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Mindfulness in the Mountains – First Adventure/Meditation Program a Success
First Adventure/Meditation Program Deemed Success by Participants and Facilitators This is the first in a series of posts called Mindfulness in the Mountains Lama Willa Miller, of Wonderwell Refuge...
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Mindfulness in the Mountains #2
Gunshots in the Wilderness #2 in a Series – Mindfulness in the Mountains The mist clears, the gunshots arrive It seemed that spirit was working with us on this day on the water, during Mountain Spirit...
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Justifying My Existence
A case for the hard working travelers & educators Finally Realizing I Actually Did Make the Best Life Decisions By R. Richards, Founder Mountain Spirit Institute Andrew McCarthy in his book “The...
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Accidents in NA Mountaineering – Online Version
Accidents is online The American Alpine Club’s Accidents in North American Mountaineering 2011 is available online as a free e-book. Although it doesn’t appear to be available as a download, you can...
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Eckhart Tolle – Online Meditation Nov.11
Eckhart Tolle Eckhart Tolle, who we certainly think has a few good things to say, will be providing an opportunity for a world-wide live meditation broadcast event for their community friends on...
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Early Morning “Uphill Skiers” and Ski Resorts
Colorado ski resorts adjust uphill travel rules for skiers on way up By Jason Blevins The Denver Post Uphillers – Images: Steve Lipsher / Summit Daily News KEYSTONE — Headlights beam through the...
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Never Give Up
Tenacity The Amazing Transformation of a Guy Who Never Gave Up This veteran was a paratrooper, he jumped out of airplanes and all the stress from the landings added up. All the doctors said there was...
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Nordic Nirvana Interview w/ Lama Miller, Part 1
XC Skiing and Meditation Mountain Spirit Institute is excited to once again partner with Wonderwell Mountain Refuge and Natural Dharma Fellowship to offer a weekend of nordic skiing and meditation in...
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Nordic Nirvana Interview w/ Lama Miller, Part 2
“Letting the mountains meditate you” Mountain Spirit Institute‘s director, R. Richards, continues his interview with Lama Willa Miller of the Wonderwell Mountain Refuge about their collaboration on the...
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XC Ski Instructors Talk About Nordic Nirvana
Deborah Sellars Deb Sellars and Molly Morgan, part of the ski instructor team (with Randy Richards) for the upcoming Nordic Nirvana program, talk about their background and the concept of blending XC...
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Write Something, Anything
By R. Richards, Founder Mountain Spirit Institute Dateline: Auckland, New Zealand Let them eat cake I don’t mean write just anything of course, but get writing. For some of our regular readers, you may...
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Sixto Rodriguez – A 40-year Overnight Success.
Sixto Rodriguez Searching for Suger Man – The Life and Times of Sixto Rodriguez By R. Richards, Mountain Spirit Institute Founder It’s been said that happiness and sorry are different sides of the same...
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Living Life, When Life is Short
Tom on board his yacht in Bluff, New Zealand I had the good fortune to meet Tom Shepherd yesterday, here in the little town of Kingston, New Zealand. Although he won’t admit it, Tom has a remarkable...
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Marty Schmidt & Son killed on K2
Denali and Marty Schmidt, Mountain Guides Extraordinaire A New Zealand father and son’s tent has been found wrecked and vital climbing tools left abandoned, confirming fears they have been swept away...
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Life & Death in the Mountains
At What Cost?By R. Richards Vinton-Boot in Chamonix If you live in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, and have anything to do with climbing, the name Jamie Vinton-Boot pops up all the time. New hard...
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Mindfulness in the Mountains Program Runs a Second Year
Buddhist Refuge and Mountain Spirit Institute Collaborate again on Mindfulness Program By R. Richards, Mountain Spirit Founder Lama Willa Miller Collaborates with Mountain Spirit on Mindfulness in Mtns...
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New Zealand Singer Loving Life on the Road in N. America
By Lucy Ibbotson Otago Daily Times Van Riel in Bodie California Lake Hawea, New Zealand singer-songwriter Anna van Riel, between gigs on her sustainable house concert tour across North America, plays...
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Read 10 practices to a happier you This recent Outside Magazine article shows what many of us already have known, but is confirmed here again – That not only living a healthy lifestyle contributes to...
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An Introduction to Awakening
The tide turns By Zen Gardner The waking up process is a very personal experience. Once we become aware of the existence of a fabricated world we thought to be real and that our true nature is anything...
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Listen to the Music – Change the World
The Creation of a Song Can Change the World Doobie Brothers’ Tom Johnston and Elvis Costello in Queenstown, New Zealand, April 2014 I’m here to kindly challenge a comment Doobie Brothers...
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