The word yoga has a definition of to yoke. In this sitting meditation, we are practicing a kind of yoga, or yoking, of body, mind and heart.

There is a tradition beautiful Buddhist practice of taking refuge. In this practice I expand on that practice with a broadened understanding of taking refuge.

Join me for a sharing of an old Zen story about a head cook and his unexpected soup and how this story is so useful for being skillful with our mistakes, including those involving racial bias awarenes

There are many different flavors to "efforting" -- some useful and some not so useful. What is it like to intention explore a balanced soft effort that allows you to stay engaged with your practice,

A dream about engaging the right kind of effort inspired this exploration of different kinds of "efforting" -- everything from not enough effort, to punishing grunt work effort, to a soft, open, trust

So often we burden our meditation practice with loaded expectations of what it should look like and what should happen if I am a good meditator. But in reality every meditation is an open invitation

I share how our beloved cat, Ana, who has been in "hospice" care for a while, died sometime during the night, and how a serendipitous find of Licity Collins and her beautiful music and writing spoke t

In this meditation we explore a formal practice for strengthening a resource of "taking in the good."

As our continuation of resourcing for challenging times, we examine "Taking in the Good" primarily through the teaching of Rick Hanson, PhD.

In this meditation we explore using an anchor of self-kindness for opening to what is here and now.