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Read MorePassage Pictures has optioned the book for a motion picture. Bowker’s first 19 books were non-fiction. This is his first novel. Random House, Rodale, Simon and Schuster and other firms have published his previous books. His first book, Playing from the Heart, just surpassed one million copies....
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I've always been big into giving. I'm pretty sure it's because my Mother always did a good job of instilling those mantras and verses in me: "It's better to give than receive," and "The Lord loves a cheerful giver." I was always giving notes, presents or food to my classmates, relatives, neighbors and friends. And back then, it probably wasn't a bad quality to have. Into adulthood, my giving took on a compulsive quality. I once gave my babysitter my entire...
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I’ve been massaged, hot-tubbed, de-stressed and serenaded by a Rumi poet. As I sit in a lounge chair, wrapped in a fluffy robe, gazing out over the Pacific, the birthday bliss sinks in, and I ask, “When can I move in?” And some people do like Esalen so much, they stay. If you have a preconceived notion of what Esalen is, Hot springs where clothing is optional?, asked with raised eyebrows, then think again. This one-of-a kind retreat center, hugging a...
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While the White House embarks on the next $100 M great American Project to study “that matter between our ears,” corporations such as Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, and all four branches of the U.S. Military, are using HeartMath techniques to study the electromagnetism of the human heart and teach employees how to become more emotionally and mentally balanced and provide for individual and organizational transformation. [caption id="attachment_157" align="alignleft" width="300"] With my dear friends Sarah and Rachel who are all heart[/caption] This mathing and mapping...
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[caption id="attachment_140" align="alignright" width="225"] My Mayan Paradise[/caption] What do you get when you mix 12 of your closest meditating friends with six days of unhurried time in a sacred coastal Caribbean setting? Bliss. This was my experience in Tulum. Thanks to some dear and generous friends, I recently wound up knee-deep in the Mayan Riviera. The New York Times calls Tulum, "a hot spot for yoga tourists." Part bohemian and part eco-friendly chic, this laid back paradise was the perfect spot to...
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