WATCH: Susan Piver on Writing, Magic, and Meditation

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September 15, 2016

You probably already know who Susan Piver is — because she is famous for helping people through her writing.…

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Alan Watts: How to Stop Time — a short film by Jason Lee Segal

September 15, 2016

The humor and poetic sense with which British philosopher Alan Watts delivered his lectures is perhaps as celebrated as…

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How to Write Memoir, Spiritual Memoir and/or a Novel: 10 Key Elements of Story Structure

August 17, 2016

  By Albert Flynn DeSilver ~~~ How to write a novel, a memoir? Honestly, I have no idea, even…

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Ally, Trying: Pulse and the Path

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June 17, 2016

I wrote this over the course of a four day train ride across the country — tumbling in the…

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water writing: homage

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May 25, 2016

By Katharine Kaufman Shibata Sensei is so old that it takes two people to prop him upright. Yoshiko holds…

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Diane Musho Hamilton on Creativity, Emotions and the Necessity of Conflict

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May 15, 2016

Sitting before a blank page, waiting to decide on the opening words of this post, I've been experiencing a…

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Tips for Entering Spring from Sara Avant Stover

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April 11, 2016

By Sara Avant Stover ~~~ Be the rose that grows through a crack in the concrete Drip. Drip. Drip.…

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Watch: Chapman University at SMC

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March 2, 2016

This January, a group of students from Chapman University, a liberal arts school in southern California, visited Shambhala Mountain…

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Writing as a Path to Awakening

June 27, 2015

By Albert Flynn DeSilver Writing as a Path to Awakening is a dynamic and fun process using mindfulness as…

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Healing Music Drumming Retreat

Drum Your Prayers – Creativity & Spirituality

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April 17, 2015

By Christine Stevens (Edited by Jeff Newman) Shambhala Mountain Center hosts Healing Sound Retreat with Christine Stevens, May 28-31…

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