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

Using the Toilet

Using the Toilet Defiled or immaculate, increasing or decreasing– these concepts exist only in our mind. The reality of interbeing is unsurpassed.

Study: Meditation's Effects Similar to Pills for Depression

This recent article on Healthline is inspiring as now there is proven research to tell us what we already know…mindfulness works.  Wouldn’t we all rather care for ourselves through kind action rather than by ingesting pills which may have other unwanted side effects. Meditation has been used for centuries, but its benefits have been primarily […]

Mindful Eating ~ Burrito

Brief exploration of mindful eating. Half a vegan mole burrito. It doesn’t have to be fancy. When we engage deeply it becomes amazing. Mindful Eating – How to Eat a Burrito

I Go Among Trees and Sit Still, Wendell Berry

I go among trees and sit still. I go among trees and sit still. All my stirring becomes quiet Around me like circles on water. My tasks lie in their places Where I left them, asleep like cattle… Then what I am afraid of comes. I live for a while in its sight. What I […]

Deer Park Monastery

Deer Park Monastery is a community in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village Practice Center in Southern France. This 400-acre sanctuary rests peacefully in the chaparral mountains of southern California, near San Diego, just outside of Escondido.  It is surrounded and protected by oaks and the natural landscape. At Deer Park, […]

Unconditional, by Jennifer Paine Welwood

Willing to experience aloneness, I discover connection everywhere; Turning to face my fear, I meet the warrior who lives within; Opening to my loss, I gain the embrace of the universe; Surrendering into emptiness, I find fullness without end. Each condition I flee from pursues me, Each condition I welcome transforms me And becomes itself […]

Mindfulness in the News

[ezcol_1fifth]  [/ezcol_1fifth] [ezcol_4fifth_end]Zen in the Workplace September, 22, 2013 In an interview on the art of suffering, Thay said: “You have to consider your idea of happiness. You think it is possible only if you win, if you are on the top. “But it is not necessarily like that, because even if you are successful […]

The Guest House, by Jelaluddin Rumi

This being human is a guest house. Each moment a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, a momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still treat each guest honorably. They may be clearing […]