40-Day Worldwide Meditation

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Globally Synchronized Opening of the 2010 Winter Feast for the Soul

In 2009 nearly 10,000 people in at least 29 countries participated. Lives were changed, and hope was renewed. Whether one practices alone at home or with a group, perform the opening ceremony. Why? "What nine months does for the embryo, forty early mornings will do for growing awareness and world peace."

• Starts: 8:30 AM (EST) - 1:30 PM (GMT) Jan. 15, 2010
• Ends: 8:30 PM (EST) Feb. 23/1:30 AM (GMT) Feb. 24
• Click here to participate in 2010

TOOLS FOR SUPPORT
There are a number of systems in place to support everyone in staying committed to 40-days of practice:

• Weekly Newsletters with daily inspirational quotes
• Webcasts: Choice of 7 daily Guided Meditations
• E-book on our website: PATH TO PEACE by Valerie Skonie
• Watch "Sunshine for the Soul"
• Valerie Skonie interviewed on News for the Soul

MISSION
The mission of "A Winter Feast for the Soul" is to support individuals around the world in making a commitment to daily spiritual practice for 40 days. A life grounded in daily practice is one that knows inner peace. Inner peace translates into peace throughout our lives and ultimately to peace and healing for the planet. It only takes a few committed individuals to change the world. We are here to do that. Join us, people of all faiths.

GOALS
To create an annual worldwide period of spiritual practice for people of all faiths to come together through meditation in prayer. To support people around the world in finding inner peace through the creation of a daily spiritual practice. To recognize that every person and every group is entitled to its own unique form of expression of these goals and practice them without discrimination. To work toward a global consciousness of peace.

"A Winter Feast for the Soul" is a non-profit organization operating under the auspices of Rising Tide International, a non-profit corporation located in Sarasota, Florida. Originally formed in Sun Valley, Idaho in partnership with the Light on the Mountains Spiritual Center in order to create the first Winter Feast, which took place Jan. 15-Feb. 23, 2008. Based on our experience with the first Feast, we have created a separate organization and expanded our outreach worldwide. The impulse for our work came out of the stillness of a daily meditation practice. We support one another in maintaining that practice as a source of strength, wisdom, and compassion.

Jennifer Aniston: Yoga, "Free Burma"

Until Jennifer Aniston promises to "free Burma," Woody Harrelson pitches a fit and will not leave his trailer (USCampaignForBurma).

(National Ledger) Hollywood superstar Jennifer Aniston reportedly "quiets her mind" by doing two hours of yoga almost every other day. Jennifer, 40, said it has helped to make her legs leaner, her arms stronger, her limbs longer, as well as improving her overall posture. Reports also claim she said her muscles are more toned from a workout that is more like a therapy session. Jennifer split with husband Brad, 45, in 2005 and she reportedly said that yoga helped her to recover from that split.

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OM MY GOODNESS Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, President of the Universal Society of Hinduism, said in a statement that he invites other Hollywood stars to explore yoga, which has been referred to as a "living fossil." Zed added that sages described "yoga" as really being the "silencing of all mental transformations."

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