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	<title>The work of / Ando</title>
	
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		<title>Red.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 15:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ando Perez</dc:creator>
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		<title>Red leaf.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 05:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ando Perez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[red leaflost since autumnturned up on my path again]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>red leaf<br />lost since autumn<br />turned up on my path again</p>
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		<title>Spring.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 08:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ando Perez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A single flower blooms and throughout the world it&#8217;s spring.&#8221; - line from a Zen poem]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;A single flower blooms and throughout the world it&#8217;s spring.&#8221;</p>
<p>- line from a Zen poem</p>
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		<title>Focus on the present.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 08:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ando Perez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depression is the result of too much focus on the past. Anxiety is the result of too much focus on the future. Happiness is the result of focusing on the present.   So we should focus on the present.  Yoga and meditation help us to do that.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Depression</strong> is the result of too much focus on the <strong>past</strong>.</p>

<p><strong>Anxiety</strong> is the result of too much focus on the <strong>future</strong>.</p>

<p><strong>Happiness</strong> is the result of focusing on the <strong>present</strong>.</p>

<p> </p>

<p>So we should <strong>focus on the present</strong>. </p>

<p>Yoga and meditation help us to do that.</p>
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		<title>Giving.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 03:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ando Perez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m giving away a minimalist poem. If you’re a charity or ethical business and would like to use one, get in touch. See Poetri.es. I will also happily write one to commission, and gift it to your charity. I have 1270+ unpublished poems for you to choose from. I share just a few hundred at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m giving away a <a href="http://poetri.es"><strong>minimalist poem</strong></a>. If you’re a <strong>charity</strong> or <strong>ethical</strong> business and would like to use one, get in touch. See <a href="http://poetri.es/">Poetri.es</a>.</p>

<p>I will also happily write one to <strong>commission</strong>, and gift it to your charity. I have 1270+ unpublished poems for you to choose from. I share just a few hundred at <a href="http://poetri.es/">Poetri.es</a>. They could be used as a <strong>tag line</strong> for a web or print project, or in an advertising campaign.</p>

<p>For more about my copywriting, visit <a href="http://modifo.com">Modifo</a>.</p>
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		<title>Meditation : the basics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 03:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ando Perez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is your foundation, build a strong life on it. Begin gently, but with a regular practice. 5 minutes daily is better than 1 hour a week. Be kind to yourself. Practice, and all will come. Make it the first thing you do each day. Find, or create, a quiet place to practice. Use a [...]]]></description>
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<li>This is your <strong>foundation</strong>, build a strong life on it.</li>
<li>Begin <strong>gently</strong>, but with a <strong>regular</strong> practice.</li>
<li>5 minutes <strong>daily</strong> is better than 1 hour a week.</li>
<li>Be <strong>kind</strong> to yourself. Practice, and all will come.</li>
<li>Make it the <strong>first thing</strong> you do each day.</li>
<li>Find, or create, a <strong>quiet place</strong> to practice.</li>
<li>Use a <strong>timer</strong> or alarm so you needn’t clock-watch.</li>
<li><strong>Breathe</strong>, <strong>breathe</strong>, <strong>breathe</strong>.</li>
<li><strong>Relax</strong>, it’s only meditation!</li>
<li><strong>Enjoy</strong> your practice. If not, you’re doing it wrong.</li>
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		<title>Three tools.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ando Perez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meditation, mindfulness and simplicity. Three tools for leading a happier life. What are you doing to lead a happier life?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Meditation</strong>, <strong>mindfulness</strong> and <strong>simplicity</strong>.</p>

<p><strong>Three tools </strong>for leading a happier life.</p>

<p>What are <strong>you</strong> doing to lead a happier life?</p>
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		<title>Shine.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ando Perez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four essential elements from Ana T. Forest will help you surf change instead of sink beneath it : Breath. Use it to bring awareness to what’s happening to you and to nourish yourself. Water. Use it to nourish, cleanse, and hydrate the rivers and streams of your body. Yoga. Use it to create the energy [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Four essential elements </strong>from <a href="http://www.forrestyoga.com/" target="_blank">Ana T. Forest</a> will help you surf change instead of sink beneath it :</p>

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<li><strong>Breath</strong>. Use it to bring awareness to what’s happening to you and to nourish yourself.</li>
<li><strong>Water</strong>. Use it to nourish, cleanse, and hydrate the rivers and streams of your body.</li>
<li><strong>Yoga</strong>. Use it to create the energy that will bring more strength, flexibility, alignment, openness, and balance to your body – and to release the emotional backlog archived in your body. I call this being a “life athlete”.</li>
<li><strong>Meditation</strong>. Use the quality of your attention and silence to look and listen within. This is an opportunity to wake up and listen to the desires of your Spirit. Start with that!</li>
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<p>Implementing these four basic elements on a regular basis can hep you elevate and sustain your mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical health. When you begin to reframe the opportunities within change, you give yourself another perspective and a broader understanding of the choices available to you. Are you doing what’s most beneficial in terms of honouring yourself and your truth? If you don’t like your choices, break out and go after what you most deeply desire. When confronted with a difficult choice, ask yourself, <em>“Does this brighten or dim my Spirit?”</em> Make a warrior’s choice. Get brilliant.</p>

<p><strong>Shine.</strong></p>
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		<title>Peace.</title>
		<link>http://andoperez.com/calm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 02:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ando Perez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still  be calm in your heart. – Unknown]]></description>
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<p>it does not mean</p>
<p>to be in a place</p>
<p>where there is no</p>
<p>noise, trouble or hard work.</p>
<p>it means to be in the midst</p>
<p>of those things and still </p>
<p><strong>be calm in your heart.</strong></p>
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<p><em>– Unknown</em></p>
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		<title>Don’t look back.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 20:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ando Perez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you’ve done and whoever you were and throw them away. The more the outside world tries to reinforce an image of you, the harder it [...]]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you’ve done and whoever you were and throw them away. The more the outside world tries to reinforce an image of you, the harder it is to continue to be an artist, which is why a lot of times, artists have to say, “Bye. I have to go. I’m going crazy and I’m getting out of here.”</p>
<p>…And they go and hibernate somewhere. Maybe later they re-emerge a little differently.&#8221;</p>
<p>— Steve Jobs</p>
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