Practice as Preparation for Times Ahead

This has been a really challenging year, a year when the full weight of our climate and eco catastrophe finally landed within us and within the collective.  Even so, let us take heart that...

It can be easy to forget this.  In a progressive path approach to practice, we sometimes fall for the story that we are broken, but if we only practice diligently enough, we can be...

Meditation is part of the three-fold path that breaks down into Right Effort, Right Concentration and Right Mindfulness, three of the limbs of the eight-fold path. But before we can begin to dip our...

As human beings we are incredibly sensitive organisms. In any given moment there are many things happening in our experience. And yet the majority go unnoticed. Right now, take some moments to tune into...

Many people come to me with hopes that I can teach them practices that will immediately alleviate their stress and anxiety.  Then, when I ask them to describe their daily lives, I am shocked...

There seems to be a sense of disorientation, disjointedness and overall running around in circles happening in the world today.  And for some reason, many of us think that we’re the only ones who...

Anxiety is a completely natural human emotion. It’s our nervous system’s response to uncertainty, mild threat, or stress. It’s aim is heighten our senses and support us to discern how to create more safety....

Awakening to the dharma (truth) means waking up to what is true, about waking up to ourselves and the essence of who and what we are. The word awake comes from Old English, awæcnan,...

“Our practice is preparation for when real challenges hit.” – Ajahn Chah It’s important to recognize that we are living in extremely challenging times, and because of this, we are going to experience some...

Every day we make many choices. Most of them are fairly inconsequential, like what to wear or which tea to drink, but some choices can radically change our lives. They may seem small in...