[This post is based on a talk given at the Energy Matter's Sangha on the observation of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.] The events of January...
For me, 2020 was a year to remember again and again why staying in the present moment is such a vital practice. It’s not something we do only...
The Good News
They don’t publish
the good news.
The good news is published
by us.
We have a special edition every moment,
and we need...
There is so much collective fear, anxiety, and stress related to the upcoming elections and all the uncertainties we are facing as a country. How...
I know I’m not alone when I say, I’ve been having a very hard time with our political situation lately. There have been feelings of...
Author, mindfulness instructor, and professor Liz Stanley defines trauma not as something inherent in an event, but in how the mind and body meet...
Stories are not “just” words. We all have stories in our minds, about who we are, how we got here, how the world works, and what really...
With the most recent police killings of Black citizens in this country, more and more non-Black people are waking up to the reality of the evolving...
The first of the Four Noble Truths expounded by the Buddha is the existence of suffering. Suffering is an unavoidable fact of human experience. But...
Contemplating our own deaths, and the deaths of our loved ones, is a recommended practice on the Buddhist path. It is recommended that we...
For this month’s mindfulness reflection, I wanted to share the words of Claire Wineland, a young woman who reminds us that we can be happy,...
In times like these, practice becomes more crucial than ever.
As Thich Nhat Hanh has said, “When the crowded Vietnamese refugee boats met...