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Allowing Life To Be As It Is

by Sara Avant Stover I wanted to share an excerpt from a dharma talk I offered last year at this time in my online Internal Family Systems & feminine spirituality community, Women’s House of Wisdom. In it, I speak to the metaphysical principles behind these holidays, and what they can teach us about true, spiritual […]

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Movement For Life

A short video invitation from Rick Merrill to join him at DMC April 28-30, 2023 for Movement for Life. Be supported in moving beyond your habitual patterns, the ways you hold yourself and move, and discover a fresh sense of freedom and possibility! Come play, celebrate, and remember who you are! Join Rick for this […]

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Only As Solid As We Make It

By Loden Nyima Our minds are open and empty yet full of wisdom and love Meditation teachings talk a lot about how our minds are inherently open or empty, yet full of wisdom and love. Openness or emptiness means there is no single, independent, lasting essence to any of our thoughts, emotions, stories, or for […]

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VISUALIZATIONS IN CHOD

By Lama Alta Brown The visualizations that are an essential part of Chod practice are by some considered not only exotic but outrageous. As Khenpo Jigme explained, Chod was not taught until the end of the three year retreat at the Vajra Vidya Monastery because it is so easy to misunderstand the meaning of those […]

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Resting in Inner Refuge  

Written by Kelly Lindsey Photo Credit Marissa Knox Refuge is one of the most important elements of Buddhist practice and the entire  spiritual journey is encompassed within the expression of taking refuge. Inner Refuge  is a conscious turning toward wakefulness and aligning with our own Buddha Nature.  This is a place we can rest our […]

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STRATEGIC THINKING AND ACTING

By Dr. Peter C. van der Molen In his novel “Through the Looking-Glass”, Lewis Carroll has Alice and the Red Queen, constantly running but remaining in the same spot: “Now! Now!” cried the Queen. “Faster! Faster!” And they went so fast that at last they seemed to skim through the air, hardly touching the ground […]

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Resting In Your Belly Center Meditation

By Sara Avant Stover In this Resting In Your Belly Center, meditation, you’ll be guided to relax more deeply into yourself, just as you are and to rest your awareness in your belly center. Anchoring your attention here helps to bring feelings of more stability, groundedness, and presence. Join Sara at DMC for an upcoming […]

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What is a mindful leader?

  “A mindful leader is a man or a woman who chooses to train his or her mind, that is key, but the beauty of mindful leadership is that it can be done by anyone, anywhere, anytime.  The essence of it is inspiring the best in others…Leadership is a basic impulse of being human. We […]

Everything You Need

By Katharine Kaufman Photo Credit Roger Kaufman “If you touch the wave, you touch the water. The moment the wave realizes she’s water she knows she is deathless. Wave is not running to look for water. Beyond beginning and ending; up and down, being and not being. This is to touch our true nature.”  ~ […]

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[VIDEO TEACHING] HEAL THE MIND, HEAL THE EARTH

In this video, Carolina Putnam translates for Lama Dorje as he teaches about how the 5 Poisons (confusion, desire, divisiveness, egocentric thinking, and envy) become the source of disturbance and chaos in the world. These poisons are connected with the 5 elements: earth, water, fire, air, space. Learn how to uncover the wisdom that is […]

Finding our way Home to the Heart

By Cole Schlam We all go through times where we feel a sense of disconnect from ourselves. In my own experience of moments such as these, I often have no idea how I got so far off-center, though somehow, I know I’m not in Kansas anymore.  Yet, the beauty of our human experience is that […]