Being proactive Active change is one of the most difficult things to do because it means that we make changes before we fully to have make changes. We really don’t like change. We are creatures of habit. We like our…
Life is never permanent. And it can be hard to stay balanced during times of change. Susan Bauer-Wu shares a guided meditation to ground us in the present moment and cultivate peace. with equanimitywe can feel the possibility of balance…
You may think that some behaviors seem normal, but think again. Some of these innocuous actions or words can be silent relationship killers. Some behaviors destroy relationships. Although this behavior seems normal, certain words or actions can destroy any attraction…
I used to think that mindfulness was about finding peace. Quiet mind. A still body. Some version of peace that would settle over me like a warm blanket if I practiced enough. It didn’t start out that way for me.…
Late on the evening of March 26, a fire broke out at the Zendo at Tassajara Mountain Zen Center in California’s Ventana Desert. The entire wooden building, a meditation hall at the center of the oldest Zen monastery in the…
Most people live on autopilot. They react by repeating habits and rarely question their thoughts. You can change these behaviors by developing awareness, observing your mind, and breaking automatic patterns. This guide shows you how to wake up and live…
There’s a quiet unease about feeling like you’re the least knowledgeable person in the room. You hesitate before speaking. You guess questions that seem “too easy”. You wonder if everyone else somehow got the guidance you never did. Sound familiar?…
We can find strength and resilience in familiarity—and use those feelings to explore the unfamiliar. At the beginning of each meditation In the practice I teach, I offer a little postural guidance so that you can experience the practice as…
When I first picked up a book on Buddhism in a Melbourne library as a teenager, I had no idea that one of the world’s most prestigious universities was quietly building a case for the same ideas. Not in the…
A few years ago I was sitting in a cafe in Saigon doing what I thought was “resting”. I had my coffee in one hand, my phone in the other, and I was switching between a news article, a group…
