"Holding Environment" for Ourselves
The "physician as the therapeutic agent" and "excellent bedside manner" may sound old-fashioneed, despite their pivotal importance to...
The Hurrier I Goes ...
"The hurrier I goes, the behinder I gets." This old adage is surprisingly wise. Whether we're driven by caffeine, anger or even...
Striving?
Our typical hurried impatience to wrap each project up, then quickly move on to the next, simply doesn't work in meditation. Meditation...
Remembering, Coming Back Home
We often judge our life - in this moment - as flawed, wrong, less than ideal. Our buttons get pushed, and we tumble back into the old...
Right Effort Feels Effortless
“Effortlessness means attention is placed on the object and stays there because there’s nothing trying to draw it away. Then, and only...
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...
