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Om Ananda Atman (a blog about meditation)

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Namaste' readers! I am most happy to be here, sharing my experience and words with you all. I wanted to begin by giving a description of what the word meditation means to me. That way we won't have to debate over this definition and we all will know I am writing from a space that is personal. ...

Topics: Faith, Doctrine & Practice
Beliefs: Buddhism, Hinduism
Tags: meditation

Tamara Milliken

Tamara Milliken has been practicing yoga for nearly 10 years and teaching yoga and meditation for a little more than four. She received her training from Shoshoni, an ashram in Colorado, and returns every other year to take a new training, her favorite by far being the meditation training. “Si...
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