Category: Mindfulness in Your Life
Life, Death, and Love
Artist and writer Susan MacLeod observes the foibles, humor, and caring of life in a nursing home. There, she and her mother finally came to know each other.
10 Vows to Not Make Things Difficult
Who’s really making things difficult? asks Zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller. Here are ten ways to take care of your end.
Joyful Giving
Tis always the season for giving. Six Buddhist teachers on why generosity is the starting place of all the virtues.
The Heart of Generosity
For December, Lion's Roar features teachings on a powerful practice: compassion. Here, Gina Sharpe offers a short introduction to generosity, explaining how it can be the beginning of the end of suffering.
Editorial: What Does It Mean to Be Kind?
In the opening editorial of our January 2019 issue, Lion’s Roar‘s editorial assistant Hal Atwood shares how she defines kindness.
Don’t Always Trust Your Perceptions
Thich Nhat Hanh offers a short teaching on perception and the value of remaining calm.
I Couldn’t Trust My Parents’ Love
Lauren Casalino on how to get over the effects of insecure attachment.
10 Precepts for Parents
John Becvar uses the Zen precepts as a guide for peaceful parenting that gives our childen love, trust, and self-confidence.
How to Unleash Your Creativity
Geshe Tenzin Wangyal tells us how to unleash powerful creative energy and turn every action into a work of art.
Going Outside
When life gets too busy, Kathleen Dean Moore remembers the childhood joy of nature. Stress, she reminds us, is the antonym of gratitude.
Farts, Frantz Fanon, and Rainbow Boogers
Breeze Harper on the precarious balance of work and motherhood.
How to Read the News
How can we follow the news in ways that nurture – and don’t diminish – wellbeing? Media scholar Holly Stocking offers some guidance.
No Stealing Joy!
It's so easy to lose sight of joy these days. Here's Zen teacher Alan Senauke's advice for keeping your Joyful Mind when fear and suffering threaten it.
3 Tips for Surviving a Toxic Workplace
Michael Carroll, author of Fearless at Work, gives step-by-step advice on how to deal with a toxic workplace.
Courage Starts With Uncertainty
Margaret Wheatley and Pema Chödrön discuss how organizations can acknowledge their confusion and trust in the goodness of the underlying order.
The Balanced Body and the Middle Way
While tension and imbalance manifest as discursiveness, a truly balanced body generates an ease and relaxation that naturally supports the awakened mind.
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English
Bhante Gunaratana explains that the Four Foundations of Mindfulness are mindfulness of body, feelings, mind, and dhamma.
How Meditation Changes Your Brain — and Your Life
Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson tell the story of this revolutionary breakthrough in our understanding of how meditation works.
How Practice Can Actually Get Better after Having Children
Even in the daily insanity of parenthood, your Buddhist practice can thrive. As Sumi Loundon Kim explains, it's all about how you see it.
Facing Yourself
You are a warrior when you have the bravery to face who you are, without fear, embarassment, or denial. This warriorship is the basis of the spiritual path.