Meditation practice was created thousands of years ago to help train our awareness to be steady, inclusive and accessible. If lucky, our awareness cuts through habitual patterns of confusion, pain or suffering and leads to [...]
Practicing meditation is the art of resting in the present moment with openness and curiosity. That sounds great and easy, doesn't it? Yet it is easy and it is not easy depending on our state [...]
As we deepen in our capacity to be present in our lives, we can use meditation practices to understand our emotions. For many people, this is one of the most profound aspects of meditating. Emotions [...]
Dan Goleman and Richie Davidson are both well-known names in the fields of psychology, science journalism and neuroscience. They have recently co-authored a book laying out their most recent research on the benefits of meditation. [...]
In response to the intense turbulence of the last few months, and the immense outpouring of messages of despair, resistance and support, I am adding my opinion to help give some space for centering. [...]
I came across this writing by Charlie Chaplin and it rung true on an even deeper level. Read, feel where it resonates for you and share with those you love. As I Began to Love [...]
Hi Friends, Welcome to my new website devoted to all things connected to awareness. I wrote this post in 2012 on the connection between our ideas about the world around us, our senses and how [...]
Last night at my Tuesday Night Meditation class, we dove deep into the source of Right Action, the way our mind reacts to sensory events or thoughts. This morning, I was checking out a friend’s post [...]
"The goal of our spiritual practice is to be able to understand, to be able to look without delusion at what is occurring in this life. In this intimate clear seeing, we are cultivating a resilience that [...]
Short and sweet reminder from the great writing of Chogyam Trungpa on how we can open to life. The practice of meditation is not so much based on becoming a better person, or for that [...]
