Category: Mindfulness
How We Get Hooked and How We Get Unhooked
Shenpa is the urge, the hook, that triggers our habitual tendency to close down. We get hooked in that moment of tightening when we reach for relief. To get unhooked we begin by recognizing that moment of unease and learn to relax in that moment.
Welcoming the Life That’s Yours
Claire B. Willis and Marnie Crawford Samuelson share how when you allow and accept all of life's experiences, you can fully open to the life that’s yours to live.
Why Should I Meditate?
Matthieu Ricard explains what Buddhist meditation is and why we do it.
Set Your Intention & Rejoice in Your Day
Thupten Jinpa teaches us two great practices to start and end every day.
How to Work with the Winter Blues
Perhaps these days of less sunlight are opportunities for more contemplative time, more looking deeply to see what can only be seen in the dark.
What Does It Mean to Be a Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Practitioner?
Over the last decade, there’s been an increased awareness of the adverse effects of trauma in the mindfulness and meditation discourse. Naomi Matlow explains.
Cooked with Love
Arepas have been eaten in South America since pre-Columbian times. For Mariana Restrepo, they’re a reminder of all the hands that have fed and shaped her.
How to Work With Anxiety: 3 Techniques For Lasting Change
Anxiety is a natural response to being human, says Lion’s Roar’s Chris Pacheco. When we try to control our anxious feelings instead of accepting them, we might end up exacerbating fear and worry. Here, he outlines three main strategies for moving through anxiety.
Interested in a Mindfulness Degree or Certificate? Here’s What to Expect
The study of mindfulness as an academic field is growing rapidly. Naomi Matlow shares some of what's out there.
Showing Up for Your Life
If you’re jealous or angry or lonely, says Pema Chödrön, don’t run from the feeling.
Seasons of Awakening
Joan Sutherland shares why we must learn to trust the ebbs and flows of awakening -- agreeing to all of its seasons and tides.
How to Water the Seeds of Happiness
Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings were always profound and practical, showing us effective ways to apply Buddhism’s deepest insights in our own lives. Here he draws on Buddhist and modern psychology to teach us how to cultivate the habit of happiness.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s Earth Gathas
These short verses bring awareness, peace, and joy to simple activities, and remind us that Earth provides us with precious gifts every day.
How Can I Get My Teenager to Meditate?
If you want the teens in your life to benefit from mindfulness practice, the first step, says Dzung X. Vo, is to have a strong practice yourself.
bell hooks and John Perry Barlow talk “prana in cyberspace”
A 1995 conversation between digital activist and lyricist John Perry Barlow — who died on February 7, 2018 — and social theorist bell hooks.
The Best of Thich Nhat Hanh: Life, Teachings, Quotes, and Books
An introduction to the life and teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, founder of Engaged Buddhism, prolific Zen teacher, best-selling author, and peace activist.
Finding the Dharma
Teresa Shimogawa shares how she found her way to Buddhism after the death of her husband and how it became a flotation device to save her from drowning in despair.