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What you don’t know about the Argument of Authority In this episode, we’ll respond to the tendency for modern gurus to follow suit with academic elitism in order to discredit new practitioners of yoga with false humility.  This is a subtle, but narcissistic, power and control dynamic that still exists in modern yoga credentialing and […]

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Attachment

How Christian Meditation Rewires Broken Attachment: What Exactly does the Healing?

Mechanism of Action             Bingaman (2015) explored the mechanism of action that underlies the effectiveness of embodied mindfulness practices from a pastoral counseling vantage point. The third wave utilizes acceptance, distress tolerance, commitment, and presence to facilitate healing. MBCT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) both focus on reducing experiential avoidance. This reduces the stress […]

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Contemplative Neurotheolgian, Yoga therapist, pastoral counselor

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