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The Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield

Beginning Jan 2025, the Year of Awakening is a year-long online monthly journey, and a rare opportunity to learn directly with Jack!

Walking the Eightfold Path with Jack Kornfield – On Demand October 2025

Embark on a transformative journey with "Walking the Eightfold Path with Jack Kornfield," a course designed to guide you through the wisdom, compassion, and freedom

Walking the Eightfold Path with Jack Kornfield

Embark on a transformative journey with "Walking the Eightfold Path with Jack Kornfield," a course designed to guide you through the wisdom, compassion, and freedom
Reach Out and Touch the Hearts Around You

Reach Out and Touch the Hearts Around You

This is a heartbreaking time. The news from Gaza and Darfur, from the Rohingya and Haiti, is heartbreaking. And still, you can do something. Reach
Living from the Fullness of Our Being

[Video] Living from the Fullness of Our Being

In this heartfelt reflection, I invite you to remember who you truly are—not as some distant ideal, but as the sacred, simple, authentic presence already
Breath of Life

[Video] The Breath of Life: Connecting to the Aliveness of Your Body | Guided Meditation

In this guided meditation, I invite you to come home to the breath—not as something to control or perfect, but as a sacred reminder of
Saving the World Because You Love It- Living the Natural Wisdom of Black Elk and Gary Snyder

Saving the World Because You Love It: Living the Natural Wisdom of Black Elk and Gary Snyder

In this world, and on this path, there's a deep trust that’s asked of us. Despite the enormity of the issues of the culture, they’re

[Video] The Treasure of Presence: Uncovering the Heart’s True Wealth

What if the greatest treasure wasn’t something to be found, but uncovered, gently, patiently, through the beauty of practice?

[Video] From Suffering to Soul Force: Transforming Pain into Compassion

In the changing tides of the world, I invite you to find refuge in wisdom of this video, reminding us of the strength of our
The Chrysalis of the Great Turning: Imaginal Cells and the Birth of a Renewed Humanity

The Chrysalis and the Great Turning: Imaginal Cells and the Birth of a Renewed Humanity

In a way, what we're seeing today is really a symptom of our shared humanity. Here we are in the 21st century, living in late-stage
Tending Our Inner World

[Video] Tending Our World: How Our Inner Practice Shapes the Outer World

In this catalytic moment, I want to offer you a gentle reminder: the inner garden of the heart shapes the outer landscape of our lives
Stand Up For Compassion - Free Course and Resource for Navigating Uncertain Times

Stand Up For Compassion – A Free Course and Resource For Navigating Uncertain Times

Our world is in a time of enormous change, which Joanna Macy calls “The Great Turning.” In these uncertain times—of unrest, of division, of deep
Meeting Chaos with Compassion and Humor

Meeting Chaos with Compassion and Humor through “The Roots of Buddhist Psychology”

I invite you to read this wonderful article below by the talented Melissa Hart, celebrating the anniversary of a defining lecture lecture series I shared
Step Into Presence

[Video] Step Into Presence: Jack’s Guide to Walking Meditation

As the snow begins to melt in the Northern Hemisphere and we take our first steps into the spring season and nature's renewal, I felt
Becoming the Light

[Video] Becoming the Light: Nurturing the Field of Well-Being

In this talk, I invite you to cultivate the luminous heart within, reminding you that well-being is not something to chase—it is your natural state.

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