Category: Mindfulness
At Ease in Body and Mind
Zen teacher Edward Espe Brown with yoga teacher Patricia Sullivan on combining Buddhist practice and yoga.
Dad’s Happiness
In her widowed father’s pale, hopeful face, Ann Nichols saw that everything her mother had fallen for. Why should he be limited to a life without romance?
How Sharon Salzberg Found Real Happiness
Lindsay Kyte talks to Sharon Salzberg about how she became one of today’s most relatable Buddhist teachers.
How can we continue Buddhist practice when dealing with dementia?
The teachers are asked "What happens to our right effort if we lose the ability to practice or to work with our mind?"
Dharma teachers Trudy Goodman and Jack Kornfield tie the knot
Trudy Goodman and Jack Kornfield were married by Ram Dass in Maui, Hawaii this past weekend. They share how they came to be a couple.
The Daughter I Love
With the help of Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings on emptiness, Stephen Holoviak realizes that to fully know and accept his autistic daughter he must let go of his hopes and dreams for her.
Where Buddhism & Yoga Meet
We asked four teachers — all of whom practice both yoga and Buddhism — how the two can work together.
Waking Up to Happiness
Natalie Goldberg was awfully sick yet she was happy. Happiness is available to everyone, she realized, but we can find it only when we’re still.
Buddhist Meditation is Relaxing with the Truth
It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves as we are that meditation becomes a transformative process.
Waking Up Bipolar
Many years after his first psychotic break, Chris Cole learned that recovery meant understanding his bipolar disorder through both medicine and spiritually.
The Unhappiness Gap
Karen Maezen Miller looks at why people the world over are finding themselves unhappy, despite being told of more and more ways to find happiness.
Announcing “Finding Freedom From Painful Emotions,” the 2016 Lion’s Roar Retreat
We’re delighted to announce our annual community retreat, "Finding Freedom From Painful Emotions," with Karen Maezen Miller, Josh Korda, and Anyen Rinpoche.
I was “completely unprepared” for cancer — but mindfulness and yoga helped
Esther Brandon recalls how — though they never met — Rabbi Alan Lew's words helped her to persevere through her battle with breast cancer.
Find Your Heart in Loneliness
When we are alone, says Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, we may begin a love affair with sadness.
When Plans Go Awry, Eat the Blame
Have your plans ever worked out exactly as you’d hoped? Toni Bernhard explains how to dance through life's complications.
Wanting What’s Right
Karen Maezen Miller on trying to curb the budding consumerism of her children and their attachment to things.
The Wisdom of Aging with Grace
Norman Fischer describes the qualities of aging gracefully and how we can cultivate them.
Spirit and the Boy
Mother to one, sister to the other—Karen Connelly on three interwoven lives and the call she will always accept.
Dharma for Moms and Dads
Ty Phillips looks at the Five Precepts—the ethical code of dedicated Buddhist practitioners—and finds five powerful guidelines every parent could use.