Episode 26: Bonnie Myotai takes up the gifts and frustrations of our being physical beings. How does spiritual practice invite coherence and peace?

Bonnie Myotai shares an arrow to the heart, a teaching on time, art and excellence. Includes a writing prompt for September 12.

In Episode 24, Bonnie Myotai reflects on how tragedy can bring us back to what is really important. 9/11 in NYC remembered, 19 years later.

In Episode 23 of A Year of Zen, we are introduced to “dokusan,” meeting intimately, and asked to bring compassion to the confusion that often makes us look away.

Episode 21, given on Labor Day, asks that we look beyond our jobs into our real work. How might Zen practice enable not being so subject to the vulnerabilities of work and engage what we’re really here to do and be?

In episode 20 of A Year of Zen, Myotai Sensei introduces the Five Considerations that the Buddha taught to help discern what to say when...and when to stay silent.

Myotai Sensei offers a reflection on the vulnerabilities and beauty of Autumn, and a writing/contemplation on letting go, losing center, and coming home.

In Episode 18 of A Year of Zen, Bonnie Myotai offers a teaching of the Buddha, and a writing/reflection on how we are nourished by noticing.

In Episode 17, Bonnie Myotai asks that we consider the blank page (and the meditation hall) as both the biggest deal, and no big deal. Includes a writing/contemplation exercise on enjoyment, childhood, and memory.