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1) COPPER BEECH Brandon Nappi, Executive Director of Copper Beech, offers “Introduction to Mindfulness,” a guided meditation. copperbeechinstitute.org 2) INSIGHT MEDITATION SOCIETY Sharon Salzberg, who often teaches at the Insight Meditation Society, offers a “Guided Lovingkindness Meditation” — Sending loving-kindess to people we feel neutral towards as well as those we have difficult feelings towards. dharma.org 3) SPIRIT ROCK In this 20-minute guided meditation, Spirit Rock teacher Dana DePalma invites you to release tension and embrace the present moment as a friend....

With that in mind, we came up with five family-friendly Easter games to get you outdoors with your family! Of course, we had to create some darling FREE printables to go along with the egg games! 😉 These win-it-in-a-minute-style Easter games are all pretty easy, so they’re perfect for the littles. If you want to make them even easier for the kiddos, adjust the time as needed. Whatever suits your family best!...

The holiday season can be SO hectic! Holiday parties, work events, Christmas shopping… it can be harder than ever to show your man love with everything else on your mind AND your “To-Do” list! To be sure your hubby knows you are always thinking of him, send him a YouTube link to the classic Mariah Carey Christmas song, “All I Want for Christmas is You.” I’ve even done the hard work for you…....

This story can’t be found in your regular science textbook, but maybe it should be: According to a new study published in the Journal of Educational Psychology, reading stories about the struggles of famous scientists is more beneficial for students’ grades than reading about their achievements. The way we currently teach science—by focusing on great feats of knowledge by larger-than-life geniuses—may not be the best way to encourage students to pursue scientific careers....

Palmer came across meditation in her twenties after a friend suggested she go to a two-day silent meditation retreat: I can’t say: “Oh my god, it blew my mind, my life was changed forever!” But it created a subtle enough shift to sit and walk and meditate for two full days for me to realise that this was a really important practice, because a lot of little realisations of how I was being mindless in my everyday life came to light....