When I think about why I meditate, I often can’t find an intellectual answer. It just seems right. But it does help to have an...

When he talks about the loving kindness practice, Jack Kornfield reads this story as a way to open hearts. It is from the book Mortal...

When we practice meditation, we are practicing reacquainting ourselves with our natural awareness. We remind ourselves what our...

Physicists often have wise sayings. Perhaps it is because they spend their whole lives exploring the fundamental interconnectedness of...

Karen Maezen Miller describes herself as “a wife and mother as well as a Zen Buddhist priest at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles.”...

This is a shout out to Michelle Gladieux and her amazing team at Gladieux Consulting. We get enamored by people that devote their lives...

Here’s a quote I enjoy, but I don’t remember where it came from. Let me know if you recognize it. “So many people say that they cannot...

It seems our culture and upbringing and genetics conspire to give many of us a message that is so deeply internalized that we often can’t...

This quote is from an excellent blog post on motivation by Marie-Josée Shaar “In his book The Happiness Hypothesis, Jon Haidt explains...

A quote that says it all when I’m stuck in my head. Or just about any time, really. From the polymath David Bohm: “The reason we don’t...

Finding time to meditate can be tough. But don’t underestimate the power of even just taking a few conscious breaths during the day to...

With mindfulness, you begin to realize that there is no thought that rises into consciousness that doesn’t have some tinge of liking or...

A nice quote from Sam Harris: “Recognize that we all are striving to be happy, but our minds are always chattering to ourselves in such a...

The coffee experience is an awesome way to bring mindfulness into daily life. Not only do you have all the physical sensations of...

There really isn’t anything to add to this quote by Tara Brach, from Radical Acceptance: “The way out of our cage begins with accepting...

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.” Frank Zappa I love that quote. And I used to bask in a self-satisfied...

“Do not search for the truth. Only cease to cherish opinions.” Jianzhi Sengcan, Third Chinese Chán Patriarch. That quote is plenty...

From Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana. One of those books you can read again and again. Much gratitude to Tammy...

The psychologist and meditation teacher Matthew Brensilver can convey many-layered ideas in very few words. He was talking to a group of...

Whether you’re new at meditation or you’ve been at it for a while, it is important to remember that this process of training the mind...