From Longing to Belonging
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...
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Untangling the Tangle: Break Patterns with Mindfulness
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...
Balancing Relaxation with Inner Strength
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....
A Pathway to Freedom Through Connecting with the Body
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...
Radical Friendship: Practicing Freedom in Unfree Places
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...
What is the ultimate truth? What is the relative truth?
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 in Daily Life
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...
Faith: Cultivating an Undivided Life
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...
What Can I Do to Help?! I’m At My Limit!
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....
The Appropriate Response
When confronted with the question of action, it’s natural to turn to a formula. If you’ve seen the show “Sex Education”, you’ll remember the scene where the young protagonist nervously attempts to apply a...