes from clinging and gripping. My practice is to set down
my myriad defenses and stand naked in the moment, undone.
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Nowadays, for me, yoga is not so much about floating into fancy
poses as much as its about diving into the depths of our lives and
looking really deeply. When we are able to simply look without
judgement, we start to see clearly. From that we begin to get
really clear in our purpose on this earth. No one purpose is better
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that we apply to the process of cultivating that purpose. The best
part is, its a life-long process that were all in together.
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The key to being strong is to stop comparing. Dont compare your
body, job, life, or experience with others, because everyone is
coming from different experiences and angles, and were all exactly
where we need to be. Let go of your story, because thats all it
isbe yourself completely as you are.
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Rather than run from adversity and difficulty, the yoga practice
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One of the best rewards of yoga and all those years on the mat?
Laughterlearning to not take anything too seriously! Lets remember
to have a blast, together!
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I bow to all women. To our strength, to our softness, to our
wisdom, to our beauty.
elena Brower
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Vulnerability is a wonderful tool for awakening and for
learning, growing, and connecting.
Colleen saidMan yee
Theres so much fear running our lives that we forget to be human
when it really counts.
rodney yee
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Simultaneously having the ability to see a spherical perspective
and the power to zoom in and focus on what needs to be
accomplished. When intuition becomes the guide and intention the
fuel, youre looking at an unstoppably strong woman.
tara stilesReebok ambassador. author. Yoga leader.
tarastiles.com
amy ippoliti on bottom
To be a true leader, live your life according to what you value
most. It wont be easy. It will take courage. People may not like
you. Live by your values anyway.
aMy ippolitiprofessional Yoga teacher. prana ambassador
Co-founder. 90Monkeys.com.
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When we think we know it all, we become unteachable. The beauty
of life is that we are all here to learn and grow from one another.
Im a teacher, but most of all, Im a student.
kelly green
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At some point in your life you have to decide, Do I want to just
be somebody, or do I want to do Something?
BroCk CahillYoga teacher. Oceanic activist.
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Darwinian studies suggest that the only thing that neutralizes
male aggression is female solidarity. ROAR.
kelly MorrisFounder. Conquering lion Yoga.
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Always remember that stepping into yourself and your courage
requires practice and commitment. May you come to know through your
own experiences and awakened faith that everything you need is
grounded in your own daily practice. I hope you remind yourself
that what is dark right now will one day become light, and that
what you do not know will be revealed in time, with patience, as
all things are. Perhaps as you become truly connected to yourself
through yoga, Reiki, or meditation, as you let go when you are
holding on too tightly, you will fall deeply in love with the
unfolding of your own life, and with the bliss that comes with it
all.
Bee Bosnakauthor of Heal Yourself.
Yogi. teacher. speaker.
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Nothing can be undone, but what can be done, what can be
started, is love. Start with love. At the end of your life when you
ask, What have I done? one final time, let your answer be, I have
done love.
Jen pastiloFFauthor. Retreat leader. Manifestor.
JenniferPastiloff.com
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We are so used to mediocrity, so conditioned toward averageness,
and so indoctrinated into normality and commonness, that most are
utterly offended by originality, individuality, brightness, and
daring.
Know that there is a purpose and power deep inside you, unique
and bold, that can be cultivated and offered as a gift; find that
most auspicious and profound secret within. It takes true courage
to live authentically. Be yourself.
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IntervIew: oPrah WinFrey
Oprah Winfrey brings us a rare and enlightening conversation
with the legendary author, peace activist and buddhist monk, Thich
Nhat Hanh.
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Born in 1926, Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, is
one of the most influential spiritual leaders of our times. Thich
Nhat Hanh (or Thay, as his students call him thay means teacher),
is the author of more than one hundred books. A copy of his Living
Buddha, Living Christ never leaves Oprahs bedside.
His spiritual journey began at the early age of seven, when he
felt the calling to become a monk. But this monastic has always
been active on the world stage. In the early 60s, horrified by the
escalating civil war in Vietnam, Thay spearheaded one of the great
nonviolent resistance movements of the 20th century.
Martin Luther King, Jr. took notice and spoke out against the
Vietnam War for the first time, at Thich Nhat Hanhs urging. And
Martin Luther King, Jr. later nominated Thich Nhat Hanh for the
Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1982, Thay established a monastery and retreat center in
France, where thousands of followers still flock every year. He
lives there today, devoting his life to mindful meditation, helping
people to be passionately present in the here and now.
oprah Winfrey: Well, thank you for the honor of talking to me
today. thank you for that. already just being in your presence for
a short time, i feel less stressed than i did when i started out
the day, less stressed because you have such a peaceful aura that
follows you and that you carry with yourself. are you always this
content and peaceful?
Thich Nhat Hanh: This is my training. This is my practice. And
we try to live every moment like that, dwelling peacefully in the
present moment, and respond to events with compassion.
oW: Do you meditate every single day?
TNH: Not only every day, but every moment.
oW: So, in a moment where you are perhaps going to miss a plane,
or be late for an appointment, or something is causing you to be
stressful, you do what?
TNH: Go back to my breathing and try to be in that moment
deeply. Because there is a possibility to handle every kind of
event and the essential is to keep the peace in yourself.
oW: Lets start with 1926, born in vietnam. any wonderful memory
that you can share of your childhood? your favorite childhood
memory?
TNH: One day I saw a picture of the Buddha on a Buddhist
magazine and he was sitting on the grass.
oW: How old were you?
TNH: Seven, eight, and he was sitting on the grass, very
peaceful, smiling, and I was impressed. Around me people were not
like that, so I had the desire to be someone like him. I nourished
that kind of desire until the age of sixteen, when I had the
permission from my parents to go and ordain as a Buddhist monk
oW: Did your parents encourage you or were they reluctant for
this to happen to you?
TNH: In the beginning they were reluctant because they thought
that the life of a monk is hard and difficult.
oW: So this desire to become a monk started when you were seven
years old?
TNH: Yeah.
oW: yes. and what did that feel like? What did those urgings,
that sense of this is what I must do or must become, what did that
feel like?
TNH: I would not be happy if I had not become a monk and that is
the feeling. And we call it the beginners mind.
oW: yeah.
TNH: The deep intention, the deepest desire that one person may
have. And I can say that since that time until this day, this
beginners mind is still alive in me. It has given me a lot of
energy, courage, in order to confront all kinds of difficulties
that I encounter.
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if I had not become a
monk and that is the
feeling. And we call it
the beginners mind.
The deep intention,
the deepest desire that
one person may have.
And I can say that since
that time until this day,
this beginners mind
is still alive in me. It
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order to confront all
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A Conversation with Meditation Teacher and Co-founder of Insight
Meditation Society:
ShAron SAlzbergSharon Salzberg is one of most well-known and
loved teachers of meditation. Her ability to break down often
esoteric practice with simplicity and humor has endeared her to
meditators of all levels. After a childhood filled with trauma and
sadness, Sharon found her path while studying meditation in India.
In 1976, she established, together with Joseph Goldstein and Jack
Kornfield, the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre,
Massachusetts, which now ranks as one of the most prominent and
active meditation centers in the Western world.
Sharon has served as a panelist with the Dalai Lama. She is a
regular contributor to the The Huffington Post, and was a
contributing editor of Oprahs O magazine for several years. Her
approachable style of teaching meditation has been highlighted in
print and on radio programs around the world. Sharons books on
meditation are essential guides to living a kinder and accepting
existence. She is the author of Real Happiness, The Power of
Meditation: A 28-Day Program, and Loving Kindness: The
Revolutionary Art of Happiness. Her latest book, Real Happiness at
Work, is expected in January 2014.
IntervIew: nancy alder
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nancy alder: if you had to say in one sentence why someone
should begin and continue a meditation practice, what would it
be?
Sharon Salzberg: Meditation clarifies our minds and opens our
hearts, and brings us to unusual depth and stability of happiness,
whatever life brings.
na: What is the most frequent question you get about meditating
and what do you reply?
SS: One very familiar, very poignant comment goes something
like: I tried meditation once before. I failed at it. Then follows
a description of just what the person expected, which they failed
to achieve. I couldnt make my mind blank. I couldnt stop all
thinking. I couldnt have only beautiful thoughts.
I respond, as you might imagine, by saying You cannot fail at
meditation, and describe the goals of meditation as none of the
above, but rather as transforming our relationship to
everythingthoughts, feelings, the body, and the breath. We say all
the time in teaching, What comes up is not nearly as important as
how you relate to what comes up. So you might have extensive bouts
of thinking exceedingly nasty thoughts, but because you are
relating to those thoughts with mindfulness and compassion, thats
considered good meditation.
na: you teach about the practice of lovingkindness. are there
ever experiences where you struggle to practice lovingkindness
toward someone? What advice would you give to others about how to
handle this struggle? How has lovingkindness meditation changed
your perspective on meditation and the world?
SS: There are many times when I have to remind myself that
people who harm others are coming from a place of profound
disconnection. It is not easy to recognize the pain such a person
is in, especially because they may not be conscious of it
themselves. They may present themselves to the world as just fine.
If you believe human beings have a
potential for deep connection, wisdom, and love, the limitation
in those peoples lives becomes clearer. As the Buddha said, If you
truly loved yourself, you would never harm another.
I have seen that there are a number of people who benefit from
doing lovingkindness meditation, either prior to or along with
mindfulness meditation. It varies from person to person of course,
but for many, their practice of mindfulness will bring along old
habits of self-judgment and ruthless criticism, so it is not
actually mindfulness. The quality of mindfulness does not just know
something is happeningthere is an emotion, a sensationbut knows
without clinging or condemning. It is because of that balanced
relationship to the moment that mindfulness serves as the platform
for insight. If we feel an emotion, for example, and struggle
against it right away, there is not going to be a lot of learning
going on. In the same way, if we are swamped by that emotion,
overcome by it, there wont be enough space for there to be learning
or insight. So mindfulness needs to not be judgmental to really be
mindfulness, which means it needs a basis of lovingkindness.
na: you are working on a new book. With so many books on
buddhism and meditation available, what fresh area are you
addressing and when can we expect to read it?
SS: My new book is Real Happiness at Work. I write about the
eight pillars of happiness: balance, concentration, compassion,
communications, meaning, integrity, resilience, and open awareness.
Im especially happy about the book because I consulted with a
really wide variety of people: hedge fund managers, lawyers, police
officers, hospice nurses, and domestic violence shelter workers to
writers and artists and CEOs and people who do manual labor, and
many more. I heard about their experiences at work, their
struggles, and the tools that have helped them take these values
and bring them in a real way to their jobs, every day. The book
comes out in January 2014.
na: you travel and teach about meditation all over and write
about
it frequently. How does the reach of the practice in 2013 amaze
you? What can you say about the evolution of the practice in the
united States?
SS: Every day seems to reveal a new piece of research about
meditation, or new clinical applications of mindfulness or
compassion practice, or new corporations or foundations or
nonprofits bringing mindfulness to work.
I am totally amazed at the spread of interest in meditation.
When I first came back from studying in India in 1974, I would be
asked in social situations what I did. When I replied, I teach
meditation, they would frequently look at me as though to say, That
is weird, and sort of sidle away. All these years later, the most
common response I hear when I tell people I teach meditation is, Im
so stressed out. I could use some of that! A response I also
sometimes hear, which amuses me a lot is, My partner should really
meet you!
We say all the time in teaching, What comes up is not nearly as
important as how you relate to what comes up. So you might have
extensive bouts of thinking exceedingly nasty thoughts, but because
you are relating to those thoughts with mindfulness and compassion,
thats considered good meditation.
There are many times when I have to remind myself that people
who harm others are coming from a place of profound
disconnection.
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You cannot change the world if you dont change your own world
first. Be impeccable with your word. Dont take anything personally.
Dont make assumptions. Always do your best.
don Miguel ruizauthor. The Four Agreements.
The Fifth Agreement.
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Gary Zukav
IntervIew: Maranda Pleasant
maranda Pleasant: Where is it that you draw from to create
beauty in your life?
Gary Zukav: The universe. Theres no such thing as being alone in
the universe, and so theres no such thing as creating alone.
Everythingevery impulse, every creative gift of beauty, everything
is a co-creation.
mP: What is it that breaks your heart?
GZ: Fear. Whenever theres the experience of a broken heart,
theres the experience of fear.
mP: Wow!
GZ: Love is not emotion, its a way of being. Use emotional
awareness and pay attention to your bodylook, and locate, concrete
physical sensationslike stabbing, aching, throbbingand distinguish
and define them by saying things like, It is the size of a golf
ball, or It is the size of a baseball. Do whatever you can do to
find painful physical sensations.
The ability to distinguish these different currents of energy
and
different frequencies is a part of our expanded perceptual
system, multisensory perception. As you create authentic power, you
utilize this ability. The only thing that can cause your body to
hurt in your energy processing centers, chakras, is when you are
losing Spirit through one of them. You will recover from a broken
heart by beginning to identify the difference between frightened
and loving parts of your personality.
mP: thank you so much.
GZ: You dont have to fear this amorphous thing called grief or
loss or anger or jealousy. You define it for yourself in the
intimacy of your own experience for exactly what it is, and then it
comes. In other words, by experiencing your emotions somatically,
there is no boogie man to scare you.
mP: if you could say something to everyone on the planet and
they could hear you, what would that be?
GZ: What you do and what you say has consequence and impact.
Impact is determined by the intention behind your words and the
intention behind your deeds.
Speaking with
renowned spiritual teacher and author of four consecutive New
York Times bestsellers. Hes appeared on Oprah more than thirty
times and he rocks our world wide open. He taught our editor that
lovers are our spiritual teachers and redefined the experience of
heartbreak. Bam.
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mP: What is the purpose of romantic relationships?
GZ: The purpose of romantic relationships is to encourage you to
grow spiritually. Romantic relationships can do this because they
are interactions in which you come to see those parts of yourself
that are constructive, healthy, and creative. You see them because
you project them onto someone else.
When someone new comes into your life and suddenly you feel more
alive, more beautiful, more sexual, more creative, more desirable,
and more engaged, you feel that this new person is the key to those
feelings. So this person becomes very important to you. But
actually, you have these qualities too. What you dont see and dont
acknowledge in yourself, you project onto someone else. Carl Jung
explored this very well. He called it projection.
Now, at the same time, when youre with somebody that youre
putting the burden of continually wanting them to make you feel all
of these exhilarating ways, you begin to see that this person is
not all of what you thought the person was; actually, this person
is a great deal more.
He, or she, has quite a few characteristics that are going to
surprise you, because you havent seen anything except what youve
been projecting, and what you have seen youve been denying. After a
while, you cant deny anymore. Thats when the proverbial honeymoon
comes to an end. This is a good thing because this is when real
growth can begin.
This is when you can begin to use your interactions consciously
to grow spiritually, identifying in yourself the parts of your
personality that are preventing you from loving and giving your
gifts to the universe, gifts that youre under contract with the
universe to give. The vehicle that allows you to do this is
spiritual partnership. Spiritual partnership is the partnership
between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth.
As you begin to feel this enormous shift of consciousness,
called multisensory perception, emerging in your awareness, you
begin to reorient yourself. Its a reorientation that occurs toward
yourself as more than a mind and a body; its a reorientation that
occurs toward others, toward your life as meaningful, rather than
predetermined. Its a reorientation that occurs toward the universe
as alive, wise, and compassionate, instead of inert (which means
dead) and random.
Authentic power is a new potential of this expanded perceptual
system that we are all being given as a gift. As you begin to
create authentic power with tools such as emotional awareness,
responsible choice, and intuition, you begin to draw to yourself
others who are doing the same thing. Those are your potential
spiritual partners, because you are both committed to exploring the
creation of authentic power in yourselves, and in supporting the
creation of authentic power in each another.
mP: good grief, i have a lot to learn! [laughs]
youve been on Oprah more than thirty-five times. She referenced
The Seat of the Soul as the greatest book that has ever been in her
life besides the bible. What has your experience been like with
her, whether its been on her show or Super Soul Sunday.
GZ: This is my experience of Oprah Winfreyshe makes decisions as
frequently as she can to contribute with consciousness, with
awareness, with love. And I believeno, I knowthis is the source of
her joy, her vitality, her unending creativity and her connection
to people.
you dont have to fear this amorphous thing called grief or loss
or anger or jealousy. you define it for yourself in the intimacy of
your own experience for exactly what it is, and then it comes. In
other words, by experiencing your emotions somatically, there is no
boogie man to scare you.
The purpose of romantic relationships is to encourage you to
grow spiritually.
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tOpiC: single pArenThood
As a single working mother myself, I am very familiar with
feeling pulled in several directions at once. The moment we decide
to become a parent, we choose a path of service, and whether we are
single by choice or by circumstance, we can decide to experience
our situation as victim or warrior.
Here are some ways to find our power in single parenthood:
1. Bare neCessitiesFinding time to do it all may actually
require redefining all. It is important to identify a hierarchy of
needs. What is essential? Be radically truthful. The list goes
something like this: clean water, food, shelter. Everything else is
optional. We tend to tell stories about parenting based on our own
history or societal norms. Peeling away layers of assumptions and
expectations gives us an opportunity to get in touch with what is
non-negotiable, and frees us to consciously create balance in the
space that is left.
2. repurpose desiresDreams can become limitations because they
are so specific. In our hierarchy of needs, there are times when we
are simply caught in survival mode. In these moments, we must
remember who we are. Once upon a time, I had a dream of being a
rock star. I had something to say. When I had my first child, I
traded my microphone for a laptop and started writing. The delivery
system has changed but the song remains the same. Its not about
what we doits about who we get to be. Our dreams can live on if we
are flexible in how the essence of our desires manifests.
3. CoMpartMentalizeDivide up your time and be fully present to
the task at hand. This is a muscle that can be developed. When you
are working, really focus on work. When you are parenting, be
wholly present to your kids. When you finally carve out time for
yourself, do it without guilt, even if you choose to do nothing at
all. When we let ourselves off the hook for what we are not getting
done, it frees us up to celebrate what we are fully showing up for
in each moment.
4. power in vulneraBilityAsking for help can make us feel
vulnerable, and so we often bobble the request. And if you are like
me, the best way to get things done is to do them yourself. The
flipside of my Supermom card reads Supermartyr. In order to feel
supported, we must relinquish control. Get really clear about what
it would mean to feel supported. How would that manifest? Help
people help you by asking for specific things. You may need to form
new associations. For instance, there are single parent groups who
trade childcare responsibilities for time off. Enroll your kids in
the idea of family teamwork. Foster a supportive and compassionate
environment at home.
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I am struggling with being a single mother. I am exhausted,
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our dreams can live on if we are flexible about how the essence
of our desires manifests.
5. selF-CareWhen the plane is going down, put on your own oxygen
mask before you help your child with theirs. Your own needs rank
high on the hierarchy of needs. Do not pretend otherwise or they
will come out sideways. My kids are very aware of what happens when
I skip yoga. For them, a post-yoga mom is on their list of
needs.
It is helpful to remember that everything changes. When things
are particularly difficult, we tend to feel like it will be this
way forever. Just as a child goes through developmental stages, so
does our ability to experience the perpetual expansion and
contraction of life. We learn to move through life gracefully by
increasing our capacity to hold discomfort. Lean into the knowing
that this too will pass.
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The MyThs of MediTaTiondeePaK choPra, Founder oF the choPra
center For Wellbeing7
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In the past forty years, meditation has entered the mainstream
of modern Western culture; prescribed by physicians and practiced
by everyone from business executives, artists, and scientists to
students, teachers, military personnel, andon a promising
notepoliticians.
Despite the growing popularity of meditation, prevailing
misconceptions about the practice are barriers that prevent many
people from trying meditation and receiving its profound benefits.
Here are seven of the most common meditation myths, dispelled.
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For more information, visit chopra.com or call 888.736.6895.
We cant stop or control our thoughts, but we can decide how much
attention to give them. Although we cant impose quiet on our mind,
through meditation we can find the quiet that already exists in the
space between our thoughts.
Myth #1: Meditation is difficult.
TRUTH: This myth is rooted in the image of meditation as an
esoteric practice reserved only for saints, holy men, and spiritual
adepts. In reality, when you receive instruction from an
experienced, knowledgeable teacher, meditation is easy and fun to
learn. The techniques can be as simple as focusing on the breath or
silently repeating a mantra. Learning meditation from a qualified
teacher is the best way to ensure that the process is enjoyable and
you get the most from your practice.
Myth #2: you have to quiet your mind in order to have a
successful meditation practice.
TRUTH: This may be the number one myth about meditation and is
the cause of many people giving up in frustration. Meditation isnt
about stopping our thoughts or trying to empty our mindboth of
these approaches only create stress and more noisy internal
chatter. We cant stop or control our thoughts, but we can decide
how much attention to give them. Although we cant impose quiet on
our mind, through meditation we can find the quiet that already
exists in the space between our thoughts.
Myth #3: it takes years of dedicated practice to receive any
benefits from meditation.
TRUTH: The benefits of meditation are both immediate and
long-term. You can begin to experience benefits the first time you
sit down to meditate and in the first few days of daily practice.
Many scientific studies provide evidence that meditation has
profound effects on the mind-body physiology within just weeks of
practice. For example, a study led by Harvard University and
Massachusetts General Hospital found that as little as eight weeks
of meditation not only helped people experience decreased anxiety
and increased calm, it also produced growth in the areas of the
brain associated with memory, empathy, sense of self, and stress
regulation. Other common benefits of meditation include improved
concentration, decreased blood pressure, stress reduction, and
enhanced immune function.
Myth #4: Meditation is escapism.
TRUTH: The real purpose of meditation isnt to tune out and get
away from it all, but to tune in and get in touch with your true
Selfthat eternal aspect of yourself that goes beyond all the e