Pride Every Day of The Year
Pride celebrations, which largely occur during the months of June, July, and August, are dedicated to celebrating the freedoms we have as LGBTQIA2S+ people and for campaigning for the human rights of Queer and...
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Reflections from our teachers
Wise Approaches to Working with Anticipatory Stress and Fear
Recently my husband and I visited the desert southwest to visit Ancient Puebloan sites. Despite choosing early June to beat the summer heat, a massive heat wave had already blanketed the region as climate...
From Longing to Belonging
There is a subtle, deep and invisible toll to this pandemic, another kind of loss of life: the loss of our embodied social life, the fractures in our circles of belonging. These fractures can be...
Untangling the Tangle
The Buddha often described practice in terms of the metaphor “untangling the tangles”. Some of the tangles we create include: Habitual patterns which cause you stress/suffering Identity self-view The tangle of existence MindfulnessTo help...
Balancing Relaxation with Inner Strength
In an effort to counter tendencies towards striving and over-achieving, many Western approaches to meditation emphasize relaxation, ease and non-doing. When we’ve been trained to override our natural limits, being given permission to relax...
A Pathway to Freedom Through Connecting with the Body
In his book, “Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants: 108 Metaphors for Mindfulness”, Buddhist author, Arnie Kozak has a section titled “Might As Well Face It, You’re Addicted to Thoughts”. In it he writes, “This...
Radical Friendship – Practicing Freedom in Unfree Places
“Given the devastating events of the last couple of days, I’m checking in on you… How is your heart? Is there anything I can do to support or love up on you?” This text...
What is the ultimate truth? What is the relative truth?
In the spiritual, mindfulness, religious, Buddhist circles, we use the word ‘practice’ with frequency. Practice provides a genuine sense of development, of moving forward, while a fading of practice can give the sense of...
Cultivating Equanimity in Daily Life
Equanimity is a great resource for us in formal practice, as well as in how we meet the day to day unfolding of our lives. I’d like to suggest some ways we can bring...
Faith: Cultivating an Undivided Life
The opening lines of the seminal Zen poem, The Mind of Great Faith, written by Sengcan in 7th century China, states:“The Great Way is not difficultfor those who have no preferences.When love and hate are...