The Power of a New Year’s Resolution
We start a new year. It is 2020. Perhaps the intensity of environmental dramas in 2019 finally made clear to many people the vulnerabilities to life on Earth. It might be useful to make...
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...
Not Only Are You Not Broken, You Are Not That Which Is Breakable
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...
Let’s Talk about Meditation
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...
Pathways to Happiness
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...
Depth of Spiritual Practice – Even in a Chaotic World
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...
The Delusion of Separateness
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...
Soothing Anxiety
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....
Waking up to Love!
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,...
Refuge: The Heart’s Own Knowing
“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...