My body had been asking for attention long before the inflammation showed up in my shoulder. A few years ago, I developed calcific tendinitis in my shoulder. At the time, I considered myself a genuinely healthy person. I worked out constantly, did kickboxing four times a week, drank smoothies, and had done ten-day cleanses in […]
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If you’ve ever tried to meditate, sat there for ninety seconds, gotten frustrated that your mind wouldn’t stop, and decided “I’m just not a meditation person,” I want you to know that almost everything about that experience was based on a misunderstanding of what meditation actually is. Let’s clear up the biggest myths, one at
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I was introduced to mindfulness shortly after grad school, though it took me a couple of different doors to really walk through it. The first was Deepak Chopra and Oprah’s 21-day meditation series back in 2016. Every day, I’d sit down, focus on my breath or a mantra, and notice something simple but profound: when
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