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Comfort & Safety First

What brings people to meditation practice? Stress. What is stress? The discomfort & fear (lack of safety) we experience when life...

Marshall Rosenberg PhD, founder of "nonviolent communication" (NVC), said that the only thing anyone really means to say is 'please don't...

Mindfulness is first and foremost about seeing clearly and loving deeply. Clarity and love actualize deep, meaningful engagement with...

We slowly learn to accept paradox: Words can, and very often do get in the way. And yet, turning phrases, live words, help wear down...

Mindfulness is "simple but not easy". The concepts are straight-forward and make sense if one is at peace with oneself and with life, but...

Life is uncertain. In terms of our relationships, what will we encounter next: coming together, separation, loss, surprise? My father...

“Effortlessness means attention is placed on the object and stays there because there’s nothing trying to draw it away. Then, and only...

My Dad, in his mid-eighties, told me that life is actually very simple - it boils down to love. I'm starting to see things much the same...

Perhaps the most divisive event to come between two people, or between an individual and a group, is, oddly enough, normal healthy...

Life is a dance on the razor's edge, between love and fear. Can we dance awake, with an open heart-mind? "The sharp edge of a razor is...