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Excerpt from the international bestseller You Were Not Born To Suffer by Blake D. Bauer A person who seeks help for a friend, while needy himself, will be answered first. ~The Talmud The perspective you’ve offered on selfishness versus selflessness is a nuanced one. It prompts us to reconsider these concepts not as binaries but […]
By: Brooke Binstock As I sit to write this post, I pause to feel the wind on my skin. I look around and see people sitting at picnic benches drinking iced coffee and connecting. It is a Saturday morning in Austin, Texas. It has been an intense time in the world and as an empath, […]
“Armed with these teachings, death becomes a once in a lifetime opportunity.” What a game changer this is! All the trepidation and anxiety about death, born from not-knowing and ignorance, is replaced with anticipation. We can have control over a situation that typically has control over us. In his program, Andrew hacks into these incredibly […]
Sara Avant Stover Sara Avant Stover, presenter of Drala Mountain Center’s Filling Your Well: A Women’s Yoga, Meditation & Nature Retreat, is a teacher of feminine spirituality, bestselling author, and Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practitioner. After a cancer scare in her early twenties, Sara moved to Thailand, embarked on a decade-long healing and spiritual […]
What does Compassion in Action look like? How does it feel? Is it something that we can experience in everyday life? David Chernikoff helps us to understand the practice of compassion and compassionate exchange in his most recent dharma talk, Compassion in Action. Learn more about: How we can open our hearts in the moment, […]
by: Jon Aaron For our retreat coming up in June, we were inspired to call it “The Heart of Mindfulness,” which has a nice double meaning. This retreat is all about the big ideas behind most of the mindfulness stuff you hear about today, like stress reduction programs and meditation apps. These ideas have been […]
by: Erica Kaufman Let’s look inside ourselves and see how we can make ourselves feel better. The first thing to try is a deep, slow, and comfy breath. This is a big part of yoga. It helps us relax, tells our brain that everything is okay, and it even shifts the balance of our hormones. […]
*Excerpt from the international bestseller You Were Not Born To Suffer, by Blake D. Bauer Every day we’re faced with choices in our lives, both big and small, that shape our future and our health, our happiness, and our relationships. To really enjoy life and feel good about ourselves, it’s key that we get good at […]
by: Andra Brill, Ph.D. The past few years have indeed been a challenging time for educators, students, and parents alike, with the concept of a “normal” school year being completely redefined. It’s crucial now, more than ever, to prioritize rest and self-care as the academic year winds down. The constant vigilance and adjustments required during the […]
by: Andrew Holecek If you are well trained, your first after-death experience will be the luminous bardo of dharmata. If you’re unfamiliar with the subtle states of mind revealed in this bardo, it will flash by in an instant, or be completely missed. Those who have practiced the meditations that facilitate recognition will reap the […]
Grounding Into The Four Layers Of Your Being Please click the above link for a gentle meditative practice to begin the start of your day or any time you’re needing to connect more deeply with yourself. Attuning to your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual bodies, you’ll move through all the different dimensions of your being. […]
by Miguel Mendonça, October 2020 *reprinted with permission from Kazuaki Tanahashi MM: What drew you to your medium? East Asian calligraphy—Chinese, Korean , or Japanese—fascinated me in my youth. There is so much to learn and express. So, I became serious and eventually started exhibiting my artwork. I also studied oil painting and Western drawing […]