About Willa Blythe Baker

Willa Blythe Baker is the founder and spiritual director of Natural Dharma Fellowship in Boston as well as its retreat center, Wonderwell Mountain Refuge, in Springfield, New Hampshire. She is an authorized teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, having completed two three-year retreats, and the author of The Arts of Contemplative Care, Everyday Dharma, and Essence of Ambrosia. Her forthcoming book explores the body’s natural wisdom.

Meditation Only Goes So Far

by Willa Blythe Baker| July 22, 2021

If you want to connect with the open, spacious quality of mind, says Willa Blythe Baker, at some point you have to stop trying to meditate.

El opuesto del aferramiento es la intimidad

by Willa Blythe Baker| January 11, 2021

Cada uno de nosotros, dice Lama Willa Miller, está atrapado en las apariencias, pero apartarlas no nos va a liberar, en vez de eso, necesitamos mirarlas más de cerca.

The Opposite of Grasping Is Intimacy

by Willa Blythe Baker| October 5, 2020

Willa Blythe Baker explores the idea of “entanglement,” coming to the conclusion that the opposite of attachment isn’t detachment — it’s intimacy.

Befriend Your Feelings

by Willa Blythe Baker| September 14, 2020

How you relate to your feelings, says Willa Blythe Baker, may be the most important habit of all. When you meet your feelings with grace and mindfulness, you find they’re your best friends on the spiritual path.