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We have uploaded on Monica Esgueva’s Youtube channel a meditation in English, to help you get liberated and detached from all those inner burdens that you do not want to carry with you any more. For your convenience, you can listen to that meditation clicking here below:

Earth is a difficult school. Human beings have very limited understanding of the way life works, and we make many mistakes. Since I was a child, I learned to protect myself from the pain of when people were horrible and nasty, and when I felt other people’s pain so strong. …

Last week I went  to a social dining room with a good friend of mine. Some of you know that I am a fervent believer in the value of volunteering, which has led me to give a small hand in some places of the world such as India or Tanzania. …

Looking at the news of the world these days can be very daunting. People supporting separation of countries and their long allies, demagogue and xenophobic politicians being elected, refugees running away from war not wanted anywhere, crazy terrorists desiring to create havoc, financial powers interested in causing fear and chaos …

Books have always been such an important resource for me. My first memories as a child are already related to reading short stories and fairy tales. When I was 10/11 years old, I counted how many books I had read during that year: They were 120! Books have also been …

This is an interview that appeared in the Spanish-speaking New York magazine “Inspiras“. Q: How your interest in applying mindfulness to business is born? After reading about what what was being implemented at Google and also seeing the successful application of that technique in organizations in the United States, I …

1. Seek balance between mind, heart and spirit. The mind helps us analyze and discern, the heart makes us remain empathetic and sensitive, and the spirit leads to transcendence. We need the three of them. 2. Have faith and perseverance. It is indeed possible to conquer almost all summits, but …

I just returned from the US, where I did a retreat with Eckhart Tolle, author of The power of Now and a New Earth. As my path has usually taken me to study with teachers and lamas in Asia for more than ten years  (with the exception of Arnaud Desjardins, …

For the last ten years I always go to a meditation and silence retreat at Easter in order to take some time away from the noise and daily activities, and to go inward instead. When I return from this sacred space, I tend to come back with a fresh outlook …

Did you know that distractions could take up more than 2 hours of our day? That once we get distracted it takes between 15 and 20 minutes to refocus on the task we were doing? And that distraction can leave us exhausted and they reduce our understanding, memory and the …