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Spring Cleanse 2021: Do you hate “cleansing”?

Posted on April 6, 2021 by The Holistic Homestead

Category: Headlines, Spring Cleanse Tags: bulimia, detoxification, eating disorders, everyday detox, lose weight, national eating disorders association, orthorexia, orthorexia nervosa, self esteem, self love, spring cleanse

Gentle Yoga, Joyful Cleansing

Posted on April 11, 2017 by The Holistic Homestead

Category: Headlines, Spring Cleanse Tags: cleansing breath, cleansing yoga, pranayama, seated twists, self care, self love, spring cleansing, t'ai chi, t'ai chi for cleansing, the art of living

Day 9: Offerings and Dedication

Posted on February 28, 2017 by The Holistic Homestead

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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…

Category: Headlines, Winter Retreat Tags: aditi devi ma, compassion for beginners, compassion is contagious, cultivating compassion, extraordinary compassion, inspiration, jack kornfield, meditation practice, mother teresa, namaste, pema chodron, religion, self love, spiritual practices, spirituality and health, the dalai lama, thomas merton, winter retreat

Winter Retreat Day 4: Fierce Self-Love & Compassion

Posted on February 23, 2017 by The Holistic Homestead

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Today’s offering comes from my dear spiritual mentor and friend on the path of awakening, Aditi Devi Ma. She has been contributing her teachings to our retreat since it began four years ago, and also teaches in the Denver/Boulder area….

Category: Headlines, Winter Retreat Tags: aditi devi ma, compassion, cultivating compassion, depression, divine love, how to change bad habits, kali, meditation, radical compassion, self acceptance, self love, spirituality, spirituality and health, winter retreat

Winter Retreat Day 4: Real love, or pizza love?

Posted on February 13, 2016 by The Holistic Homestead

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“This nation needs a serious…conversation about what the word ‘love’ means.” On this point, I couldn’t agree more with an editorial I recently skimmed through entitled, “Is it real love, or pizza love?” The author, Mary Beth Bonacci, travels the…

Category: Headlines, Winter Retreat Tags: God is love, healthy relationships, how to recognize unhealthy relationships, in God's image, love is God, mary beth bonacci, pizza love, real love, romantic love, self love, true romance, valentine's day, what is real love