Category: Mindfulness
Americans in Paris
Though the climb was steep, the view was expansive. Rachel Neumann on being hot, hungry, thirsty, and tired, but still having a perfect day.
Can I Be Happy If My Child Is Not?
Sylvia Boorstein answers a reader’s question about how to be happy when her children are not.
Kristin Neff’s Three Steps for Self-Compassion, Illustrated
Graphic recorder Johnine Byrne created this wonderful graphic recording of Kristin Neff's three steps for self-compassion.
Bringing mindfulness to loneliness
Toni Bernhard has an mindfulness exercise for bringing compassion to feelings of loneliness.
A Story About Language
Boy, who is mere days away from his fifth birthday, begins to throw a tantrum in the library.
What does a mean animal look like?
On the first day of school, Bethany Saltzman's daughter shows mommy what it means to be a Buddhist parent.
How we see time
The way we view time can cause us to either struggle or to live lightly. Ken Jones shows us that by seeing things as they are we can be spacious.
Rent for Living on the Planet
Kate Johnson offers young New Yorkers the tools and community she could have used when she was young.
Let’s Talk: A Family Affair
Sumi Loundon Kim presents a new model for family-centered dharma communities.
Three questions to ask yourself to foster emotional awareness
In this teaching by Ken Jones, the Buddhist teacher and poet gives practical guidance on how to we can develop a positive response to our misfortunes.
I have cancer. How do I balance accepting impermanence and desiring to live?
The teachers answer the question of someone unsure how to balance her understanding of impermanence with her desire to live in the face of cancer.
Ocean, Meet Boy
As we moved from Japan to Nova Scotia, we found ourselves in Hawaii, a place that is a world entirely without category for our kids.
Your Dissatisfaction is Good News
Carolyn Rose Gimian explains why the experience of dissatisfaction — which the Rolling Stones so aptly described — might be just what we need.
How to Mind Your Feelings
While we can’t control when we feel anger or fear—or how strongly—we can gain some control over what we do while in their grip.
Another Black Mark
“No, Mama, no! I going draw on the couch!” When "Burmese Lessons" author Karen Connelly loses her cool in a battle of wills with her three-year-old, she learns valuable lessons about mindful parenting.
Wise Heart: A profile of Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield's brilliant synthesis of deep Buddhist practice and modern psychological insight has made him one of the most influential spiritual teachers of our time.
Josh Korda and Koshin Paley Ellison discuss spiritual bypassing
Josh Korda and Koshin Paley Ellison explore the problem of spiritual bypassing.
After the Plane Crash
Allan Lokos marvels at the despair, the joy, and the healing process that he and his wife experienced after surviving a horrific airplane crash.
Over and Over Again
According to Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, to be enlightened is to be free of obsessions. Given that I have obsessive-compulsive disorder, I usually feel very far from that ideal.
Meet a Teacher: Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield gets personal with the Lion's Roar readership.