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Opening the Heart of Forgiveness with Jack Kornfield: A Journey of Reconciliation, Redemption, and Renewal

Discover the Freedom of Forgiveness: Heal the Past, Embrace Compassion, and Live with an Open Heart

Walking the Eightfold Path with Jack Kornfield – Live 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

The Awakened Heart: Discovering Great Joy and Love

In this transformative 3-week course, renowned meditation teacher Jack Kornfield guides you through powerful practices to awaken the qualities of the heart that bring deep

[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

[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.

[Video] Unwinding the Body: Softening into Presence | Guided Meditation [with Music]

In these current times, it’s so important to take time to recharge and recalibrate—to unwind the body, relax the mind, and open the heart. That’s

Tipping the Scales to Compassion: Becoming a Makeweight of Hope

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do

Hopeful Wisdom for Difficult Times: Transforming Despair and Anxiety with Love and Courage

In this world we deal with loss and difficulty—there's climate change, continuing racism, injustice, refugees suffering around the world, and our growing cultural anxiety. One

Stand Up For Compassion

We are living in wild times. I have been shocked and concerned by the ramifications of many of our new governmental policies. In the midst

Always Look for the Helpers: Staying Steady and Hopeful Amidst Upheaval

The children's Bodhisattva, Mr. Rogers, describes how his mother taught him to see the disasters of the world in a new way. Instead of focusing

The Wisdom of Insecurity: Awakening in Every Moment

Spiritual life is not about possessing or finding security, but rather it's discovering what Alan Watts called the Wisdom of Insecurity – the capacity for

Rediscovering the Secret Beauty Within: Opening to Love, Presence, and Connection

What you most deeply long for is who you are, is coming back to your own heart, to your own beauty, your own wellbeing that

Just Like Me – A Guided Meditation for Cultivating Compassion

When we gaze over at another in a simple way and see them with the eyes of wisdom, we’re reminded that it’s a bigger and

How Buddhist Monks Celebrate Christmas

One December, the Western monks at my Thai teacher Ajahn Chah's Western forest monastery decided to put up a Christmas tree. The villagers who built

Post-Election Decompression: Navigating Politics, Suffering, and Change with a Loving Heart Amidst It All

We are at a major time of change on this earth, what JoAnna Macy calls 'The Great Turning.' This opportunity asks if we as a

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