{"id":3269,"date":"2016-04-03T18:55:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T18:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2016-04-03T18:55:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T18:55:16","slug":"cant-sleep-try-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/mindwaves\/?p=3269","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t Sleep? Try Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/sharon-salzberg\/sleep-blog-post_b_8992680.html','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/i.huffpost.com\/gen\/2753436\/images\/n-MEDITATION-628x314.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' target=\\'_blank\\' href=\\'http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/sharon-salzberg\/sleep-blog-post_b_8992680.html\\'&gt;Can\\'t Sleep? Try Meditation&lt;\/a&gt;Throughout my years as a meditation teacher, I\\'ve encountered many students who come to meditation from a place of acute anxiety. 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