Oh, the stories we tell ourselves!
This week, one of my students a few counties away was waiting for an invitation to join the Zoom meditation
Category: difficult emotions
Grudges, pet peeves and other tangled mental knots
One of the greatest benefits of meditation for me has been to be able to see thoughts and emotions
Envy can be a useful clarifying tool
Envy makes us feel like we’re on the outside looking in, that we don’t belong, that there’s something wrong with
Exploring our relationship with the ‘enemy’
On especially hot days I am reminded of the summers I spent in Philadelphia when I was in my late
Caught up in an internal windstorm?
Each moment of each day teaches us something new about how to be in relationship with life. So many opportunities
How to Sit with an Elephant in the Room
Sometimes in life we are faced with great challenges and difficulties that, when we sit down to meditate, simply
Taking Refuge in Stormy Times
“In these challenging times we need this refuge, these ripples of kindness, now more than ever. We are all interconnected.
Asking in = Wising Up, How to Discover our Buddha Nature
Last week we talked about difficult emotions and how we often suppress them, turning ourselves into jailers. I read my
The Dungeon of Difficult Emotions
We’ve seen how holding tight to our established identity creates contraction as we grasp and cling to that hard rock
