{"id":15905,"date":"2014-04-27T12:02:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T10:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/?p=15905"},"modified":"2022-12-30T14:57:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T13:57:16","slug":"the-tree-of-contemplative-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/the-tree-of-contemplative-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tree of Contemplative Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37156\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/the-tree-of-contemplative-practices\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-large\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?fit=1080%2C1100&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1100\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tree-of-contemplative-practices (Large)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?fit=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?fit=1005%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=1080%2C1100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=1005%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1005w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=768%2C782&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=500%2C509&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=150%2C153&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=400%2C407&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=800%2C815&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=200%2C204&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=57%2C57&amp;ssl=1 57w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.limbicnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tree-of-contemplative-practices-Large.png?resize=72%2C72&amp;ssl=1 72w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contemplativemind.org\/practices\/tree\">http:\/\/www.contemplativemind.org\/practices\/tree<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 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