In mindfulness meditation, we teach how to be aware of the breath as an anchor or refuge, and in our current world, to invite awareness into the breath is to invite again awareness of “I can’t breath…”  That fact needs to be met with a lot of care and ...

Join us for this short teaching and sitting practice.  Today we continue the exploration of a quote from Abraham Heschel, "Self-respect is the fruit of discipline. A sense of dignity grows with an ability to say no to oneself." In particular,

I hope you enjoy this 13 minute sitting practice on awakening to and befriending the present moment.

Sometimes we are holding tension in the body that benefits from movement before sitting.  Join us for this combined longer standing and sitting meditation on befriending the present moment.

This week we explore three short Nasruddin stories and how they are useful for understanding our practice.  If you are not familiar with Nasruddin, he is a trickster or wise fool character from the Sufi tradition.

For this short morning meditation, we explore the beautiful quote from Abraham Heschel:  "Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.  A sense of dignity grows with an ability to say no to oneself."

Please join us for a guided sitting meditation on grounding and re-centering through body and 5 senses.

Today's offering is a bit like a patchwork quilt of odd pieces that have been present in my heart over the last week that, at least to me, come together in an interesting pattern or whole.  These include research about joy in babies,

Please join us for this short teaching and guided meditation.  Thanks!

Join us in this sitting meditation as we explore accessing the four foundational qualities of the heart: goodwill, appreciative joy, compassion and equanimity. -