We believe that growth can be endless, that consumption need have no limits, that meaning is found in things, that aggression brings peace. Margaret Wheatley asks: What happened to our ideals?
Breathing Lessons
Four teachers compare breath practices in yoga and three schools of Buddhism—Theravada, Zen, and Tibetan Buddhism.
There Is No Blame
Photo by David Gabriel Fischer.“There are no human enemies,” says Sylvia Boorstein, “only confused people needing help.”
How To Live a Genuine Life
"It's possible to learn to relate to the clouds of conditioning as just clouds, and see them more and more within the context of the sky." Photo by Gregory Palmer.Author and Zen teacher Ezra Bayda say our Buddhist practice involves cultivating awareness of our addictions to comfort, self-judgement, thoughts, identities, and fears.
A Healthy Sense of Self
“As we learn to abide peacefully,” says Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, “we become familiar with a healthy sense of self. Like the Buddha, we become strong, caring, clear-minded individuals in harmony with ourselves and our environment.”
Lost Letters
What emails make up for in speed, they lose in sensuality. Barry Boyce on the lost art of letter writing.
No Goals, No Limits
It amazes me when students say their hips are tight as they’re sitting on the floor with their legs spread. Their hips are open, but their minds are closed.
Why Me?
In this second in a 4-part series on the “self” in Buddhism, Dr. Reginald Ray explains that the “self,” though a fiction, is a response to naked fear.
Adventures in Breathing
Traveling the breath, Zen priest and yoga teacher Edward Espe Brown has found himself in some unexpected places.
Yoga Chic and the First Noble Truth
Drawing by Cyndi Lee.Yoga and meditation are ultimately about turning our eyes away from the airbrushed images of the outside world and looking deep within our own hearts.