There are a few basic principles for learning how to release the contractions and stuck places we encounter in meditation. One of the most…
From the beginning in Buddhist psychology, compassion and awareness are what went together. In order to be present for experience there has to be some…
“Learning the Middle Path, the life of balance, allows the heart’s natural awareness and compassion to grow. We become free and gracious.” – Jack Kornfield…
In a healthy response to pain and fear, we establish awareness before it becomes anger. We can train ourselves to notice the gap between the…
Meditation comes alive through a growing capacity to release our habitual entanglement in the stories and plans, conflicts and worries that make up the small…
Who is your enemy? Mind is your enemy. No one can harm you more than your own mind untamed. And who is your friend? Mind…
On December 5, my wife Trudy Goodman, Sharon Salzberg, and I celebrated the end of the Open Your Heart retreat we had been teaching with…
Mindfulness consistently returns us to a radical capacity for presence that can truly change our lives for the better. The natural freedom revealed through the…
A timely discussion about the rapid expansion of mindfulness practice and the importance and value in sharing our own stories for the well-being of others.…
How can our practice help us develop a healthy and full sense of self? How can we come to true self? There are several aspects…
Another means for working with difficulties is called Enacting It Mindfully. Let’s face it, we act out most of our desires anyway. In this way,…
