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Free Workshop: Find Your Frequency
Mindfulness & Compassion Training Program
Yana Mindfulness Retreat for Ages ~18-35
Online Meditation Study Series
Autumn Meditation Retreat
Cancellation Policy
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Mindfulness :

RESEARCH PAPERS

Harvard Health Publications on the benefits of Mindfulness

"Mindfulness can literally change your Brain" from Harvard Business Review by Christina Congleton, Britta K. Holzel & Sara W. Lazar

Wildmind.org

The Science of Mindfulness - Oxford

Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation, Davidson, Kabat-Zinn, et al

 ARTICLES

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on Mindfulness

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Compassion:

Joan Halifax -Compassion and the True Meaning of Empathy 

Mattieu Ricard: Brain Plasticity after Compassion and Empathy Training

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Nature & Food Awareness :

Jon Young speaks about the role of Deep Nature Connection 

Jon Young on Mentoring

Richard Louv on Parks, Nature and Children

Rachel Parent: 15 year old on GMO's

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