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Monday Motivation

The poem is titled "Illumination" (it's by Merle Shain) and is quoted in the book Bedside Prayers by June Cotner: It is better to light candles than to curse the darkness. It is better to plant seeds than to accuse the earth. The world needs all of our power and love...

Grief and Gratitude

Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life. ~Rumi Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. ~Rumi There’s a complicated relationship between grief and gratitude. They can destroy each other. Gratitude can be just as much...

The Greatest Lesson We Learn When Someone Is Unkind

By Bree Barton “I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.” ~Khalil Gibran I recently traveled to Malaysia for a friend’s wedding where I spent four delicious days communing with wild monkeys and feasting...

In Yoga Class, Where are the Guys?

"The men, I think, are missing out," explains Yoga District instructor Mike Graglia, on why there are relatively less men in yoga classes than women. In this Washington Post video, Henry Kerali wonders why so few men take to yoga. Well guys, Yoga District offers a...