Category: Mindfulness in Your Life
From The Under 35 Project: “The Revealing Nature of Loneliness”
There's wisdom in loneliness, writes Rob Brooks in this latest post from The Under 35 Project, but it can be a scary path to find yourself on.
From The Under 35 Project: “In Falling”
Feeling herself falling after her divorce, Samantha Claire Updegrave eventually finds flight in this latest post from The Under 35 Project.
From The Under 35 Project: “The Gift of Failure”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Marco Seiryu Wilkinson, about being mindful of where our food comes from.
You Don’t Need to Be Buddhist
Thich Nhat Hanh tells Andrea Miller that anyone can use the five mindfulness trainings to lead a life of understanding and compassion.
Please Come Back
In a London chapel devoted to American war dead, Melody Ermachild Chavis realizes that maybe her father been there for her all along.
Let’s Talk: It’s Time to Open Our Doors
Joshua Eaton asks: “Why is it that Buddhists are always talking about compassion but aren't providing shelter for those in need?”
From The Under 35 Project: “How to save your life, over and over and over again”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Ishita Gupta, about living up to our own expectations.
From The Under 35 Project: “Cushion and Apron — On Meditation and Waitressing”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Sarah Fox, on the junction between meditation and waitressing.
From The Under 35 Project: “Captain Hook and Indian #2: A Love Story Ruined by Epically Unrealistic Expectations”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Susan Yao, about the pain of attachment to unrealistic expectations.
From The Under 35 Project: “The Dharma is in the Medicine”
The Under 35 Project Stacy Chivers writes about working with sick people and offering them "love, patience, and compassion."
Jolly Good
There is a natural healthiness and sense of goodness we can all experience personally, says Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche on the Shambhala teachings. "Then we will discover what kind of joy is needed to help the world. We find that the joy of warriorship is always needed."
Don’t Go There
As a Jew and a Briton, Henry Shukman had avoided all things German. But he said yes when asked him to teach at a zendo in the Black Forest.
From The Under 35 Project: “Into the Wild”
From The Under 35 Project: Jennifer Horton discovered Buddhism a little less than a year ago, and her world hasn’t been the same since.
From The Under 35 Project: “Out of Mind, Heart Grow Fonder”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project, by Angela Allan, on how Buddhist practice buoys a long-distance relationship.
Into Bright Relief
An inconceivable accident. For Marcelle Gilkerson and her community, compassionate togetherness would be the key to going forward.
From The Under 35 Project: “Peace, Redefined”
From The Under 35 Project, Kelley Clink explains how starting a meditation practice helped her to work with her grief after a family tragedy.
Stress Relief for the Constantly Connected
Life vs. screens: who’s really in control? Lori Deschene on how to make sure you’re the one in charge of your technology.
The Traffic Light Method
Try this mindful communication technique, says Susan Gillis Chapman, when you’re experiencing stress in your relationships.
The Tweeting, Yelping, Flickring, Foursquaring, TripAdvising Mentality
Michael A. Stusser on the dangers of a wildly overstimulated brain in our modern culture of constant media consumption.
Perfectly Imperfect
In a world of Botox and little blue pills, we could all use more wabi sabi. Because imperfection, says Roger Housden, is what makes us human.