Category: Mindfulness in Your Life
Imagine a Pine Tree
Thich Nhat Hanh answers a retreatant’s question on what to do in the face of suffering. "Anything you do for yourself, you do for the world."
Body and Me
Body was 375 pounds. Ira Sukrungruang bares his soul about their complicated relationship.
Looking Into Laziness
Rather than feeling discouraged by laziness, we could get to know laziness profoundly. This very moment of laziness becomes our personal teacher.
Take Refuge in Your Body
When the storms of life hit, your body can be a place of refuge and healing. Cyndi Lee says it starts with making friends with your body.
The Complete Package: Meditation and Yoga
Yoga for the body and Buddhist meditation for the mind – it could the complete package. They offer insights and experiences that complement each other well.
One Simple Practice That Changes Everything
Right intention is the key to living the life we want and to traversing the Buddha’s eightfold path, says Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein.
Let It Slide
Tens of times a day, Diana Winston's two-year-old daughter helps her practice letting go.
This Moment is Perfect
There is only one moment for you to be alive, and that is the present moment. Go back to the present moment and live this moment deeply, and you’ll be free.
Letting Go of What It All Means
Searching for hidden messages and significance in life's encounters provides us with an illusion of control that Josh Korda says we need to release.
Just to Be Alive Is Enough
There is no greater gift than to be grateful for our lives, says the late Zen teacher Blanche Hartman, and gratitude leads naturally to generosity, because we want to share this gift with others.
Loving-Kindness Practice for Online Dating
When looking at someone’s online dating profile, it’s easy to make snap judgments about a person. Here, Yael Shy and Melvin Escobar offer a number of loving-kindness phrases for potential matches.
Boredom Is Fascinating!
When we’re bored, we’re uncomfortable with our basic state of being. That’s kind of scary, says Josh Korda. He dares us to look directly into our boredom.
The Man Who Found the Flow
"What is happiness?" asked psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. He found it in a state of mind beyond results and rewards and called it "the flow."
This Life, Which is Wonderful and Evanescent
Blanche Hartman explains one of the Buddha's most significant teachings—impermanence—and discusses how it can bring great happiness.
The Garden Path
It takes root; it grows; it blooms. Cheryl Wilfong on how meditation practice is cultivated like a garden.
DIY Dharma: You Have Everything You Need
Interested in beginning a meditation practice but don't know where to begin? You have a mind, body, thoughts, and a natural bent toward awakening. helpful guidelines for the path ahead of you.
The Buddha on Zoom
Dr. Robert Waldinger offers five ways to keep our connection alive in this time of seperation.
Meditation is the Key to Knowing Yourself
Meditation practice awakens our trust that the wisdom and compassion that we need are already within us.
Beautiful Snowflakes
Norman Fischer on the joy in realizing that we and our world are as passing as falling snowflakes.