Pausing to Reflect
Social media can be triggering for many of us. It can provide fuel for the mind of comparison, heightening our sense of unworthiness. It can stimulate fears. What shifts when our social media feeds...
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Reflections from our teachers
The Body’s Knowledge
What does our body know that the mind does not? We can only discover what the body knows by an act of receptivity: we can listen. We are pretty good at listening to the...
Compassion for Unwanted Thoughts
Normally when we learn to direct self-compassion toward our suffering and challenges, we find the places inside where we feel stuck, inadequate or hurt. This includes identifying where the discomfort shows up in the...
Getting Real with Spiritual Bypass
Spiritual bypassing is a superficial way of glossing over problems in a way that might make us feel better in the short term, but ultimately solves nothing and just leaves the problem to linger...
Climate Code Red: The Call of This Moment
However challenging, we are in these times because we need to be here. We are here to release from what no longer serves and to infuse a new story with clear, wise, conscious intention;...
Inclusiveness: Staying Open Through Change, Loss and Disruption
When we are faced with suffering and uncertainty or life becomes overwhelming we can tense up, resist or try to control. But when we open and let go in the midst of change and...
Life’s Basic Drives
Beyond seeking food and sex, life is naturally difficult and disappointing. All living creatures are programmed to seek security and safety, and as humans, we also desire certainty. As a result, we often live...
A Relational Dhamma
Humans are as intrinsically relational as they are individual. Every moment of life tells us this. What does this mean? Insight Dialogue, a relational meditation practice, puts this powerful truth to work. In relational...
Embodied Wisdom
Under normal circumstances, most people’s inner wisdom gets drowned out by today’s fast-paced, demanding world. But add a worldwide pandemic and climate change catastrophes to the mix and it has become apparent that people’s...
Endless, Timeless Freedom
The timeless freedom teachings of the Buddha are endlessly deep and widely applicable. They support more focus and presence, more empathy and compassion, more patience and dedication. Yet, perhaps at times, we overlook the...