Category: Mindfulness
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.
Why I Didn’t Attempt Suicide
Zen teacher Brad Warner on the time he considered suicide—and the different kind of death he chose.
Is Mine Bigger than Yours?
Charles Johnson explores our endless capacity to compare ourselves to others, and the Buddha’s antidote to trying to measure up.
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.
When the late Stephen Hawking warned that one of Buddhism’s “Three Poisons” threatened us all
The brilliant physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, inspiration and author of so many important works, died today at 76.
The Tender Heart of the Warrior
The ground of fearlessness, says Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, is renouncing hard-heartedness and allowing ourselves to be tender, sad, present.
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.
Two Practices for Times of Tragedy
Tibetan Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön and Zen teacher Bernie Glassman offer three-step meditations to help work with tragedy.
The Four Healing Powers Of Mind
The key to health and happiness, says Tulku Thondup, is a mind that is peaceful and positive. This respected Buddhist teacher and author offers insights and meditations to help us access the natural healing power of mind.
The Buddhist Recovery Approach to Addiction
Valerie Mason-John talks to Lion's Roar's Rod Meade Sperry about the Buddhist Recovery approach to contending with addiction.
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.
You Can’t Fail at Meditation
Dan Harris gets the inside story on mindfulness and compassion from Buddhist teachers Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, and Mark Epstein.
How to Meditate Every Day — Even if You Would Rather Be Thrown into a Shark-Infested Ocean
Diane Winston sympathizes with those who struggle to sit every day, and gives ten suggestions for having a regular daily practice.
Silencing the Inner Critic
The nagging, negative voice of self-judgement, says Christina Feldman, is a powerful affliction best met with courage, kindness, and understanding.
Make Your Love Skillful
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei on the unity of life, love, and practice.
Great Expectations
We want the sun; we get the rain. But where does the doorway of disappointment lead? Elizabeth Brownrigg on disappointment as a treasure.