Jack Kornfield offers the observation that at the end of life, our questions become very simple-- - Did I live fully? - Did I love well? - Meditation becomes a opportunity to learn to live into these questions now. -   -  

We think sometimes of compassion as a quality that we "should" be accessing if we are "good."  There is a totally different way of understanding compassion instead as that quality of being that brings us sanity, strength,

There is a radical freedom offered in practice when we learn to open in all conditions. From the book, "Thoreau's Ecstatic Witness," comes this account of Henry Thoreau from his sister, Sophia, in his last couple of months before dying of tuberculosis ...

It is very helpful to feel into how a true open mindfulness or loving awareness doesn't discriminate or have preferences for what it is knowing in awareness.  In this practice, we explore feeling into the relationship of loving awareness,

Join me for this short reflection and meditation on the usefulness of goodwill in challenging times.

In this short meditation, we give time for our eyes to rest and relax into spacious awareness

Compassion arises naturally as the quivering of the heart in the face of pain, ours and another’s. True compassion is not limited by the separateness of pity, nor by the fear of being overwhelmed. When we come to rest in the great heart of compassion,

Compassion arises naturally as the quivering of the heart in the face of pain, ours and another’s. True compassion is not limited by the separateness of pity, nor by the fear of being overwhelmed. When we come to rest in the great heart of compassion,

This week's post is the first of three parts exploring bringing mindfulness into heart of our relationships.

Join us for guided movement practice followed by a short sitting practice.  We explore the intention of goodwill, letting go and compassion through it all.