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Day 9: Offerings and Dedication

Posted on February 28, 2017 by The Holistic Homestead

Today is the last day of our retreat together! It has been such a pleasure to feel your presence with us as we work toward cultivating greater compassion. What caught your attention? What did you connect to? What practices will…

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Winter Retreat Day 6: The Mother Teresa Effect

Posted on February 15, 2016 by The Holistic Homestead

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Mother Teresa is a saintly figure renowned for her compassionate care of the poor, and her healing ministry in the slums of Kolkata. Her legacy has such a global appeal, that only a few years after her death she is…

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Winter Retreat Day 2: …like someone in love

Posted on February 11, 2016 by The Holistic Homestead

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Do you remember the first time you fell in love? What was it like? Typically, our heart flutters or races; maybe we become faint, or trip over our words (and our feet); all our tension melts away, we forget our…

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The Juicy Fruits of Spiritual Practice

Posted on January 31, 2015 by The Holistic Homestead

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Now that we’ve covered the compelling scientific evidence that overwhelmingly demonstrates the physical and emotional benefits of spiritual practice – we stumble upon a deeper motivating force that inspires spiritual development: TRANSFORMATION. In other words, how can you really tell…

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