Hi Friends, Here is another Kitchadi (basmati rice and dal stew) to help your body in this Spring. Comforting Kichadi (This kichadi recipe works well as an antidote to diarrhea because the red masoor dal [...]
As I had detailed in Metta Blog 15, Spring is the hardest season on our bodies because of the transition from a heating system during winter to a cooling system in Spring. Ayurveda, the Indian [...]
Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most. -The Buddha Spring is a trying time for our bodies to navigate. As the temperature outside fluctuates, this demands our interior [...]
In the buddha's eight fold path of awakening, mindful speech is so important that it is one of the eight elements to live awake, free from misperceptions and enlightened. Everyday we communicate in thousands of [...]
In my compassion and mindfulness course, the session on core values is always a pivotal session in which many participants realize that they have never acknowledged them directly and with respect. Then when they do, [...]
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 [...]
Mindfulness seems to be around every corner as we move into 2019. As mindfulness gains cultural momentum, there is a risk that its definition becomes more muddled. If we are to practice effectively and teach [...]
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. [...]
