Mindfulness for Stress Reduction | MBSR in San Francisco with Augusta Hopkins

Fast Food Gatha

Thank you Universe, Cosmos, Harvest Hands, Processors, Cooks and Rattlin’ Pans.

Wild and Precious Life

The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean-the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up […]

The Real Source of Happiness

While sunsets in and of themselves are wonderful being present with the sunset is what creates joy, ease and happiness. Read more about the Real Source of Happiness in this short article and then give it a try yourself. The next time you have a pleasant experience feel into the bodily sensations that result. Rest […]

Aware. Share. Care.

When an experience feels unpleasant reflect: Aware: This is an unpleasant experience. Aware that this is a feeling of discomfort/difficulty/suffering. Share: This is part of the experience of being alive. People all over the world are having this same feeling right now. Care:  I care about this difficult feeling. I am here for myself in […]

Five Earth Touchings – Ancestors

In honor of the Autumn Holidays in which we go back to our ancestral roots by honoring those who have died. Dia de los Muertos or All Hallows’ Eve (which we have contracted to Halloween) is a time for remembering the departed.  I am inspired to share these five Touchings of the Earth. This is the […]

The Bridge

By Edwin Friedman [with gender modifications by Augusta Hopkins] There was a [wo]man who had given much thought to what [s]he wanted from life. [S]he had experienced many moods and trials. [S]he had experimented with different ways of living, and [s]he had had his share of both success and failure. At last, [s]he began to […]

Hand Model of the Brain

The hand model of the brain can help us to understand the inner workings and give us a greater chance to escape from our reactivity and develop a greater activity to respond from a place of choice.