Thinking of Meditation as a "Should"
A humourous motivational speaker used to talk about "shoulding all over ourselves" - and we do, don't we? We tend to be harshly critical...
Exceeding Expectations
Many of us deeply hold the expectation that Mindfulness meditation will put us into a trance, transporting us to our happy place. And if...
Is Mindfulness for Me?
We have way too many things on our plates already! Committing to ONE MORE THING may sound more like a threat than a treat! But what if...
Anxious Impatience
A few years ago, research showed that the average university student doing research on the web read an average of one-and-a-half lines of...
Reading & Knowing
Meditation teachers generally advise folks to meditate more and read less. In fact, some suggest that a good book is one that inspires...
Embracing Opposites
Practicing sitting & other forms of meditation, initially is mainly about learning to tolerate all the "obstructions" that arise, and...
"When the Bullet Hits the Bone"
How will I respond when - not if - when I face death? "Hob", a man with a deep, longstanding spiritual practice, responded like this:...
Learning to Flow with Reality
Babysitting grandchildren before they're able to speak is a wonderfully direct, heart-to-heart loving-kindness meditation - words don't...
The Thread of Practice
“… after all the years of practicing meditation to retrain the mind to dwell in the present moment, brain disease gradually leaves you...
Dignified Physical AND Mental Posture
“I used to suffer terribly about my meditation practice, because I was completely certain that it was never good enough – and probably it...
