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...
We might not think longing can be a dharma practice. Longing is the first step to belonging, the call of the soul to be connected. From there begins the weaving of ties that hold...
The Buddha often described practice in terms of the metaphor “untangling the tangles”. To help you uncover some of your tangles, bring mindful curiosity to the places in your life where you feel stuck...
Just as we can train for a race or grow skill in an instrument, we can develop an inner strength of mind that allows us to commit fully to what we value without straining....
Connecting with the physical sensations of the body, including the activity of breathing, provides a clarifying contrast to the activity of thinking. Anchoring awareness in the body can set up a more balanced relationship...
Small gestures of radical friendship – a call, a text – are mindfulness practices too. They remind us that love is still here, that our humanity is still alive, and that these things are...
Ultimate truth confirms a liberating truth, an awakening truth. Views differ from truth since views belong to the healthy, unhealthy or neither. Truth reveals discovery not tied to such human perceptions. Can we discover...
Cultivating 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. Without equanimity, we are like a ship battered...
All around us, we witness the impact of clinging to preferences and holding to opinions: war, systems of racism and oppression, the climate crisis, the spin of misinformation, and the degradation of truth. What...
When we practice moving through, everything changes. We see clearly that everything we do matters. The practice we do on our meditation cushion is deeply connected to the suffering of the world around us....
