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Into Right Thinking – The Easier Softer Way
June 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Into Right Thinking – The Easier Softer Way.
The Five Remembrances
June 24, 2013 by
The Five Remembrances help us to embrace the realities of life. We all will grow old, get sick, and die. There is no escape. When we contemplate them daily, we get a perspective on life that is skillful and wholesome. Many versions exist. This version is from the Plum Village Chanting Book by Zen Master […]
Practicing Right View – Thich Nhat Hanh
June 22, 2013 by
The following quote is from my teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. He talks about practicing right view in order to relieve our suffering. Right View is one of the elements of the Eightfold path along with Right Speech, Right Thought, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Diligence, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration. As the first […]
Mindfulness In Healing Celebrates Four Years
June 21, 2013 by
Happy Summer Solstice! Today is the longest day of the year and it corresponds with the fourth anniversary of the founding of the Mindfulness in Healing sangha. Mindfulness in Healing was founded on the Summer Solstice of 2009 and has served the community every week since then. Mindfulness in Healing meets at the Pine Street […]
Stories We Tell Ourselves
June 19, 2013 by
This quote is from Sharon Salzberg, a renowned teacher of vipassana meditation and co-founder of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies with Joseph Goldstein. She is especially known for her teachings on loving kindness meditation. Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that […]
Eight Ideas About Mindful Weight Loss
June 18, 2013 by
A few days ago, I wrote about how mindful consumption can help us rejoice in what we do have. In today’s article, I want to expand a bit on on mindful consumption and how it applies to mindful weight loss. Mindful consumption is one of the core teachings of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and one of […]
Voluntary Control Over Involuntary States
June 18, 2013 by
Swami Rama of the Himalayas came to the United States in 1969. I met him in the suburbs of Chicago in 1970. He was my first “root” teacher and his teachings have been with me since then. He was a genuine yogi with extraordinary yogic powers. Swami Rama was invited to the Menninger Foundation in 1970 […]
The Most Beautiful Spiritual Poem
June 17, 2013 by
In my very first yoga class in 1970 with Dr. Arya, now Swami Veda Bharati, and Swami Rama of the Himalayas I learned a very important lesson. After teaching me to relax and to meditate, using practices I still utilize and teach today, he spoke about celebrating transitions. He talked about celebrations, like weddings, graduations, […]
To Desire What You Don’t Have…
June 16, 2013 by
Happy Father’s Day! I once attended a weekend retreat led by Ken Keyes. He is the founder of the Living Love method and author of Handbook to Higher Consciousness. It was at that retreat in 1974 that I first set eyes on Mala, my wife now of 32 years. Mala was the chef at the Living […]
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