Practice practice practice… a mantra for the season
As we are entering the busy and stressful holiday season, both the excitement and the burden is palpable for me. [...]
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Taj Mahal: magical! each visit The India Retreat was hard yet very rewarding and my group was brave :) I [...]
Anger: one of the difficult emotions
A hermit lived alone in the mountains. One day a herdsman passed by his cave. Intrigued, he called out to [...]
There is an app for that!
“To be a happy person, one must contemplate death five times daily” -Bhutanese folk saying What if there was an [...]
Emotions are built and not built-in
The view from my desk :) After much anticipation, we have moved and are settling into a very comfortable, spacious [...]
Self-compassion = The ? What do I need?
Our task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that [...]
HH the Dalai Lama’s challenge to Richard Davidson: part 2
This week I am focusing on the second scientific development that changed our attitude toward meditation: epigenetics - the science [...]
HH the Dalai Lama’s challenge to a western scientist
When love meets pain it becomes compassion When love meets happiness it becomes joy Joy is an expression of awakened [...]
Looking back at last year and looking to 2019
“Last year a foolish monk; This year no difference.” - Ryokan (Zen monk) “Just because it seems like the world [...]
Change is the only constant -philosopher Heraclitus
Things are always in transition, whether we realize it or not. Last week I met up with a friend, only [...]