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From the people at Improv Everywhere who brought you the “Surprise Wedding Reception” we posted back in July….an impromptu New York City subway photo booth set up to collect yearbook-style photos of all the beautiful, different, big, small, young, old, etc folks who thought they were just getting on the train to travel from point…

During the spring equinox years ago, a yoga teacher reminded our class to be mindful of transitions of all kinds–from one season to another, yoga pose to yoga pose, life phase to life phase. She said we often leap past these moments, not usually the most comfortable places, so we can feel solid. Now I try to catch myself in those…

When you wake up, do you remember your dreams? I find it incredibly helpful to jot the details down before I do anything else–especially if the dream is disturbing or unpleasant. If I have a bad dream and don’t write it down, I find that it abstractly haunts me, sticking with me like a sticky…

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” — Howard Thurman   Like what you see?  Click here to subscribe and get Fresh Living in your in-box every day!

Last March, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops released a statement calling the ancient Japanese healing practice of reiki “superstition” that “finds no support either in the findings of natural science or in Christian belief.” The issue largely disappeared from most headlines after the initial buzz, but it re-emerged this week as the Boston Globe…

Healthy breakfast recipes?  Check.  Uplifting quotes?  Check.  Morning meditations?  Check.  This is my not-so-subtle invitation to have you explore a brand new Beliefnet gallery, 11 Ways to Energize Your Morning, a best-of-Fresh-Morning collection put together by Valerie and me for your wakey-wakey pleasure. Click here for 11 Ways to Energize Your Morning. And need more…

Call me a hippie, but in my world, it’s always tree-communing season–lush summer, earthy fall, brisk winter, blooming spring. Many years ago, I had a mind-blowing semi-mystical experience hugging a crab-apple tree–I was able to connect to it and sense its power as a growing, living being. I didn’t hear it speak in words, but I did feel its…

Thanks to reader Ellie Dee for sharing her beautiful journal reflections about autumn, the season we inaugurate tomorrow, September 22, with the official fall equinox at 5:18 pm. Check out Ellie Dee’s beautiful insights, and let us know in the comments what autumn means to you: “Autumn holds a sense of romance in it, for it…

During last night’s Emmy awards show, one winner chose to give people outside of Hollywood a small moment of inspiration. Yes, I know, “follow your dreams” couldn’t be more cliche–but last night when Jeff Probst, who won for hosting “Survivor,” said it, I got tiny chills in spite of myself: “I want to share this with anybody who…

Monday is the United Nations’ International Day of Peace, and events are planned around the world. One of them is “A Million Minutes for Peace,” an effort to have as many people as possible pray or send good thoughts at noon on Monday September 21st–a 60-second blessing for global harmony. You can sign the multi-faith “pledge for peace” here–the…
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