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Meditation Therapy: A Life-Changing Combination

Meditation Therapy: A Life-Changing Combination

Meditation. Therapy. Two different words, two distinct experiences. Or so I thought…. I have experienced a lot of great therapy off and on over the years. My nagging feelings of dissatisfaction and annoyance with the world (in spite of many successes) are often what landed me in “the chair.”…

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Meditation and Breathing Techniques Can Help You Alleviate Anxiety and Panic

Meditation and Breathing Techniques Can Help You Alleviate Anxiety and Panic

Find yourself feeling depressed, anxious, or fearful due to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak and the uncertain circumstances it has brought? The CDC assures us that it’s a natural reaction to the stress of having our normal routines and usual social interactions changed so drastically in such an abrupt manner…

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Finding Your Happiness: Why is it so Elusive?

Finding Your Happiness: Why is it so Elusive?

When most people are questioned about what will bring them happiness, they list good health, wealth or a successful career, fulfilling and successful relationships, and the ability to pursue work they find satisfying. While most individuals can explain that they want a happy life, a growing number of people…

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Laugh Yourself to Health and Happiness with Laughter Yoga

Laugh Yourself to Health and Happiness with Laughter Yoga

Why would I want to try laughter yoga in Charlotte? Laughter yoga is the best medicine, or this modern twist certainly goes a long way to being so. Laughter has always been seen to be contagious, and when one laughs, it is hard not to laugh along. The reason…

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Help Us Help Children,  Become a Youth Meditation Instructor

Help Us Help Children, Become a Youth Meditation Instructor

Youth Meditation has served thousands of children across the Carolinas. Here is how our program is helping kids… and teachers: “There was a lot of conflict in my family but when she taught us these techniques it was like opening another door to more peace within the…

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Three Ways to Outwit Social Anxiety During the Holidays

Three Ways to Outwit Social Anxiety During the Holidays

Guru Ranjit Deora’s recent interview with Mitra Malek offers mindfulness strategies you can use to help avoid the pitfalls of social anxiety during this holiday season. Feel overwhelmed? Of course you do. That’s the downside to this time of year: gift shopping, house decorating, coordinating schedules, planning meals, attending events. It…

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Managing Holiday Stress with Mindfulness and Gratitude

Managing Holiday Stress with Mindfulness and Gratitude

Starting around mid-November, my stress has a way of whirling itself into a tornado of chaos. So many things to prepare, to remember, to DO – people to reach out to, family relationships to manage, presents to buy, food to cook, errands to run! Traffic increasing, long lines at…

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Weaving a Tapestry of Laughter and Joy Around the Pillars of Your Life

Weaving a Tapestry of Laughter and Joy Around the Pillars of Your Life

Carrying Guru Ranjit’s words as inspiration, “Breathing and meditation are the two pillars of life that make the building solid,” I walked in to a local elementary school, excited to begin my first solo lesson of the fall as a certified meditation teacher. Representing Youth Meditation (the non-profit arm…

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To Do or Not To Do: THAT is the Question
Angela Gala Angela Gala

To Do or Not To Do: THAT is the Question

I’m sitting with my guru in a “meditation + chat” session. The conversation turns to my constant struggle with “what do I do next?” “How do you feel when you THINK about doing something?” asks Guru. “Anxious.” “How do you feel when you are actually DOING it?” “Relaxed.” BINGO! …

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The Best of Intentions…Spiritually Speaking
Angela Gala Angela Gala

The Best of Intentions…Spiritually Speaking

My Experience with Meditation for Self-Discovery For many years, I was happy to meditate the way I had been taught: deep breathing followed by fifteen minutes of letting my thoughts come and go, morning and evening. (Note: Sometimes I skipped because life happened and sometimes I skipped quite deliberately;…

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How to Manage Stress? It’s All About Perspective
Angela Gala Angela Gala

How to Manage Stress? It’s All About Perspective

Easter and Passover have come and gone, but do you know about the many other holidays in April? Aside from National Cheeseball Day on the 17th and Look Alike Day on the 20th (dress like the person you admire; I pick Prince!!), April 16th happened to be National Stress…

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Reduce Your Stress, Improve Your Love Life

Reduce Your Stress, Improve Your Love Life

“My love life would totally improve if S/HE would just ______ (fill in the blank).” Listen to me? Show some emotion? Not complain about 24/7 sports on the tube? Stop leaving used dental floss on the coffee table?? Although I acknowledged I played a role in our imperfect relationship,…

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Mindfulness Helps Financial Anxiety

Mindfulness Helps Financial Anxiety

How to Survive Tough Economic Times and Manage Your Anxiety Housing market is in a slump, stock prices falling, food prices rising, and government bailouts of banks making the news each week, it’s no surprise that many people are feeling anxious about the economy and their financial well being….

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Enlightened Living and Higher Consciousness

Enlightened Living and Higher Consciousness

Karma means action and reaction, cause and effect, the cycle of action and its consequences. Actions can be divided into two broad groups: those with a selfless motive, which are rare, and those with selfish motivation, which are common. Selfish actions can result in joy or pain, or a mixture…

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