By day three of my kayaking the Inland Passage in Alaska (see The Perspective of Long, Deep Time) I could not only feel the stress drain away from my body. […]
The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half […]
A friend shared this poem in our Gourmet Poets Society gathering last weekend. It cracked us up with its lightness and levity poignantly touching the truth of the “divorce” between […]
As you read this, I will be heading into a 5-day silent meditation retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, a time of deep reflection and perhaps even deeper understanding of […]
Going through books to donate to the library, deciding to look through some of the large format glossy color wilderness books again before letting them go. An image and story […]
5-year old Darien had already learned the mindfulness exercise of “I have the power to make wise choices” through the Inner Explorer program at his school. One day, frustrated by […]
“Death ends a life; it doesn’t end a relationship,” said Morrie Schwartz in the chronicle of his last weeks of life in Tuesdays with Morrie. Morrie was speaking of his […]
“To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care […]
When 4th-grader Leo teaches his friend Nessa (who’s so mad because her parents made her clean up her room before she could watch TV) to hold her thumb up and […]
In this interview with Dr. Chris Willard, offering ourselves mindful self-care can be a crucial practice in recovering our resilience. Here’s an exercise from Resilience to offer ourselves that […]