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4 Moving Meditations to Still Your Mind
When you consider a practice of meditation, you probably envision yourself with eyes closed, sitting cross-legged and immobile. Yet many spiritual exercises use postures and moveme…
A Centering Prayer
"After experiencing silence and surrender in yoga, I returned to ancient Christian prayer techniques and postures with renewed interest and a willingness to be playful. In the process, I discovered prayer practices that have opened places in my heart to which I didn’t previously have access."
A Heart Exposed
A Heart Exposed: Talking to God with Nothing to Hide (A Book of Prayers)by Steven JamesOne of the most beautiful gifts of Steven James’s book, A Heart Exposed, is that the prayer-p…
A Prayer for All Beings
This winter I was in the Bahamas at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram for an interfaith symposium, a very good place to be if you are seeking a break from the cold New England winters! I f…
A Prayer to Comfort Those Passing
In these heartbreaking times, being together during life's passages is often impossible. Rabbi Rami shares a prayer to bring comfort to those who are passing.
Anne Lamott: Life as a Black-Belt Codependent
The best-selling author of Bird by Bird and Operating Instructions reflects on her latest book, Help, Thanks, Wow, and the challenge of accepting love in a culture of arm’s-length perfection.
Balancing Life by the Rule
The point of a rule of life, for communities or individuals, is that life should be lived in balance, with God as the focal point.
Beyond
Buddhist and Christian PrayersTina Turner, Dechen Shak-Dagsay and Regula CurtiThe hauntingly beautiful opening “Alleluia” gives way to a Buddhist chant, then blends the spirit of t…
Breath as Prayer
Many forms of prayer take the same amount of time to complete. The amount of time, it turns out, has powerful physiological benefits.
Breathe, Don’t Plead: An Idea of Prayer
“Prayer, to me, is more about silence than words—or as Jefferies says—it’s about being ‘rapt in the fullness of the moment.’”
Create a Healing Circle
Become an “energetic activist” by joining with others to create a collective healing circle in difficult times.
Don't Worry, Be Quiet: or, How I Learned that Rest Is a Choice
In a poem called “Lost I,” Gottfried Benn talks of “the world thought to pieces.” I get that. I ruminate and deconstruct until my thoughts contort into what I affectionately term “…
Elizabeth Gilbert on her new novel, "The Signature of All Things"
Charting the border between science and spirituality.What led you to explore the subject of botany? My parents gave me a copy of a book that had belonged to my great-grandfather, a…
Free Pray State
Missourians vote tomorrow to save prayer in the public square. A proposed amendment to the state’s constitution would protect a person’s right to pray in public, and would allow st…
Giving Prayers, One by One by One
Somewhere at the bottom of my purse is a small drawstring bag that holds something precious: a number of small pewter hearts. These little charms — part of Mexican folk religion — …
God Always Answers Our Prayers
God always answers our prayers. Sometimes the answer is “no.” You’ve probably heard this said dozens if not hundreds of times. It’s God’s “Get Out of Jail Free” card. In other word…
