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Videos
The Dance of Delight
Having a bad day? Have a look at this video clip of Matt Harding. This amazing video can be used to think about how our actions have effects, how our emotions are contagious emotions, how when we emanate happiness those around us feel happier!
Watch it on YouTube.
The Free Hugs Campaign
If you don’t know about it already, watch it! The Free Hugs campaign is now international, spreading across all the continents. Interdependence at work!
Watch it on YouTube.
Life and Music by Alan Watts
A typically insightful and amusing excerpt by British speaker and student of comparative religion, Alan Watts, with video animation by Trey Parker and Matt Stone of Southpark.
Watch it on YouTube.
The Laughter Clubs of India
Ten years ago, Dr. Madan Kataria burst out laughing for no reason at all. Since then he's helped form over 3000 "laughter clubs" throughout India, toward the goal of creating a million such clubs around the world. "When you laugh, you change," explains Kataria, whose fans include actors Goldie Hawn and John Cleese. "And when you change, the whole world changes around you."
Watch it on YouTube.
Alanis Morisette - Thank U
Alanis Morissette and her song Thank You – for gratitude. One trainer says 'I play it in the background while I do the positive strokes activity. The lyrics are beautiful – so much humility.'
Watch it on YouTube.
Nickelback - If Everyone Cared
Aussie band Nickelback's video features the stories of Nobel peace prize winners. "If Everyone Cared" explores the idea of everyone joining together to make the world a better place. All streams of this video generate money, 100% of which goes to Amnesty International and International Children's Fund Canada. Help out these worthy causes by sharing and embedding this video anywhere and everywhere! One trainer says: "I used it for the last section – how we find meaning."
Watch it on YouTube.
A Good Day with Brother David Steindl-Rast
An Austrian monk with years of experience in interreligious dialogue, Brother David Steindl-Rast serves the worldwide Network for Grateful Living. In this beautiful narrated video, he shows us how gratefulness is a natural response to life and a powerful attitude to cultivate.
Watch it on YouTube.
Kat Edmonson - Be the Change
Kat Edmonson is an independent artist from Austin, Texas. This soulful and inspirational track has garnered fans from all over the world. The video features messages from ordinary Americans who want to see a positive change in the world.
Watch it on YouTube.
Mipham - What About Me
Independent spoken-word artist Mipham (also known as Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche of the Shambhala Tradition!) has created this arresting music video in which he questions the "mantra of me" that can dominate our experience of the world. Well worth watching.
Watch it on YouTube.
