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Stories Of GratiDude Dancing!

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Here are awesome comments and stories about Gratitude Dancing. All stories taken from the youtube video. We know you have stories about it too, and we want to hear them in the comment box below. There are also a couple of our favourite videos added online by others taking people through the gratitude dance. Gratitude is [...]

Lessons From Others

Monday, April 12, 2010

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by Matthew Ashdown, GratiDude, Personal Trainer, Speaker When The Body Says No Great lessons can be learned from looking at those who have suffered in ways that we do not wish to. My mission with my Sacred Fitness work is to offer guidance to those wishing to pursue a balance of material and spiritual success in life [...]

Step Into The Future

Monday, March 29, 2010

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Gratitude is an awesome vibration. Gratitude guides us to the gift in every experience. The pain, the pleasure. It’s all a part of the human experience. We can use gratitude as a tool to keep our vibes on track in the process of manifesting the vision we have been gifted with. We live in a quantum [...]

Shakin’ Off Worry

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

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My stomach and low back suffered from it. My bank balance suffered from it. My life suffered from it. Perpetual worry about one thing or another. When one thing resolved itself I found another thing to worry about. It was a vicious cycle that lead me nowhere. It only served in blocking the flow of [...]

When You Feel Like You’re Not Doing Enough

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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Feeling restless in your mind because there is more to do? Feeling restless because no matter what you do, it never seems to be enough? Ever catch yourself thinking ” I am not doing enough”? You are not alone! I hear it every day from people that I work with. Often there is a sense of guilt. Guilt because [...]

More On Enough

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

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by Matthew Ashdown ( MattiDude ) “Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy — because we will always want to have something else or something more.” - David Steindl-Rast One of the most [...]

Tears And Prayers For Haiti

Monday, January 18, 2010

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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal [...]

A Recipe For 2010

Monday, December 28, 2009

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Happy Holidays to you! This is a fun time. This is a time of celebration, laughter and gratitude. It has also been a time of financial expenditure for many. I am already seeing people worrying about the bills of 2010. I hope these words provide some insight for you stepping into 2010. Alot of my life was [...]

Who is the Shrek?

Friday, December 4, 2009

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BradiDude and I have always said that we want the media we create to be like the Shrek movies. Meaning, we are creating media that is appreciated by all generations, that makes people laugh and remember who they are. A few weeks ago I saw a comment on the Gratitude Dance . ”Who is the [...]

Softening the Inner Critic

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

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Man, last night I was running around like a crazy chicken. Getting ready for a seminar in amongst all the other things I was doing. I got to the copy centre at about 5:30 pm, well in advance of the scheduled seminar time, to pick up the handouts for the class. “Sorry sir, but our [...]

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