This week’s meditation is a body scan practice inspired by the meditation teacher Tara Brach, that involves bringing the image and spirit of the smile into each body part, to bring openness and relaxation. Towards the end of this practice, you are invited to bring a...
There is no controlling life. Try corralling a lightning bolt, containing a tornado. Dam a stream and it will create a new channel. Resist, and the tide will sweep you off your feet. Allow, and grace will carry you to higher ground. The only safety lies in letting it...
Another source of ongoing stress in our life is our resistance to our experiences, our difficulty to accept what is happening, what Jack Kornfield calls being at war with ourselves, all our inner judgments and inner conflicts. We make war with the way things are, and...
