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Simple, powerful, compassionate listening

Simple, powerful, compassionate listening

A student shares how deep and compassionate listening brings harmony to all of her relationships, most importantly with herself.

Simple, powerful, compassionate listening

A student shares how deep and compassionate listening brings harmony to all of her relationships, most importantly with herself. Read More

Let nature guide your cooking

Let nature guide your cooking

Nature is our greatest teacher. By honoring its cycles in the natural world around us, we can begin to observe – and respect – those same cycles within us.

Let nature guide your cooking

Nature is our greatest teacher. By honoring its cycles in the natural world around us, we can begin to observe – and respect – those same cycles within us. Read More

Leave your list behind: How to shop with aparigraha

Leave your list behind: How to shop with aparig...

Whether you are shopping in a grocery store, a farmer’s market or directly from a garden, see how it feels to leave your expectations behind and shop with aparigraha.

Leave your list behind: How to shop with aparig...

Whether you are shopping in a grocery store, a farmer’s market or directly from a garden, see how it feels to leave your expectations behind and shop with aparigraha. Read More

On travel and illness: My experience in India

On travel and illness: My experience in India

By facing our fears and slowing down, we can find that natural remedies are close at hand.

On travel and illness: My experience in India

By facing our fears and slowing down, we can find that natural remedies are close at hand. Read More

Lessons from my first silent retreat

Lessons from my first silent retreat

My biggest discovery? That I am a human being, not a human doing.

Lessons from my first silent retreat

My biggest discovery? That I am a human being, not a human doing. Read More

On recovery: Step 8 — Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.

On recovery: Step 8 — Made a list of all person...

Step 8 is an opportunity to become right-sized in our lives and relationships with others.

On recovery: Step 8 — Made a list of all person...

Step 8 is an opportunity to become right-sized in our lives and relationships with others. Read More