Are you looking for a moment to be calm, present, and mindful? The North Carolina Symphony has joined forces with North Carolina State Parks and the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR) to create a series of videos that promote wellness entitled Musical Meditations.

The NC Symphony has been working on new ways to showcase their work while engaging their audience during a year when concert halls have been shuttered due to COVID-19. Along with Musical Meditations, they have created a program called Adopt-a-School, where a musician works directly with school band directors and music teachers to help in different ways, virtually, in the classroom. We got to sit in on one French horn lesson with Rachel Niketopoulos of the NC Symphony and a student from Sampson Middle School who wanted to give the instrument a try.

Another project created by the NC Symphony this year is One State One Score. Students from across North Carolina submitted footage of themselves playing Ode to Joy from Beethovens Symphony No. 9. The NC Symphony is working to weave the videos together, creating one piece.

Tom Normanly, executive video producer for NCDNCR, helped in the creation of the Mindful Meditations. I think that the state parks of North Carolina are more important now than they may have been in my lifetime, he said.

Normanly says getting outside this year and being able to take a deep breath is good for your body and good for your mind. He hopes these videos will give everyone a small respite before they have to hop back on Zoom for their next call or class.

We will be updating this article with the latest Musical Meditation videos as they continue to be released this spring.

Caroline Parker is a multimedia storyteller for EducationNC. She covers the stories of rural North Carolina, the arts, and STEM education.

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Wright State University (WSU) Campus Recreation is hosting virtual heartfulness meditation classes in partnership with Dayton Heartfulness Meditation. Dr. Kunal Desai hosts classes every day, and anyone interested in meditation is welcomed to join.

Desai, certified heartfulness trainer and clinical assistant professor for the department of internal medicine, recently finished a research study on meditation and found that the practice lowers stress levels and improves sleep quality.

Desai has been a Heartfulness Meditation trainer for the past several years but was introduced to meditation during his teens. It wasnt until later, however, that he began practicing and noticed the benefits of meditation.

It is one of the best things you can do for your personal growth because it is going to help you with everything, Desai said.

The trainer credits heartfulness meditation to the success that he has had both in his personal life and his career because of the stress-reducing benefits.

According to Desai, heartfulness meditation is different from other forms of meditation because of an occurrence called transmission, which he describes as positive energy. This energy, Desai says, is something people have to experience rather than learn about.

Dr. Desais heartfulness meditation found its way to WSU when Fitness and Wellness Program Manager for Campus Recreation Kara Donbrock heard of the research study and the benefits of meditation and asked Desai to lead a class for students.

Donbrock says she knows that college students are stressed, especially now with the coronavirus and online learning, so she wanted to provide a way for them to relieve that stress and take a break from school.

Neuroscience undergrad student James Hart says that heartfulness meditation has helped him manage his stress and anxiety.

Its a great way to start the day. You dont realize how much anxiety there is right when you wake up, so starting with meditation helps calm that anxiety, Hart said.

The great thing about meditation, according to Donbrock, is that it allows students to engage in wellness and better themselves without having to do something intense such as Zumba or yoga that might intimidate them. Donbrock wants students to know that trying new things is a great way to better themselves.

You can start to make achievements and changes in your life when you step out of that comfort zone that youre in, Donbrock said.

Because of the pandemic, group fitness classes have been held virtually, including heartfulness meditation. A major downside of having group fitness classes online, according to Donbrock, is the lost connection.

Its called group fitness because you are supposed to be a group and be together, and you are supposed to be feeding off of each others energy, Donbrock said.

Despite this, Donbrock admits that a good thing about virtual fitness classes is that more students are able to join, and members of the community outside of WSU can join as well.

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Monday 7 a.m.

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Rosamara Segurahas been practicing meditation since 1998. She teaches in non-profit organizations, public schools, and groups dedicated to social and environmental justice. Rosamara is both a teacher and the Director ofInsight in Action, an InsightLA program dedicated to offering free mindfulness training to marginalized communities that would otherwise not be able to afford or have access to these teachings.

InsightLA is a non-profit online meditation community providing high-quality mindfulness and compassion practices. For close to 20 years, InsightLA has offered classes, retreats, and special events that cater to both beginning meditators and those looking to deepen and sustain their practice. InsightLA is the only organization of its kind offering secular, evidenced-based mindfulness training and traditional Buddhist teachings within the Vipassana or Insight tradition.

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THE CHESAPEAKE & OHIO Canal National Historical Park stretches along the Potomac River for 184.5 miles, from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Md. Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Bidens chief medical adviser, power walks in the park. I prefer to wander. Over the last year my friend Lauri Menditto and Iwe both live in D. C.section-hiked the towpath that runs the entire length of the park. Because there are mile markers and a singular thoroughfare, youd be hard-pressed to get lost, and, since Im a notoriously terrible pathfinder, more than one person has suggested to me thats why Im so fond of it; you just keep walking. But the main draw of the towpath is that you can get lost, at least mentally. Between the splendor of its woods and river, and the 19th relics that populate it, the towpath is meditative and exciting all at once, as if someone had untangled a labyrinth. What was transportation remains transporting.

Built alongside the Potomac to surmount the rivers natural obstacles, like rapids, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal operated from 1831 to 1924, moving freight between western Maryland and Washington, D.C. Mules walked a towpath beside the canal to pull the laden boats. Railroads and highways made this mode of shipping obsolete but the canal itself, now largely dry, and its towpath remained. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, who enjoyed hiking the towpath, was among its most vocal boosters. Thats what the cities need, he wrote, a wilderness at their back door, where a man can go and once more find harmony and peace in his inner being. In January 1954, two newspaper editors advocated building a road along the Potomac, either along or in place of the government-owned canal. Douglas invited the journalistsplus dozens of othersto walk the towpath with him. They set out from Cumberland that March. Walkers, who became known as the blister brigade, reveled in the rivers natural charms and gamely kept pace with the justice. Nine people, including Douglas, walked the entire way. In 1971, the canal became a key part of a national park, dedicated to Douglas in 1977.

Now, many people ride bikes along the canals towpath. You can also kayak on the waterways around the canal. But for me, walking is the ideal pace to take in its quiet marvels: pawpaws, hawks and mergansers, abandoned locks, and waterfalls and caves. Afoot, you experience the juxtaposition of what the C&O canal wasa vital waterway, teeming with humans and animalswith whats here now, including old landmarks patiently tolerating vegetative growth. The canal itself only has water in some spots; otherwise its grassy in some areas and forested in others. Its a wonderful confluence of things, said Bill Holdsworth, the president of the C&O Canal Association, which originated as an outgrowth of Douglas hike. My father-in-law, who also loves the canal, gave me a membership in the association. It comes with a nametag for group events.

During the Covid crisis, when green spaces were deemed the safest alternative to staying home, visits to the canal spiked, said Robin Zanotti, the president of the C&O Canal Trust, the parks philanthropic partner. People who didnt usually use the park are falling in love with it, she said. Here, four particularly scenic stretches alongside the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, ranging from a 60- to 90-minute drive from Washington, D.C.

Suggested stroll: Harpers Ferry to Mile Marker 62 (2.5 miles one-way). Park near the train station in Harpers Ferry, where the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers come together and where abolitionist John Brown led the raid on the federal armory in 1859. Signs will lead you across the pedestrian bridge over the Potomac at the base of town. Stairs down from the bridge deposit you onto the towpath and into Maryland, at Lock 33, mile 60.7. From there, go west. A little after Mile Marker 61, a gravelly area next to the water invites a rest. Benches at Lock 34, just after that, offer more spots to contemplate the Potomac as it flows over boulders.

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InsightLApresents a 30-minute meditation for grounding yourself through the sense doors with Thomas Davis.Thomas Davisleads InsightLAs weekly Friday nightPeople of Color Sangha. His orientation to the Mindful Awareness practice began at the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, CA, where he was introduced to the Theravadan tradition of Vipassana in 2012. Thomas is also a member of InsightLAs Teacher Council.

InsightLA is a non-profit online meditation community providing high-quality mindfulness and compassion practices. For close to 20 years, InsightLA has offered classes, retreats, and special events that cater to both beginning meditators and those looking to deepen and sustain their practice. InsightLA is the only organization of its kind offering secular, evidenced-based mindfulness training and traditional Buddhist teachings within the Vipassana or Insight tradition.

Listen were not saying youre stressed out and need some relaxation but were notnottelling you that either ; )

So, just in case, look what KCRW has in store for you! Its 24 hours dedicated to wellness and relaxation. Join us onSunday, April 18thfor an all-day virtual festival of calm. Everything from guided meditation withValerie Juneto kitten cams, art classes withSelf Help Graphicsto baguette shaping withBub and Grandmas, soothing sounds ofdublabartists to comforting home haircuts withProjectQ along with many of the KCRW voices you love and so much more. Seriously, its 24 hours check out the schedule and details atkcrw.com/serenity.

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This day, the Saturday after Good Friday, as the Church calls it, Christians around the world wake up, and remember that Jesus was crucified in 33 A.D. We remember that He really died, as the Gospels tell us, and that no one took His place. He did not merely faint, or pretend death. If a doctor were there to test for a pulse, Jesus Christ would have been pronounced medically and really dead.

How did He die? The Lord died, accursed, on Golgothas hill in Jerusalem. The weight of humanitys sin killed Him. He suffered under the bitter weight of the wrath of God in our place: My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? (Psalm 22:1) was lamented from His lips. No person has known such isolation, such loneliness as this Lord Jesus Christ.

The cause of death was marked by our real and many sins killed Him: lies on your tongue, murder in your heart, the cruelness to our neighbors, selfishness, fornication, sexual sins of all kinds, the lack of love, curses uttered against the Lord Himself. All these and more, the Bible records. The curse of sin was on Christ Himself. He took them all on His shoulders, on His Person.

Bitter morning. He laid in the tomb. The Messiah was dead. But wait a minute. Let us remember the Word. Jesus said something about rising from the grave. Yes, three times in each Gospel, He said that He would be given over to the authorities, die, and rise from the grave. Can we believe that? Gods Word is more true than our feelings, our grief, sadness. His Word is more powerful than death.

Easter is coming tomorrow. What is so big about Easter? Jesus storms through hell, not to suffer more, but to wave the taunting finger at the devil Himself, proclaiming victory as He comes out of the grave (1 Peter 3:18-19). Easter tells us that Jesus came out of the tomb (John 20:21). His rising was not just a metaphor, but reality done by God Himself. Jesus rose from the dead.

His death answered for our sins before God once and for all. His blood was a perfect sacrifice offered in love for the sins of the whole world. The Lord who has died has risen! This is what Easter proclaims. Open your ears again to this precious and soul-saving truth, the truth of the day after this bitter day: Christ is risen. This Lord who was crucified has risen (see Mark 16:6). The tomb was empty. The Lord walked out alive. This means death is conquered. Satan is trounced. God is alive. He has done it for you, dear reader. The Gospel is that Jesus has gone through death to life for you.

Die to your sin; be joined to Him. Christ holds out abundant forgiveness. He forgives richly Peter, James, John. His forgiveness is also for you. Trust in His Word, His Work, and the righteousness that He has upheld is yours. This Lord who died and rose did it all for you.

Christ is risen. You can repeat the age old Christian truth: Christ is risen, indeed! Alleluia!

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Jeremy Piven really wants you to know hes not an obnoxious person. After becoming one of the worlds most iconic arses on Entourage as Ari Gold, hes spent his life being chased by middle-aged men wearing glow sticks as a fashion accessory. My demographic is men in their late fifties smelling like Axe body spray and they all say to me, Im a douchebag because of you, bro! And I usually say, My good man, were in a mall in front of a Cinnabon. I dont know why youre yelling at me. In fact, its been one of the great benefits of going out and about in a pandemic, he says: My face is covered, my glasses are fogged up, nobody knows who I am. The anonymity is fantastic.

He may be able to move around with a bit more ease, but that doesnt mean Piven has been taking it easy this past year. His latest feature, Last Call, is about to debut over here in the UK: a look at Americas one true enclave of pub culture in south Philadelphia, starring him, Taryn Manning and Bruce Dern. Its brilliant timing, because I know you guys are kind of coming out of your lockdown, right at the time when this movie comes out. So youll be coming out of lockdown just in time for last call, literally and figuratively. Theres your quote! Plus, as his pride at this turn of phrase might suggest, Piven has also made the move to stand-up.

While lockdown has been spent developing other film and acting projects, hes made use of the fact that in the red states, like Texas, they truly believe that, [Piven affects a stereotypical southern American accent] If rona comes on my lawn Ill shoot it the f*** off. There, he says, venues are 1,000 per cent open. Theyre opening up a Hooters inside of a Hooters. They exist in their own little universe. So hes been doing comedy shows in these venues which may be open but are still socially distanced and tries out his material. Ive been making this transition into stand-up for a few years now, he explains, and I feel like this is gonna sound incredibly pretentious, but to make people laugh is an honour.

Piven is planning, if all goes well, to come do some shows over here in October. There are no harsher critics than the Brits, because everyone fancies themselves incredibly funny, he says. But in the meantime, hes using lockdown to not just work on his tight five, but to also keep himself as healthy inside and out as humanly possible. He gave us a rundown of what a week looks like in the world of Jeremy Pivens health regimen.

I was told never to talk about Fight Club, but I have to talk about mindfulness. I know its a taboo and Russell Brand will hunt me down, because youre not supposed to jamspirituality down peoples throats. Well, Im going to anyway, dammit. Theres this brilliant book called Mindfulness by Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman that breaks down what meditation is and how to go about doing it in a very practical way: this is your brain on meditation; this is your brain not on meditation. Its incredibly difficult to do it, but if you just start logging the hours of breathing and being present, only good will come of it. I have no skin in the game, I make no money off of telling you to meditate. It just works for me. It saved me, When I was doing Mr Selfridge, I was going through it and I was a bit overwhelmed. I still desperately wanted to go out and go to the pubs and I didnt. I was feeling a bit down and someone showed me this book and Ive been hooked ever since.

Every one of us is a slave to our thoughts and fears and doubts and the circus that is continuously going on in our minds. The pandemic has really made me buckle in and make sure that I dont miss a single day of meditation. With my training Im either lifting weights and jumping rope and doing circuits or I do jiujitsu. Ive been doing yoga for decades and I make sure that I wake up and do a run or a walk, keeping the body moving. That is essential. We all want to just kick back and drink and watch TV. Its tough to get that discipline in our lives, but we need it now more than ever.

Theres always ways to train, even though you dont have a gym. The greatest way is to grab a couple of resistance bands which cost no money and you can have an entire workout doing that. Yoga is free and its been around for thousands of years, so they must be on to something.

Jiujitsu, you obviously need a partner, but it has been amazing and incredible and you can also do Zoom sessions. I highly suggest the Gracie family, who have an amazing programme where all the legends themselves will be teaching you.

I came back from doing stand-up and my booker said to me, You dont look like youve been on the road, because youre supposed to look like a piece of s***. On the road, youre eating food out of gas stations, youre up until a million oclock. And I said to him, I can be miserable, but I refuse to be fat and miserable.

You make certain choices in this life and what you do in private shows up in public. Its not about being obsessed with yourself or any of that stuff. Its just taking care of yourself. Ive learned during this pandemic how to be inventive. Make sure you take walks every morning, make sure you break that jump rope out. If you can walk for 30 minutes or 45 minutes before you stuff anything in your face, it will kick in your metabolism.

I was vegan, but during the pandemic I realised that Im one of the worst cooks. Then, when I got Covid and I couldnt taste or smell, it was a real break, because my cooking was so bad. I was the only person that was happy to have Covid. But I broke down and then I started eating meat again.

I wish that I could find a way to be on a plant-based diet and still get the protein that I need and still be lean. Theres a way to do it. Im a dummy. I havent figured it out. So moving forward Ill just be eating pigs ears and running around my backyard.

This is the worst possible time to just let it all go, because then you begin to get into bad habits. As Marlon Brando said, You go and you sit by the pool and then you wake up and its 20 years later.

This feels like a doctors questionnaire. I feel like if you try to get something in, even if its just a hike, itll help you sleep better.

You have to meditate every day. Its so funny to me when people are like [Piven affects a southern American accent], I meditate while I shoot good, or I meditate while I eat cheeseburgers. People say they meditate, but their meditation is just well, fill in the blank. There is no substitution for just being present and breathing and having a mantra and doing it for 15-20 minutes in the morning. And then, if youre lucky enough, at sundown you just do it. Dont expect anything; see your thoughts, welcome them and then let them pass and put no expectations on yourself. Just sit in it and do it every day.

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