The practice of mindful walking, says Thich Nhat Hanh, is a profound and pleasurable way to deepen our connection with our body and the earth.
This basic mindfulness meditation from Zen teacher James Ishmael Ford offers a great practice to start your day.
A peaceful mind begins, says James Ishmael Ford, when you sit down, shut up, and pay attention.
We suffer, according to Buddhism, simply because we misunderstand the nature of reality. Sylvia Boorstein on developing insight into how things really are.
Natalie Goldberg was awfully sick yet she was happy. Happiness is available to everyone, she realized, but we can find it only when we’re still.
Pema Chodron, Photo by Andrea RothThe idea of spiritual progress is pretty suspect. After all, isn’t it a journey without goal? But there are some ways we can tell if practice is working.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in his role as a Mahayana teacher, holding the traditional teaching staff of a Zen master. Vajradhatu Seminary, 1981.“The Mahayana Buddhist path is a way of expanding, and the Mahayana teacher, the spiritual friend, acts as the entrance to that journey.”
A reporter is a lot like a meditator, says NPR journalist Gerry Hadden. Both are on a quest for truth. And ultimately neither finds it.
A Q&A with Congressman Tim Ryan to talk about his work integrating mindfulness practice into American political systems.
Whether the grass is damp or dry, lush or languishing, Laura Munson tries to simply sit and breathe and receive what’s there.
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