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		<title>How to Stay Young the Natural Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A student of mine recently gave me a book called Staying Young (by Roizen and Dr. Oz), which is sort of a layperson’s guide to understanding the variables that stimulate and accelerate the body aging process. Here’s a snippet that I felt inspired to share with you: We sometimes hear people refer to their family&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s &#8220;Linsane&#8221; NOT to Tap Into Your Full Potential</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Knicks&#8217; Jeremy Lin celebrates during the game against the Dallas Mavericks. (Jason Szenes / EPA /February 21, 2012) Have you heard of Jeremy Lin? If you haven&#8217;t, you will. Lin is the Harvard educated basketball player who is taking the NBA (and the sports world at large) by storm with his overnight success as the New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Tips for Making Traveling Easier</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All rights reserved by dospacificos I’ve been doing a lot of traveling lately, mostly to teach meditation, but also to see friends, go to weddings, funerals, etc. While the idea of being in new places all the time really suits my Gemini tendencies, I don’t often love moving through airports and being on airplanes. Here I would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Meditation Works: Using a Rubik&#8217;s Cube</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2012/02/how-meditation-works-using-a-rubiks-cube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Light Watkins is a meditation expert, and teaches beginner meditation classes across North America. You may read more about him here. Follow Light on Facebook and Twitter]]></description>
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		<title>Meditation Tips: Exercising Your Inner Body</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2012/01/meditation-tip-exercising-your-inner-body/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Light Watkins is a meditation expert, and teaches beginner meditation classes across North America. You may read more about him here. Follow Light on Facebook and Twitter]]></description>
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		<title>Meditation Tips: What to Include with Your New Years Resolutions</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2012/01/meditation-tip-starting-the-new-year-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Light Watkins is a meditation expert, and teaches beginner meditation classes across North America. You may read more about him here. Follow Light on Facebook and Twitter]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Mental Spam Filter On?</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/12/is-your-spam-filter-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a name like “Light” my outgoing emails will sometimes get diverted to the intended receiver’s spam folder. &#160;Knowing that this happens, I sometimes scan through my spam folder to see if there were any relevant emails that accidentally slipped through the cracks. As I was doing this the other day, I saw the usual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Don&#8217;t Have A Spider Problem</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/12/1967/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Humans have a monopoly on dying the strangest deaths. Common human diseases like cancer and heart disease are rare among the animal kingdom. Some of it is hereditary. But the overwhelming majority of our diseases are a result of unsustainable lifestyle and behaviors. Think about it: a bear can’t decide he’s not going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meditation Tips: Essentials for Meditating On The Road</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/12/meditation-tips-essentials-for-meditating-on-the-road/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Light Watkins is a meditation expert, and teaches beginner meditation classes across North America. You may read more about him here. Follow Light onFacebook and Twitter]]></description>
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		<title>The Case for a Meditation Teacher</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/12/the-case-for-a-meditation-teacher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meditation is one of those rare practices that is both universally admired and dreaded at the same time. Across the board, people acknowledge the value of a consistent meditation practice, but despise having to do it.  Why is meditation so dreaded?  Because it’s such a difficult skill to figure out &#8211; even with all of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Super Rich</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/11/get-super-rich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The road to enlightenment is paved with riches.&#8221; Back in my yoga teaching days, I had the honor of having Russell Simmons attend a few of my classes at Maha Yoga in Brentwood. I would say to the class, &#8220;Okay, now lie down on your back,&#8221; and Russell would quip, &#8220;Hey, that&#8217;s my line.&#8221;  He&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6,000 Meditations Later</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/11/6000-meditations-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beginmeditating.com/?p=1898</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Me in India with my Guru (teacher) Thom Knoles. When I began practicing meditation in 2003 I was 29 years old and at a crossroads in my life. I had just moved to Los Angeles. My modeling career was on the decline. And I didn&#8217;t quite know what to do next. I befriended a yoga [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rise of the Householder Technique</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/11/the-rise-of-the-householder-technique/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when meditation felt like torture for me. And experiencing even the smallest hint of inner bliss was, at best, elusive. I actually found it very difficult to justify spending the time to meditate, even though a part of me knew it would be good to keep plugging away. This was more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meditation Tips: How Often &amp; How Long Should You Meditate</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/11/meditation-tips-how-often-how-long-should-you-meditate/</link>
		<comments>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/11/meditation-tips-how-often-how-long-should-you-meditate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beginmeditating.com/?p=1851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Light Watkins is a meditation expert, and teaches beginner meditation classes across North America. You may read more about him here. Follow Light onFacebook and Twitter]]></description>
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		<title>What To Do If Meditation Starts To Feel Like A Chore</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/11/what-to-do-if-meditation-starts-to-feel-like-a-chore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter who you are, in the beginning of your meditation career, committing to your daily meditation practice can oftentimes feel like a chore, even though you know it&#8217;s good for you. It&#8217;s common for people to admit that while they felt better when they were meditating (or when they were eating better, or working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meditation Tips: How Meditating Helps You Sleep Better</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/11/meditation-tips-how-meditation-can-help-you-sleep-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Light Watkins is a meditation expert, and teaches beginner meditation classes across North America. You may read more about him here. Follow Light onFacebook and Twitter]]></description>
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		<title>Book Recommendation: Autobiography of a Yogi</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/10/book-rec-autobiography-of-a-yogi/</link>
		<comments>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/10/book-rec-autobiography-of-a-yogi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda was one of the first books I read on the subject of an Indian Guru. Ironically, it was also the book my teacher read that triggered his search for a guru when he was a teenager. My friend who introduced me to my teacher also read this book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meditation Tips: Is It Necessary To Have A Meditation Teacher?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Light Watkins is a meditation expert, and teaches beginner meditation classes across North America. You may read more about him here. Follow Light onFacebook and Twitter]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Essential Part of Your Daily Performance</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/10/the-most-essential-part-of-your-daily-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once took guitar lessons when I was living in Harlem about ten years ago. The first thing we learned how to do, before each session, was to tune the guitar. Once properly tuned, we riffed. I haven’t played much since then. But I pulled out my old guitar the other day, tuned it up, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Critical Mistakes New Meditators Make</title>
		<link>http://beginmeditating.com/2011/10/5-critical-mistakes-new-meditators-make/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Light Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meditation is one of the most misunderstood spiritual practices, mainly because you&#8217;re dealing on the level of the mind, and therefore everyone (including me) has their own take on how it should be done.  In my experience, it&#8217;s far better to receive training with meditation than not. But for those who want to teach themselves, [...]]]></description>
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