Dear Friends: “Our intentional, effortful activities have a powerful effect on how happy we are, over and above the effects of our set points and the circumstances in which we find ourselves.” – Sonja Lyubomirsky Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Anniversary eBook and […]

Dear Friends: Gatha for Healing Racial, Systemic and Social Inequity Aware of the suffering caused by racial, systemic, and social inequities, we commit ourselves, individually and as a community, to understanding the roots of these inequities, and to transforming this suffering into compassion, understanding and love in action. As a global community of practitioners, we […]

Dear Friends: As we felled and burned the forests, so we burned, plowed, and overgrazed the prairies. We came with visions, but not with sight. We did not see or understand where we were or what was there, but destroyed what was there for the sake of what we desired. – Wendell Berry Read More […]

Dear Friends: Accepting Uncertainty Uncertainty, when accepted, sheds a bright light on the power of intention. That is what you can count on: not the outcome, but the motivation you bring, the vision you hold, the compass setting you choose to follow. – Joanna Macy, “The Greatest Danger” Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here […]

Dear Friends: Maintaining Authentic Presence In lovingkindness, our minds are open and expansive

Dear Friends: Just Experience What Arises There is an exquisite quality that comes from just experiencing what arises, completely, with no separation between awareness and experience. – Ken McLeod, “Forget Happiness” Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Anniversary eBook and Guided Meditation Bundle <!

Dear Friends: Just Do Less The more we try to make life conform to our desires, the more we struggle, and the more we suffer. The only way out of this vicious cycle is to accept what arises, completely: in other words, do nothing. – Ken McLeod, “Something from Nothing “ Read More Mini Mindfulness […]

Dear Friends: These Beautiful Photos Chronicle a Search for Light and Enlightenment Fischer started taking pictures when he was 15. He describes it as “a personal search for light.” Years later, in 2008, he started another search for light

Dear Friends: Every moment offers the possibility to muse on the effortless, easeful and flowy nature of life. Simply noticing that this body knows how to breathe and thoughts form on their own can soothe the mind and bring about relief, balance and peace. – Guillaume Caron, NY Insight Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click […]

Dear Friends: You need the heart of a lion to rest in a culture that never rests. You need to be so brave and so ferocious in keeping your own self in harmony that even if somebody tries to stop you, you just put your head up, show them those massive teeth, and just think, […]