Mindfulness
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2 days agoHow to Embrace Being "More" Spiritual
Awareness of the transcendent reveals depth and meaning in life, fostering spiritual growth and a sense of oneness with the world.
As we mark the 70th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest, it feels especially meaningful to open this next chapter with Asia, a region rich in culture, creativity and talent.
Devon Hase states, 'People are trying desperately to fix, optimize, or escape their way out of relationship difficulty - and suffering more for the effort. Social media has made this worse! We're surrounded by images of perfect partnerships while quietly drowning in our own ordinary struggles.' This highlights the pressure couples feel in the age of social media.
A true wellness gathering is something far more ancient and far more urgent: it's any intentional space where humans are invited to arrive whole, body, mind, spirit, and leave more alive than when they walked in. That's it. That's the whole definition.
People all saw that there is something new is being attempted here that you've just got to see. I think that is its own reward. In an era where New York's storied Met Opera has faced layoffs, pay cuts, postponed productions, and a controversial financial agreement with Saudi Arabia, forward-thinking artistic direction becomes essential for survival.
There is a specific high that comes with outrunning your own limiting beliefs - a chase that has previously landed me in an Austrian fasting clinic, on a half-marathon start line in Madrid, and sitting ten days of silent meditation in the English countryside. But even I, a glutton for punishingly offbeat wellness trends, would have laughed you out of the juice bar had you told me a year ago that I'd soon be yodelling my way to self-improvement.
The monks are part of a 2,300-mile pilgrimage for peace from a Buddhist temple in Fort Worth, Texas, across nine states to Washington DC. Dressed in vibrant orange robes, they have walked about 20 miles daily, eating one meal a day and practicing loving-kindness a form of mindfulness that can be thought of as a form of non-violent resistance. Their journey is a slow-moving meditation meant to embody peace, rather than argue for it.
From April 10-26, the Big Umbrella Festival returns with nearly three weeks of free and pay-what-you-can performances, workshops and installations, all tailored for neurodivergent audiences. Big Umbrella, which launched in 2018, was the first large-scale performing arts festival of its kind and it's only grown more ambitious since. This year's edition spans dance, theater, comedy, music, visual art and outdoor installations, welcoming kids, adults, families and first-time arts-goers into spaces designed to be flexible, relaxed and judgment-free.
Remaining present in the modern world includes noticing the good. We're not talking toxic positivity here. We're referring to a simple commitment to also noticing what's good in the world even as you navigate what's not. Whether you find these reminders burrowed in a news story, the feeling of being on your mat or out on a run, or the eyes of a loved one doesn't matter. Noticing them does.
We're spoiled for choice when it comes to reasons to travel in 2026. Whether you plan to take a trip inspired by a favored period drama; want the best views of the solar eclipse on August 12; or hope to be the first to embark on a luxury train journey across Saudi Arabia, here are 26 things to be excited about as you plan this year's travels.
Aldous Harding will tour North America and Europe throughout 2026. Check out the lengthy itinerary below. While there is no sign of new music just yet, Harding is at work on the follow-up to 2022's Warm Chris, the press release notes. The dates will follow her imminent tour of Australasia supporting Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
Stewart Copeland, founding drummer of The Police, has announced a 2026 summer spoken word tour spanning 34 cities across the United States. Titled "Have I Said Too Much - The Police, Hollywood, and Other Adventures," the trek begins on June 3rd in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, stopping in major cities including Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Boston, and Nashville. See the full schedule below. Get Stewart Copeland Tickets Here Fans can get early access through an artist pre-sale (use code 2026HISTM) beginning on Thursday, February 12th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster and Copeland's website. The general on-sale is set for Friday, February 13th at the same time.
sunn O))) recently announced their first album for Sub Pop and a tour, and they've now made a few noteworthy additions to the latter, announcing shows in San Francisco ( March 30 at The Regency Ballroom), Los Angeles ( March 31 at United Theater), and NYC ( April 12 at Town Hall, presented by Le Poisson Rouge). Tickets go on sale Friday, January 30 at 10 AM local.